Not long. Kareem kept the record that long with no 3’s. Now it’s too easy to score. No rules, no defense. Anything over 40 was rare, now it happens every week.
To me even more impressive is wilt. He was the all time leader when he was still playing for another 8 years. Then it took Kareem 20 years to catch him, then another 20 for Malone to pass him. Then Jordan came out of retirement to catch him. Another 10 years passed before another one. Essentially took 50 years for 4 guys to catch him with 3 pointers. He was truly dominant
2 things I found interesting was 1. Cousy at one point was the number two top scorer all time and 2. Hal Greer being one of the earliest members of the 20k club held a top 10 into the early 90’s. Anyhow this was an awesome visual.
