2025-26 leaders

NBA points per game leaders.

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Ranked league-wide among qualified players. Qualifying means at least 500 minutes.

Luka Dončić leads the NBA in points per game for the 2025-26 season at 33.5, through August 9, 2026. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is second at 31.1. This page ranks the top qualified players of 378 who met the minimum for this metric.

2025-26 NBA leaders in Points per game

1	Luka Dončić	LAL	33.48	100	2,289	64	G-F	61.6%	36.8%	+3.80
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	31.13	100	2,259	68	G	66.5%	32.3%	+16.30
3	Anthony Edwards	MIN	28.80	99	2,137	61	G	61.7%	30.9%	+3.50
4	Jaylen Brown	BOS	28.70	99	2,443	71	G-F	57.3%	35.1%	+6.50
5	Tyrese Maxey	PHI	28.29	99	2,661	70	G	58.8%	28.6%	+1.50
6	Kawhi Leonard	LAC	27.89	99	2,085	65	F	62.9%	32.6%	+7.50
7	Donovan Mitchell	CLE	27.89	98	2,342	70	G	61.3%	31.1%	+7.20
8	Nikola Jokić	DEN	27.68	98	2,265	65	C	67.0%	28.9%	+10.80
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	27.58	98	1,039	36	F	65.8%	35.8%	+4.40
10	Joel Embiid	PHI	26.87	98	1,201	38	F-C	60.5%	33.6%	+5.80
11	Lauri Markkanen	UTA	26.74	97	1,443	42	F-C	60.8%	26.9%	-1.50
12	Stephen Curry	GSW	26.56	97	1,329	43	G	63.7%	30.8%	+2.80
13	Devin Booker	PHX	26.06	97	2,146	64	G	58.5%	30.7%	+3.90
14	Jalen Brunson	NYK	26.04	97	2,590	74	G	58.0%	29.6%	+6.10
15	Kevin Durant	HOU	25.97	96	2,840	78	F	64.1%	26.3%	+5.50
16	Jamal Murray	DEN	25.40	96	2,652	75	G	62.2%	26.9%	+6.80
17	Victor Wembanyama	SAS	25.00	96	1,866	64	F-C	62.6%	31.6%	+17.00
18	Deni Avdija	POR	24.21	95	2,199	66	F	60.0%	28.5%	+0.30
19	Michael Porter Jr.	BKN	24.21	95	1,689	52	F	59.5%	29.2%	-6.60
20	Pascal Siakam	IND	23.95	95	2,057	62	F	56.2%	29.2%	-5.60
21	Cade Cunningham	DET	23.92	95	2,172	64	G	56.4%	29.6%	+11.40
22	Keyonte George	UTA	23.61	94	1,786	54	G	60.9%	27.5%	-8.60
23	James Harden	CLE	23.60	94	2,439	70	G	61.0%	27.9%	+1.80
24	Austin Reaves	LAL	23.27	94	1,762	51	G	64.1%	25.8%	+5.00
25	Jalen Johnson	ATL	22.51	94	2,532	72	F	58.1%	26.4%	+3.20
26	Paolo Banchero	ORL	22.21	93	2,502	72	F	56.6%	27.4%	-0.20
27	Jayson Tatum	BOS	21.75	93	522	16	G-F	54.1%	29.0%	+10.50
28	Norman Powell	MIA	21.74	93	1,717	58	G	60.9%	26.2%	+0.60
29	Trey Murphy III	NOP	21.52	93	2,341	66	F	61.3%	22.3%	-3.60
30	Brandon Ingram	TOR	21.49	92	2,604	77	F	57.3%	26.4%	+1.00
31	Julius Randle	MIN	21.10	92	2,610	79	F-C	58.5%	25.8%	+4.00
32	Cooper Flagg	DAL	21.04	92	2,344	70	F	54.8%	26.4%	-5.20
33	Zion Williamson	NOP	21.00	92	1,841	62	F	64.4%	25.0%	-1.90
34	LeBron James	LAL	20.93	91	1,989	60	F	59.4%	26.2%	+2.60
35	Shaedon Sharpe	POR	20.84	91	1,471	50	G	54.6%	29.3%	-1.30
36	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	ATL	20.82	91	2,603	78	G	61.0%	23.0%	+4.00
37	Franz Wagner	ORL	20.56	90	1,019	34	F	58.8%	25.6%	+3.60
38	Tyler Herro	MIA	20.52	90	1,033	33	G	60.2%	24.8%	-2.00
39	Alperen Sengun	HOU	20.36	90	2,398	72	C	56.9%	25.9%	+3.40
40	Anthony Davis	WAS	20.35	90	626	20	F-C	55.1%	27.2%	-4.60
41	Dillon Brooks	PHX	20.20	89	1,702	56	G-F	54.0%	27.9%	-1.10
42	Brandon Miller	CHA	20.17	89	1,968	65	F	57.4%	27.2%	+8.50
43	Bam Adebayo	MIA	20.11	89	2,365	73	F-C	55.1%	24.8%	+6.10
44	Desmond Bane	ORL	20.09	89	2,756	82	G	60.7%	22.4%	+2.20
45	LaMelo Ball	CHA	20.07	88	2,017	72	G	54.6%	30.6%	+9.10
46	Karl-Anthony Towns	NYK	20.05	88	2,322	75	F-C	61.9%	25.1%	+7.00
47	Jimmy Butler III	GSW	20.00	88	1,182	38	F	64.6%	22.6%	+7.30
48	Jalen Duren	DET	19.50	88	1,976	70	C	68.8%	23.1%	+11.80
49	Ja Morant	MEM	19.45	87	569	20	G	52.1%	30.5%	-4.40
50	Jaren Jackson Jr.	UTA	19.40	87	1,455	48	F-C	57.6%	25.3%	-2.00

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