On April 14, 2010, Kevin Durant became the youngest scoring leader in NBA history at age 21.
Durant won the 2009–10 NBA scoring title after averaging 30.1 points per game for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He surpassed Max Zaslofsky, who had led the league at age 22 during the 1947–48 Basketball Association of America season, which preceded the NBA's formation.
The achievement came during Durant's third NBA season. He was already an elite scorer, combining unusual height for a wing player with a long-range shooting touch, ball-handling ability, and a highly accurate free-throw stroke. The scoring title helped establish him as one of the league's defining young stars.
A useful distinction is that this record referred to the youngest player to lead the league in regular-season scoring, not the youngest player to score a particular number of points or win the Finals MVP award. Durant's age on the date of the achievement was 21.