Team

Lowest average, points per game, season
81.9-Chicago, 1998-99 (4,095/50)

Most consecutive games, 100 or more points
136-Denver, January 21, 1981-December 8, 1982

Most consecutive games, 100 or more points, season
82-Denver, October 30, 1981-April 17, 1982 (entire season)

Most consecutive games, fewer than 100 points, season
35-Miami, October 31, 2001-January 14, 2002

Most points, game
186-Detroit at Denver, December 13, 1983 (3 OT)

Fewest points, game
49-Chicago vs. Miami, April 10, 1999

Most points, both teams, game
370-Detroit (186) at Denver (184), December 13, 1983 (3 OT)

Fewest points, both teams, game
119-Milwaukee (57) vs. Boston (62), at Providence, February 27, 1955

Largest margin of victory, game
68-Cleveland vs. Miami, December 17, 1991 (148-80)

Scoring By Half

Fewest points, first half
19-L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, December 14, 1999

Most points, both teams, first half
174-Phoenix (107) vs. Denver (67), November 10, 1990

Fewest points, both teams, first half
55 - Houston (25) vs. San Antonio (30), December 11, 2003
55 - New Jersey (25) at Portland (30), November 28, 2004

Most points, second half
97-Atlanta at San Diego, February 11, 1970

Fewest points, second half
19-Miami at Orlando, March 26, 2000
Charlotte at New York, November 11, 2000

Most points, both teams, second half
172-San Antonio (91) at Denver (81), January 11, 1984

Fewest points, both teams, second half
51-Boston (25) vs. Milwaukee (26), at Providence, February 27, 1955
51 - Charlotte (19) at New York (32), November 11, 2000

Scoring By Quarter

Fewest points, first quarter
3 – Denver at San Antonio, November 27, 2002

Most points, both teams, first quarter
91-Utah (50) vs. Denver (41), April 10, 1982

Fewest points, both teams, first quarter
18-Fort Wayne (9) at Syracuse (9), November 29, 1956

Most points, second quarter
57-Phoenix vs. Denver, November 10, 1990

Fewest points, second quarter
3-L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, December 14, 1999

Most points, both teams, second quarter
91-Seattle (46) at Golden State (45), March 23, 1974

Fewest points, both teams, second quarter
19-Philadelphia (8) at Charlotte (11), April 5, 1995

Most points, third quarter
57-Golden State vs. Sacramento, March 4, 1989

Fewest points, third quarter
2-Dallas at L.A. Lakers, April 6, 1997

Most points, both teams, third quarter
90-Cincinnati (51) vs. Philadelphia (39), February 28, 1964

Fewest points, both teams, third quarter
18 - Boston (9) vs. Toronto (9), January 12, 2001

Most points, fourth quarter
58-Buffalo at Boston, October 20, 1972

Fewest points, fourth quarter
2 – Golden State vs. Toronto, February 8, 2004

Most points, both teams, fourth quarter
99-San Antonio (53) at Denver (46), January 11, 1984

Fewest points, both teams, fourth quarter
18 – Detroit (6) vs. Utah (12), March 13, 2005

Overtime Scoring

Fewest points, overtime period
0-Houston vs. Portland, January 22, 1983
0 - L.A. Lakers vs. Detroit, December 1, 1989
0 - Seattle at Philadelphia, February 16, 1990
0 - Indiana at Portland, March 10, 1996 (2nd OT)
0 - Denver vs. Charlotte, January 13, 1997
0 - Washington at Atlanta, November 18, 1997
0 - L.A. Clippers vs. Chicago, November 21, 1997 (2nd OT)
0 - Vancouver vs. Indiana, December 1, 2000

Most points, both teams, overtime period
46-Dallas (23) at Houston (23), April 11, 1995 (1st OT)

Fewest points, both teams, overtime period
2-Denver (0) vs. Charlotte (2), January 13, 1997

Largest margin of victory, overtime game
17-Portland at Houston, January 22, 1983 (113-96 game, 17-0 overtime)

Players Scoring

Most players, 1,000 or more points, season
6-Syracuse, 1960-61 (Schayes 1,868, Greer 1,551, Barnett 1,320, Gambee 1,085, Costello 1,084, Kerr 1,056)
6 - Denver, 1987-88 (English 2,000, Lever 1,546, Adams 1,137, Schayes 1,129, Vincent 1,124, Rasmussen 1,002)
6 - Boston, 1990-91 (Lewis 1,478, Gamble 1,281, McHale 1,251, Parish 1,207, Bird 1,164, Shaw 1,091)

