Along with his sixth triple-double of the season, LeBron James guided the Lakers to a 119-101 win over the Spurs on Wednesday. Because of this, he eclipsed Tim Duncan on the all-time leaderboard for profession wins (playoffs included) in NBA historical past.
James, the all-time leader in playoff wins with 183, clinched his 976th win within the common season, bringing his general tally to 1,159 wins. Duncan retired with 1,158 wins (157 playoffs + 1,001 common season) after the 2015-16 season. It was somewhat 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 general wins. Abdul-Jabbar retired with 1,228 wins (154 playoffs + 1,074 common season). Whereas James’ playoff wins record 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 listing of wins within the common season.
James might realistically cross Duncan this season and Parish subsequent yr however might must play one other two seasons to close Jabbar’s 1,074 regular-season victories.
When will LeBron cross Kareem?
As for the 70-win threshold to overhaul Abdul-Jabbar on the general listing, James might realistically get there halfway by means of 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 file sooner or later subsequent yr.
James, the all-time factors chief in historical past, can also be getting ready to reaching the 50K points threshold (playoffs included) sooner or later 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 placing distance. As of Thursday, James (558) was only four shy of Michael Jordan (562) for the latter file.
