Together with his sixth triple-double of the season, LeBron James guided the Lakers to a 119-101 win over the Spurs on Wednesday. Consequently, he eclipsed Tim Duncan on the all-time leaderboard for profession wins (playoffs included) in NBA historical past.
James, the all-time chief in playoff wins with 183, clinched his 976th win within the common season, bringing his total tally to 1,159 wins. Duncan retired with 1,158 wins (157 playoffs + 1,001 common season) after the 2015-16 season. It was slightly becoming that James eclipsed Duncan in San Antonio, the place that the latter was synonymous with between 1997 and 2016.
The Lakers star is now 70 wins shy of eclipsing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for many total wins. Abdul-Jabbar retired with 1,228 wins (154 playoffs + 1,074 common season). Whereas James’ playoff wins document is secure — no lively participant is within the neighborhood — he nonetheless has a methods to go earlier than passing Jabbar, Duncan and Robert Parish (1,014) within the checklist of wins within the common season.
James might realistically go Duncan this season and Parish subsequent yr however could need to play one other two seasons to close Jabbar’s 1,074 regular-season victories.
When will LeBron go Kareem?
As for the 70-win threshold to overhaul Abdul-Jabbar on the general checklist, James might realistically get there halfway via the 2025-26 season.
Even when the Lakers (11-7) have been to win one other 35 video games this season and one other 5 within the playoffs, he’d want solely 30 extra wins. Contemplating that he hasn’t proven any indicators of slowing down at age 39, it is a secure guess that he’ll clinch the document in some unspecified time in the future subsequent yr.
James, the all-time factors chief in historical past, can be getting ready to reaching the 50K factors threshold (playoffs included) in some unspecified time in the future this season. As of Thursday, he had 49,048 factors (40,886 common season + 8,162 playoffs) and was lower than 1K factors from the milestone.
A number of extra milestones await “The King,” such because the all-time chief in minutes and probably the most 30-point video games in historical past. Each information are inside putting distance. As of Thursday, James (558) was solely 4 shy of Michael Jordan (562) for the latter document.
