How difficult is it to score 3,000 points in a single season? Kobe Harden only once KD, Jordan 10 times, and how many times does James have?

On August 29, American media Hoops released a set of data, which counted the number of times all NBA players scored more than 3,000 points in a single season, including the total score in the regular season plus the playoffs. Among them, Jordan won the first place without any suspense, and he completed the feat of at least 3,000 points in a single season 10 times in his career. Among the active players, only 4 players are on the list. Let’s take a look at it in detail below. How difficult is it to score 3,000 points in a single season? Kobe Harden only once KD, Jordan 10 times, and how many times did James?

No. 1 Jordan, who has become the No. 1 on this list without any controversy. Jordan scored more than 3,000 points in 10 seasons, and even in the 1986-87 season, his regular season score alone reached 3,041 points, exceeding 3,000 points. In the field of scoring, Jordan is indeed the absolute king, with 10 scoring champions, which is terrifying to think about. Jordan only played for 13 seasons in total (spanning 15 years due to retirement and comeback), with 6 championships and 5 MVPs, and his dominance is too strong.

Second place Chamberlain. Chamberlain once achieved a 3,000-point feat in a single season five times, and even achieved a 4,000-point feat in a single season in 1961-1962. That season, his total score in the regular season + playoffs reached a terrifying 4,029 points, the first in history, unprecedented and no one to come. However, during the Chamberlain period, the NBA was not competitive enough, and many of his data believed that the moisture was heavy.

Except for Jordan and Chamberlain, the others have only completed a single season with over 3,000 points. Moreover, in the history of NBA, only 8 people have done it in a total of decades. They are Elgin Baylor (1962-1963), Rick Barry (1966-1967), Jabbar (1971-1972), McAdou (1974-1975), O'Neal (1999-2000), Kobe (2005-2006), Durant (2013-2014), Harden (2018-2019), Doncic (2023-2024), and SGA (2024-2025).

So, overall, the king of this field is undisputed. Among the active players, only Durant, Harden, Doncic and SGA completed it. In fact, this data is very difficult to think about. Even if you play 82 games in the regular season, you only have 2,460 points per game. You still need to reach the division finals at least. The average round is calculated based on 6 games, 18 games, and you can score 30 points per game, with a total of only 540 points. With the 2,460 points in the regular season, you just have enough of the 3,000 points threshold.

So, this record is really difficult. Some friends will ask, James, the leader in history, has a total score of 42,184 points in the regular season, the first in history, and the total score of 8,289 points in history, why did he fail to achieve a single season of 3,000 points? This means that James' main feature is stability and the longest history, and this evaluation is very pertinent.

James averaged more than 30 points per game in the regular season in 22 seasons, only 2 times, one in 2006, averaging 31.4 points per game, but the Cavaliers led by him lost to the Pistons in the second round of tiebreak. Another time was in 2008, where he averaged 30 points per game on a regular basis, but the Cavaliers fell in the second round again and lost to the Celtics in tiebreak. So James' chances in the past two years are good, but in the end, he failed to achieve a single season of 3,000 points.