LeBron James breaks historic NBA record

Basketball legend LeBron James has become the leading scorer in NBA history, surpassing the almost 39-year-old record of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, another titan of the game


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

LeBron James 		Games: 1410		38,390
Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, LA Lakers

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 	1560			38,387
Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers

Karl Malone 		1476 			36,928
Utah Jazz, LA Lakers

Kobe Bryant 		1346 			33,643
LA Lakers

Michael Jordan 		1072 			32,292
Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards

Dirk Nowitzki 		1522 			31,560
Dallas Mavericks

Wilt Chamberlain 	1045 			31,419
Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, LA Lakers

      
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (far right) sets record in April 1984 – eight months before James is born. He retires in 1989


JAMES POINTS BREAKDOWN
Career points per game average: 27.2
                        
LA Lakers 2018-				7352
Miami Heat 2010-14			7919
Cleveland Cavaliers 2003-10, 2014-18	23,119

  
Source: NBA
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