NBA Records

NBA records serve as a history guide for the greatest players and teams of all-time.

If you want to learn more about the legends that once played this game and compare past players to present, the records are the place to start.

One of my favorite hobbies is to open up the record book and compare current stars and estimate whether any of them stand a chance at breaking an NBA record.

If you want to compare past to present, use this quick resource for former records. If you really look deep down to it, you won't be reading numbers, you will be reading meanings.

Scoring

Season/Career Individual Scoring (More Detailed Records Listings)

Season scoring average 50.4 Wilt Chamberlain
Most points single season 4029 Wilt Chamberlain
Scoring average rookie Season 37.6 Wilt Chamberlain
Most points rookie season 2707 Wilt Chamberlain
Most games 50 or more points, one season 45 Wilt Chamberlain
Most games 50 or more points, career 118 Wilt Chamberlain
Most consecutive games 50 or more points 7 Wilt Chamberlain
Most games 40 or more points, one season 63 Wilt Chamberlain
Most games 40 or more points, career 271 Wilt Chamberlain
Most consecutive games 40 or more points 14 Wilt Chamberlain
Most seasons leading league in scoring 10 Michael Jordan
Most consecutive seasons leading league in scoring 7 Wilt Chamberlain
Most seasons 2,000 or more points 12 Karl Malone
Most consective seasons, 2,00 or more points 11 Karl Malone
Most seasons 1,00 or more points 19 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Most consecutive seasons, 1,000 or more points 19 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Game Individual Scoring (More Detailed Records Listings)

Most points single game 100 Wilt Chamberlain
Most points by a rookie single game 58 Wilt Chamberlain
Most points, one half 59 Wilt Chamberlain
Most points, one quarter 33 George Gervin
Most points scored, overtime period 14 Butch Carter

Service (More Detailed Records Listings)

Most seasons 21 Robert Parish
Most games career 1,611 Robert Parish
Most consecutive games career 1,192 A.C. Green
Most games, season 88 New York
Most seasons leading league, minutes 8 Wilt Chamberlain
Most consecutive seasons leading league, minutes 5 Wilt Chamberlain
Most minutes, career 57,446 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Highest average, minutes per game, career 45.8 Wilt Chamberlain
Most minutes, season 3,882 Wilt Chamberlain
Highest average, minutes per game, season 48.5 Wilt Chamberlain
Most minutes, rookie, season 3,695 Elvin Hayes
Most minutes, game 69 Dale Ellis
Most complete games, season 79 Wilt Chamberlain
Most consecutive complete games, season 47 Wilt Chamberlain

Field Goal Percentage (More Detailed Records Listings)

Most seasons leading league 9 Wilt Chamberlain
Most consecutive seasons leading league 5 Wilt Chamberlain
Highest field-goal percentage, career-minimum 2,000 made .599 Artis Gilmore
Highest field-goal percentage, season (qualifiers) .727 Wilt Chamberlain
Highest field-goal percentage, rookie, season (qualifiers) .613 Steve Johnson
Highest field-goal percentage, game-minimum 15 made 1.000 Wilt Chamberlain
Most field goals, none missed, game 18 Wilt Chamberlain
Most field-goal attempts, none made, game 17 Tim Hardaway

Field Goals (More Detailed Records Listings)

Most seasons leading league 10 Michael Jordan
Most consecutive seasons leading league 7 Wilt Chamberlain
Most field goals, career 15,837 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Most field goals, season 1,597 Wilt Chamberlain
Most consecutive field goals, no misses, season 35 Wilt Chamberlain
Most field goals, game 36 Wilt Chamberlain
Most field goals, one half 22 Wilt Chamberlain
Most field goals, one quarter 13 David Thompson

Field Goal Attempts (More Detailed Records Listings)

Most seasons leading league 9 Michael Jordan
Most consecutive seasons leading league 7 Wilt Chamberlain
Most field-goal attempts, career 28,307 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Most field-goal attempts, season 3,159 Wilt Chamberlain
Most field-goal attempts, game 63 Wilt Chamberlain
Most field-goal attempts, one half 37 Wilt Chamberlain
Most field-goal attempts, one quarter 21 Wilt Chamberlain

Three Point Field Goal Percentage (More Detailed Records Listings)

Most seasons leading league 2 Craig Hodges
Highest three-point field-goal percentage, career (minimum 250 made) .459 Steve Kerr
Highest three-point field-goal percentage, season (qualifiers) .524 Steve Kerr
Most three-point field goals, none missed, game 8 Jeff Hornacek
Most three-point field-goal attempts, none made, game 11 Antoine Walker

Three Point Field Goals (More Detailed Records Listings)

Most seasons leading league 2 Darrell Griffith
Most three-point field goals, career 2,217 Reggie Miller
Most three-point field goals, season 267 Dennis Scott
Most consecutive three-point field goals, no misses, season 13 Brent Price, Terry Mills
Most three-point field goals, game 11 Dennis Scott
Most consecutive games, three-point field goals made 89 Dana Barros
Most three-point field goals, rookie, season 158 Kerry Kittles
Most three-point field goals made, one half 8 Tim Thomas
Most three-point field goals made, one quarter 7 Michael Redd

Three Point Field Goal Attempts (More Detailed Records Listings)

Most seasons leading league 4 Michael Adams
Most three-point field-goal attempts, career 5,536 Reggie Miller
Most three-point field-goal attempts, season 678 George McCloud
Most three-point field-goal attempts, game 20 Michael Adams
Most three-point field-goal attempts, one half 13 Michael Adams

Free Throw Percentage ( More Detailed Records Listings)

Most seasons leading league 7 Bill Sharman
Most consecutive seasons, leading league 5 Bill Sharman
Highest free-throw percentage, career(minimum 1,200 made) .904 Mark Price
Highest free-throw percentage, season (qualifiers) .958 Calvin Murphy
Highest free-throw percentage, rookie, season (qualifiers) .902 Ernie DiGregorio
Most free throws made, none missed, game 23 Dominique Wilkins
Most free-throw attempts, none made, game 11 Shaquille O'Neal

Free Throws Made (More Detailed Records Listings)

Most seasons leading league 8 Karl Malone
Most consecutive seasons leading league 5 Karl Malone
Most free throws made, career 9,145 Karl Malone
Most free throws made, season 840 Jerry West
Most consecutive free throws made 97 Micheal Williams
Most free throws made, game 28 Wilt Chamberlain
Most free throws made, one half 20 Michael Jordan
Most free throws made, one quarter 14 Michael Jordan

Free Throw Attempts (More Detailed Records Listings)

Most seasons leading league 9 Wilt Chamberlain
Most consecutive seasons leading league 6 Wilt Chamberlain
Most free-throw attempts, career 12,342 Karl Malone
Most free-throw attempts, season 1,363 Wilt Chamberlain
Most free-throw attempts, game 34 Wilt Chamberlain
Most free-throw attempts, one half 23 Michael Jordan
Most free-throw attempts, one quarter 16 Oscar Robertson

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