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Watch: LeBron James scores 50,000th point of his NBA career

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Larry Brown | Last updated Mar 4, 2025 11:42 PM ET

LeBron James surpassed yet another impressive milestone.

James, on Tuesday, surpassed 50,000 career points with a three-pointer he made in the first quarter of his Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the New Orleans Pelicans.

That gave James 50,002 career points, counting both regular season and postseason points scored.

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The bucket that gave LeBron 50,000 career points in the playoffs and regular season combined! pic.twitter.com/aEK1HjOngY
— ESPN (@espn) March 5, 2025

If it feels like James just surpassed another points-related milestone, that’s because he did. A little over a year ago, he reached the 40,000-point mark for the regular season. James has 8,162 career postseason points that got added to this total.

So just by playing another season’s worth of regular season games, he was able to get to the 50,000-point mark.

James hitting the 50,000-point mark is impressive on its own, but it’s even more impressive when you consider how far ahead of second place he is. After making that three-pointer, James was 5,851 points ahead of Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

James is 40 years old and is in his 22nd NBA season. He’s still playing at a high level and averaging 24.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game. He's also coming off winning the Western Conference Player of the Month award for the month of February.