• On May 13, 2020,
Wilson once again became the manufacturer and supplier of official NBA game balls, replacing
Spalding. Wilson's initial partnership with the league began in 1946 under the NBA's predecessor
BAA until it ended after 37 seasons in 1983, when Spalding took over. • On August 6, 2021,
Duncan Robinson re-signed with the Heat on a five-year, $90 million contract, the largest ever for an undrafted player. • On August 10, 2021,
Luka Dončić signed a five-year, $207 million rookie contract extension with the Mavericks, the largest in league history. • On October 20, 2021,
Buddy Hield passed
Peja Stojaković to become the all-time three-point scoring leader in Kings franchise history. • On October 22, 2021,
James Harden passed
Kyle Korver for fourth place on the NBA all-time three-point scoring list. • On October 22, 2021,
Chris Paul became the first player to reach 20,000 career points and 10,000 career assists. • On October 23, 2021,
Tyler Herro became the first player in Heat franchise history to record at least 30 points and 10 rebounds in one game off the bench. • On October 24, 2021,
Carmelo Anthony passed
Moses Malone for ninth place on the NBA all-time scoring list. • On October 25, 2021,
Ja Morant became the first player in Grizzlies franchise history to record at least 40 points and 10 assists in one game. • On October 27, 2021,
Joe Harris passed
Jason Kidd to become the all-time leader in three-pointers made in Nets franchise history. • On November 2, 2021, Chris Paul passed
Steve Nash for third place on the NBA all-time assist list. • On November 6, 2021,
Doc Rivers became the 10th coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 wins. • On November 24, 2021,
Kevin Durant passed
Allen Iverson for 25th place on the NBA all-time scoring list. • On December 2, 2021, the Grizzlies defeated the Thunder by 73 points, 152–79, which is the largest margin of victory in NBA history. • On December 4, 2021, Duncan Robinson became the fastest player to hit 600 three-pointers, in his 184th game, passing the prior record made by
Donovan Mitchell in 240 games. • On December 9, 2021,
LeBron James became the fifth player in NBA history to reach 100 career
triple-doubles. • On December 14, 2021,
Stephen Curry surpassed
Ray Allen to become the NBA all-time leader in made three-pointers. • On December 16, 2021,
Devonte Graham set the record for the longest game-winning buzzer-beater at 61 feet • On December 17, 2021, Stephen Curry became the fastest player in NBA history to make 150 three-pointers in a season, accomplishing the feat in 28 games. • On December 27, 2021, Stephen Curry became the first player in NBA history to surpass 3,000 made career three-pointers. • On December 27, 2021,
Greg Monroe became the 541st player to play in the NBA this season, establishing an NBA record. • On December 27, 2021,
Josh Giddey became the second player in NBA history to record a
double-double while going scoreless (
Norm Van Lier). • On December 28, 2021, LeBron James became the third player in NBA history to surpass 36,000 career points, and the youngest player to do so. • On December 31, 2021, LeBron James became the second player in NBA history to record 40 points and zero turnovers in a game at age 35 or older (
Michael Jordan). James is also the first player to record at least 40 points, 10 rebounds, and five three-pointers in 30 minutes or less. • On January 1, 2022, Stephen Curry broke his own NBA record of consecutive games making at least one three-pointer, officially reaching 158 games and surpassing his previous mark of 157 games, which ended on November 5, 2016. • On January 1, 2022,
DeMar DeRozan became the first player in NBA history with a game-winning buzzer beater on consecutive days. • On January 2, 2022, Josh Giddey became the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double at 19 years and 84 days, surpassing the record set by
LaMelo Ball last season. Giddey also became the youngest player in NBA history to lead all players in points, rebounds, and assists in one game, becoming the second teenager to do so along with Luka Dončić. • On January 3, 2022, LeBron James met the minimum criteria for points per game by playing at least 70 percent of his team's games, averaging 28.6 points, and became the oldest player to average 25-plus points per game, having already been the youngest to do so, as he averaged 27.6 points per game in his sophomore season at 20 years old. He also surpassed
Oscar Robertson for 4th all-time for free throws made. • On January 4, 2022,
Russell Westbrook had his first game without turnovers since March 14, 2016; this snapped the longest streak of consecutive games with a turnover since they have been first recorded for the
1977–78 NBA season at 407 games. • On January 7, 2022, LeBron James became the oldest player in NBA history to record at least 25 points in ten straight games, doing so at 37 years old. He also passed
Alvin Robertson for 10th all-time in career steals. • On January 7, 2022,
Trae Young had his 17th consecutive 25-point game, breaking a tie with
Dominique Wilkins for the Hawks franchise record. • On January 9, 2022,
Klay Thompson played his first game after missing nearly 31 months, or 941 days, since June 13, 2019, the decisive Game 6 of the
2019 NBA Finals. • On January 9, 2022, LeBron James passed Oscar Robertson for 7th all-time in career assists. • On January 15, 2022, James Harden set an NBA record for most three-point field goals missed with 4,457, overtaking the previous record set by Ray Allen. • On January 20, 2022,
