When will LeBron James break the NBA’s career points record?on January 19, 2023 at 6:05 am

When LeBron James
passed Karl Malone
for second on the NBA’s career regular-season points list, he set his sights firmly on
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s current all-time leading scorer.

Abdul-Jabbar has been atop the career points list since April 5, 1984 — eight months before James was
even born — when he broke the mark previously held by Wilt Chamberlain. Now James has that record
within reach, needing 316 points to surpass Abdul-Jabbar’s career total of 38,387.

At his career scoring average of 27.2 PPG, James would need 12 games to rack up that total, putting him
on track to break the record on Feb. 9 against the Milwaukee Bucks. James has missed 10 games
this season. If he continues to miss games at the same rate he has so far this season, the record-breaking game would come
Feb. 23 against the Golden State Warriors. Through 34
games this season, James is averaging 29.7 PPG, putting him ahead of his career pace.

We’ll have ongoing coverage of LeBron’s quest, including updated game-by-game projections and complete
stats, throughout the season.