Video: Tommy Murr highlights Watch the nation's leading scorer go for 49 points in a recent game.
Tommy Murr will end his remarkable high school career on top.
The Lindsay Lane Christian Academy (Athens, Ala.) senior will finish on top of the national scoring list, that is, for the 2019-20 season after scoring 56 points in his career finale, an 82-78 loss to Jacksonville Christian Academy in the second round of the AHSAA 1A state playoffs.
Murr, a 6-foot-1 guard, shot a season-high 47 times and made 23 baskets, while adding 10 rebounds and four steals. The 6-foot-1 guard finished the season with a 44.3 scoring average to edge Finney (Penfield, N.Y.) freshman sensation Markus Robinson (43.5) for the scoring title.
Thirty-five on the list of top 50 top scorers in the country average at least 30 points per game, including San Ysidro (Calif.) freshman Mikey Williams (30.2), but Murr and Robinson were the only two who average more than 40. Robinson ended his 22-game season last week with 21 points in a 75-40 playoff loss to Red Jacket.
In 34 games, Murr broke the 40-point barrier 23 times and scored more than 50 five times, with a high of 60 points.
Beyond his six-year career scoring total of 5,716 points, he also made 1,226 career free throws, which a reported national record according to the NFHS record book. The previous best was a five-year total of 1,189 set by Joe Girard III of Glens Falls (NY).
See the list below for a complete look at the Top 50 scorers in high school basketball as submitted to MaxPreps.
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| Leaderboard - Player Points Per Game |
| 1 | | 44.3 |
| 2 | | 43.5 |
| 3 | | 38.8 |
| 4 | | 38.0 |
| 5 | | 37.2 |
| 6 | | 36.9 |
| 7 | | 34.7 |
| 8 | | 34.7 |
| 9 | | 34.5 |
| 10 | | 34.4 |
| 11 | | 34.4 |
| 12 | | 34.2 |
| 13 | | 34.0 |
| 14 | | 32.8 |
| 15 | | 32.5 |
| 16 | | 32.5 |
| 17 | | 32.5 |
| 18 | | 31.9 |
| 19 | | 31.8 |
| 20 | | 31.6 |
| 21 | | 31.5 |
| 22 | | 31.2 |
| 23 | | 31.1 |
| 24 | | 31.1 |
| 25 | | 31.0 |
| 26 | | 31.0 |
| 27 | | 31.0 |
| 28 | | 30.9 |
| 29 | | 30.8 |
| 30 | | 30.8 |
| 31 | | 30.6 |
| 32 | | 30.5 |
| 33 | | 30.2 |
| 34 | | 30.1 |
| 35 | | 30.0 |
| 36 | | 29.9 |
| 37 | | 29.9 |
| 38 | | 29.7 |
| 39 | | 29.7 |
| 40 | | 29.4 |
| 41 | | 29.3 |
| 42 | | 29.3 |
| 43 | | 29.1 |
| 44 | | 29.1 |
| 45 | | 28.9 |
| 46 | | 28.8 |
| 47 | | 28.8 |
| 48 | | 28.8 |
| 49 | | 28.7 |
| 50 | | 28.6 |
