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Michael Jordan holds the largest 1-year contract in NBA history, LeBron James is the highest career earner and Stephen Curry is the highest season earner and is also the largest multi-year contract holder in NBA history. During the 1946–47 season Joe Fulks was the highest paid player ($8,000) in the Basketball Association of America and Bob ...
This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing. Athletes in individual sports , such as golf , tennis , table tennis , boxing , kickboxing , and MMA , are not employed by a team and usually earn money primarily ...
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Ed Macauley held the record for 39 days in 1958, the shortest in NBA history. Dolph Schayes held the record from 1958 to 1964 and was the first player to eclipse 15,000 career points. Bob Pettit held the record from 1964 to 1966 and is the first player to eclipse 20,000 career points. Wilt Chamberlain held the record from 1966 to 1984 and was ...
David Wesley scored 11,842 points in a 14-year NBA career, and retired as the highest-scoring undrafted player of the modern era. Mike James from the 1998 draft was the first undrafted player to average 20 points in a season (20.3) in 2006. Jorge Garbajosa was the first to be named All-Rookie First Team in 2007.
The NBA has kept a record of its win–loss statistics since its inception. These records include wins and losses recorded during a team's playing time in the BAA. Defunct BAA/NBA franchises are also accounted for, provided that they played at least one season in the BAA or NBA.
Kobe Bryant leads the Los Angeles Lakers, scoring the most points in the NBA while playing for only one team in an entire career. [8] [9] Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks is second behind Bryant in scoring while playing for only one team. Oscar Robertson is the leading scorer for the Sacramento Kings franchise, playing all of his games ...
Andrew Bynum is the youngest player to ever play in the NBA. NBA players usually come from U.S. college basketball. In the past, a college player had to complete his four-year college eligibility before he could enter the league through the NBA draft or as a free agent. In the 1970s, the league began to allow college underclassmen and high ...