The most basketball field goals scored in an NBA season is 1,597 by Wilt Chamberlain (USA) for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1961-62 season.

In his career, he scored an average of 30.1 points per game, taking into account his total of 31,419 for Philadelphia Warriors 1959-62, San Francisco Warriors 1962-65, Philadelphia 76ers 1964-8 and Los Angeles Lakers 1968-73. He scored 50 or more points in 118 games, including 45 games in 1961-62 and 30 in 1962-63.