NBA 2020-2021 season would soon enter its play-in stage as the regular season comes to an end with just a few more games left to play. Making it the perfect time to check in on who is leading the leader board this season. While a lot of criteria are used for measuring the player's performance in this article, we explore the offensive leaders of the 2020-21 season.
Steph Curry has not ceased to surprise his fans. The two-time MVP is counted among the best players in the NBA and he has dethroned Bradley Beal to be the season’s point leader by averaging 31.5 points and leading the Golden State Warriors many times through murky waters. While his performance this season has been impeccable which includes the 11-game streak with 30 plus points. His ability to shoot from the deep end and pull off a powerful performance this season would be remembered for a long time especially his ability to score 3’s with such ease.
He also broke many records in NBA in his career, he has recorded the least number of games to score 1000 and 2000 career-three-pointers. He was the first MVP to win with a unanimous vote. He has made the most three-pointers- 402 in a regular season. This season even though Warriors have not done justice to their point guard he has still managed to perform in a record-breaking manner. Curry now leads the franchise records for most points with 17,860 and surpassed Wilt Chamberlain to do so. He also overtook Reggie Miller's record for all-time threes made by scoring 2,730 in his career. And many more.
Bradley Beal even though gave up his place to Stephen Curry, he is running right behind him with 30.9 points per game. His form may have taken a hit in between he is still in red hot form. At the start of the season, he was averaging a career-high and league-leading 34.9 points per game and shooting .494 from the field and .874 from the free-throw line in his first 10 matches, where we also saw him drop 60-point performance against Sixers in January. He was on a hot streak and broke even Jordan’s record of 16 back-to-back games with 25 plus points at the start of the season by going 17 matches straight. Despite his top-notch performance Washington Wizards have not breached the .500 mark and would have to work hard this season to earn a playoff spot.
Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid follows Bradley Beal and enjoys 29 points per game and is third in the league leader list for points. Along with points, he has 10.7 rebounds on average this season and 3.0 Assists. His season stats so far would put some players to shame as well 3 P% is 36.8 and his FT% is 85.4 which is way above the league average of 77.7%. Even his shooting performance this season is good at 50.9% while the league average hovers around 46.6%. Only his performance with 2 Pointers remains lower than the average with 53.7 while the League stands at 58.5%. With Joel Embiid by their side Sixers have been performing well this season as they currently top the East table while Nets are creating trouble for the top seed in the second place.
Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic is fourth on the list with 28.5 points. While at the start of the season the team did not perform that well but Luka Doncic and Mavericks have both turned their luck around and are doing well in the season. Doncic has earned the right to be named one of the top candidates for the 2020-21 NBA MVP award as well. He has time and again scored 30 plus points against the top teams. Recently he dropped 39 points against Steph Curry’s Golden State Warriors and won the match. He even broke the records to become the fifth player in the league to have an average of minimum of 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists and shoot 50% from the field and 40% from the three-point line. The 2018-19 Rookie of the Year is currently at 8 rebounds and 8.9 assists per game and is putting up a fight for the MVP title this year competing against the likes of LeBron James and Joel Embiid.
Fifth on the list for points is Buck’s superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. Bucks have not won the title since 1970-71 and Antetokounmpo plans to change that. Giannis joined the Bucks as the No. 15 pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. The Defensive Player of the Year award, two MVP awards winner is committed to ending this season with a win for Bucks. He has 28.5 points per game so far in the season with 11.1 rebounds and 5.9 Assists. He is on track to win his third MVP title as well this year though Nikola Jokić is also putting up a tough fight for the award. All the data has been pulled from the Data Sports Group’s comprehensive database and the stats represented here are just a small portion of their massive historical data which they have complied with their years of experience in the industry. Try out their services today and never look back.
