In which NBA season did LeBron James win the scoring title?

LeBron James won his NBA scoring title in the 2007–08 season. Playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers, he averaged 30.0 points per game, leading the league for the first and, through the period covered here, only time in his career.

James was 23 years old and in his fifth NBA season. He paired his scoring with 7.9 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game, establishing himself as an all-around superstar rather than a pure scorer. The Cavaliers finished with a 45–37 record and returned to the playoffs, although they did not reach the NBA Finals as they had the previous season.

The season is sometimes confused with 2005–06 or 2015–16 because those campaigns are also strongly associated with major James milestones. In 2005–06, he became one of the league’s dominant young stars, while 2015–16 ended with Cleveland’s historic championship. The scoring title is awarded by points per game, not simply total regular-season points, which is why the official answer is the 2007–08 season. Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade were among the other leading scorers that year.