LeBron James is once again rewriting the record books. Who else joins him on the milestone watch this season?
LeBron James became the NBA's first 40,000-point scorer last season, but among the milestones he will reach this season is a less distinguished institution. The Los Angeles Lakers legend will set the record for most career missed field goals, and he is on pace to become the first player ever to miss 15,000 shots.
James' sixth miss of the season will break Kobe Bryant's record of 14,481. Bryant ranks fourth in points but first in misses. James will be the all-time leader in both as soon as opening night, when L.A. hosts the Minnesota Timberwolves. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, by contrast, ranks second in points and eighth in misses.
40,074
14,837
29,313
50.6
54.7
38,387
15,837
28,307
55.9
56.0
36,928
13,528
26,210
51.6
51.8
33,643
11,719
26,200
44.7
48.2
32,292
12,192
24,537
49.7
50.9
15,806
3,265
12,091
2,684
11,894
2,614
Paul, who, like James, will turn 40 years old before this NBA calendar year ends, registered 393 assists and 70 steals in 58 appearances last season, playing mostly reserve minutes. He will likely start in San Antonio.
How much distance did Stockton put between himself and the field in both categories? Paul would have to replicate last season's statistics for another 10 seasons to have any hope of eclipsing either record.
Kevin Durant and the NBA's forthcoming scoring milestones
Durant needs 1,076 points to join James, Abdul-Jabbar, Malone, Bryant, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki and Wilt Chamberlain as the eighth member of the 30,000-point club. He scored 2,032 points last season.
With repeat performances of last season, Stephen Curry (23,668) and DeMar DeRozan (23,582) will become the 26th and 27th members of the 25,000-point club, and Giannis Antetokounmpo (18,502) would be the 52nd player to score 20,000 points — an almost automatic entry into the Hall of Fame.
Paul George (18,032) also has an outside shot to reach 20,000 points this season.
Potential additions this season to the 15,000-point club: Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris, Devin Booker, CJ McCollum, Nikola Jokić and Kawhi Leonard. Booker was the seventh-youngest player to reach 10,000.
The order atop the NBA's career scoring list will not change much, given how high James and Durant have already ascended, though James Harden (25,885) could climb as high as 13th, passing Garnett, John Havlicek, Paul Pierce, Tim Duncan, Dominique Wilkins, Oscar Robertson and Hakeem Olajuwon (26,668).
Reshuffling the all-time 3-point list behind Stephen Curry
Curry is the NBA's 3-point king. The 3,747 he has made in his career are 774 more than Ray Allen, the previous record-holder, and this season he should become the first player ever to make 4,000 triples.
The top 10 behind Curry, however, will be entirely reshuffled. Here is what it looks like now:
3,747
2,973
2,940
2,607
2,560
2,481
2,450
2,410
2,290
2,282
And here is what it will look like at season's end if everyone repeats last season's performance:
4,104
3,126
2,973
2,827
2,749
2,560
2,559
2,450
2,496
2,290
More milestones
Also ...
Jokić (130) needs nine triple-doubles to pass Magic Johnson (138) for the third-most in history behind Russell Westbrook (199) and Robertson (181). Jokić has played 675 games to Johnson's 906.
Westbrook needs 532 assists to reach 10,000 for his career. He last registered that many assists in a season in 2022-23. James is the only other player to log 25,000 points and 10,000 assists in a career.
Nikola Vučević needs 565 rebounds to reach 10,000. He would become only the 28th player ever to register 15,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in a career. Dwight Howard was the last to hit both marks.
Brook Lopez needs 88 blocks to become the first player since Howard — and 20th player ever — to record 2,000.
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