Harden missed! Only 5 players in active service averaged 20+ per game after deducting free throws, Doncic was the highest, and Jamdoulu is on the list

Among the active players, Doncic has the highest average score per game in his regular season career, who can average 28.6 points per game. Although Doncic has only played 450 games so far in his career, this is not a small amount, and it is rare to maintain such a high average score.

Embid's career average score has also reached 27.7 points, second only to Doncic in active service. But Embiid has been in the NBA for more than 10 years and has played in a total of only 452 games, only two more games than Doncic. If the attendance rate is higher, Embiid may not be able to maintain such a high average score.

In addition to Doncic and Embiid, Durant and James have also averaged more than 27 points in their careers, of which Durant can average 27.2 points per game and James can average 27 points per game. However, James has averaged only 25 points per game in the past two seasons, and may drop below 27 points before retirement.

It is worth mentioning that even after deducting free throws, Doncic's average score per game in his career still reached 22.4 points, which is still the highest in active service. Including Doncic, there are only five active players who average more than 20 points after deducting free throws. The other four are James (21.5 points per game), Curry (20.8), Durant (20.7), and Mitchell (20.5).

Among them, Doncic, Durant and James have already had high average scores in their careers, so after deducting free throws, they can still more than 20 points per game. Embiid's free throw score accounts for a high proportion, and he has averaged more than 8 points per game so far in his career, so he averaged less than 20 points per game after deducting free throws, but it is also very close.

As for Curry and Mitchell, they averaged less than 25 points in their careers, but because the proportion of free throws is not high, they are only about 4 points per game, so even after deducting free throws, they still scored more than 20 points per game.

In addition, Trae Young and Lillard have both averaged more than 25 points in their careers, but they have less than 20 points after deducting free throws. Trae Young is also a free throw expert, averaging nearly 7 points per game in his career. As for Harden, his career average score reached 24 points, but he averaged more than 7 points with free throws alone, so he was far less than 20 points after deducting free throws.

Of course, free throws are an important scoring method, and a player cannot deny his scoring ability just because he has many free throws. Many times, it is because the opponent cannot defend himself and can only foul, so they can get so many free throws. However, foul-making experts like Harden and Embiid do have many free throws obtained by intentional fouls.