Achieving a single-season 2000-point feat requires top-notch scoring ability and maintaining an extremely high attendance rate, both of which are indispensable, making it difficult to accomplish. So, how many times have the current star players scored 2000 points in a season? Curry and Jokic: I've done it twice, Durant: I've done it seven times, James: Step aside.
Irving is hailed as one of the top scorers in the league, with his scoring skills and clutch performances widely recognized. However, despite his excellent scoring ability, he cannot maintain a high appearance rate while keeping up a first-class scoring performance. Therefore, although he once scored 1816 points in a season, he still failed to reach the standard of 2000 points in a single season. The same situation also occurred to Leonard and Paul, who, despite their formidable strength, had unsatisfactory attendance rates. And Paul, as the representative of traditional point guards, although he has some scoring performances, is still slightly inferior to other top scorers, so they have never had a 2000-point season.
Curry, as the face of the league, has extremely high popularity and strong three-point shooting ability. At the peak of his career, he became the scoring champion twice with an average score of over 30 points per game, and he easily broke through 2000 points in those two seasons. Jokic is currently the leader of the league. He not only excels in scoring but also performs outstandingly in organizing and rebounding. In the 22nd and 24th seasons, he also successfully achieved a total score of over 2000 points.
Westbrook is a highly respected player with a very high attendance rate. Although he only scored over 2000 points twice in his best seasons of 17 and 18, he won the scoring title, MVP, and assist king in those two seasons. Tatum is an outstanding young player, with not only a high average score but also stable attendance, so he also broke through 2000 points in total for two seasons. Doncic is a super scorer, averaging 28 points in his career, but his overall attendance rate is average, so he also broke through 2000 points in two seasons.
Antetokounmpo and Durant, as top forwards in the league, are both exceptionally talented offensively. Durant's skills are comprehensive, while Antetokounmpo is gifted. Durant has had seven seasons with a total score exceeding 2000 points in his career to date, including performances with the Thunder, Warriors, and Suns, while Antetokounmpo has achieved this three times. Harden is on par with Durant, being a phenomenal scorer during his time with the Rockets. In his nine years with the Rockets, he won the scoring title three times and achieved a total score of over 2000 points in seven seasons.
However, even scorers like Harden and Durant have not been able to surpass the achievements of the strongest active player - LeBron James. Although James has only won the scoring title once, his stability is unparalleled. Starting from the second season of his career, he has averaged over 25 points per game for twenty consecutive years. Moreover, he has become a "super iron man" due to his extremely high attendance rate, so he has had a total of ten seasons with a score exceeding 2000 points. This outstanding performance of stability and continuity makes him stand out on this list.