Joel Embiid tied his career high with 50 points, plus 12 rebounds and three blocks, while making 17-of-23 field goals and 15-of-17 free throws, in just 27 minutes. It is the second-quickest time needed to score at least 50 points in the shot clock era after Klay Thompson's 52-point game in 26 minutes on October 29, 2018. Embiid also joined Hall of Famers
Allen Iverson and
Wilt Chamberlain as the only players in 76ers franchise history with multiple 50-point games, while recording a double-double with least 50 points and 10 rebounds in the fewest minutes of any NBA player since 1955. • On January 20, 2022, LeBron James became the fifth player in NBA history to record at least 30,000 career points and 10,000 career rebounds. James is also the first player to record at least 30,000 career points, 10,000 career rebounds, and 9,000 career assists. • On January 20, 2022, Chris Paul had his 13th career game of recording at least 20 points, ten assists, and no turnovers. He overtook
Tim Hardaway's count for most games since individual turnovers were first tracked in the
1977–78 season. • On January 21, 2022,
Dwight Howard broke a tie with
Nate Thurmond to claim sole possession of 10th all-time in rebounds. • On January 23, 2022,
Jimmy Butler passed LeBron James for first place on the Miami Heat all-time triple-doubles list. • On January 25, 2022,
Nikola Jokić became the first player in NBA history to record at least 5,000 rebounds and 3,000 assists within their first 500 career games. • On January 26, 2022,
Kelly Oubre became the fourth player in NBA history to record at least ten three-pointers coming off the bench (
J. R. Smith,
Danilo Gallinari, and
Donyell Marshall), as the Hornets recorded a franchise record of 158 points and LaMelo Ball had a
plus–minus of 45. • On January 29, 2022, Russell Westbrook scored 30 of his 35 points in the second half, the most by any Laker since
Kobe Bryant's last game on April 13, 2016. • On January 29, 2022, the
Toronto Raptors became the first team to have five players play at least 50 minutes in a game since the shot clock era. • On February 1, 2022, Josh Giddey became the fourth teenager in NBA history to have record 500 points, 200 rebounds, and 200 assists in his first 45 career games (LeBron James, Luka Dončić, and LaMelo Ball). • On February 1, 2022,
Gary Trent Jr. became the first player in NBA history to have five straight 30-point games after having fewer than five such games in his career (minimum 100 games) entering this streak. • On February 4, 2022,
Gregg Popovich became the first coach in NBA history to win 1,500 games, including the regular season and playoffs. • On February 5, 2022, Luka Dončić moved into the top 10 for all-time triple-doubles with 44, surpassing
Fat Lever. • On February 8, 2022,
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, and LeBron James reached 20 straight games recording at least 25 points; it is the first season in NBA history that three players have achieved this feat. • On February 12, 2022, LeBron James passed
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most combined points in regular season and playoffs. • On February 12, 2022, DeMar DeRozan tied Michael Jordan's franchise record with the Bulls of five straight games with at least 35 points. On November 22, 2021, DeRozan had already broke a franchise record for most point scored in their first 16 games at 425, just one point ahead Jordan's rookie
1984–85 NBA season. • On February 12, 2022, Gregg Popovich won his 1,332nd regular season game as head coach, tying
Lenny Wilkens for second place all-time. • On February 12, 2022, Nikola Jokić became the fifth player in NBA history to have multiple seasons recording 15 or more triple-doubles. • On February 15, 2022, the Celtics became the first team in NBA history to win three straight road games by a margin of at least 30 points in each game. In addition, their win over the Philadelphia 76ers marked the first time in the three-point era (1979–80) that a team made more three-pointers in a game than their opponent had total field goals. • On February 15, 2022, Josh Giddey became the youngest player in NBA history to both record a triple-double in consecutive games and record a 20-point triple-double. • On February 16, 2022, DeMar DeRozan recorded his seventh straight 35-point game while shooting 50 percent from the field, breaking a tie with Wilt Chamberlain, and recording the longest such streak. • On February 16, 2022,
Lou Williams passed
Dell Curry to become the all-time leader in games played off the bench with 985 (starters were first tracked in 1970–71). • On February 17, 2022, Duncan Robinson became the fastest player in NBA history to record 700 three-pointers. He made this feat in a span of 216 games, after making six three-pointers in a double-
overtime win against the Hornets, surpassing Buddy Hield's previous record in 269 games. • On February 20, 2022, Stephen Curry set the record for most three-pointers made in an All-Star quarter (6), half (8), and game (16). • On February 24, 2022, DeMar DeRozan became the seventh player in NBA history with eight straight 35-point games (Wilt Chamberlain,
Elgin Baylor, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and James Harden), at the same time extending his streak of consecutive 35-point games with at least 50 percent shooting to eight, which ended in his next game on February 27. His streak of ten consecutive 30-point games ended on March 1, just one game behind franchise record held by Michael Jordan. • On March 4, 2022, James Harden, Joel Embiid, and
