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Statistical Minimums to Qualify For NBA League Leaders

Category	Minimums
SCORING:	Player must play 70% of his team's games (58 in 82-game season)*
REBOUNDS:	Player must play 70% of his team's games (58 in 82-game season)*
FIELD GOAL %:	300 field goals made
FREE THROW %:	125 free throws made
3PT %:	82 three-point field goals made
ASSISTS:	Player must play 70% of his team's games (58 in 82-game season)*
STEALS:	Player must play 70% of his team's games (58 in 82-game season)*
BLOCKED SHOTS:	Player must play 70% of his team's games (58 in 82-game season)*
MINUTES:	Player must play 70% of his team's games (58 in 82-game season)*
AST/TO RATIO:	200 assists
STL/TO RATIO:	82 steals

* The only exception to this rule will be if, at the end of the season, the player would have led the league in the category had he played the required number of games with his current category total. For example, if Player A played 56 games and scored 1,590 points (28.4 ppg), Player A could still qualify for the league lead if his average (27.4) with that same point total (1,590) over 58 games was higher than any other player.
A past example: Gerald Wallace collected 138 steals in 55 games (2.51 spg) during the 2005-06 season. Wallace would have still led the league in steals because his average with 58 games (2.38 spg) would have been greater than the 2.28 spg of Brevin Knight, the leader among players who met the 58-game qualifier.
** MINIMUMS FOR NBA ROOKIE LEADERS
(half of the overall-requirement)
*** In order to qualify for the Per 48 Minutes Official Leaders, the player must have played in 2,000 minutes of an 82-game season. If a team’s season happens to be other than 82 games, their minutes minimum is calculated with the following formula: (2,000 / 82) * Team Games Played.

Game-By-Game Statistical Minimums

Following is a chart which shows the statistical minimums a player needs to achieve to be listed among the league leaders at any given point in the season. When checking a player's status, find the number of games the player's TEAM has played in the first column. Then read the number to the right in the second column and check to see if the PLAYER has played in at least that many games. If he has, he is eligible to be among the league leaders in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, blocked shots and minutes. Players qualify for the league leaders in shooting percentage based only on the number of shots made, not games played.

Category:	All Non-Shooting%	Field Goal%	Free Throw%	3-Point%
Rule:	70% of team's games	300 field goals made	125 free throws made	82 3-point field goals made
Game #	Minimum # of Games	Minimum # of Makes	Minimum # of Makes	Minimum # of Makes
1	1	4	2	1
2	2	8	4	2
3	3	11	5	3
4	3	15	7	4
5	4	19	8	5
6	5	22	10	6
7	5	26	11	7
8	6	30	13	8
9	7	33	14	9
10	7	37	16	10
11	8	41	17	11
12	9	44	19	12
13	10	48	20	13
14	10	52	22	14
15	11	55	23	15
16	12	59	25	16
17	12	63	26	17
18	13	66	28	18
19	14	70	29	19
20	14	74	31	20
21	15	77	33	21
22	16	81	34	22
23	17	85	36	23
24	17	88	37	24
25	18	92	39	25
26	19	96	40	26
27	19	99	42	27
28	20	103	43	28
29	21	107	45	29
30	21	110	46	30
31	22	114	48	31
32	23	118	49	32
33	24	121	51	33
34	24	125	52	34
35	25	129	54	35
36	26	132	55	36
37	26	136	57	37
38	27	140	58	38
39	28	143	60	39
40	28	147	61	40
41	29	150	63	41
42	30	154	65	42
43	31	158	66	43
44	31	161	68	44
45	32	165	69	45
46	33	169	71	46
47	33	172	72	47
48	34	176	74	48
49	35	180	75	49
50	35	183	77	50
51	36	187	78	51
52	37	191	80	52
53	38	194	81	53
54	38	198	83	54
55	39	202	84	55
56	40	205	86	56
57	40	209	87	57
58	41	213	89	58
59	42	216	90	59
60	42	220	92	60
61	43	224	93	61
62	44	227	95	62
63	45	231	97	63
64	45	235	98	64
65	46	238	100	65
66	47	242	101	66
67	47	246	103	67
68	48	249	104	68
69	49	253	106	69
70	49	257	107	70
71	50	260	109	71
72	51	264	110	72
73	52	268	112	73
74	52	271	113	74
75	53	275	115	75
76	54	279	116	76
77	54	282	118	77
78	55	286	119	78
79	56	290	121	79
80	56	293	122	80
81	57	297	124	81
82	58	300	125	82

Statistical Minimums for Career Leaders

Category	Minimums
POINTS:	400 games played or 10000 points
REBOUNDS:	400 games played or 4000 rebounds
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS:	400 games played or 1250 offensive rebounds
DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS:	400 games played or 2500 defensive rebounds
ASSISTS:	400 games played or 2000 assists
STEALS:	400 games played or 625 steals
BLOCKED SHOTS:	400 games played or 500 blocked shots
TURNOVERS:	400 games played or 1000 turnovers
MINUTES:	400 games played or 10000 minutes played
FIELD GOAL %:	2000 field goals made
FREE THROW %:	1200 free throws made
3PT %:	250 three-point field goals made
AST/TO RATIO:	1000 assists
STL/TO RATIO:	400 steals
PERSONAL FOULS:	400 games played