Walt Bellamy leads as the PPG season leader for the Wizards.
The Wizards have featured some elite scorers in the history of the franchise. Here we’ll take a look at the best five individual seasons for Wizards players in the category of points per game in a single season.
Walt Bellamy – 1962, 31.6 PPG
Bellamy was part of the Wizards organization at the beginning of his 14-year career in the NBA, back when they were called the Chicago Packers. His numbers in the 1961-62 campaign were impressive, as he was named the Rookie of the Year and made it to the All-Star Game after averaging a career-high 31.6 points per game. That figure also ranked second in the league, though miles behind the scoring champion Wilt Chamberlain, who averaged a whopping 50.4 points per game for the Philadelphia Warriors.
Bradley Beal – 2021, 31.3 PPG
Beal was among the best shooting guards in the NBA during the early 2020s and had one of the best seasons of his career in 2020-21, averaging a career-best 31.3 points per game and finishing second in the NBA in scoring behind Stephen Curry (32.0 ppg). That was the second straight campaign in which Beal surpassed the mark of 30 points per game. The veteran guard remains active in the NBA and will play for the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2025-26 season.
Bradley Beal – 2020, 30.5 PPG
Beal’s first-ever season averaging more than 30 points per game came in the 2019-20 campaign, a year in which the Wizards finished in 10th place of the Eastern Conference with a 25-47 record. Just like it happened in 2020-21, Beal once again finished second in the NBA in scoring, this time behind James Harden, who averaged 34.3 points per game for the Rockets. Beal has three All-Star Game appearances to his name, and all of them came between the 2017-18 and 2020-21 seasons.
Gilbert Arenas – 2006, 29.3 PPG
Arenas enjoyed his peak in the NBA in an area where there were a lot of elite scorers in the backcourt, such as Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, Allen Iverson and Vince Carter, just to name a few. Arenas had the best scoring output of his career in 2005-06, when he averaged an impressive 29.3 ppg, but that only ranked fourth in The Association at that time. The players ahead of him were Bryant, with a league-leading 35.4 ppg, Iverson with 33.0 ppg and LeBron James, who ranked third with 31.4 points per contest. The 2005-06 season was also the second straight season in which Arenas was voted for the All-Star Game.
Gilbert Arenas – 2007, 28.4 PPG
The 206-07 campaign wasn’t Arenas’ best from a statistical perspective, but it cemented his place as one of the best guards in The Association. Even though he wasn’t able to repeat the numbers he posted in 2005-06, when he averaged a career-high 29.3 ppg, Arenas still posted an impressive line. His average of 28.4 points per contest ranked third in the NBA behind Kobe Bryant (31.6 ppg) and Carmelo Anthony (28.9 ppg). Plus, he was named to the All-Star Game and the All-NBA 2nd Team while finishing eighth in the MVP voting.