Tyrese Maxey scored at least 20 points in each of their first three games together. Over this four-game undefeated span, Maxey averaged 26.8 points per game, shot 64.9 percent from the field, and shot 70 percent from three-point range on five attempts per game. • On March 4, 2022, the Pelicans, at that time at least ten games under .500, became the first team in NBA history to outscore their opponents by 100 points across their first four games after the All-Star Break. • On March 4, 2022,
DeMarcus Cousins had his first 30-point game since January 22, 2018. His 31 points in 24 minutes were the fewest minutes in a 30-point game in Nuggets franchise history and the third-fewest minutes played in a 30-point game in his career, as well as his third career 30-point game in 35 minutes or fewer, equalling
Freeman Williams for the most such games in the shot clock era. • On March 5, 2022, LeBron James recorded a season-high 56-point game, which was also his Lakers career high. He became the fourth NBA player to record a 50-point game at the age of 37 (Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and
Jamal Crawford); it was the second-most points scored by a player in NBA history after turning 35 years old, behind Bryant's 60-point farewell game. He also became the oldest player to record 55 points and 10 rebounds in a game, and was the first Lakers to do so since Shaquille O'Neal in 2000, as well as the first player in NBA history to have a 50-point game before turning 21 and after turning 35. James also became the second player after Jordan to record a 50-point game in three different decades, and passed
Karl Malone to move into second for all-time minutes played, trailing only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. • On March 6, 2022,
Bojan Bogdanović became the first player in NBA history to make at least eleven three-pointers in a game while not making a two-point field goal. • On March 6, 2022, Kevin Durant became the 23rd player in NBA history to record 25,000 career points. • On March 11, 2022, Gregg Popovich won his 1,336th regular season game as head coach, surpassing
Don Nelson for first place all-time. • On March 11, 2022, LeBron James became the oldest player to have multiple 50-point games in a season, and is the first Lakers player since Kobe Bryant in April 2007 to have back-to-back 50-point home games. • On March 13, 2022, LeBron James became the seventh player in NBA history to record 10,000 assists, and he also became first player with 30,000 points, 10,000 assists, and 10,000 rebounds. • On March 14, 2022, there were three different 45-plus-point games (Karl-Anthony Towns with 60, Stephen Curry with 47, and Trae Young with 46) in one day for the first time in NBA history. Towns' was a career high, and he broke his own record for the Timberwolves franchise record. He also became the sixth player in NBA history to secure a 60-point, 15-rebound game. • On March 15, 2022,
Kyrie Irving scored a career-high 60 points and passed
Deron Williams for Nets franchise record. Irving and Kevin Durant became the first teammates to score 50-plus points in consecutive games. • On March 19, 2022, LeBron James passed Karl Malone for second place as the NBA all-time scoring leader. • On March 26, 2022, a game between the Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors at
Scotiabank Arena was suspended in the second quarter after a speaker caught fire. The fire prompted fans to be evacuated from the building and the game was suspended for 70 minutes. At 9:30 p.m, the game resumed, but fans were not allowed in the arena. The Raptors won 131–91. • On March 31, 2022, Giannis Antetokounmpo passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the all-time scoring leader in Bucks franchise history. • On April 7, 2022, Nikola Jokić became the first player in NBA history to tally at least 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, and 500 assists in a season. He finished the season on historical good statistical values on advanced metrics, with the highest single-season
player efficiency rating in NBA history at 33.01, and also led the NBA in win shares, offensive win shares, plus–minus,
value over replacement player, total rebounds, double-doubles (66), and triple-doubles (19). • On April 10, 2022, Joel Embiid won a historically close three-player fight with Giannis Antetokounmpo (29.9) and LeBron James (30.3), for the
NBA scoring title, with 30.6 points per game. It was Embiid's first scoring title, the first foreign player to do so, as well as the first
center to do so since
Shaquille O'Neal in 2000, the fourth center to do so since the
ABA–NBA merger in 1976, the first center to average at least 30 points since fellow 76ers Moses Malone in 1982, and the first 76er to led the league since
Allen Iverson in 2005. Aged 37, James would have broken Michael Jordan's record of oldest scoring leader at 34, but he only played 56 games, two fewer than the necessary to qualify, due to injuries. Embiid became the only player other than Michael Jordan to average 40.4 points or more per 100 possessions. •
DeMar DeRozan had the highest Win Probability Added in a season (since tracking began 1996–97) at 11.08 •
Trae Young became the second player to lead the league in both points and assists in the same season; Nate Archibald was the first to achieve this feat during the
1972–73 season with the
Kansas City-Omaha Kings. • Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic allowing teams to acquire players on hardship exceptions, this season produced a record-high 225 10-day contracts signed throughout the NBA. ==See also==