Baloncesto Superior Nacional Scoring Champion are the season by season points leaders of the top-tier level professional basketball league in Puerto Rico, the BSN. It was inaugurated during the 1956–57 season.
In basketball, points are accumulated through free throws or field goals.[1]
Since the 1969–70 season, the BSN's scoring champion is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given regular season. Prior to the 1969–70 season, the league's leader in points was the player that scored the most total points in the league during the season.
To qualify for a scoring champion, a player must play in at least 75 percent of the total games played during that season.
Total Points Leaders (1956–57 to 1969–70) | |||||
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Season | Player (League's Leader in Points) | Club | Total Points | Ref | |
1956–57 | 394 | [2] | |||
1957–58 | Roberto Herrera | Gallitos de Isabela | 365 | [3] | |
1958–59 | 407 | [4] | |||
1959–60 | 469 | [5] | |||
1960–61 | Teófilo Cruz (2×) | 389 | [6] | ||
1961–62 | Teófilo Cruz (3×) | 312 | [7] | ||
1962–63 | 405 | [8] | |||
1963–64 | Juan Báez (2×) | 523 | [9] | ||
1964–65 | Richie Pietri | 419 | [10] | ||
1965–66 | 400 | [11] | |||
1966–67 | 516 | [12] | |||
1967–68 | 499 | [13] | |||
1968–69 | 602 | [14] | |||
1969–70 | Raymond Dalmau (2×) | 546 | [15] |
Points Leader Average (1970–71 to Present) | ||||||
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Season | Player (League's Leader in Points) | Club | Points Average | Ref | ||
1970–71 | Teófilo Cruz (4×) | 22.4 | [16] | |||
1971–72 | Santos de San Juan | 26.9 | [17] | |||
1972–73 | Neftalí Rivera (2×) | 25.2 | [18] | |||
1973–74 | 25.1 | [19] | ||||
1974–75 | Samuel Betancourt (2×) | Santos de San Juan | 22.9 | [20] | ||
1975–76 | Samuel Betancourt (3×) | Santos de San Juan | 21.9 | [21] | ||
1976–77 | 30.1 | [22] | ||||
1977–78 | Gerogie Torres Dougherty (2×) | 29.1 | [23] | |||
1978–79 | Gerogie Torres Dougherty (3×) | 32.9 | [24] | |||
1979–80 | 32.9 | [25] | ||||
1980–81 | 33.4 | |||||
1981–82 | Rolando Frazer Thorne (2×) | 34.2 | ||||
1982–83 | Jim Maldonado | 30.6 | ||||
1983–84 | Gerogie Torres Dougherty (4×) | 28.8 | [26] | |||
1984–85 | Gerogie Torres Dougherty (5×) | 33.5 | ||||
1985–86 | Gerogie Torres Dougherty (6×) | 29.8 | ||||
1986–87 | Gerogie Torres Dougherty (7×) | 35.5 | [27] | |||
1987–88 | 29.5 | [28] | ||||
1988–89 | 30.9 | |||||
1989–90 | Edgar de León (2×) | 31.8 | ||||
1990–91 | Gallitos de Isabela | 31.5 | ||||
1991–92 | Wesley Correa (2×) | 26.2 | ||||
1992–93 | Mario Morales (2×) | 25.0 | [29] | |||
1993–94 | Jorge Medrano | 30.3 | ||||
1994–95 | 25.5 | |||||
1995–96 | 25.7 | |||||
1996–97 | Eddie Casiano (2×) | 26.6 | ||||
1997–98 | 25.0 | |||||
1998–99 | Orlando Vega (2×) | 25.8 | ||||
1999–00 | 22.6 | |||||
2000–01 | Norman Nolan | 27.3 | ||||
2001–02 | 24.2 | |||||
2002–03 | 25.4 | |||||
2003–04 | 24.0 | [30] | ||||
2004–05 | Christian Dalmau (2×) | 26.9 | [31] | |||
2005–06 | Robert Brannen | 21.3 | ||||
2006–07 | 24.7 | |||||
2007–08 | Ricardo Melendez | 22.2 | ||||
2008–09 | 23.5 | |||||
2009–10 | Christian Dalmau (3×) | 21.6 | ||||
2010–11 | 23.3 | |||||
2011–12 | 25.3 | |||||
2012–13 | 20.5 | |||||
2013–14 | Al Thornton (2×) | 22.6 | ||||
2014–15 | Peter John Ramos (2×) | 23.2 | ||||
2015–16 | 18.2 | |||||
2016–17 | 20.3 | |||||
2017–18 | 23.2 | |||||
2018–19 | 23.2 | |||||
2019–20 | 22.2 | |||||
2020–21 | Paris Bass (2×) | 22.7 | ||||
2021–22 | 24.5 | |||||
2022–23 | 24.4 | |||||
2023–24 | 21.5 |
Ranking | Player | Team | Times leader | Years |
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1 | Gerogie Torres Dougherty | Cariduros de Fajardo | 7 | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 |
2 | Teófilo Cruz | Cangrejeros de Santurce | 4 | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1971 |
3 | Christian Dalmau | Cangrejeros de Santurce Vaqueros de Bayamón | 3 | 2004, 2005, 2010 |