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NBA History: All-Time Scoring Average Leaders By Position

By Maxwell Ogden

Dec 23, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) moves to the basket against Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant (24) during the 2nd quarter at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 23, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) moves to the basket against Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant (24) during the 2nd quarter at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports /
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Longevity stats are impressive, but who truly dominated the game? Here’s the NBA’s all-time starting five with the career leaders in scoring average.

Dec 23, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) moves to the basket against Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant (24) during the 2nd quarter at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 23, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) moves to the basket against Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant (24) during the 2nd quarter at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports /

The 2016-17 NBA regular season is shaping up to be one of the most historically significant campaigns in league history. The titans of the game have either teamed up or been granted an opportunity to go from No. 2 to No. 1.

Perhaps more important than the immediate repercussions is the historical implications that the 2016-17 season holds.

Whether appreciated or otherwise, some of the greatest players in NBA history are active during the modern era. That’s no more true than with the scorers, who are beginning to transcend era and enter all-time territory.

The question is: who are those scorers chasing and how difficult is the task of surpassing the all-time greats?

Scoring volume is a matter of longevity and the good fortune of remaining healthy, which are two virtues unto themselves. Scoring average, however, is a matter of pure and unfiltered dominance in putting points on the board.

The question is: who are the most dominant scorers in the history of the five NBA positions?