Tonight the Lakers will play the Nuggets in Denver and going in to tonight’s game LeBron currently has 15,835 career field goals made which is only 3 away from passing Kareem’s all time record of 15,837. LeBron is averaging 8.1 field goals made a game this season so tonight he will in all likelihood break this record.

This is likely a record most people assumed LeBron already held especially since he has 4,724 more career points than Kareem but due to LeBron getting more free throws throughout his career than Kareem and LeBron also making 2,622 3s in his career to Kareem’s 1 is why he hasn’t broken this record years ago.

Source: https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg_career.html

CazOnReddit | Raptors

342 | 7 hours ago

Alright, everyone knows what the mission is then

Foul LeBron on every play for the rest of the season

AugustHate

74 | 6 hours ago

Can’t we just shoot him down?

CazOnReddit | Raptors

114 | 6 hours ago

Lu Dort, you need to take a chill pill or 3

PAWGle_the_lesser | Raptors

25 | 5 hours ago

Jordan has already shot down some Iranian missiles, he’s definitely gunning for LeBron next

whatdoinamemyself | Heat

6 | 2 hours ago

Air “Superiority” Jordan

ajteitel | Suns

185 | 7 hours ago

3 made shots away from passing a pilot?

OverallGeneral7129 | Cavaliers

113 | 7 hours ago

Pilot who didn’t play defense… at least that’s what my dad tells me

ProfessorDrink | Kings

73 | 7 hours ago

Tell your dad to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!

Sniffy4 | South Sudan

35 | 5 hours ago

I’m sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Roger Murdock. I’m the co-pilot.

ThinkSoftware | Hawks

5 | 6 hours ago

He passed Ruben Patterson a long time ago

Emotional-Chef-7601

0 | 5 hours ago

Such an underrated reference.

TheMegaSage | Raptors

-1 | 7 hours ago

Actually he was a janitor

logster2001 | Rockets

102 | 6 hours ago

To me that is even cooler than the points record. Just straight up how many buckets have you gotten. Not from a certain distance, not from the free throw line, but simply how many times have they put the ball into the basket. Imagine James Naismith seeing how the game he created for his PE class evolved into one of the biggest sports in the world and that a player would spend 20+ years putting the ball into a peach basket over 15,000 times

ChessHistory

44 | 5 hours ago

But also man what a testament to Kareem too. Sky hook was a legit cheat code

holicron

7 | 3 hours ago

Kareem played through college as well. LeBron would be behind even more if he played college

hlsp | Celtics

1 | 5 minutes ago

Kareem also wore dope ass rec specs. LeBron couldnt handle that heat. He’d be even more behind if he had to worry about making goggles look cool.

Annual_Hamster9411

39 | 6 hours ago

You think he can make it?

NBAccount | Warriors

93 | 6 hours ago

He’d have to average 0.14 made baskets per game for the rest of the season… Might be pretty tough for a dude who is forty-one.

Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO

21 | 6 hours ago

There’s a good chance I wouldn’t be able to pull that off

SaltyLonghorn | Rockets

7 | 4 hours ago

For reference his namesake is at 0.78 right now. So we’re talking a regression so steep its basically just falling on his face and deciding to sleep it off the rest of the way.

Job-24 | Lakers

6 | 4 hours ago

Your being cheeky but look at this thread it was rare to even fathom this

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/4q09pq/lebron_has_a_legit_chance_to_break_the_all_time/

blafricanadian | Raptors

5 | 3 hours ago

“I have a dream that LeBron plays an NBA game alongside LeBron Jr., and they alley oop to one another on back to back possessions. A basketball version of Ken Griffey.”

Called it play by play

RnwyHousesCityCloudz | Supersonics

6 | 3 hours ago

reading that just reminds me of how fucking impressive what he’s doing now is

so easy to take his career for granted because he’s been so consistent for decades now

forever thankful to my 8 year old self for choosing him as my favourite player while watching that first finals run lol

never could have imagined still watching him all these years later

Capable-Force-4757

2 | 3 hours ago

“I’m not gonna question it til I see him actually decline. Lebron is a robot. He shouldn’t be this athletic at age 31 yet he is.”

