Kevin Durant's historic season

[Mike G]

After 51 games, Durant has the highest WS/48 in any season since 1972.
PER is included for corroboration; seasons before complete boxscore stats (<1978) are marked, as are ongoing (2014) seasons.
Shot-clock era, NBA only, highest season per player:

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ws/48   player   yr    PER
.340   Kareem   1972 * 29.9
.327   Durant - 2014   31.0
.325   Wilt     1964 * 31.6
.322   LeBron   2013   31.6
.321   Jordan   1991   31.6

.296   Robinson 1994   30.7
.292   Paul     2009   30.0
.283   Shaq     2000   30.6
.282   Foust    1955 * 23.0
.278   Nowitzki 2007   27.6

.278   Oscar    1964 * 27.6
.272   Garnett  2004   29.4
.270   Magic    1990   26.6
.269   Barkley  1990   27.1
.268   Malone   1997   28.9

.268   Walker   1972 * 21.8
.266   Love   - 2014   27.4
.262   McGrady  2003   30.3
.262   Amar'e   2008   27.6
.261   West     1965 * 25.0

.259   Johnston 1957 * 26.6
.257   Billups  2008   23.6
.257   Duncan   2002   27.0
.256   Sears    1959 * 22.6
.248   Moses    1983   25.1

.246   Ginobili 2007   24.1
.246   Pettit   1959 * 28.2
.244   Bird     1986   25.6
.242   McAdoo   1975   25.8
.239   Wade     2006   27.6
.238   Russell  1964 * 19.3
.238   Stockton 1988   23.2

http://bkref.com/tiny/J84pa
Is Durant destined to be -- or already -- one of the 5 greatest players ever?

[Mike G]

Duran't rather modest 5.2 Assists per 36 min. translates to an Ast% of 26.4. He scores a lot of points relative to the rest of his team. It's reminiscent of Hill or McGrady, when they were doing it all in Detroit and Orlando.

Just 5 other players have posted Usg% > 30, Ast% > 25, and TRb% > 10 for a season: http://bkref.com/tiny/EklJZ