As soon as once more, LeBron James made unbelievable NBA historical past.
With a first-quarter 3-pointer Tuesday night time, the Los Angeles Lakers star grew to become the primary participant ever to attain 50,000 profession factors within the common season and playoffs.
James, 40, was already the NBA’s all-time chief in common season and postseason scoring.
And he’s poised to maintain including to these data.
His Lakers are in second place within the Western Convention. James continues to provide at an All-Star stage. And he’s been energized by final month’s shock arrival of Luka Doncic, whose generational play-making has taken stress off of James as the focus of the offense.
“Watching him do this stuff at this age, it’s just unbelievable,” Doncic marveled after Tuesday’s 136-115 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. “Like, 50K points, I can’t even explain how insane that is. He might get to 70K. You never know.”
Here’s a take a look at James’ newest milestone by the numbers.
50,033: That’s James’ present profession level complete, together with the playoffs, after he completed with 34 factors in Tuesday’s win.
41,871: James’ regular-season level complete makes him the one participant in NBA historical past to eclipse 40,000. He grew to become the NBA’s all-time scoring chief in February of 2023, when he handed the 38,387 factors scored by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
8,162: James’ postseason level complete can be by far essentially the most ever. Coming in a distant second is Michael Jordan, who scored 5,987 playoff factors, albeit in 108 fewer video games. James handed Jordan in 2017.
3: The one different gamers with a minimum of 40,000 factors within the common season and playoffs are Abdul-Jabbar (44,149) and Karl Malone (41,689), forming an illustrious trio with James.
22: That is James’ twenty second NBA season, tying him with Vince Carter for essentially the most in league historical past.
7,797: That’s the variety of days between James’ first NBA factors and his 50,000th.
35,191: Kevin Durant ranks second amongst energetic gamers with 35,191 factors within the common season and playoffs.
41: That’s what number of instances James has received a convention participant of the month award, which can be a league file. The newest one? That got here final month, when James averaged 29.3 factors on 55.5% taking pictures, 10.5 rebounds and 6.9 assists in 11 video games in February.
24.9: James’ factors per sport common this season ranks twelfth within the NBA. He additionally ranks sixth in assists per sport (8.5) and twenty fourth in rebounding (8.0).
27.05: James’ profession factors per sport common, which ranks seventh in NBA historical past.
21: Though he boasts just one scoring title, James is within the midst of his twenty first consecutive season averaging greater than 24 factors per sport in an unprecedented show of consistency. He averaged 20.9 factors per sport as an adolescent in 2003-04 en path to Rookie of the 12 months honors.
1,835: James’ profession sport complete, together with the playoffs, is essentially the most in NBA historical past. He handed Abdul-Jabbar (1,797) earlier this season. James ranks third with 1,548 regular-season appearances, trailing Robert Parish (1,611) and Abdul-Jabbar (1,560).
13,554: James’ profession help complete, together with the playoffs, ranks third in NBA historical past. His regular-season complete (11,487) ranks fourth. Each data belong to John Stockton, who completed with 15,806 assists within the common season and 17,645 when together with the playoffs.
13: That’s what number of video games the Lakers have received out of their final 15 as they’ve surged up the standings. They’ve received seven in a row and are 7-2 in video games performed by James and Doncic.
