LeBron James continues to chase NBA records at the age of 40 and with 22 seasons under his belt. The ‘King’ surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the league’s all-time leading scorer two years ago and has since continued to extend his lead at the top of the list. Thanks to this, he is on the verge of reaching 50,000 points, something unprecedented in the league.
LeBron had the opportunity to break the 50,000-point barrier, adding his baskets in the regular season and the playoffs, in the Lakers’ 108-102 victory over the Clippers. James scored 17 points in that game and reached 49,999 in his career.
His next chance to surpass 50,000 points? This Tuesday against the New Orleans Pelicans at the Crypto.com Arena, or he could do it on Friday against the New York Knicks in Los Angeles.
NBA all-time top scorers
To get an idea of the madness that James is about to achieve, it is worth talking about the NBA’s all-time leading scorers. Second on the list is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who scored 44,149 points in his 20 seasons, third is Karl Malone with 41,689 points in 19 campaigns, only LeBron, Kareem and Karl have surpassed the 40,000-point barrier. Fourth on the list is Kobe Bryant, who scored 39,283 points in 20 seasons, and the historic ‘top five’ is rounded out by Michael Jordan with 38,279 points in 13 campaigns.
As for the top active scorers, second place goes to Kevin Durant with 35,191 points in 18 seasons, third to James Harden with 30,879 points in 16 campaigns. Lebron, Durant and Harden are the only active players with more than 30,000 points.
Read the full article here
