James Harden has been a prolific scorer dating back to his fourth season in the league when he moved into a full-time starting role with the Rockets in 2012-2013. However, he reached another level in the latter part of the 2010s when he rattled off three consecutive scoring titles. One of those years came in 2019, when he ran away with the scoring title by pouring in 36.1 points per game. No other player averaged even 30.0 points per game, with Paul George (28.0), Giannis Antetokounmpo (27.7), Joel Embiid (27.5) and Steph Curry (27.3) rounding out the top five.

If Harden’s PPG average registers as unusually high, it’s because it is. Harden’s 36.1 PPG that season ranks as the seventh-best scoring campaign in league history. When the only players ahead of you on a scoring list are Wilt Cham

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