LeBron broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record and topped the star-studded rankings.
LeBron James became the leading scorer in NBA history by converting 38 points in the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Oklahoma City Thunder and thus surpassing record held since 1989 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, which during his career added 38,387 points.
The mark that Lebron James broke (he needed 36 points to make history) is the regular season mark, which the NBA uses for its historical classification.
Almost a year ago, on February 12, 2022, LeBron became the leading scorer in NBA history by adding regular season and playoff games, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44,149 points).
The top ten scorers in the NBA
1.- JAMES, LEBRON (Akron, Ohio, 1984)
He was selected number 1 in the 2003 “draft” by the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he played for two seasons (until 2010 and 2014-18). In between, he went through the Miami Heat and since 2018 he has been with the Lakers. He won four NBA rings (2012, 2013, 2016 and 2020), the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in four more editions (2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12 and 2012-2013) and top scorer in the NBA 2007-08 season. He is also a double Olympic gold medalist (2008 and 2012) and bronze at the 2004 Athens Games. Averaging 27.3 points per game throughout his career, his best score was 61 points, in one game played in 2014.
2.- KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR – 38,387 points
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (New York, 1947) is the leader of the standings until now and is one of the great legends of the NBA, always remembered for the Sky Hook, his signature hook shot. Averaging 24.6 points per game, Abdull Jabbar won six rings (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988), five with the Lakers and the first with the Milwaukee Bucks, the team that selected him No. 1 in ” draft” in 1969 and with whom he played until 1975. He was top scorer two seasons and MVP six times. Defender of the cause of “Black Power”, he refused to participate in the Mexico ’68 Games, he was a follower of Malcolm X and in 1971 he converted to Islam, changing his original name from Lew Alcindor.
3.- KARL MALONE – 36,928 points
Karl Malone (Bernice, Louisiana, 1963) scored 36,928 points in his 20 years as a professional, averaging 25 points per game. He was drafted number 13 in 1985. He spent most of his career with the Utah Jazz, where he was named MVP in the 1996-97 and 1998-99 seasons, before changing in the final stretch to Los Angeles Lakers, where he played between 2003 and 2005. Double Olympic gold (1992 and 1996).
4.- KOBE BRYANT – 33,643 points
Kobe Bryant (Philadelphia, 1978-Calabasas, California, 2020) scored 33,643 points, averaging 25 points per game. He was selected 13th overall in the 1996 draft by the Charlottes, who traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers, where he played for 20 years until his retirement in 2016. He won five rings (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010). ). , was selected as the best player of 2007-08 and topped the list of top scorers in 2005-06 and 2006-07. Double Olympic champion (2008 and 2012), he is the second highest scorer in a match, with 81 points (2006). He died in a helicopter crash on January 28, 2020.
5.- MICHAEL JORDAN – 32,292 points
Michael Jordan (New York; 1963), for many the best player in history, scored 32,292 points with an average of 30.1 points per game, in the 15 seasons he played in the NBA between 1984 and 2003 -he retired twice of those. year. He won six rings with the Chicago Bulls (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998) and after his second retirement he returned to the courts with the Washington Wizards (2001-03), where he was also the president of operations and a shareholder.minority. A gold medalist in the 1984 Los Angeles and 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, he was the NBA’s leading scorer 10 times, seven of them consecutively (1987 to 1993), five-time MVP of the season and six-time MVP of the finals. Since 2010 he is the owner of the Charlotte Hornets.
6 – DIRK NOWITZKI – 31,560 points
Dirk Nowitzki (Wurzburg, Germany, 1978) is the only European among the top 10 scorers in the NBA with 31,560 points and an average of 20.7 per game. He played with the Dallas Mavericks his entire career (1998-2019) and led the franchise to its first ring in 2011, when he was voted MVP of the finals, the first European to do so. A power forward of exceptional versatility, he played All Star 14 times, was selected as the best player of the 2006-07 season and guided the German team to the bronze medal in the 2002 World Cup and the silver medal in the Eurobasket 2005. He was also the first European who won the triple contest (2006).
7.- WILT CHAMBERLAIN – 31,419 points
Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia, 1936-Los Angeles, 1993) is one of the most dominant and influential players in NBA history. He played 14 seasons with four different teams, averaging 30.1 points per game and winning two rings, the first with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967 and the second with the Lakers in 1972. Fifty years after his retirement , he still leads in dozens of statistics, including rebounds -a total of 23,924- and still holds the record for scoring in a game, 100 points, which he achieved on March 2, 1962.
8.- SHAQUILLE O’NEAL – 28,596 points
Shaquille O’Neal (Newark, New Jersey, 1972), considered one of the best centers in history, played 19 seasons in the NBA where he averaged 23.7 points per game and won four rings , three with the Lakers (2000, 2001 and 2002) and one with the Miami Heat (2006). Voted MVP of the season in 2000 and most valuable player of the finals on three occasions (2000-2002), he was the leading scorer in the competition in 1995 and 2000. He won Olympic gold with the United States in 1996 and the World Cup in 1994.
9.- CARMELO ANTHONY – 28,289 points
Carmelo Anthony (New York, 1984) made his NBA debut in 2003 with the Denver Nuggets and has since averaged 22.5 points per game. He was the league’s leading scorer in the 2012-13 season and was a ten-time All-Star player. Triple Olympic champion with the United States in 2008, 2012 and 2016 Games, and bronze medalist in the 2004 Games and 2006 World Cup.
10.- MOSES MALONE – 27,409 points
Moses Malone (Petersburg, Virginia, 1955-Norfolk, Virginia, 2015), the pivot who imposed his law in the paint without brilliance and formed an unforgettable pairing with Julius Irving in the Sixers who won the ring in 1983 defeating the Celtis Bird by Larry and the Lakers by Magic Johnson and Abdul-Jabbar. Malone was the season MVP three times, twice with the Houston Rockets (1979 and 1982) and the last time with the Sixers in 1983, the year he was also the finals MVP. He is the fifth highest rebounder of all time.
Source: EFE
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