The beastly numbers that confirm Doncic as one of the greatest scorers in history

"Luka is one of the best scorers to have ever played this sport, if not the best" , said Giannis Antetokounmpo after the Lakers guard dropped 42 points on them. "Right now?" a reporter asked. And the Greek's response was emphatic: "No, right now, no. Of all time! I think some people are afraid to say it, but he has to be up there". The numbers do not support the Heat star because players like Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan have existed, but Doncic's scoring records are not far behind. Here they are.

Five games above 40 points

So far this season, Doncic has reached 40 points in five of his eight games : 52 against the Jazz, 41 against the Blazers, 45 against the Raptors, the aforementioned 42 against the Heat, and 40 against the Kings. The last three have come consecutively. The highest number of games in a season in which he has reached that figure is 16 , achieved last season. Now, without LeBron James on the team, as the absolute focal point, he is on track to shatter that mark.

308 points in the first eight games

Doncic has accumulated 308 points in the first eight games of the season . Nothing like this had been seen since the 1988-89 campaign, when Michael Jordan finished with 303 with the Bulls. The Slovenian point guard's scoring start is the best since the days of Wilt Chamberlain, who holds the three best marks, even reaching a monstrous 418 points in the 1962-63 season.

Luka is one of the best scorers ever to have played this sport, if not the best

Third-highest average in a season

If he were to maintain his current scoring average , something that seems very difficult, Doncic's 38.50 points this season would be the third-best mark in history . Only Chamberlain finished a season with a better average. He did it on two occasions: 50.36 points in 1961-62 and 44.83 the following season. The fourth- and fifth-best marks also belong to the legendary center. Then would come one of Jordan's.

Third-best average in a season

With his sensational start to the season, the Lakers point guard has raised his career average to 29.37 points . That places him third in NBA history. Ahead of him are the two all-time classics: Jordan retired with 30.12 and Chamberlain with 30.07 .

40 points in 12.6% of his games

After the last three performances scoring more than 40 points, Doncic has now racked up 67 games reaching the 40-point mark out of the 522 he has played in the NBA . That means he reaches that threshold in 12.6% of them. Once again, only Chamberlain and Jordan top that figure. The former did it in more than a quarter of the games he played: 25.9% (271 of 1,045) . The latter, in 16.1% (173/1,072) .

100 very prolific first games with the Lakers

With his latest game, Doncic reached 100 with the Lakers. In them he has accumulated 3,240 points , which would be the third-best figure in the first hundred games with a franchise. Chamberlain , of course, surpasses him. He scored 3,748 in his first 100 games with the Warriors and 3,271 with the Sixers .

Best average in Lakers history

The average of 32.40 points produced by those 100 games with the Lakers is the best in the franchise's history . And we're talking about a team that has been home to some of the NBA's greatest legends: Elgin Baylor (27.4), Shaquille O"Neal (27.0), Jerry West (27.0), LeBron James (25.9), Kobe Bryant (25.0) ... He averages more than 10 points more than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , whose numbers declined in the final seasons of his career, (22.1) .