31 and now he’s 10 years older and probably a full season away from retirement. Golly lol

redditsucksass_

1 | 5 minutes ago

I like how the top comment on that thread is asking if he can play 21 seasons and now it looks like he’s about to head into his 24th

cooking2024

45 | 6 hours ago

One of the more interesting stats to me this season watching a washed Lebron is trying to put it in perspective of other greats during their washed season(s). Lebron is one 1 dunk away from having more dunks this year than Kobe had in his last 4 season combined.

Emotional-Chef-7601

10 | 5 hours ago

Those fast breaks with the second unit is really allowing him to feast.

Ferngulley26

6 | 3 hours ago

Is he washed? A shell of his former self sure, but that shell is still a strong 3rd option

Annalrecovery | Lakers

2 | an hour ago

I agree he is washed now, but a player averaging 22-6-7 at 50% shooting at his age 41 season is something i didnt think i was going to see. Those are all star numbers for any nba players in their prime.

Rock3tDoge | Pistons

32 | 6 hours ago

No one will celebrate this publicly more than LeBron will #kidfromAkron

ExemptPompano

8 | 5 hours ago

Huge LeStan here, but this is so true lol

Dependent-Cup3759

19 | 4 hours ago

All-time ranks for LeBron in volume stats from bbref:

Games: 2
Minutes: 1
FG: 2
FGA: 1
2P: 3
2PA: 5
3P: 6
3PA: 4
FGMis: 1
FT: 3
FTA: 2
REB: 24
AST: 4
ST: 6
BL: 72
PF: 120
TO: 1
PTS: 1
TRDBL: 5

BenevolentCheese | Knicks

14 | 4 hours ago

120th on the fouls list while #2 in games is a fantastic stat: 2838 vs Kareem’s 4657 at number 1!

orhantemerrut

0 | 38 minutes ago

TO: 1

What a scrub.

Electronic_Pea_4845 | Iran

10 | 6 hours ago

Luka has no help omg

Alexcox95 | Heat

4 | 5 hours ago

Lakers wasting Luka’s prime

VikingsLad | Timberwolves

12 | 4 hours ago

Kareem has one singular 3PM?

Rudy, you know what to do

OverallGeneral7129 | Cavaliers

6 | 4 hours ago

I’m cheering for that too

HenrikCrown | Pelicans

9 | 5 hours ago

Will he try to use a baby skyhook again to pass another KAJ held record?

BillyTwoCents | 76ers

8 | 5 hours ago

The fact that there’s a 3 year gap between LeBron matching Kareem’s point total and matching Kareem’s FGM total really puts the change in scoring environments into perspective, really highlights how much work Kareem had to put in to get those numbers.

LeBron became all time scoring leader on Feb. 7th, 2023 if anyone doesn’t feel like looking it up.

persianx6_

5 | 4 hours ago

Kareem did that all on 2 point shots.

thief-777

5 | 4 hours ago

Not all. This post says he made one 3, lol.

dhslax88 | Suns

6 | 4 hours ago

I can’t believe Kareem only had 1 made three in his career - that’s wild!

angryWinds | Cavaliers

1 | 3 hours ago

He played for 20 years, and the three point line didn’t exist, at all, for the first 10 years.

The league was REALLY slow to fully adapt to three pointers being a thing. In the season Kareem retired, there were only 11 guys that attempted more than 3 threes per game, and big-men ABSOLUTELY played near the rim.

So, while it’s KIND of wild for him to have only ever made 1, putting it context, it absolutely makes sense.

nightsaysni | Cavaliers

5 | 5 hours ago

But he and Bronny already have the record for a father/som duo, right?!?

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1 | 5 hours ago

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OverallGeneral7129 | Cavaliers

2 | 4 hours ago

Robert Parish not Kareem

Dependent-Cup3759

1 | 4 hours ago

oops thanks

Lanky-Association952

0 | 5 hours ago

I have less turnovers than LeBron. Take that!

PVT_Stanley | Lakers

0 | 3 hours ago

It would be much more impressive if he was going for the least amount of shots made in NBA history

axecalibur | CHI

-1 | an hour ago

Has Bronny even taken the amount of shots his nepodaddy took in the first half of his first season?

