Awards
NBA All-Star: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- NBA Scoring Champion: 2010, 2011, 2012
- All-NBA First Team: 2010, 2011, 2012
- NBA Rookie of the Year: 2008
- All-Rookie First Team: 2008
- NBA All-Star Game MVP: 2012
- NBA Rookie Challenge MVP: 2009
- NBA All-Star Weekend H–O–R–S–E Competition winner: 2009, 2010
- 2010 FIBA World Championship MVP
- 2012 NBA Western Conference Finals Champions
Records
- Most points in a Rookie Challenge game
- Most points in an NBA All-Star Weekend
- Most points in a FIBA World Championship game by Team USA
- Consecutive games scoring 30 or more points [7 (twice), from December 22, 2009 to January 2, 2010 and from April 4, 2010 to April 14]
- Broke the record of 6 set by Spencer Haywood in January 1972.
- Consecutive games scoring 25 or more points (29, from December 22, 2009 to February 23, 2010)
- Most 30+ point games in one season (48, 2009–2010)
- Most points in one season (2,472; 2009–2010)
Other
- 2006 Co-MVP McDonald's All-American Game – Shared award with Chase Budinger
- 2007 ESPN All-American
- 2007 ESPN Player of the Year
- 2007 NABC Division I Player of the Year
- 2007 AP Player of the Year (First freshman to achieve the honor)
- 2007 AP All-America 1st Team (unanimous)
- 2007 Oscar Robertson Trophy
- 2007 Adolph Rupp Trophy
- 2007 Naismith Award Winner (First freshman to do so)
- 2007 John R. Wooden Award All-American Team
- 2007 John R. Wooden Award Winner
- Big 12 Rookie of the Week (six times)
- Big 12 Player of the Week (four times)
- 2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Awards:
- Player of the Year
- Big 12 Freshman of the Year
- All-Big 12 First Team (unanimous)
- Big 12 All-Defensive Team
- Big 12 All-Rookie Team (unanimous)
- 2007 AP National Player of the Year