# Could Luka Doncic average 40 points for season? ‘You never know’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/could-luka-doncic-average-40-points-for-season-you-never-know/
- Published: 2026-11-08T00:38:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T01:23:11+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/07/sports/luka-doncic-40-point-season-average/
- Topics: Basketball, Entertainment, Sport, TV, World

## Key points

- Dončić is averaging 40.1 points after nine games.
- Only Wilt Chamberlain has averaged 40 in a season.
- Dončić says winning matters more than individual records.

## Summary

Luka Dončić’s explosive start to the 2026-27 NBA season has raised the possibility that he could average 40 points a game, a mark reached by only Wilt Chamberlain. Dončić says the season is still young and that winning matters most to him.

He has scored 361 points in his first nine games, including a season-high 53 against Portland, and is averaging 40.1 points, the league’s best figure. Chamberlain averaged 50.4 in 1961-62 and 44.8 in 1962-63; Michael Jordan’s 37.1 in 1986-87 is the next-highest average by another player. Dončić’s career best is 33.9, and he was listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against Detroit with lower-back tightness.

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