Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant's offensive profile is built on a physical contradiction: at 6 feet 10 inches and 240 pounds, he shoots like a two-guard, passes like a point forward, and scores from positions that big men cannot reach and guards cannot create. Basketball Reference lists him at 27.3 points per game across his career — a number achieved not through volume accumulation but through shot selection that produces field goal percentages (52.3 percent in recent seasons) that most mid-range guards cannot approach.

The 2013-14 season with Oklahoma City was his MVP year: 32.0 points per game on 50.3 percent shooting, a scoring average that remains the highest by any MVP winner since Michael Jordan in 1992. His acceptance speech — addressing his mother with "You are the real MVP" — became one of the most widely shared moments in NBA history. The basketball underneath it: Durant averaging 5.5 assists alongside 7.4 rebounds that season, running possessions from the high post and creating for teammates the same way a point guard does, at a size that made it impossible to defend conventionally.

The championship résumé includes back-to-back titles with Golden State in 2017 and 2018, both with Finals MVP awards. In 2017, he averaged 35.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per game in the Finals on 55.6 percent shooting from the field — a performance that settled what the metrics had suggested for years. His USA Basketball scoring record, accumulated across multiple Olympic and World Cup campaigns, reflects the same efficiency: Durant scores at a high rate against the best defenders the world can organize.

In the 2024-25 season with Houston, at age 36, he averaged 27.0 points per game on 52.3 percent shooting, posting nearly identical efficiency to his prime years.