The Lakers’ consecrated player is very close to surpassing another historic mark in his career as a basketball player in the North American League, although an unfortunate event may condemn him to wait a little longer to achieve success.
LeBron James He is the leading scorer in the history of National Basketball Association, between the regular season and playoffs. However, the official rank of nba It does not take into account post-season games, so only the first period of the calendar is valid for records and in this aspect the Los Angeles Lakers player is second, but no one surpasses the first, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
lebron may exceed Abdul Jabbar in the current campaign, 2022-2023. And this latter finished his career with 38,387 points, only 667 more than those accumulated by lakers Until now. With 37,720 pts, James he’s shaping up to surpass that mark before the end of the current season, as long as he doesn’t suffer an injury like the one that will sideline his teammate. Anthony Davis of the courts indefinitely.
When will LeBron James break the NBA record?
When making a projection of 25 points per game -his average this season-, it is estimated that in 27 games James can be overcome Abdul Jabbar. According to the calendar of lakers in 2022-2023, that game could be in mid-March of the coming year.
Along with LeBron James, who is the 15th highest scorer in NBA history
- 1 | kareem Abdul Jabbar | 38,387
- 2 | lebron James
- | 37,720 3| Karl Malone
- | 36,928 4| kobe Bryant
- | 33,643 5 | Michael Jordan
- | 32,292 6 | Dirk Nowitzki
- | 31,560 7| withered Chamberlain
- | 31,419 8 | Shaquille O’Neal
- | 28,596 9| carmel Anthony
- | 28,289 10 | Moses
- Malone | 27,409 11 | Elvin
- there is | 27,313 12 | Hakeem
- olajuwon | 26,946 13 | oscar
- Robertson | 26,710 14 | Dominique
- Wilkins | 26,668 15 | Tim
Duncan
| 26,496
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Source: Tycsports
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