Fastest NBA Players To 12,000 Points

Who was the fastest player to 12,000 points?

Wilt Chamberlain is the fastest player to 12,000 points, accomplishing it in 280 games. He reached his 12,000th point on Jan 24, 1963.

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Which active player is on pace to next make the Top 50 list for "Fastest To 12,000 Points"?

Based on their career production, the player most likely to make the "Fastest to 12,000 Points" leaderboard is Anthony Edwards, who is currently at 10,854 points, and is projected to reach 12,000 PTS in 47 games, for 489 total games, which would put him 29th on the leaderboard.

Which active players are in contention for the "Fastest Player To 12,000 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 12,000 PointsProj Total Games @ 12,000 PointsProj Leaderboard Rank
Anthony Edwards10,8544748929th
Zion Williamson6,58122850434th

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 12,000 points, the value you are seeing is their total stats at the end of the game in which they crossed the 12,000 points threshold. This is necessary because many older NBA games only have the full-game boxscore stats, there is no play-by-play data.