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Can you name the leading scorer for each letter of the alphabet in NBA history?

Enter a player (last names acceptable) in the box below
Correctly named players will show up in the table below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
This game was contributed by Sporcle user: Ben
There has never been a basketball player in the NBA with a last name starting with the letter "X".
Last updated August 21st, 2009.
* - denotes active player.

You have 6 minutes to guess after you click the button below.

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Letter	Player	Points
A		38,387
B*		23,820
C		31,419
D		23,177
E		25,613
F		17,955
G		21,586
H		27,313
I*		23,983
J		32,292
K		19,655
L		19,248
M		36,928

Letter	Player	Points
N*		19,084
O*		27,619
P		23,334
Q*		945
R		26,710
S		19,711
T		19,015
U		10,624
V		15,980
W		26,668
Y*		9,196
Z		4,909

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There are 37 comments for this game.
(Warning: comments may contain spoilers)

	bigsoxfan:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 19:07 GMT	4 points
	Great game!

	gttrsnp:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 19:16 GMT	4 points
	wow. i dont feel bad at all for missing some of these. i have a world b free jersey and i still would have never guessed him (sorry, spoiler)

	cheezguyty:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 19:19 GMT	7 points
	Isn't Chris Quinn still playing for the Miami Heat? If so, then the Q should have an asterisk by it.

	mattrd08:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 19:21 GMT	-1 points
	I was really surprised when I saw the asterisk by the letter B, because I was expecting it to be Larry Bird.

	Platypus222:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 19:26 GMT	32 points
	Attention anyone whose last name starts with 'X': Join the NBA immediately and you can automatically be in this quiz!

	burnage:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 19:31 GMT	-3 points
	cool quiz! too bad my neighbor doesn't play 4 the NBA. His last name is Xenod. no lie :)

	cottb128:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 19:35 GMT	-2 points
	I think you should have the X pop-up just as a bonus answer for Xavier McDaniel. He is, in fact, the X-Man.

	brrap_brrap:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 19:38 GMT	1 point
	Color me surprised that Dirk Nowitzki has over 19,000 points. Didn't realize he'd been around long enough to have that many.

	polacco:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 20:07 GMT	32 points
	Yao ming has 9,196 career points. Since Yao is his family name (last name) shouldn't he have the most points for letter y?

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	ad808:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 20:14 GMT	0 points
	I remember O singled out Q as one of the players he was happy to leave behind when he bolted for the last team he played for. I correctly guessed the identity of player Z, but only because I knew the story of how Bob Cousy ended up with the Celtics. That didn't stop me from whiffing on the identity of player P, though. Tough quiz, but fun.

	rockgolf:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 20:32 GMT	25 points
	AHA! You forget! Kareem Abdul-Jabbar changed his name, so he should also be the correct answer under his original name of Lew Alcin... Never mind.

	Supernuke:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 21:02 GMT	2 points
	I really didn't expect World B Free to be on here, but I guessed it anyway lol. Didn't do so well with most of the other names on this list.

	Kicking222:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 21:08 GMT	3 points
	Jeez, waaaaaay harder than I thought it'd be. Some of these (especially Reggie freakin' Theus) really surprised me. I also didn't realize Wes Unseld had so few points- and he's a Hall of Famer!

	cocky:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 22:44 GMT	9 points
	I was surprised E wasn't Ewing or Erving.

	ZeroSignal:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 22:58 GMT	3 points
	I missed The Mailman? facepalm

	Sneuticles:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 23:18 GMT	3 points
	If you had told me six minutes ago that Parish > Pippen, and Wilkins > West, and Bryant > Bird, I would have cried shenanigans on you, dear sir.

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	cocky:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 23:28 GMT	3 points
	His real name was Lloyd Free. He had it legally changed.

	bobc:	Aug 22nd, 2009 at 23:33 GMT	2 points
	Could use more time. There's a lot of names to run through on some letters before you get the right one.

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	tm4:	Aug 23rd, 2009 at 00:32 GMT	2 points
	I second polacco's suggestion. Yao is his surname and the name on his jersey.

	Ben:	Aug 23rd, 2009 at 01:49 GMT	3 points
	Added Yao to the Y list... :)

	Adam:	Aug 23rd, 2009 at 01:59 GMT	3 points
	Great quiz, though shouldn't Yao have an asterisk as he is still in the NBA albeit his injured...

	Haunter:	Aug 23rd, 2009 at 03:42 GMT	2 points
	great, now i didn't guess Yao when I played it a second time.

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	Rosco:	Aug 23rd, 2009 at 04:13 GMT	2 points
	Yao Ming should be listed as current though

	geowiz85:	Aug 23rd, 2009 at 05:27 GMT	1 point
	forgot the T name, but once the answers popped up it brought back great memories of watching Hangtime on Saturday morning tv

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	jUNKIEd:	Aug 24th, 2009 at 01:33 GMT	1 point
	Amazing how many great players popped in my head all with the last name beginning in J. Gotta line up behind Jordan unfortunately.

	Platypus222:	Aug 24th, 2009 at 05:21 GMT	2 points
	@mimigirl: No, it's not his "last" name, but it is his family name. In China, the family name comes first, followed by the given name. Because of this, his jersey says "Yao" and he is properly referred to as "Mr. Yao" and not "Mr. Ming," but his friends would (presumably) call him "Ming."

	SeanJohn528:	Aug 24th, 2009 at 06:30 GMT	1 point
	def wouldve put yao ming in a heart beat if i new y was for yao...wasnt thinking of the chinese reverse order

	switzr1:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:31 GMT	1 point
	16. Inexcusable.

	cliffhanger5262:	Aug 26th, 2009 at 11:19 GMT	2 points
	If his 2 aba seasons would have counted george gervin would have more points than hal greer

	OilFan:	Sep 2nd, 2009 at 06:15 GMT	1 point
	Neat quiz! I'd love to see some for other sports leagues too (especially the NHL).

	mebejoe:	Nov 13th, 2009 at 22:27 GMT	1 point
	I think that part of the merger agreement between the ABA and NBA required the NBA to recognize the ABA stats. Therefore, I suggest that Dan Issel and Julius Erving should be answers for "I" and "E".