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List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders

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NOTOC In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throws and field goals. The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game (ppg) average in a given season. The NCAA did not split into its current divisions format until August 1973. From 1906 to 1955, there were no classifications to the NCAA nor its predecessor, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS).

Pete Maravich of LSU holds the all-time NCAA Division I records for career scoring (3,667) and average (44.2). His three consecutive scoring titles from 1968 to 1970 are also the three highest single-season averages in NCAA history.

Nine players have earned multiple scoring titles. The most recent player to accomplish this is Reggie Williams of Virginia Military Institute (2007, 2008). There have been two occurrences where, in back-to-back seasons, two different teammates have earned the NCAA scoring title. Frank Selvy and Darrell Floyd of Furman each won in 1954 and 1955, respectively, while Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble of Loyola Marymount won in 1989 and 1990, respectively.

Many of the scoring champions from the 1986–87 season and earlier could have added significantly more points if the three-point line had been instituted. It wasn't until the 1987–88 season that the NCAA standardized the line and accounted for three-point field goals in its official record book. The only player since they were instituted to have not made a single three-point shot in his scoring title season is Gathers, who instead made 419 field goals and 177 free throws en route to scoring 1,015 points and averaging 32.7 points per game.

One prolific college basketball scorer who was not an NCAA scoring champion was Notre Dame's Austin Carr. Carr averaged 38.2 ppg as a junior in 1969–70 (tied for eighth highest in NCAA history) and 38.0 ppg as a senior in 1970–71 (tenth highest). Unfortunately for Carr, he happened to accomplish these feats while playing at the same time as Maravich, whose 44.5 ppg in 1969–70 is the highest in Division I history, and as Johnny Neumann, whose 40.1 ppg in 1970–71 is the fifth highest average. While finishing second in the scoring races each of his last two seasons, Carr is the only player on the NCAA's top ten single season scoring averages list who never won an NCAA scoring title.

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Scoring leaders

Except as specifically noted, all teams are listed under their current athletic brand names, which do not always match those used by a given program in a specific season.

Unofficial

Between 1935–36 and 1946–47, there were no "official" NCAA scoring champions. The statistics during that era were compiled from the National Basketball Committee Official Basketball Guide, which was not regulated by NCAA authorities. Therefore, the following players are included in the annual NCAA men's basketball media guide, but are listed as unofficial season scoring leaders.

SeasonPlayerPos.Cl.TeamGames
playedField goals
made3-point field
goals madeFree throws
madeTotal
pointsPPG
1935–36*GStanford29??41614.3
1936–37* (2)GStanford24??41017.1
1937–38FRhode Island211778744121.0
1938–39(2)FRhode Island212017347522.6
1939–40G/FRhode Island222108950923.1
1940–41(2)G/FRhode Island2517810746318.5
1941–42(3)G/FRhode Island2218210647021.4
1942–43GSaint Joseph's222119351523.4
1943–44GRhode Island202268253426.7
1944–45*CDePaul2422211455823.3
1945–46* (2)CDePaul2420614355523.1
1946–47FLoyola (MD)3224218366720.8

Official

SeasonPlayerPos.Cl.TeamGames
playedField goals
made3-point field
goals madeFree throws
madeTotal
pointsPPGRef.
1947–48GIowa191529539921.0
1948–49FYale3022821567122.4
1949–50*FVillanova2926021573525.3
1950–51FTemple2530312573129.2
1951–52*CKansas2835218279528.4
1952–53GFurman2527219473829.5
1953–54(2)GFurman294273551,20941.7
1954–55GFurman2534420989735.9
1955–56(2)GFurman2833926894633.8
1956–57FSouth Carolina2933623490631.2
1957–58*GCincinnati2835228098435.1
1958–59* (2)GCincinnati3033131697832.6
1959–60* (3)GCincinnati303692731,01133.7
1960–61GGonzaga2630423484232.4
1961–62C/FUtah263942211,00938.8
1962–63FSeton Hall2222120865029.5
1963–64GBowling Green2329226084436.7
1964–65*FMiami (Florida)2634029397337.4
1965–66GPurdue2428421378132.5
1966–67GProvidence2832320585130.4
1967–68*GLSU264322741,13843.8
1968–69* (2)GLSU264332821,14844.2
1969–70* (3)GLSU315223371,38144.5
1970–71F/GOle Miss2336619192340.1
1971–72GLouisiana294291961,05436.3
1972–73GPepperdine2535214484833.9
1973–74GCanisius2532618383533.4
1974–75GRichmond2632121385532.9
1975–76GTexas–Pan American2536119791936.8
1976–77F/GPortland State264171761,01038.8
1977–78(2)F/GPortland State2741014996935.9
1978–79GIdaho State2731019281230.1
1979–80GSouthern2937717893232.1
1980–81GSouth Carolina2730018178128.9
1981–82FTexas Southern2933619086229.7
1982–83(2)FTexas Southern2933316983528.8
1983–84GAkron2730420681430.1
1984–85F/CWichita State3135114284427.2
1985–86GWagner2932121285429.4
1986–87GArmy2931126895332.9
1987–88GBradley31377872841,12536.3
1988–89F/CLoyola Marymount3141901771,01532.7
1989–90GLoyola Marymount32404922311,13135.3
1990–91GU.S. International28358602781,05437.6
1991–92FMorehead State292786619381528.1
1992–93GTexas–Pan American191896711155629.3
1993–94FPurdue34368792151,03030.3
1994–95CTCU27288320278128.9
1995–96GTexas Southern241943023064827.0
1996–97GLIU3033810911890330.1
1997–98(2)GLIU3032611610186929.0
1998–99GNiagara292536515772825.1
1999–00GFresno State272525810766924.8
2000–01GCentenary272448521478729.1
2001–02GVMI282857917182029.3
2002–03GNew Mexico282189425378328.0
2003–04GSaint Peter's2923311219777526.7
2004–05(2)GSaint Peter's2823010915272125.8
2005–06FGonzaga333067424092628.1
2006–07GVMI333387617692828.1
2007–08(2)GVMI252694311469527.8
2008–09GDavidson3431213022097428.6
2009–10GHouston353055123589625.6
2010–11GBYU373461242521,06828.9
2011–12GOakland3628111826294226.2
2012–13GVirginia Tech322616121880125.0
2013–14FCreighton353309617893426.7
2014–15GEastern Washington3223012815073823.1
2015–16GHoward302268028081227.1
2016–17GCentral Michigan3231312520895930.0
2017–18GOklahoma3226111823687627.4
2018–19GCampbell3330413924699330.1
2019–20GMarquette2923712121180627.8
2020–21GOral Roberts2822410013868624.5
2021–22GBryant272465013868025.2
2022–23GDetroit Mercy3330315916593028.2
2023–24CPurdue39336131098325.2
2024–25FVillanova3526910317481523.3

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