Most players, 40 or more points, game
2-Baltimore vs. Los Angeles, November 14, 1964 (Johnson 41, Bellamy 40)
2 - Los Angeles at San Francisco, February 11, 1970 (Baylor 43, West 43)
2 - New Orleans vs. Denver, April 10, 1977 (Maravich 45, Williams 41)
2 - Phoenix at Boston, January 5, 1978 (Westphal 43, Davis 40)
2 - San Antonio vs. Milwaukee, March 6, 1982 (3 OT) (Gervin 50, Mitchell 45)
2 - Detroit at Denver, December 13, 1983 (3 OT) (Thomas 47, Long 41)
2 - Denver vs. Detroit, December 13, 1983 (3 OT) (Vandeweghe 51, English 47)
2 - Utah vs. Detroit, March 19, 1984 (Dantley 43, Drew 42)
2 - Chicago at Indiana, February 18, 1996 (Jordan 44, Pippen 40)

Most players, 40 or more points, both teams, game
4-Denver vs. Detroit, December 13, 1983 (3 OT) (Detroit: Thomas 47, Long 41; Denver: Vandeweghe 51, English 47)

Individual

Most consecutive seasons leading league
7-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, 1959-60-1961-62; San Francisco, 1962-63-1963-64; San Francisco, Philadelphia, 1964-65; Philadelphia, 1965-66
7 - Michael Jordan, 1986-87-1992-93

Most points, lifetime
38,387-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee, 1969-70-1974-75; L.A. Lakers, 1975-76-1988-89

Highest average, points per game, career
(minimum 400 games)
31.0--Michael Jordan, Chicago, 1984-85 to 1992-93, 1994-95 to 1997-98; Washington, 2001-02 (30,652/990)

Most points, season
4,029-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, 1961-62

Highest average, points per game, season
(minimum 70 games)
50.4-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, 1961-62 (4,029/80)

Most points, rookie, season
2,707-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, 1959-60

Highest average, points per game, rookie, season
37.6-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, 1959-60 (2,707/72)

Most seasons, 2,000 or more points
12 - Karl Malone, Utah, 1987-88 - 1997-98, 1999-00

Most consecutive seasons, 2,000 or more points
11-Karl Malone, Utah, 1987-88-1997-98

Most seasons, 1,000 or more points
19-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee, 1969-70-1974-75; L.A. Lakers, 1975-76-1987-88

Most consecutive seasons, 1,000 or more points
19-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee, 1969-70-1974-75; L.A. Lakers, 1975-76-1987-88

Most points, game
100-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia vs. New York, at Hershey, Pa., March 2, 1962

Most points, rookie, game
58-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia vs. Detroit, at Bethlehem, Pa., January 25, 1960
Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia at New York, February 21, 1960

Most games, 50 or more points, career
118-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, 1959-60-1961-62; San Francisco, 1962-63-1964-65; Philadelphia, 1964-65-1967-68; Los Angeles, 1968-69-1972-73

Most games, 50 or more points, season
45-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, 1961-62

Most consecutive games, 50 or more points
7-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, December 16-December 29, 1961

Most games, 40 or more points, career
271-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, 1959-60-1961-62, San Francisco, 1962-63-1964-65; Philadelphia, 1964-65-1967-68; Los Angeles, 1968-69-1972-73

Most games, 40 or more points, season
63-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, 1961-62

Most consecutive games, 40 or more points
14-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, December 8-December 30, 1961

Most consecutive games, 30 or more points
65-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, November 4, 1961-February 22, 1962

Most consecutive games, 20 or more points
126-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, San Francisco, October 19, 1961-January 19, 1963

Most consecutive games, 10 or more points
840--Michael Jordan, Chicago-Washington, March 25, 1986-December 26, 2001

Most points, one half
59-Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia vs. New York, at Hershey, Pa., March 2, 1962 (2nd half)

Most points, one quarter
33-George Gervin, San Antonio at New Orleans, April 9, 1978 (2nd qtr.)

Most points, overtime period
14-Butch Carter, Indiana vs. Boston, March 20, 1984