2025-26 NBA Season Scoring Leaders

Believe it or not, we’re halfway through the 2025-26 NBA season and the race for the scoring title is solidifying. The league’s top scorers are leading team turnarounds, putting up career high numbers and some are even making their case for the MVP.

Let’s check in on who’s dominating at the offensive end of the NBA court.

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Top NBA Scorers in the 2025-26 Season

Here are the top 10 NBA scorers right now.

Luka Dončić – Los Angeles Lakers – 33.3 PPG

Luka Dončić has been his typical efficient self, but this year he’s off to a near career-high pace in scoring at 33 points per game. He and LeBron James have the Lakers at the sixth seed in the highly competitive Western Conference.

Luka ranks in the top 10 in player efficiency rating and the top five in value over replacement player, making his top-tier NBA salary well earned. The Lakers’ issues won’t come from scoring, but from stopping the other team.

Luka is once again averaging 33 points, 8.6 assists and 7.5 rebounds. He will be back in the MVP conversation should he help the Lakers to one of the top seeds in the Western Conference.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Oklahoma City Thunder – 31.6 PPG

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is following up his MVP season by dropping 31 points per game on 54% from the field and nearly 40% from three. He’s also averaging six assists and leads the league in win shares with nearly 10 halfway through the season.

He’s entering into Jokić territory of routine dominant play. Gilgeous-Alexander is once again one of the most efficient offensive players in the game and just as big a threat on the defensive end.

He’s leading the Thunder to an NBA-best 36-8 record and is currently one of the front runners for the NBA MVP Award.

Tyrese Maxey – Philadelphia 76ers – 30.5 PPG

Tyrese Maxey was limited to just 52 games in a disappointing season for last year’s Sixers team. He responded by jumping out to a career year. He’s averaging 30 points per game, 6.7 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game – all career highs.

He’s shooting 40% from three and 47% from the field. He’s been the reason why the Sixers now find themselves at the five seed rather than the basement of the Eastern Conference.

Maxey has been one of the most efficient players in the league with his un-guardable speed and value on both ends of the floor. If Philadelphia can cling onto one of the top seeds in the Eastern Conference, Maxey could very well find himself gathering some votes for MVP.

Jaylen Brown – Boston Celtics – 29.8 PPG

Jaylen Brown entered this season needing to prove that he could step up in the wake of Jayson Tatum’s Achilles injury, and he’s gone out and done just that.

Brown is having his best scoring season as a pro, averaging a career-high 29.8 points per game to go with 6.6 rebounds and 4.7 assists – also a career high.

After the Celtics lost Tatum and traded away Kristaps Porzingis and Drew Holiday, there were questions about where they would find themselves in the Eastern Conference at this point. Halfway through, they are the second seed in the Eastern Conference, and Brown’s ascension into the lead role for the Celtics has been the reason why.

Nikola Jokić – Denver Nuggets – 29.6 PPG

Nikola Jokić is a three-time MVP, and he’s averaging more points and more assists than during any of his MVP seasons. The Nuggets are the three seed in the Western Conference with one of the best offenses in the league.

While Jokić has been out with a left knee hyperextension injury, the question as to whether or not Jokić will be considered for the MVP does not come down to his performance. This is one of the best years of his already magnificent career. But will he play the requisite number of games required to be considered for season awards?

One person who certainly does not care much about that is Nikola Jokić, who, when he returns from injury, might be joining a Nuggets team that found its footing without him and will only be scarier when he returns.

Donovan Mitchell – Cleveland Cavaliers – 29.0 PPG

It’s been a relatively disappointing first half for the Cleveland Cavaliers. They were the number one seed in the Eastern Conference a year ago, winning more than 60 games. But this year they sit at the seven seed, just barely over .500.

Mitchell, though, is enjoying a career year, averaging 29 points per game to go along with 5.7 assists and 4.8 rebounds. It’s also been one of his best seasons shooting the ball from three-point range.

Cleveland battled injuries early in the year, but Mitchell kept them afloat with a chance at a late-season surge. Either way, when healthy, this is a team that was the number one seed a year ago. The second half will determine if that was the norm for this roster or a fluke.

Anthony Edwards – Minnesota Timberwolves – 29.6 PPG

Anthony Edwards continues to be the man for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He is averaging a career-high 29.6 points per game and a career-best 41% from three and 50% from the field. He’s even cut down on turnovers.

Edwards’ latest feat was a career-high 55-point night in a loss to the Spurs. It’s his seventh 40+ point game of the year.

