The Magic have been in the league since 1989 and have seen their fair share of players come and go donning their iconic pinstripe uniforms. The most accomplished player during their time in Orlando was Dwight Howard, as he holds a good amount of statistical categories for the franchise. This includes team all-time leading scorers.
1. Dwight Howard – 11,435 Points
The No.1 overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft certainly delivered on his potential while with the Magic. Coming straight out of high school, it took a little bit of time for Howard to develop into the dominant force he would eventually become, but once he did, very few big men across the league could stop him. Howard exploded in his fourth season, when he bumped his scoring average to 20.7 points per game while also leading the league in rebounds – 14.2. He finished in the top five in MVP voting four times with the Magic and was also a three-time Defensive Player of the Year. All four of Howard’s career 40-point games came while as a member of the Magic.
2. Nick Anderson – 10,650 Points
Anderson was one of the formative players for the Magic during their nascent stages. Starting his career in 1989, Anderson put in 10 seasons in Orlando and played in 692 games for the Magic, making him the all-time leader in franchise games played. Anderson steadily averaged more than 15 points per game throughout his tenure and had 19.9 points per game in two seasons.
3. Nikola Vučević – 10,432 Points
Vooch played a huge role in ushering the next era of Magic basketball once Dwight Howard bolted. A double-double machine, Vučević turned the trick 324 times with the Magic from 2012-2020. Vooch was only named to an All-Star team twice during his time with Orlando but his statistics were impressive nonetheless. Vucevic worked hard to get even better at the free-throw line, which in turn boosted his scoring output. He shot just 66.9% from the line in 2017 and never shot under 78% in his following seasons there.
4. Tracy McGrady – 8,298 Points
T-Mac’s impact on the Magic organization is hard to quantify.
He was one of the most electrifying players in franchise history despite only spending four years with the team. He made the most of that time, though, as he was an All-Star in each of those seasons and a legitimate MVP candidate as well. McGrady took home two NBA scoring titles in back-to-back seasons-2003 and 2004. Though McGrady played in Houston for longer than he did in Orlando, the Magic were fortunate enough to have him at the peak of his powers.
5. Jameer Nelson – 8,184 Points
Nelson’s name is all over the Magic’s record books. He played the second-most games in a Magic uniform and is a franchise leader in assists. But Nelson’s contributions as a scorer shouldn’t be taken for granted, either. Mighty Mouse averaged 12.6 points per game and 5.4 assists per game over 10 seasons in Orlando. Nelson was also a huge piece of Orlando’s 2008-09 team that made it to the NBA Finals.
More Magic All-Time Scoring Leaders
Shaquille O’Neal – 8,019 Points
Hedo Türkoğlu – 7,216 Points
Evan Fournier – 7,049 Points
Anfrenee Hardaway – 7,018
Dennis Scott – 6,603
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