When Kevin Durant Became the Youngest NBA Player to Win the Scoring Title (2024)

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On April 15, 2010, at 21, Kevin Durant etched his name in league history by becoming the youngest NBA player to clinch the regular season scoring title. A record previously held by one of the NBA's earliest legends, Max Zaslofsky, Durant's achievement received unanimous praise and appreciation.

At 21 years and 197 days, Durant is the youngest scoring leader in NBA history, averaging 30.1 points in the 2009–10 season. Stephen Curry led the league with an average of 30.1 points in the 2015–16 season and became the first player to win the title shooting 50–40–90 in a season.

Michael Jordan holds the record for the most NBA scoring titles, with 10. The only other players to have achieved over 5 scoring titles are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant is the only active NBA player with multiple scoring titles (4).

Much like all-time leading scorer LeBron James, that is the only season in which Durant averaged fewer than 25 ppg. He has four scoring titles in his career, but consistency is the key to Durant's success.

The youngest player ever to play in the NBA was Andrew Bynum, who played his first game only six days after his 18th birthday. The oldest active player is LeBron James, who is currently 39 years, 125 days old.

James returned from a first-half ankle injury to score 26 and become the youngest player in NBA history to reach 10,000 points. James reached the milestone at 23 years and 59 days, more than a year younger than Bryant was when he hit the milestone in 2003 (24 years, 193 days).

Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain are the only two NBA players to score 3,000 points in a season: Wilt Chamberlain: 4,029 (1961–62) Wilt Chamberlain: 3,586 (1962–63) Michael Jordan: 3,041 (1986–87)

Even if Durant wanted to focus on only basketball, he didn't get to do that in Golden State. He said he never fit in like other Warriors. He felt the media trying to separate the team. Even Green acknowledged Durant was discontent due to outside opinion (praise for LeBron James after the 2017 NBA Finals).

This is a list of the tallest players in National Basketball Association history. It is currently topped by the 7-foot-7-inch (2.31 m) Romanian Gheorghe Mureșan, taken by the Washington Bullets as the number 30 overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft.

James has four rings but leads Jordan in nearly every other statistic. Jordan leads in points, averaging 30.1 to 27.1, but James beats Jordan in rebounds, 7.5 to 6.2; assists, 7.4 to 5.3; field goal percentages, 50.5 to 49.7; and 3-point percentages, 34.7 to 32.7. James also played in 400 more regular season games.

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#34 Shaquille O'Neal

During the first title run, O'Neal won the regular-season MVP award, falling one vote short of being the first player ever to win the award unanimously. He captured the NBA's scoring title (29.7 points), while finishing second in rebounds (13.6) and third in blocked shots (3.0).

Kevin Durant dropped his fewest points in a game against the Wizards on February 28, 2017, with 0 points.

Kevin Durant has played 9 games with 50+ points.

LeBron James was the youngest player to ever win the award at 21 years and 51 days old and is the all-time leader in points scored in NBA All-Star Game history. Stephen Curry won the award in his eighth All-Star game appearance and is the all-time leader in three-point field goals made in NBA All-Star Game history.

Brandon Jennings is the youngest in a game with 50+ points. He was 20 years and 52 days old against the Warriors on November 14, 2009.

Kobe Bryant is the youngest in a game with 10+ points. He was 18 years and 77 days old against the Raptors on November 8, 1996.