Fastest NBA Players To 25,000 Points

Who was the fastest player to 25,000 points?

Wilt Chamberlain is the fastest player to 25,000 points, accomplishing it in 691 games. He reached his 25,000th point on Feb 23, 1968.

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Which active player is on pace to next make the Top 50 list for "Fastest To 25,000 Points"?

Based on their career production, the player most likely to make the "Fastest to 25,000 Points" leaderboard is Damian Lillard, who is currently at 22,598 points, and is projected to reach 25,000 PTS in 96 games, for 996 total games, which would put him 12th on the leaderboard.

Which active players are in contention for the "Fastest Player To 25,000 Points" leaderboard?

The following players are all at least half-way to the total and theoretically on-pace to make this leaderboard within 4 seasons:

PlayerCurrent PTSProj Games To 25,000 PointsProj Total Games @ 25,000 PointsProj Leaderboard Rank
Damian Lillard22,5989699612th
Giannis Antetokounmpo21,5311451,04015th
Anthony Davis19,3852341,04115th
Paul George19,3382771,22224th
Kyrie Irving18,4332781,05715th
Devin Booker18,1202801,01713th
Nikola Jokic18,0093151,12519th

Note: All stats on this leaderboard are shown at the conclusion of the game, so when a player shows up on this leaderboard with more than 25,000 points, the value you are seeing is their total stats at the end of the game in which they crossed the 25,000 points threshold. This is necessary because many older NBA games only have the full-game boxscore stats, there is no play-by-play data.