Most Points Scored, Career

The following is a list of the 75 men in the CBA/Eastern League history with the most career points, as of March 12, 2006.

Please note that these point totals are for regular season games only, and are only representative of league activity.

NOTE: Records from the early years of the league were not available for many years, and some statistics for Eastern League players were not archived prior to the 1958-59 season. Thanks to the efforts of sports historian Karel de Veer, whose research on the CBA and the Eastern League has proven extremely valuable, we are now able to add corrected pre-1958-59 season statistics to the career totals list.

Please also note that games played and statistics registered against the Rochester Colonels (Eastern League, 1958-59) were later deleted by the league after the Colonels folded in mid-season. Point variations are listed as footnotes to this website.

Statistics registered when several CBA teams joined the International Basketball League (IBL) to finish the 2000-01 season are not considered part of a player's CBA total; but are listed in footnotes to this website.

Additional games played to break ties for playoff seeds are counted as regular-season contests.

MOST POINTS SCORED, CAREER:

  1. Tico Brown, 8,538
  2. Willie Simms, 8320[1]
  3. Tom Hemans, 7,821[2]
  4. Julius McCoy, 7,782[3]
  5. Stacy Arceneaux, 7,749[4]
  6. Hal Lear, 6,915[5]
  7. Kenny Natt, 6,281
  8. Cedric Hunter, 6,205
  9. Derrick Rowland, 5,783
  10. Kermit Holmes, 5,760
  11. Stan Pawlak, 5,729
  12. Ron Davis, 5,673
  13. Tracy Moore, 5,757
  14. Tim Legler, 5,604
  15. Bill Spivey, 5,510[6]
  16. Richard Gaines, 5,484[7]
  17. Carl Thomas, 5,479
  18. Kelsey Weems, 5,457
  19. Rich Cornwall, 5,260
  20. Sherman White, 5,117[8]
  21. Greg Jones, 5,083
  22. Waite Bellamy, 5,023[9]
  23. Henry James, 4,977
  24. Ronnie Fields, 4888
  25. Wally Choice, 4,884[10]
  26. Ken Wilburn, 4,861
  27. John Richter, 4,813
  28. Melvin Newbern, 4,798
  29. Jack Molinas, 4,778[11]
  30. Travis Williams, 4,777
  31. Carlton McKinney, 4,666
  32. Ron Spivey, 4,655
  33. Tony Harris, 4,654
  34. Brook Steppe, 4,625
  35. Larry Robinson, 4,615
  36. Jerome Henderson, 4,614
  37. Kevin Williams, 4,574
  38. Boot Bond, 4,558
  39. Bob McNeill, 4,508[12]
  40. A.J. Wynder, 4,489
  41. Clinton Wheeler, 4,410
  42. Duane Washington, 4,388
  43. Al Smith, 4,356
  44. Jim Lampley, 4,348
  45. Jay Edwards, 4,287
  46. McKinley Singleton, 4,268
  47. Perry Moss, 4,231
  48. Leonard White, 4184
  49. Mack Daughtry, 4,147
  50. Ken Green, 4,128
  51. Walt Simon, 4,127
  52. James "Bull" Martin, 4,086
  53. Al Smith, 4,079
  54. Bruce Spraggins, 4,068[13]
  55. Claude Gregory, 4,023
  56. Corey Gaines, 4,010
  57. Darrin Hancock, 4,003[14]
  58. Swish McKinney, 3,999
  59. Ray Hall, 3,979
  60. George Bruns, 3,966
  61. DeWayne Scales, 3,949
  62. Tony Dawson, 3,932
  63. Fred Cofield, 3,903
  64. Richard Hollis, 3,901
  65. Jay Taylor, 3,898
  66. Glenn Hagan, 3,872
  67. Bob Keller, 3,871
  68. Lowes Moore, 3,866
  69. Stephen Thompson, 3,834
  70. Kenny Travis, 3,820
  71. Barry Stevens, 3,789
  72. Roman Turmon, 3,777[15]
  73. Hank Whitney, 3,770[16]
  74. Jarvis Basnight, 3,762
  75. Jose Slaughter, 3,693

[1]Does not count 47 points Willie Simms scored during 2000-01 season when his team finished the CBA season in the IBL.

[2]Tom Hemans was originally credited with 7,245 points, beginning with the 1958-59 season; additional points came from 1956-57 and 1957-58 seasons. Does not count 30 points Hemans scored in 1958-59 game against the Rochester Colonels.

[3]Does not count 10 points Julius McCoy scored in 1958-59 game against the Rochester Colonels.

[4]Stacy Arceneaux was originally credited with 7,170 points, beginning with the 1958-59 season; additional points came from 1955-56, 1956-57 and 1957-58 seasons. Does not count 43 points Arceneaux scored in two 1958-59 games against the Rochester Colonels.

[5]Hal Lear was originally credited with 5,687 points, beginning with the 1958-59 season; additional points came from 1956-57 and 1957-58 seasons.

[6]Bill Spivey was originally credited with 5,286 points, beginning with the 1958-59 season; additional points came from the 1957-58 season. Does not count 57 points Spivey scored in two 1958-59 games against the Rochester Colonels.

[7]Richard Gaines was originally credited with 5,268 points, beginning with the 1958-59 season; additional points came from 1957-58 season. Also credited with 21 points for 1958 standings tiebreaker game. Also credited with 9 points for 1963 standings tiebreaker game.

[8]Sherman White was originally credited with 3,985 points, beginning with the 1958-59 season; additional points came from the 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57, and 1957-58 seasons. Does not count 33 points White scored in a 1958-59 game against the ROchester Colonels.

[9]Waite Bellamy received 13 additional points for 1966 standings tiebreaker game.

[10]Wally Choice was originally credited with 4,843 points, beginning with the 1958-59 season; additional points came from the 1957-58 season. Received 36 additional points for 1958 standings tiebreaker game.

[11]Jack Molinas was originally credited with 3,987 points, beginning with the 1958-59 season; additional points came from the 1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57 and 1957-58 seasons. Does not count 23 points while scored in a 1958-59 game against the Rochester Colonels.

[12]Bob McNeill received 34 points for 1963 standings tiebreaker game; received 25 points for 1964 standings tiebreaker game; received 4 points for 1967 standings tiebreaker game; received 6 points for 1969 standings tiebreaker game.

[13]Bruce Spraggins received 13 additional points for 1966 standings tiebreaker game.

[14]Does not count 211 points Darrin Hancock scored during 2000-01 season when his team finished the CBA season in the IBL.

[15]Roman Turmon received 24 points for 1961 standings tiebreaker game; received 27 points for 1963 standings tiebreaker game; received 40 points for 1964 standings tiebreaker game.

[16]Hank Whitney received 16 points for 1963 standings tiebreaker game; received 19 points for 1964 standings tiebreaker game.