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When will LeBron James pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time leading scorer in NBA history?

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Lebron James It’s already him leading scorer in NBA history, when the regular season and playoffs are added. However, the league’s official standings only take into account the first stage of the calendar, not including postseason numbers, and there whoever The all-time list is currently headed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar… Probably not for long though.

Kareem finished his career with 38,387 pointswhile LeBron is already a close second and could surpass the former Bucks and Lakers during the same 2022-2023 campaign. What do you need and when could you get it? The following items.

How many points is LeBron James away from being the all-time leading scorer?

LeBron James currently has 37,062 NBA career points. I mean, you need it 1,325 units more to get to Abdul-Jabbar. Unless he has a serious injury, Akron will fill that void during the current season.

When will LeBron James pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time leading scorer?

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LeBron is 1,325 points short and when he projects it 28 goals per game (his average when combining the last two seasons), a possible sign of him 47 games left for James to beat Abdul-Jabbar.

According to the Lakers’ 2022-2023 schedule, this game could reach end of January 2023when Angelenos has commitments before Memphis (1/20), Portland (1/22), Clippers (1/24), San Antonio (1/25), Boston (1/28), Brooklyn (1/30) and New York (1/31).

Will it happen in a classic against the Clippers or Celtics? Will he catch up to Popovich and the Spurs? Will he hit Madison Square Garden against the Knicks or a day earlier against Durant and the Nets?

The 20 greatest scorers in NBA history

Pos. Player Points
twenty Alex English 25,613
19 Vince Carter 25,728
18 Kevin Garnett 26,071
17 John Havlicek 26,395
16 Paul Pierce 26,397
fifteen Tim Duncan 26,496
14 Dominic Wilkins 26,668
13 Oscar Robertson 26,710
12 Hakeem Olajuwon 26,946
eleven Elvin Hayes 27,313
10 Moses Malone 27,409
9 Carmel Anthony
28,289 8 Shaquille O’Neal
28,596 7 Wilt Chamberlin
31,419 6 Dirk Nowitzki
31,560 5 Michael Jordan
32,292 4 Kobe Bryant
33,643 3 Karl Malone
36,928 two Lebron James
37,062 1

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Source: Sporting News

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