Im_a_rahtard | Celtics

-1 | 40 minutes ago

And so far he’s only played 3 more whole seasons then Kareem..

THEbaddestOFtheASSES

-2 | 4 hours ago

How about that 5th ring?

desertrain11

1 | 4 hours ago

The NBA will get the Mavs to trade Flagg for Ayton here soon don’t you worry

Drewdown707

-15 | 6 hours ago

Cool, it will soon match his record as the most missed shots in nba history.

RawDogMal

14 | 6 hours ago

Still shooting 50% on incredible volume, hater.

Drewdown707

-12 | 5 hours ago

What we can’t talk about other records he holds? Like most career turnovers in nba history?

RawDogMal

13 | 5 hours ago

Well he’s been the primary ball handler for 20 years, all the great passers are up there in turnovers. What matters is Assist to TO ratio.

Drewdown707

-11 | 5 hours ago

And where is he on that list?

BillyTwoCents | 76ers

6 | 5 hours ago

Fourth

Drewdown707

-5 | 5 hours ago

And you know why? Cuz the MFer sits out all the time, barely plays defense and been stat padding for years now. His longevity stats don’t mean shit.

BillyTwoCents | 76ers

6 | 5 hours ago

I feel like that’s not the point you were trying to make when you asked about his place on the assist-to-turnover ratio list

Drewdown707

-3 | 5 hours ago

The point is the motherfuckers played longer than anybody. He got lucky in his younger career to not have any serious injury, good for him, but it’s been nothing but stretching his later career to stat pad. He should have all the career stats.

kingmapoon123

1 | 27 minutes ago

He does have all the career stats lol

Plus_Possibility_383

3 | 5 hours ago

You got too much hate in your heart , you on time out , go sit in the corner , your language shows me you are bitter and upset and not mentally capable of discussing hoops , improve your life first Mr drew

Drewdown707

-5 | 5 hours ago

Everything I said is accurate

BubblyAir7111

1 | 4 hours ago

Corner, now

crunkadocious | Pacers

9 | 5 hours ago

Probably the most touches and most passes in NBA history too.

BillyTwoCents | 76ers

5 | 5 hours ago

I didn’t even realize he passed Kobe

OverallGeneral7129 | Cavaliers

1 | 5 hours ago

He passed him in the first game of last season for the most misses

ErrForceOnes

-16 | 6 hours ago

LeChucker.

CantTrussWypipo

-23 | 6 hours ago

Lebron has 3000 more FG attempts than Kareem yet STILL hasn’t passed him in makes?

certified chucker LMAO

delta-red-14

7 | 5 hours ago

Is Kobe a chucker? Or is he a certified alpha male dog? I’m guessing I know your answer.

LakerFan2324 | LAL

5 | 5 hours ago

I would hope the 7’1 dominant center would have more makes in less FG attempts

Spiritual-Bed3948

-31 | 6 hours ago

Still no respect for the ringchaser. How many flops over his career? How many points scored against his team while he was crying to the refs? How about those stats?

EpicCyclops | Trail Blazers

9 | 6 hours ago

You’re comparing him to a guy whose most famous pop culture moment is a 12 year old berating him for not playing defense.

BillyTwoCents | 76ers

4 | 5 hours ago

Okay man listen I like LeBron but that one Kareem role easily clears Lebron’s entire filmography.

EpicCyclops | Trail Blazers

2 | 5 hours ago

No arguments here on that one. Kareem in Airplane is up there with Jordan in Space Jam for me. He killed it. Him allowing that scene to be included was incredible.

LoggraFloozy | Lakers

7 | 6 hours ago

Dude watched LeBron in his 2010-2011 season and that’s it lmao

GregEgg4President | Wizards

5 | 6 hours ago

What is the purpose of this comment? Genuinely, I’m curious. What do you expect to gain from it?

delta-red-14

4 | 5 hours ago

Bro wants to be his Dad so badly.

Time_Suggestion_5796

2 | 5 hours ago

Average Facebook comment on an NBA post be like:

LeBron James is 3 made shots away from passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most made shots in NBA history