LeBron James chases historic NBA record

Basketball legend LeBron James is set to challenge Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record as the all-time leading scorer in NBA history – James starts 2022-23 season just 1,325pts short of the 38-year-old mark


MOST POINTS IN NBA HISTORY
Regular season. Players with over 30,000pts

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Games: 1,560 		38,387
Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers
	
LeBron James 		1,366			37,062
Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, LA Lakers	
      
Karl Malone		1,476			36,928
Utah Jazz, LA Lakers

Kobe Bryant		1,346			33,643
LA Lakers

Michael Jordan		1,072			32,292
Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards

Dirk Nowitzki 		1,522 			31,560
Dallas Mavericks

Wilt Chamberlain 	1,045 			31,419
Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, LA Lakers


JAMES POINTS BREAKDOWN
Career points per game average: 27.1 
Projected to need 49 games to pass record

6,024 LA Lakers  
2018- 

7,919 Miami Heat 
2010-14

23,119 Cleveland Cavaliers
2003-10, 2014-18


Source: NBA
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