page_title: List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders
section_title: Official
hierarchical_section_title: List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders / Scoring leaders / Official
caption_attribution_description: English: Basketball player Pete Maravich
context_page_description: In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throw or field goal. The National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given season. The NCAA did not split into its current divisions format until August 1973. From 1906 to 1955, there were no classifications to the NCAA nor its predecessor, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States. Then, from 1956 to 1973, colleges were classified as either "NCAA University Division" or "NCAA College Division". The NCAA's official men's basketball media guide recognizes scoring champions beginning with the 1947–48 season; from 1935–36 to 1946–47, "unofficial" scoring champions were compiled from the annual National Basketball Committee Official Basketball Guide.
  Pete Maravich of LSU holds the all-time NCAA Division I records for career scoring and average. His three consecutive scoring titles from 1968–1970 are also the three highest single-season averages in NCAA history.
  Nine players have earned multiple scoring titles. The most recent player to accomplish this is Reggie Williams of Virginia Military Institute.
caption: Pete Maravich averaged 44.2 points per game over three seasons for LSU
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