CLEVELAND, Ohio — LeBron James, who reached the 25,000-point milestone in early November, and then moved ahead of Jerry West and Reggie Miller, is now closing in on Alex English at 17th all-time.
Below are the top 20 scorers, with their statistics for assists and rebounds as well.
James, based on his scoring over the last three seasons, is on target to reach the 30,000-point milestone midway through the 2017-18 season. Just five players have topped 30,000 points.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all-time scoring leader with 38,387 points.
James, who has averaged 2,076 points a season during his career, would need this season and nearly another six seasons at that pace to surpass Abdul-Jabbar.