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List of National Basketball League (United States) scoring leaders

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In basketball, points are accumulated through free throws or field goals.^[1] The National Basketball League's (NBL) scoring title was awarded to the player with the most total points in a given season.^[2]^[3]

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Bobby McDermott holds the NBL all-time record for career points scored (3,583), while fellow Hall of Famer George Mikan holds the single season points (1,195) and points per game (21.3) records. McDermott earned the most points spanning an eight-year NBL career, but Mikan only played two seasons and set both records during 1948–49, the final year the league existed.

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*		Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
†		Denotes player who won the MVP Award that year
Player (X)		Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season
G	Guard		F	Forward	C	Center

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Total points	Games played	PPG	Field goals made	Free throws made	Ref.
1937–38†	Leroy Edwards	C	Oshkosh All-Stars	210	13	16.2	83	44	^[4]
1938–39†	Leroy Edwards (2)	C	Oshkosh All-Stars	334	28	11.9	124	86	^[4]
1939–40†	Leroy Edwards (3)	C	Oshkosh All-Stars	361	28	12.9	111	139	^[4]
1940–41†	Ben Stephens	G/F	Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	265	24	11.0	98	69	^[5]
1941–42†	Chuck Chuckovits	G/F	Toledo Jim White Chevrolets	406	22	18.5	143	120	^[6]
1942–43†	Bobby McDermott*	G	Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons	316	23	13.7	132	52	^[7]
1943–44	Mel Riebe	G/F	Cleveland Chase Brassmen	323	18	17.9	113	97	^[8]
1944–45	Mel Riebe (2)	G/F	Cleveland Allmen Transfers	607	30	20.2	223	161	^[8]
1945–46	Bob Carpenter	F/C	Oshkosh All-Stars	473	34	13.9	186	101	^[9]
1946–47	Al Cervi*	G/F	Rochester Royals	632	44	14.4	228	176	^[10]
1947–48†	George Mikan*	C	Minneapolis Lakers	1,195	56	21.3	406	383	^[11]
1948–49†	Don Otten	C	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	899	64	14.0	301	297	^[12]

Rank	Player	Pos.	Team(s) played for (years)	Total points	Games played	PPG	Field goals made	Free throws made	Ref.
1	Bobby McDermott*	G	Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1941–1946) Chicago American Gears (1946–1947) Sheboygan Red Skins (1947) Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1947–1948) Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948–1949)	3,583	287	12.48	1,465	653	^[7]
2	Leroy Edwards	C	Oshkosh All-Stars (1937–1949)	3,221	322	10.00	1,045	1,131	^[4]
3	Gene Englund	F/C	Oshkosh All-Stars (1941–1944, 1945–1949)	2,600	238	10.92	906	788	^[13]
4	Ed Dancker	C	Sheboygan Red Skins (1938–1949)	2,490	321	7.76	955	580	^[14]
5	Al Cervi*	G/F	Buffalo Bisons (1937–1938) Rochester Royals (1945–1948) Syracuse Nationals (1948–1949)	2,326	187	12.44	797	732	^[10]
6	Don Otten	C	Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1946–1949)	2,292	168	13.64	783	726	^[12]
7	Mike Novak	F/C	Chicago Bruins (1939–1942) Chicago Studebaker Flyers (1942–1943) Sheboygan Red Skins (1943–1946) Syracuse Nationals (1946–1948)	2,281	267	8.54	880	521	^[15]
8	Bob Carpenter	F/C	Oshkosh All-Stars (1940–1941, 1945–1948) Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948–1949)	2,140	209	10.24	796	548	^[9]
9	George Glamack	F/C	Akron Goodyear Wingfoots (1941–1942) Rochester Royals (1945–1947) Indianapolis Kautskys (1947–1948) Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948–1949)	2,138	202	10.58	763	612	^[16]
10	Jake Pelkington	F/C	Akron Goodyear Wingfoots (1940–1941) Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1942–1948)	1,949	226	8.62	668	613	^[17]
11	Charley Shipp	G/F	Akron Goodyear Wingfoots (1937–1939) Oshkosh All-Stars (1939–1944) Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1944–1946) Anderson Duffey Packers (1946–1948) Waterloo Hawks (1948–1949)	1,935	376	5.15	765	405	^[18]
12	Bob Calihan	G/F	Detroit Eagles (1940–1941) Chicago American Gears (1945–1947) Flint Dow A.C.'s (1947–1948) Syracuse Nationals (1948–1949)	1,810	165	10.96	675	460	^[19]
13	Stan Patrick	G/F	Chicago American Gears (1944–1947) Flint Dow A.C.'s (1947–1948) Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948–1949)	1,765	212	8.33	681	403	^[20]
14	George Mikan*	C	Chicago American Gears (1946–1947) Minneapolis Lakers (1947–1948)	1,608	81	19.85	553	502	^[11]
15	Arnie Risen*	C	Indianapolis Kautskys (1945–1948) Rochester Royals (1948)	1,606	123	13.06	563	480	^[21]
16	Howie Schultz	F/C	Anderson Duffey Packers (1946–1949)	1,600	165	9.70	544	512	^[22]
17	Red Holzman*	G	Rochester Royals (1945–1948)	1,500	138	10.86	616	268	^[23]
18	Rube Lautenschlager	G/F	Sheboygan Red Skins (1938–1947)	1,442	222	6.49	598	246	^[24]
19	Chips Sobek	G	Indianapolis Kautskys (1945–1946) Toledo Jeeps (1946–1948) Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948–1949)	1,434	148	9.68	449	536	^[25]
20	Mike Todorovich	F/C	Sheboygan Red Skins (1947–1949)	1,425	120	11.87	516	393	^[26]
21	Whitey Von Nieda	G/F	Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1947–1949)	1,367	124	11.02	523	321	^[27]
22	Harry Boykoff	C	Toledo Jeeps (1947–1948) Waterloo Hawks (1948–1949)	1,351	120	11.25	518	315	^[28]
23	Buddy Jeannette*	G	Cleveland White Horses (1938–1939) Detroit Eagles (1939–1941) Sheboygan Red Skins (1942–1943) Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1943–1946)	1,324	162	8.17	451	422	^[29]
24	Clint Wager	F/C	Oshkosh All-Stars (1943–1948) Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948–1949)	1,319	247	5.34	500	319	^[30]
25	Hal Tidrick	G/F	Sheboygan Red Skins (1944–1945) Toledo Jeeps (1946–1948)	1,302	104	12.51	499	304	^[31]

List_of_National_Basketball_League_(United_States)_scoring_leaders

List of National Basketball League (United States) scoring leaders

Key

Season scoring leaders

Career scoring leaders

See also

References

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