{"id":134111,"date":"2025-04-14T09:43:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=134111"},"modified":"2025-04-14T09:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:43:48","slug":"2024-25-nba-league-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/04\/14\/2024-25-nba-league-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"2024-25 NBA League Leaders In Major Stat Categories"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NBA\u2019s 2024-25 regular season saw its conclusion on Sunday. With the season ending, let\u2019s take a look at the NBA league leaders<\/a> this season in the major statistical categories. Their reward for leading the league in a category is bold ink on the back of their basketball card as well as bold print on their Basketball Reference page. Some league leader races weren\u2019t close, while others went down to the final day of the regular season.<\/p>\n

2024-25 NBA League Leaders In Major Stat Categories<\/h2>\n

Scoring Title – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder (32.7)<\/h3>\n

The favorite to win his first MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> also won his first career scoring title. This was the third-straight season that he has scored more than 30 points per contest. The only other player this year to average more than 30 was Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> of the Milwaukee Bucks (30.4). The 6-foot-6 guard scored at least 30 in 49 of his 76 games and had a career-high of 54 points on January 22 against the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n

Rebounding Title – Domantas Sabonis, Sacramento Kings (13.9)<\/h3>\n

For the third straight year, Domantas Sabonis<\/a> sees his name atop the rebounding leaderboard. His 13.9 per contest are a career-high and also the fifth consecutive season he averaged at least 12. The nine-year veteran also led the league with an average of 10.1 defensive rebounds per outing. Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> of the New York Knicks finished second at 12.8.<\/p>\n

Assists Title – Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks (11.6)<\/h3>\n

Trae Young<\/a> is your league leader in assists for the first time in his career. His 11.6 assists per game are the most since Russell Westbrook<\/a> averaged 11.7 in 2020-21 while with the Washington Wizards. It\u2019s the third-straight year that he has averaged double figures in dimes per game. The only other player to have a double-digit average this year is Nikola Jokic<\/a> of the Denver Nuggets (10.2).<\/p>\n

Steals Title – Dyson Daniels, Atlanta Hawks (3.0)<\/h3>\n

The biggest runaway winner in any of these categorizes is Dyson Daniels<\/a> with his three swipes per outing. Coming in second again is Jokic with 1.8. The 22-year-old Daniels became the first player<\/a> to average at least three steals since Alvin Robertson<\/a> in 1990-91 while he played for the Bucks. Daniels\u2019 229 steals in 2024-25 are tied for the 20th-most<\/a> in league history in a single-season.<\/p>\n

Blocks Title – Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs (3.8)<\/h3>\n

Despite 46 games normally not being enough to qualify as a league leader, Victor Wembanyama<\/a> still led the NBA in total blocks. He is now 2-for-2 in leading the league in swats after averaging 3.6 in his unanimous Rookie of the Year season. Remarkably, even with his season ending prematurely, the 21-year-old Wembanyama\u2019s 176 blocks were 28\u00a0more<\/a> than anyone else this season (Brook Lopez<\/a> of the Bucks with 148 finished second).<\/p>\n

Three-Pointers Made – Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves (320)<\/h3>\n

In what was easily the tightest race, Anthony Edwards<\/a> beat out Malik Beasley<\/a> (319) of the Detroit Pistons by one. Both hit seven from beyond the arc on the final day. Their three-point make totals are the seventh and eighth-most<\/a> during a single season in league history.<\/p>\n

Seth Curry<\/a> of the Charlotte Hornets led in three-point percentage in 2024-25 connecting on 45.6%.<\/p>\n

Photo credit: \u00a9 Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The NBA\u2019s 2024-25 regular season saw its conclusion on Sunday. With the season ending, let\u2019s take a look at the NBA league leaders this season in the major statistical categories. Their reward for leading the league in a category is bold ink on the back of their basketball card as well as bold print on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5060,"featured_media":134192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,4,62,22,29,34],"tags":[2109,1102,4605,1489,1349],"class_list":["post-134111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-hawks","category-nba","category-thunder","category-kings","category-spurs","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-domantas-sabonis","tag-dyson-daniels","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","tag-trae-young"],"modified_by":"Kenny Kluska","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134111"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134194,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134111\/revisions\/134194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}