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Points in a career: 30,000 James reached a rare scoring checkpoint, 30,000 points, in a January 23, 2018, game against the San Antonio Spurs, during his second stint as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. His performance in the game made James the youngest player to reach 30,000 points in league history and only the eighth player to reach this plateau . He is also the only player in NBA history with more than 30,000 points, 8,000 assists, and 8,000 rebounds in a career.

James turned in a 28-point game against the Spurs on January 23, 2018, to become the seventh player in NBA history to reach 30,000 points. As of the end of the 2020-2021 season, James had scored 35,367 points, which ranked him third all-time and just more than 3,000 points behind the all-time leader, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a former Milwaukee Buck and Los Angeles Laker.

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HARDWOOD GREATS: PRO BASKETBALL’S BEST PLAYERS

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