This article lists all-time individual records achieved in the NBA regular season in major statistical categories recognized by the league, including those set by teams and individuals in a game, season, and career. The NBA also recognizes records from its original incarnation, the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
Awards Most total selections to the All-NBA Team LeBron James with 21 selections Most first-team selections to the All-NBA Team LeBron James with 13 selections Most MVPs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with 6 selections Most total selections to the All-Defensive Team Tim Duncan with 15 selections Most first-team selections to the All-Defensive Team Michael Jordan, Gary Payton, Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant with 9 selections Most Defensive Player of the Year Awards Dikembe Mutombo, Ben Wallace, and Rudy Gobert, tied with 4 selections Most Sixth Man of the Year Awards Jamal Crawford and Lou Williams, tied with 3 selections Most Hustle Awards Marcus Smart with 3 selections Most Teammate of the Year Awards Jrue Holiday with 3 selections Most Sportsmanship Awards Mike Conley Jr. with 4 selections Most Coach of the Year Awards Don Nelson, Pat Riley, and Gregg Popovich, tied with 3 selections Most Executive of the Year Awards Jerry Colangelo, with 4 selections Only player to win MVP by a unanimous vote Stephen Curry Only player to win MVP, Executive of the Year, and Coach of the Year awards Larry Bird Only players to win Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and MVP awards Michael Jordan and David Robinson Only players to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season Wes Unseld () and Wilt Chamberlain () Only player to win the Scoring Title and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season Michael Jordan, Only players to win Rookie of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year Awards Mike Miller and Malcolm Brogdon Only rookie to make the All-Defensive First Team Victor Wembanyama, Shortest player to make the All-NBA team Isaiah Thomas (5-foot-9-inches) was included on All-NBA Second Team, Youngest/oldest MVP winner Youngest: Derrick Rose at 22 years and 191 days old, Oldest: Karl Malone at 35 years and 284 days old, Youngest/oldest Defensive Player of the Year winner Youngest: Victor Wembanyama at 22 years and 106 days old, 2025-26 Oldest: Dikembe Mutombo at 34 years old, Youngest/oldest Sixth Man of The Year winner Youngest: Ben Gordon at 21 years old, rookie season Oldest: Jamal Crawford at 36 years old, Youngest/oldest player to receive All-NBA First Team honors Youngest: LeBron James (21 years, 110 days) Oldest: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (), at age 38 years old Most Citizenship Awards Dikembe Mutombo with 2 selections Most IBM Awards (defunct) David Robinson with 5 selections Most Conference Player of the Month Awards 41 by LeBron James (also oldest to win award) Most Conference Player of the Week Awards 69 by LeBron James (also oldest to win award) Most Rookie of the Month Awards David Robinson, Tim Duncan, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Damian Lillard, Karl-Anthony Towns with 6 selections
Individual records
Rookie and age-related records In 2006, the NBA introduced age requirement restrictions. Prospective high school players must wait a year before entering the NBA, making age-related records harder to break. Youngest player debut Andrew Bynum (18 years, 6 days) with the Los Angeles Lakers against the Denver Nuggets on November 2, . Oldest player debut Nat Hickey (45 years, 362 days) with the Providence Steamrollers against the St. Louis Bombers on January 27, . He was the team's coach and activated himself as a player. He only played 2 games. Youngest debut as a starter Kobe Bryant (18 years, 5 months, 5 days) vs. the Dallas Mavericks on January 28, 1997 Oldest debut as a starter Arvydas Sabonis (30 years, 319 days) in his first rookie game with the Portland Trail Blazers vs. the Vancouver Grizzles on November 3, Oldest player to start a game Robert Parish (43 years, 118 days) against the Atlanta Hawks on December 26, Youngest player to be drafted Andrew Bynum (17 years, 249 days) after the Los Angeles Lakers selected him as the 10th overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft. Oldest player to be drafted Phil Elderkin (46 years, 354 days) after the Cleveland Cavaliers selected him as the 205th overall pick in the 1973 NBA draft. Youngest/oldest coach Youngest: Dave DeBusschere at age 24 was appointed as player-coach in November 1964 Oldest: Gregg Popovich at age 74, and longest tenure at 28 years
Points Youngest player to reach... (career) 5,000 points – LeBron James (21 years, 22 days) on January 21, 10,000 points – LeBron James (23 years, 59 days) on February 27, 15,000 points – LeBron James (25 years, 79 days) on March 19, 20,000 points – LeBron James (28 years, 17 days) on January 16, 25,000 points – LeBron James (30 years, 307 days) on November 2, 30,000 points – LeBron James (33 years, 24 days) on January 23, 35,000 points – LeBron James (36 years, 50 days) on February 18, 40,000 points – LeBron James (39 years, 63 days) on March 2,
