In our latest report the research and analysis team at SportingPedia calculated how much money the top NBA scorers earned for each point they brought in for their teams.

One of the most interesting findings is that Stephen Curry comes as the worst value for money among the 10 highest scorers in the NBA this season, being paid a whopping $26,542 per point.

We also broke down the results by conference, underlining the West’s dominance among the top 10 scorers. You can also find the athletes who defied the odds and cracked the top 10, despite making significantly less than the others when it comes to their salary.

Key Takeaways

• Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards has the lowest $ per point among the 10 highest scorers in the regular NBA season at $6,606
• Luka Doncic has scored the most points during the regular NBA season – 2,370, with each of them coming at a cost of $16,905
• Luka Doncic and Shai Gilgeoux-Alexander are the only players to have scored 2,000 or more points in consecutive seasons
• Each of Steph Curry’s 1956 points cost the Golden State Warriors $26,542 – the highest price among the 10 best scorers in the 2024 NBA regular season
• Only 4 players earned more than $20k per point with each of them having previously won an MVP award – Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry; They also are the only who have won an NBA title
• Last season 4 players scored more than 2,000 points, while this campaign they are 7
• Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jason Tatum, and Anthony Edwards are the 5 players who were among the 10 best scorers last season and repeat the accomplishment this term as well
• Steph Curry (36) and Kevin Durant (35) are the only players above 30 years of age

The full report includes further information as well as graphics, which you are free to use along with the data by providing proper link attribution to our publication.