I hardly think scoring champ should ve the one with most points in general than most ppg. Its not Tatums fault for eg that he played more games than Embid. As in all time leading scorers we look at most points global, not most ppg. Thats the top scorer.
Totals for me, I just think its less arbitrary. I’m taking a guy avg 29.5 for 82 games over one who averages 29.7 in 67 games.
I see the case for both , but I always felt that totals don’t lie. You can’t make an arbitrary cutoff with totals, its always who gets the most.