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.
It should be PPG over best X (let’s say 70) games. This means that people that are competing for the scoring record can afford to play more games and have bad games without ruining their averages.
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.
Every other league in the world counts total stats for goals, touchdown and home runs. It should be who scored the most points.
If a player who scores the most points that season is traded midseason and he manages to play more than 82 games because of it, does he win the scoring title?
Per game >