LeBron James Passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar For Most Made FG In NBA History

Dave McMenaminMar 5, 2026, 11:10 PM ET
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DENVER — LeBron James he already had scored the most factors in NBA history.

Now, the Los Angeles Lakers‘star has made the most baskets, too.

James hit a turnaround baseline leap shot over Denver Nuggets ahead Zeke Nnaji with 12.3 seconds remaining in the primary quarter Thursday for his third made discipline objective of the sport and 15,838th of his profession, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most made discipline targets in NBA history.

James already surpassed Abdul-Jabbar because the league’s all-time main scorer Feb. 7, 2023, with a step-back leap shot from the prolonged foul line, giving him 38,388 profession factors.

He has pushed that time complete north of 43,000.

“I’m a big Bruce Springsteen fan,” Lakers coach JJ Redick stated earlier than the sport. “I would probably say his early albums really get me going. There’s a youthfulness to him. And energy. ‘Nebraska’ is actually my favorite album of all time, and that’s like very different for what he had done that far in his career. And then, you can see the evolution of him as a singer/songwriter. And then, he comes out with the greatest hits, and you’re like, ‘Wow, this is pretty good.’ And then after that, he comes out with ‘The Rising,’ which is one of the most important albums of the 2000s. So, you get to the end and you’re like, ‘Holy s— this guy’s greatest hits are like insane.’

“And LeBron’s best hits, he simply retains including to them. He simply performs and performs and performs. And the best hits are simply… he is obtained a hell of a catalog.”

Earlier this season, James passed Michael Cooper for No. 5 on the Lakers’ all-time assists list and joined Kobe Bryant as the only other Laker with 1,000 made 3-point shots.

The next major statistical milestone for James is Robert Parish’s record of 1,611 games played.

James is No. 2, with 1,606 and could pass Parish on March 16 against the Houston Rockets if he performs each recreation on the Lakers’ upcoming schedule up till then.