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Oklahoma City Thunder’s Scoring Dominance Shines Over the Past 16 Years!

Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports

The Oklahoma City Thunder finished the 2024-25 season with the best record across both seasons in the NBA. They are one of, if not, the biggest threat to win it all this season, and can go toe-to-toe against any team in the NBA, including the defending NBA champions in Boston Celtics. One of the biggest reasons why the Thunder are in this position, is because of Shai Gilgeous Alexander’s unbelievable scoring and play-making ability, solidifying himself as one of the best players in the league.

The Thunder finished the season with a 68-14 record, and finished as the number one seed in the West. They will take on the winner of the 8th seed for the first round of the playoffs, and this time this expectations has risen for them to the highest. Fans and analysts believe that OKC has what it takes to win it all, and while some question their playoff experience, others believe that the personnel that they have, is more than enough to win the Larry O’Brian Trophy this season. In fact, the Thunder have played so well this season that there is a serious debate going on about if the 2024-2025 Thunder squad could beat the James Harden, Russell Westbrook, and Kevin Durant Thunder team.

While we do not know the answer to that, what we do know is the fact that the Thunder have had three players with one or more scoring titles, in the past 16 years! Let’s find out more.

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The Thunder Have Most Scoring Leaders in the Past 16 Years

The Oklahoma City Thunder now have three players with who have won the scoring title 7 times in the last 16 years and this is who they are;

Kevin Durant

Durant is one of the most elite scorers we have ever seen. When your team needs a bucket deep down the game or if they need a clutch shot maker, there is nobody better than Durant. KD has won 4 scoring titles in his NBA career in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014, and the 2013-14 season was one of the best MVP campaigns we have ever seen from an NBA player. Durant averaged a whopping 32.0 points per game that season, and there was nothing anybody could do to slow him down. Durant is nearly 7-feet tall, can handle the basketball, hit contested shots from anywhere from the floor, and driving inside the basket. Many analysts and fans even regard him as the best pure scorer that the game has ever seen.

Kevin Durant with 54 points on the Warriors head. (2014) pic.twitter.com/s0EA7XPuLR
— ThrowbackHoops (@ThrowbackHoops) August 14, 2020

Russell Westbrook

Westbrook spent most of his prime years of his NBA career playing for the Thunder, and he also led the scoring in two different seasons in 2015, 2017. 2016-17 Westbrook was one of the most ridiculous MVP campaigns we’ve ever seen. Westbrook beat Oscar Robertson’s record for the most triple-double in a season, and his former teammate Kevin Durant leaving the Thunder became one of the biggest motivations for him to win the NBA MVP award. Westbrook is one of the best players we’ve ever seen, and even though he’s a lot older now, he still somehow manages to give every ounce of energy to win.

Russell Westbrook’s MVP season was something special

🔘31.6 PPG – 10.7 RPG – 10.4 APG
🔘28 Games with 20+ Points
🔘26 Games with 30+ Points
🔘14 Games with 40+ Points
🔘4 Games with 50+ Points
🔘62 Double-Doubles
🔘42 Triple-Doubles

😤😤😤pic.twitter.com/s7V1xtIJzo
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) May 15, 2020

Shai Gilgeous Alexander

SGA is the favorite to win the MVP award this season and led the Thunder to a 68-14 record in the West. Now that the 2024-25 season is over, SGA will receive the scoring title for this season as he averaged a whopping 32.7 points this season. He’s also now become one of the best scorers in the league today from all-three levels, whether it’s the mid-range, 3-pt line, or inside the paint. SGA has also somehow maintained 51.9 percent shooting from the field, which makes him extremely efficient.

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We believe that there are many more scoring titles to come, especially since Gilgeous Alexander is still young and can add more to his scoring arsenal as the years go by.

The only thing that the Thunder need to do is finish the job and win a championship, to not only solidify the players and the team’s greatness but also Sam Presti who has done one of the best jobs when it comes to picking the right draft picks, and handling trade decisions. Can this year finally be the year that they win the NBA title? We’ll see.

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