Game records Most points in a game by a rookie 58 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors (vs. Detroit Pistons) on January 25, 58 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors (at New York Knicks) on February 21, Most points in first career game (NBA debut) 43 by Wilt Chamberlain vs. the New York Knicks on October 24, 1959 Most points in a game in the 21st season or later 42 by LeBron James vs. the Golden State Warriors on February 6th, 2025 Youngest/oldest player to score 70+ points in a game Youngest: Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns vs. the Boston Celtics at the age of 20 years, 145 days Oldest: Damian Lillard at the age of 32 vs. the Houston Rockets on February 26, 2023 Youngest/oldest player to score 60+ points in a game Youngest: Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns vs. the Boston Celtics at the age of 20 years, 145 days Oldest: Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers vs the Utah Jazz at the age of 37 years, 234 days Youngest/oldest player to score 50+ points in a game Youngest: Cooper Flagg (19 years, 103 days) scored 51 points for Dallas Mavericks vs. Orlando Magic on April 3, 2026 Oldest: Jamal Crawford (39 years, 21 days) scored 51 points for the Phoenix Suns vs. the Dallas Mavericks Youngest/oldest player to score 40+ points in a game Youngest: Cooper Flagg (18 years, 359 days) for the Dallas Mavericks vs. the Utah Jazz (42pts) on December 15, 2025 Oldest: LeBron James (40 years, 38 days) for the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Golden State Warriors (42pts) Youngest/oldest player to score 30+ points in a game Youngest: LeBron James scoring 33 points vs. the Memphis Grizzlies at the age of 18 years, 334 days Oldest: LeBron James scored 36 points vs. the Los Angeles Clippers at the age of 40 years, 355 days Youngest/oldest player to score 30+ points in a game as a reserve Youngest: Kobe Bryant (19 years, 113 days) scored 30 points vs. the Dallas Mavericks Oldest: Michael Jordan (39 years, 40 days) scored 34 points vs. the Milwaukee Bucks Youngest/oldest player to score 20+ points in a game Youngest: LeBron James (18 years, 324 days) scoring 28 points vs. the Washington Wizards Oldest: Udonis Haslem (42 years, 304 days) scoring 24 points vs. the Orlando Magic Youngest/oldest player to score 20+ points in a game as a reserve Youngest: Jermaine O'Neal (18 years, 101 days) scored 20 points vs. the Seattle SuperSonics Oldest: Udonis Haslem (42 years, 304 days) scoring 24 points vs. the Orlando Magic Youngest/oldest player to score in a game Youngest: Andrew Bynum (18 years, 24 days) on November 20, , 18 days after his debut vs. the Chicago Bulls, posting 4 points with two free throws made and a field goal. Oldest: Nat Hickey (45 years, 363 days) on January 27, for the Providence Steamrollers vs. the St. Louis Bombers. He posted 2 points with two free throws made. These are the only points recorded by Hickey in his entire NBA career. Only players with a 40-point game since turning 40 years old LeBron James and Michael Jordan Only time two 40 year-old players scored 15 points or more in the same game Manu Ginóbili (15) and Vince Carter (21) on January 28, 2018 Only time that opposing players, both age 35 or older, scored at least 35 points in a game LeBron James (36pts) and Stephen Curry (46pts) on January 27, 2024
Multi-game records Fewest games played to reach 30,000 points 940 by Wilt Chamberlain Fewest games played to reach 25,000 points 691 by Wilt Chamberlain Fewest games played to reach 20,000 points 499 by Wilt Chamberlain Fewest games played to reach 15,000 points 358 by Wilt Chamberlain Fewest games played to reach 10,000 points 236 by Wilt Chamberlain Only rookies to score at least 40 points five games in a row Allen Iverson in April 1997, and Wilt Chamberlain Only teenager to score 20 points or more in first three career games Paolo Banchero - streak ended on his 7th game, scoring 18 points on October 30, 2022 Most 50-point games since turning 30 years old 8 by Stephen Curry Most 30-point games since turning 35 years old 112 by LeBron James (active) Only player with a 50-point game before turning 21 and after turning 35 LeBron James Most points in first five career games 124 by Jerry Stackhouse, Most points in first five career games for an undrafted player 112 by Kendrick Nunn, Most points in first three, four, and five career starts (since 1976-77 merger) Jeremy Lin (see Linsanity) with 89, 109, and 136 points in his first three, four, and five career starts, respectively in
Season records Most points per game by a rookie 37.6 by Wilt Chamberlain, Only rookie to average more than 28.7 points per 36 minutes (excluding Wilt Chamberlain) Joel Embiid with the Philadelphia 76ers, Youngest/oldest player to lead the league in scoring Youngest: Kevin Durant (21 years, 197 days) on April 14, , averaging 30.1 points per game Oldest: Michael Jordan (35 years, 60 days) on April 18, , averaging 28.7 points per game Only players to average 20 points at 39 years old 20.6 points by Karl Malone, 20.0 points by Michael Jordan, Oldest player to have multiple 50-point games in a season LeBron James on March 11, 2022 Most 40-point games in a season (age 32 or older) 13 by Damian Lillard,
Field goals Youngest player to reach... (career) 500 3-point field goals – Anthony Edwards (21 years, 164 days) on January 16, 1,000 3-point field goals – Anthony Edwards (23 years, 185 days) on February 6, 3,000 3-point field goals – Stephen Curry (33 years, 289 days) on December 28, 4,000 3-point field goals – Stephen Curry (36 years, 364 days) on March 13, Fastest player to reach... (career) 100, 200 3-point field goals – Kon Knueppel on December 22, 2025 (achieved in his 29th and 58th games) 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000 3-point field goals – Duncan Robinson hit his 1000th vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves on December 26, 2022 (achieved in 343 career games) 300 (95 games), 400 (125 games), 500 (152 games), 600 (184 games), 700 (216 games), 800 (263 games), 900 (305 games) 2,000 and 2,500 3-point field goals – Stephen Curry in 597 games to hit 2,000 3-pointers 702 to hit 2500 Most 3-point field goals made by a rookie in a game 9 by Keyonte George vs. the Golden State Warriors on February 15, 2024 9 by Yogi Ferrell vs. the Portland Trail Blazers on February 3, 2017 9 by Rodrigue Beaubois vs. the Golden State Warriors on March 27, 2010 9 by Dalton Knecht vs the Utah Jazz on November 19, 2024 Most 3-point field goals made by a rookie in a season 273 by Kon Knueppel, Youngest player to make ten 3-pointers in a game Anthony Edwards vs the Denver Nuggets on December 15, 2021 Oldest player to make seven 3-pointers in a game Vince Carter at 42 years and 37 days old vs. the Miami Heat on March 5, 2019
Free throws