The Oklahoma City Thunder capped off one of the most successful seasons in NBA history by winning Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals. Along with securing their first title since the franchise moved from Seattle, the Thunder finished their 2024-25 season as one of the most prolific and dominating teams in league history.
They end the year with a total of 84 wins across the regular season and playoffs, becoming the fourth team to reach that milestone. Along with the winning prowess, Oklahoma City also finished with the highest point differential in league history and the most total points scored in a single season.
Leading scorer Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished the season as one of four players ever to win regular season MVP, Finals MVP, and lead the league in scoring all in the same year. Along with each, his scoring numbers this season put him alongside some of the greatest players in NBA history.
Oklahoma City’s Historic Team Statistics
The Thunder finished the regular season with a league-best 68-14 record. Combined with their 16 playoff wins, capped by their Game 7 Finals victory on Sunday night, they end the year with 84 total wins to become the fourth team to reach that many victories.
Their 84 wins tie the 1996-97 Chicago Bulls and ranks only behind the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors (88 wins) and the 1995-96 Bulls (87 wins) as one of the most successful teams in NBA history.
Oklahoma City also finished the season with a historic point differential. In their 105 total games, the Thunder outscored their opponents by 1,243 points, the largest margin in NBA history. They are only the second team ever to outscore teams by at least 1,200 points, and their +11.8 average point differential is the fourth-highest of all-time.
The Thunder led the league in steals per game during both the regular season and playoffs. Along with being the best defensive team during the regular season, they ended the postseason with a +131 turnover advantage, the most in NBA history.
With an average age of 25.6 years old, Oklahoma City is now the second-youngest team ever to win the NBA Finals. Only the 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers were younger when they won the championship.
Gilgeous-Alexander’s Scoring Dominance
Gilgeous-Alexander’s historic scoring season powered the Oklahoma City Thunder’s record-breaking campaign.
He is now one of just four players to win the regular season MVP and Finals MVP while leading the league in scoring (32.7 ppg) in the same season. He is the first player to win all three in a single campaign since Shaquille O’Neal in 2000. Beyond accomplishing all three in the same year, he becomes the second-youngest player to achieve each of those individual feats in a career, with only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar doing so at a younger age.
Gilgeous-Alexander’s scoring dominance extended throughout the entire season. Ending with 3,172 total points, his 2024-25 run ends as the ninth-highest total points in a single NBA season. He is also the 12th player ever to hit the 3,000-point mark.
He also became the fourth player ever to average at least 30 points a game in the regular season and playoffs combined, as his 32 points per game sits only behind Michael Jordan’s 33.1-point average in the 1992-93 season.
Gilgeous-Alexander led the league in 20-point games (75), 30-point games (49), 40-point games (13), and 50-point games (4) during the regular season. His 15 playoff games with at least 30 points are just shy of Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon’s record of hitting the mark 16 times.
Besides just the MVPs scoring numbers, Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams became the second-highest-scoring duo in NBA playoff history. Their 377 total points rank just behind LeBron James and Kyrie Irving‘s 398 total points scored in their 2016 championship run.
With both the team and individual statistics, the Thunder and Gilgeous-Alexander end the year as champions in one of the most dominant seasons in NBA history.
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