They’re the fifth best team in the league and top 10 on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. Could this be the year the Wolves break through into the NBA Finals? Edwards is sure playing like it.

Kawhi Leonard – Los Angeles Clippers – 28.2 PPG

The Clippers got off to a brutal start, sitting at the bottom of the Western Conference with fans in complete despair with the present lost and the future traded away to other teams.

But then, on December 20, their fortunes flipped. In a game agaist the Lakers, Kawhi Leonard dropped 32 points and 12 rebounds in a win over the crosstown rivals. Since then, the Clippers have gone 12-2, and Leonard has dropped 30 or more points seven times, including a 55-point, 11-rebound outing in a win against the Pistons.

Now the Clippers have an eye on the play-in with a roster brimming with experience and Kawhi Leonard playing and scoring at a career-best clip and having one of his best years on defense, averaging 2.2 steals on the year.

Jalen Brunson – New York Knicks – 28.1 PPG

After getting their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 25 years one year ago, the Knicks entered the season as the conference favorites. And Brunson is the engine that makes it go. He’s once again among the league leaders in points per game and is one of the league leaders in offensive win shares.

He was white hot in December, scoring 30 or more points seven times including a 47-point onslaught against Miami at Madison Square Garden.

At the three seed in the Eastern Conference, the Knicks have stumbled of late. They’ve lost nine of their last 11 and Brunson just called a players-only meeting to shake the squad out of the funk. They will look to turn it around with games against the Brooklyn Nets and 76ers this week.

Lauri Markkanen – Utah Jazz – 27.9 PPG

Lauri Markkanen’s quiet dominance in Utah remains. One of the league’s best kept secrets, Markkanen is averaging a career-best 27.9 points per game.

Despite another All-Star caliber campaign from the Finnisher, the Jazz remain at the bottom of the Western Conference – a fate they seem tied to year in and year out.

Markkanen could once again find himself at the center of trade rumors at the deadline. The Golden State Warriors have expressed interest in the forward before and now with Jimmy Butler lost for the year, they will need another elite talent to stay afloat in the West.

Here are the rest of the NBA best in regular season points thus far:

Rank	Player	Team	PPG
1	Luka Doncic	LAL	33.3
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	31.8
3	Tyrese Maxey	PHI	30.2
4	Jaylen Brown	BOS	29.8
5	Anthony Edwards	MIN	29.6
6	Nikola Jokic	DEN	29.6
7	Donovan Mitchell	CLE	29.0
8	Kawhi Leonard	LAC	28.2
9	Jalen Brunson	NY	28.1
10	Lauri Markkanen	UTAH	27.9
11	Stephen Curry	GS	27.4
12	Deni Avdija	POR	26.2
13	Kevin Durant	HOU	26.1
14	James Harden	LAC	26.1
15	Jamal Murray	DEN	25.9
16	Michael Porter Jr.	BKN	25.7
16	Cade Cunningham	DET	25.7
18	Devin Booker	PHX	25.3
19	Keyonte George	UTAH	24.0
20	Norman Powell	MIA	23.7
21	Pascal Siakam	IND	23.6
22	Jalen Johnson	ATL	23.0
23	Julius Randle	MIN	22.5
24	Trey Murphy III	NO	22.2
25	Shaedon Sharpe	POR	21.8
26	Brandon Ingram	TOR	21.7
27	Alperen Sengun	HOU	21.6
28	Karl-Anthony Towns	NY	21.0
29	Paolo Banchero	ORL	20.9
30	Dillon Brooks	PHX	20.9
31	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	ATL	20.7
32	De’Aaron Fox	SA	20.4
33	Jimmy Butler III	GS	20.0
34	LaMelo Ball	CHA	19.9
35	Zach LaVine	SAC	19.8
36	Scottie Barnes	TOR	19.6
37	Josh Giddey	CHI	19.2
38	Miles Bridges	CHA	19.1
39	Kon Knueppel	CHA	19.0
40	DeMar DeRozan	SAC	19.0
41	Desmond Bane	ORL	18.9
42	Cooper Flagg	DAL	18.8
43	Jaren Jackson Jr.	MEM	18.8
44	CJ McCollum	ATL/WSH	18.6
44	Amen Thompson	HOU	18.6
46	Chet Holmgren	OKC	18.0
47	Evan Mobley	CLE	17.8
48	Jalen Duren	DET	17.8
49	Derrick White	BOS	17.7
50	Andrew Nembhard	IND	17.6

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