<P> Wilt Chamberlain holds the all - time records for total points scored (4,029) and points per game (50.4) in a season; both records were achieved in the 1961--62 season . He also holds the rookie records for points per game when he averaged 37.6 points in the 1959--60 season . Among active players, Kevin Durant has the highest point total (2,593) and the highest scoring average (32.0) in a season; both were achieved in the 2013--14 season . </P> <P> Michael Jordan has won the most scoring titles, with ten . Jordan and Chamberlain are the only players to have won seven consecutive scoring titles (this was also Chamberlain's career total). George Gervin, Allen Iverson and Durant have won four scoring titles in their career, and George Mikan, Neil Johnston and Bob McAdoo have achieved it three times . Paul Arizin, Bob Pettit, Kareem Abdul - Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal, Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, and Russell Westbrook have each won the scoring title twice . Since the 1946--47 season, five players have won both the scoring title and the NBA championship in the same season: Fulks in 1947 with the Philadelphia Warriors, Mikan from 1949 to 1950 with the Minneapolis Lakers, Abdul - Jabbar (then Alcindor) in 1971 with the Milwaukee Bucks, Jordan from 1991 to 1993 and from 1996 to 1998 with the Chicago Bulls, and O'Neal in 2000 with the Los Angeles Lakers . Since the introduction of the three - point field goal, O'Neal is the only scoring leader to have made no three - point field goals in his winning season . </P> <P> At 21 years and 197 days, Durant is the youngest scoring leader in NBA history, averaging 30.1 points in the 2009--10 season . The most recent champion is Russell Westbrook, who averaged a career - high 31.6 points in the 2016--17 season . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="5"> Denotes player who is still active in the NBA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> * </Td> <Td_colspan="5"> Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="5"> Denotes player who won the MVP award that year </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Player (X) </Td> <Td_colspan="5"> Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Guard </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Forward </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Center </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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