scoring champion

Top goal getter

A scoring champion is the player who leads a league or competition in total points scored over a season.

The title carries prestige in sports like basketball, hockey, and football, where offensive production is highly valued: She won the scoring champion title three years running.

The term sometimes extends to all-time leaders: the franchise's all-time scoring champion.

Related

regular season · goals · statistics · season · title · award · record · hall of fame · Gretzky · golden boot · points per game · points · assists · triple double · hat trick · league · playoffs · dominance

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Opposites
offensive vs. defensive achievement

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Player focused on digging

statistical dominance vs. statistical insignificance

scoring championbenchwarmer

Seldom-used team member

scoreless · role player · cellar dweller · pointless

individual offensive glory vs. team-first/selfless play

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Offensive flow controller

facilitator · distributor · floor general

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G