# List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders

National Basketball League awards and honors :
Championship :
Dr John Raschke Trophy :
Individual awards :
Most Valuable Player
Fans MVP
Best Sixth Man
Next Generation
Good Hands (defunct)
Rookie of the Year (defunct)
Grand Final MVP
Best Defensive Player
Most Improved Player
Coach of the Year
Most Efficient Player (defunct) :
Honours :
All-NBL Team
Scoring champion :
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In basketball, points are accumulated through free throws or field goals. The National Basketball League's (NBL) scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given season. The scoring title was originally determined by total points scored through the 1996 season, after which points per game was used to determine the leader instead. Players who earned scoring titles before the 1984 season did not record any three-point field goals because the three-point line had just been implemented in the NBL at the start of that season.
Andrew Gaze has won the most scoring titles, with 14. He also holds the all-time records for total points scored (1,007; 1991) and points per game (44.1; 1987) in a season. Between 1986 and 2001, Gaze was the leader in either total points or points per game every season. While he led the NBL in points per game in 1987 (44.1) and 1990 (37.6), he was not the leader in total points scored. His 882 total points in 1987 were third best behind Paul Stanley (920) and James Crawford (903), while his 828 points in 1990 were also third best behind Derek Rucker (865) and Wayne McDaniel (848).

## Key

| † | † | Denotes player who won the Most Valuable Player award that year | Denotes player who won the Most Valuable Player award that year | Denotes player who won the Most Valuable Player award that year | Denotes player who won the Most Valuable Player award that year | Denotes player who won the Most Valuable Player award that year |
| Player (X) | Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season | Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season | Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season | Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season | Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season |
| G | Guard | Guard | F | Forward | C | Center |

## Scoring leaders

| Season | Player | Pos | Nationality | Team | Games played | Total points |
| 1979 | Cal Bruton | G | United States | Brisbane Bullets | 18 | 597 |
| 1980 † | Rocky Smith | G | United States | St. Kilda Saints | 22 | 737 |
| 1981 † | Mike Jones | F/C | United States | Illawarra Hawks | 22 | 671 |
| 1982 | Reg Biddings | F | United States | Adelaide City Eagles | 26 | 782 |
| 1983 | Mike Jones (2) | F/C | United States | Illawarra Hawks | 22 | 719 |
| 1984 | Al Green | G | United States | West Adelaide Bearcats | 21 | 829 |
| 1985 | Kendal Pinder | F/C | Bahamas | Sydney Supersonics | 26 | 871 |
| 1986 | Andrew Gaze | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 25 | 922 |
| 1987 | Paul Stanley | F | United States | Hobart Devils | 26 | 920 |
| 1988 | Andrew Gaze (2) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 24 | 886 |
| 1989 | Andrew Gaze (3) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 24 | 831 |
| 1990 † | Derek Rucker | G | United States | Brisbane Bullets | 25 | 865 |
| 1991 † | Andrew Gaze (4) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 26 | 1,007 |
| 1992 † | Andrew Gaze (5) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 23 | 811 |
| 1993 | Andrew Gaze (6) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 26 | 858 |
| 1994 † | Andrew Gaze (7) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 26 | 890 |
| 1995 † | Andrew Gaze (8) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 26 | 900 |
| 1996 † | Andrew Gaze (9) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 26 | 843 |
| Season | Player | Pos | Nationality | Team | Games played | Points per game |
| 1997 † | Andrew Gaze (10) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 30 | 31.5 |
| 1998 † | Andrew Gaze (11) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 30 | 31.8 |
| 1998–99 | Andrew Gaze (12) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 17 | 33.5 |
| 1999–00 | Andrew Gaze (13) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 28 | 28.9 |
| 2000–01 | Andrew Gaze (14) | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 27 | 29.1 |
| 2001–02 | Randy Rutherford | G | United States | Brisbane Bullets | 30 | 25.0 |
| 2002–03 | John Rillie | G | Australia | West Sydney Razorbacks | 16 | 23.6 |
| 2003–04 † | Matthew Nielsen | F | Australia | Sydney Kings | 33 | 23.5 |
| 2004–05 † | Brian Wethers | G/F | United States | Hunter Pirates | 32 | 24.3 |
| 2005–06 | Cortez Groves | G | United States | Wollongong Hawks | 32 | 24.1 |
| 2006–07 | Carlos Powell | F | United States | New Zealand Breakers | 33 | 28.2 |
| 2007–08 | Ebi Ere | G/F | Nigeria | Brisbane Bullets | 29 | 27.1 |
| 2008–09 † | Kirk Penney | G/F | New Zealand | New Zealand Breakers | 28 | 24.2 |
| 2009–10 | Kirk Penney (2) | G/F | New Zealand | New Zealand Breakers | 19 | 23.2 |
| 2010–11 | Kirk Penney (3) | G/F | New Zealand | New Zealand Breakers | 23 | 20.1 |
| 2011–12 † | Kevin Lisch | G | United States | Perth Wildcats | 28 | 17.6 |
| 2012–13 | Ben Madgen | G/F | Australia | Sydney Kings | 28 | 17.9 |
| 2013–14 | Chris Goulding | G | Australia | Melbourne Tigers | 27 | 23.0 |
| 2014–15 | Josh Childress | F | United States | Sydney Kings | 18 | 21.1 |
| 2015–16 | Jerome Randle | G | United States | Adelaide 36ers | 23 | 23.0 |
| 2016–17 | Bryce Cotton | G | United States | Perth Wildcats | 11 | 22.1 |
| 2017–18 | Jerome Randle (2) | G | United States | Sydney Kings | 19 | 19.8 |
| 2018–19 | Bryce Cotton (2) | G | United States | Perth Wildcats | 25 | 22.5 |
| 2019–20 † | Bryce Cotton (3) | G | United States | Perth Wildcats | 27 | 22.6 |
| 2020–21 † | Bryce Cotton (4) | G | United States | Perth Wildcats | 32 | 23.5 |
| 2021–22 | Bryce Cotton (5) | G | United States | Perth Wildcats | 28 | 22.7 |
| 2022–23 | Bryce Cotton (6) | G | United States | Perth Wildcats | 28 | 23.5 |
| 2023–24 † | Bryce Cotton (7) | G | United States | Perth Wildcats | 27 | 23.1 |
| 2024–25 † | Bryce Cotton (8) | G | United States | Perth Wildcats | 24 | 28.6 |

### Multiple-time leaders

| Ranking | Player | Team | Times leader | Years |
| 1 | Andrew Gaze | Melbourne Tigers | 14 | 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 |
| 2 | Bryce Cotton | Perth Wildcats | 8 | 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| 3 | Kirk Penney | New Zealand Breakers | 3 | 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| 4 | Mike Jones | Illawarra Hawks | 2 | 1981, 1983 |
| 4 | Jerome Randle | Adelaide 36ers (1) / Sydney Kings (1) | 2 | 2016, 2018 |