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Four-Time Scoring Champion: The Violent Aesthetics of the Reaper Unsheathed

FMVP Club

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32 views08/01/2026, 16:51 ET

Winning the scoring title four times from 2010-2014, Durant proved with four straight seasons of 30+ that almost no shot is unmakeable for him.

Durant's scoring ability is visibly terrifying. From 2009-10 to 2013-14, in five seasons he was scoring champion four times (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014), multiple times averaging over 30. In 2013-14 he averaged 32.0, not only the scoring title but carving 'Reaper' into the league with extreme efficiency.

Most staggering is his continuity: 2010 (30.1), 2011 (27.7 but still scoring champ), 2012 (28.0), 2014 (32.0); while winning scoring titles, his true shooting percentage ranked among the league's best for years—not padding attempts but truly efficient 'killing invisibly.'

Durant's scoring doesn't eat small guards with speed like a guard, nor back down bigs like a traditional interior. He is the 'mismatch incarnation': 2.11m yet pulling up from outside, long arms making blocks almost impossible. Against smalls he pulls up; against bigs he drives with a change of pace. This unsolvable, complete scoring arsenal makes him a defender's nightmare.

Four scoring titles laid Durant's 'historical scorer' status. Before him, few won four; and maintainingexceptionally high efficiency while doing so, Durant is almost in a class of his own. This paved the way for his later MVP, FMVP, and title—the Reaper unsheathed was never just pretty numbers.