LeBron James is trailing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the top spot on the NBA’s all-time top scorer lists for the regular season and playoff mix, but that’s different from being the top scorer. all time of the NBA.
The NBA’s all-time record book is just regular season statistics, so James still has one more season to go before he can overtake Abdul-Jabbar to become the league’s all-time score leader.
However, when it comes to playoff points, James (44,074 total) is just 75 points away from Abdul-Jabbar (44,149 total) compared to the most combined score in NBA history.
How many games will it take James to overtake Abdul-Jabbar for the most aggregate points in NBA history? And how many games will it take James to overtake Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s all-time top scorer (regular season only)?
We have a table for both milestones below, along with a quick guess as to when James might break each record.
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Combined NBA all-time scorers list (regular season and knockout)
| Places | Player | The point |
| first. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 44.149 |
| 2. | LeBron James | 44.074 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 41,689 |
| 4. | Kobe Bryant | 39,283 |
| 5. | Michael Jordan | 38,279 |
| 6. | Dirk Nowitzki | 35.223 |
| 7. | Wilt Chamberlain | 35.026 |
| 8. | Shaquille O’Neal | 33.846 |
| 9. | Heart duncan | 31,668 |
| ten. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 30,701 |
James is currently 75 points ahead of Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time top scorer. With an average of 29.1 points per game in his 19th season, LeBron needs just three more games to get past Kareem.
That means LeBron maybe overtake Kareem as the NBA’s all-time top scorer on Saturday, February 12 when the Lakers take on Stephen Curry and the Warriors.
NBA All Time Scorers List (regular season only)
| Places | Player | The point |
| first. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 38.387 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 36,928 |
| 3. | LeBron James | 36,443 |
| 4. | Kobe Bryant | 33,643 |
| 5. | Michael Jordan | 32,292 |
| 6. | Dirk Nowitzki | 31,560 |
| 7. | Wilt Chamberlain | 31,419 |
| 8. | Shaquille O’Neal | 28,596 |
| 9. | Carmelo Anthony | 28.042 |
| ten. | Moses Malone | 27,409 |
James is just 485 points away from overtaking Malone to second on the NBA’s all-time top scorer list. At his current pace this season, 29.1 points per game, James will need only about 17 more games to score 485 points, meaning he will catch Malone this season.
As for Abdul-Jabbar and the top spot, he still has a long way to go. LeBron is still 1,944 points away from overtaking Kareem, meaning he’ll need at least one more season to hit that leap.
Although James has defied Father Time so far in his career, any signs of slowing down could change course as he becomes the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. . He is currently on track to add around 800 points this season, which would leave him just over 1,100 points away from overtaking Abdul-Jabbar.
Even in the 2020-21 season, where he played only 45 games, James still scored 1,126 points. That’s the least total points he’s scored in a single season of his career, and based on averages, that’s almost enough to overtake Abdul-Jabbar next season.
All of this to say, it’s safe to say that James became the NBA’s all-time top scorer at some point during the 2022-23 NBA season.
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