LNB Pro A Best Scorer

The LNB Pro A Best Scorer, or Top Scorer, is the best scorer of the season award, of the top-tier level men's professional club basketball league in France, the LNB Pro A. In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throws or field goals. The LNB Pro A's scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given regular season. Prior to the 1976–77 season, the league's Top Scorer was the player that scored the most total points in the league during the season. Since the 1976–77 season, the league's Top Scorer is the player with the highest scoring average per game during the season.

Best scorers by total points scored (1949–50 to 1975–76)

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Dennis Stewart was the French League's Best Scorer in 1974.


Top Scorers By Total Points Scored (1949–50 to 1975–76)
Season	Player (League's Top Scorer)	Club	Points Per Game
1949–50	- François Németh	ASVEL Basket	22.9
1950–51	- François Németh (2×)	Paris Basket Racing	24.4
1951–52	Henri Théron	AS Montferrand Basket	20.6
1952–53	Jacques Dessemme	EV Bellegarde	24.2
1953–54	Roger Haudegand	RCS Marly	28.4
1954–55	Roger Haudegand (2×)	RCS Marly	24.9
1955–56	Roger Haudegand (3×)	RCS Marly	29.8
1956–57	Roger Haudegand (4×)	RCS Marly	29.7
1957–58	Roger Haudegand (5×)	RCS Marly	22.7
1958–59	Robert Monclar	Paris Basket Racing	22.7
1959–60	Roger Haudegand (6×)	RCS Marly	25.7
1960–61	Roger Haudegand (7×)	RCS Valenciennes	27.9
1961–62	Jean Degros	Denain Basket	22.8
1962–63	Jean-Paul Beugnot	Charleville	27.3
1963–64	Michel Le Ray	ABC Nantes	21.3
1964–65	Michel Le Ray (2×)	ABC Nantes	21.2
1965–66	Jean-Pierre Staelens	Denain Basket	28.1
1966–67	Jean-Pierre Staelens (2×)	Denain Basket	28.9
1967–68	Jean-Pierre Staelens (3×)	Denain Basket	26.6
1968–69	Willie Davis	CSE Toulous	29.8
1969–70	Rudy Bennett	JA Vichy	30.8
1970–71	Larry Robertson	Nice ASPTT Basket	32.5
1971–72	L.C. Bowen	ASPO Tours	34.0
1972–73	Bob Thate	SS Nilvange	39.0
1973–74	Dennis Stewart	JA Vichy	33.5
1974–75	Jacques Cachemire	Olympique Antibes	29.1
1975–76	L.C. Bowen (2×)	ASPO Tours	30.7

Best scorers by points per game (1976–77 to present)

Sean May was the French League's Best Scorer in 2013.

Edwin Jackson was the French League's Best Scorer in 2014.


Top Scorers By Points Per Game (1976–77 to present)
Season	Player (League's Top Scorer)	Club	Points Per Game
1976–77	John Dearman	AS Tarare Basket	32.7
1977–78	Bob Wymbs	Denain Basket	32.4
1978–79	John Garrett	ES Avignon Basket	30.1
1979–80	Floyd Allen	Basket CRO Lyon	32.1
1980–81	- Paul Henderson	Élan Béarnais Orthez	27.2
1981–82	Ed Murphy	Limoges CSP	29.8
1982–83	Ed Murphy (2×)	Limoges CSP	31.7
1983–84	Ed Murphy (3×)	Limoges CSP	32.3
1984–85	Ed Murphy (4×)	Limoges CSP	34.1
1985–86	Keith Edmonson	Caen Basket Calvados	35.3
1986–87	Joe Dawson	FC Mulhouse Basket	35.3
1987–88	- Ron Davis	FC Mulhouse Basket	30.2
1988–89	- Ron Davis (2×)	FC Mulhouse Basket	31.1
1989–90	Derrick Rowland	Caen Basket Calvados	26.3
1990–91	Bill Jones	Montpellier Paillade Basket	26.5
1991–92	Bill Jones (2×)	Montpellier Paillade Basket	24.8
1992–93	Terence Stansbury	Levallois SC Basket	26.3
1993–94	Skeeter Henry	JDA Dijon Basket	24.2
1994–95	Ron Anderson	Montpellier Paillade Basket	25.5
1995–96	Todd Mitchell	Montpellier Paillade Basket	24.7
1996–97	David Booth	JDA Dijon Basket	22.5
1997–98	Jerry McCullough	BCM Gravelines	20.3
1998–99	Keith Jennings	Le Mans Sarthe Basket	19.4
1999–00	John White	SIG Strasbourg	19.6
2000–01	Curtis McCants	Montpellier Paillade Basket	21.7
2001–02	- Tony Dorsey	Cholet Basket	20.0
2002–03	Aubrey Reese	Chorale Roanne Basket	19.9
2003–04	Rick Hughes	SIG Strasbourg	24.1
2004–05	Rowan Barrett	JDA Dijon Basket	21.5
2005–06	Jason Rowe	HTV Basket	21.0
2006–07	Dewarick Spencer	Chorale Roanne Basket	20.6
2007–08	Sean Colson	HTV Basket	21.4
2008–09	Austin Nichols	HTV Basket	18.4
2009–10	- Derrick Obasohan	HTV Basket	19.8
2010–11	Rick Hughes (2×)	HTV Basket	19.1
2011–12	Eric Chatfield	Paris-Levallois Basket	19.8
2012–13	Sean May	Paris-Levallois Basket	18.4
2013–14	Edwin Jackson	ASVEL Basket	18.2
2014–15	Steven Gray	JDA Dijon Basket	16.8
2015–16	Michael Thompson	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	17.8
2016–17	Cameron Clark	Élan Chalon	18.6
2017–18	Zachery Peacock	JL Bourg	19.3
2018–19	Devin Ebanks	Châlons-Reims	18.8
2019-20	Miralem Halilovic	Orléans Loiret Basket	17.6
2020-21	Danilo Anđušić	AS Monaco Basket	20
2021-22	Brandon Jefferson	Élan Béarnais	18.2

French Basketball Championship all-time scoring leaders

The all-time leaders in total points scored of the French Basketball Championship, including all of the league's formats.^[2]

Rank	Player	Total Points Scored
1.	Hervé Dubuisson	19,013
2.	Alain Gilles	18,502
3.	Stéphane Ostrowski	17,764
4.	Jean-Claude Bonato	15,248
5.	Jacques Cachemire	14,955
6.	Richard Dacoury	14,604
7.	Éric Beugnot	14,006
8.	Jean-Michel Sénégal	13,143
9.	Jean-Pierre Staelens	12,524
10.	- Bill Cain	12,411
11.	Didier Dobbels	12,147
12.	Laurent Dorigo	12,020
13.	- Willie Redden	12,018
14.	Didier Gadou	11,644
15.	Jacques Monclar	11,578
16.	Philippe Szanyiel	11,521
17.	Daniel Haquet	11,325
18.	- Paul Henderson	10,741
19.	Valéry Demory	10,648
20.	Jim Bilba	10,479

References

External links

LNB Pro A Official Site (in French)
Palmarès du championnat de France de basket (in French)
Bilans et stats par saison (in French)

[1] Palmarès du championnat de France de basket (in French).

[2] Classement des plus grands joueurs du championnat de France (in French).

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