Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is just 1,364 points away from reaching a career total of 50,000 points, combining regular season and playoff games over his 21-year career.
LeBron has played in 1,492 regular-season NBA games (starting in 1,490) and scored 40,474 points. In addition to this, he has also racked up 8,162 points in 54 postseason games. This brings his grand total to an impressive 48,636 points.
In the recent season of 2023-24, LeBron achieved his milestone of averaging at least 25 points per game for the twentieth consecutive yearโa record in NBA history. Michael Jordan only managed to do this for twelve seasons out of fifteen. Wilt Chamberlain had eight such seasons during his fourteen-year career but combined with Jordan’s efforts; they only reached this feat eighteen times together.
LeBron Jamesโ NBA Scoring History
Here’s a breakdown of LeBron’s scoring history across different teams and seasons:
| NBA Team | NBA Season | PPG | Regular Season Points | Playoff Points |
| CLE | 2003-04 | 20.9 | 1,654 | N/A |
| CLE | 2004-05 | 27.2 < td >2 ,175 < / td >< td > N / A < / td > | ||
LeBron is also the first player ever to average at least twenty-five points, seven rebounds, and eight assists at thirty-nine years old! No one else has done that after their tenth season.
In a game against the Brooklyn Nets on March thirty-first that ended with a score of one hundred sixteen to one hundred four in favor of the LakersโLeBron joined Michael Jordan as the only players with multiple forty-point games after turning thirty-nine.
Fans think it’s amazing how consistent he’s been throughout his career!
James has now achieved this twice at age thirty-nine while Jordan did it three times before retiring at forty. Also noteworthy is that LeBron matched his season-high with forty points and tied his career-high by making nine three-pointers.
Moreoverโhe stands among three Lakers who have averaged twenty-two or more points along with eight assists per game for three separate seasons; joining legends Jerry West and Magic Johnson.
Last yearโhe surpassed Michael Jordan for having most thirty-point games in league history: six hundred seventy-four compared to Jordanโs six hundred seventy-one! Wilt Chamberlain follows closely behind them with five hundred fifty-seven such games.
