This will probably fly under the radar because it’s KD, but it’s a geriatric feat that even Lebron hasn’t managed.

2000+ point seasons by age:

Kevin Durant (37): 2025-2026
Karl Malone (36 - triple his favorite age!): 1999-2000
Kevin Durant (35): 2023-2024
Alex English (35): 1988-1989
Kobe Bryant (35): 2012-2013
Michael Jordan (34): 1997-1998

Based on this list, you might also assume that Alex English is a better basketball player than Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. And you’d be right. The numbers don’t lie.

In seriousness, this is an impressive accomplishment for Durant. Many of us thought he wouldn’t be the same player after the Achilles tear in 2019, much less scoring at a high clip and playing 78 games in 2026.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/oldest-nba-players-to-score-2000-points-in-a-season

yeeeeeteth | Suns

217 | 6 hours ago

Triple his favorite age 😭

viiiigiclout

9 | 5 hours ago

Kobe also nonconsensually got up to #5

PrettyYoungTiger

2 | 2 hours ago

Holy fuck i know this sub loves shitting on kobe but comparing his to the karl malone situation is just ridiculous & nonsensical. it almost diminishes the truly evil nature of what karl did. Years of evil.

Existing-Doughnut-60

1 | 18 minutes ago

It was his thing

mnewman19 | 76ers

8 | 6 hours ago

667?

soyboysnowflake | Nuggets

15 | 5 hours ago

Look at #2 on the list

Abyss333333 | Toronto Huskies

1 | 4 hours ago

Read this after reading the title and thought i missed a recent KD scandal

gruesomegreen

1 | 3 hours ago

this is gross. reddit talks about him the same way true crime fans delight in talking about gruesome and perverse crimes and stuff

78ks70aks7to8days

1 | an hour ago

I’m not really sure mods still allow this stuff in a basketball sub. It’s pretty trashy. It’s low-effort karma farming and unnecessarily derails every conversation it gets brought up in.

Fire_Demon-215

135 | 6 hours ago

I think him limiting his rim attempts helps avoid a lot of potential injuries wether it’s contact or not. He can still live off the perimeter for a couple more seasons. Think he has the lowest rim attempts by a player averaging 20 ppg this season

Spare-Ant7119

68 | 6 hours ago

Staying skinny is easier on the body long term than having extra muscle.

DyingSunSeverian

41 | 6 hours ago

And he averaged 26 ppg this season.

It’s disgusting how many FGAs from him were jump shots.

Man’s the ultimate automatic bucket. He can keep doing this forevermore.

yaba_yada

2 | 3 hours ago

90% FGAs from KD were jump shots this season, crzy

cletoreyes01 | Heat

28 | 6 hours ago

He can still live off the perimeter for a couple more seasons.

Breh I’m not really the biggest dickerson fan but he’ll probably be a 55%+ TS & 20+ppg scorer for the next half decade as long as he gets his touches. Dirk was moving like a mummy and was somehow @ 12ppg with 57.5% TS with a yogi ferrell, 33 Y.O barea, and DSJ as his point guards

manchot29 | France

63 | 6 hours ago

You killed me with “triple his favorite age”. Fuck Karl Malone.

umaborgee

14 | 6 hours ago

He won’t fuck you because you’re too old though.

--Rick--Astley--

1 | 4 hours ago

Plus he’s a Redditor.

theskyopenedup | Knicks

0 | 5 hours ago

Fuck Kobe too.

Fancy-Cauliflower440 | Rockets

30 | 6 hours ago

i remember when casuals said the nets were getting the corpse of durant… and then the suns were getting his corpse… then houston …then –oh wait he’s the reaper

SeveralMycologist205 | Lakers

15 | 5 hours ago

It’s not really wrong to say that. The thing is these guys(kd, lebron, curry) were so good in their primes that maintaining 50-70% of their peak form still allows them to play at a high level. When I look at KD and Lebron play it’s crazy how much worse they are while still dominating. Curry’s lost a step but the falloff isn’t as noticeable.

Fancy-Cauliflower440 | Rockets

4 | 3 hours ago

nah steph’s ‘regression’ is just as noticeable as kd’s or even more

kd just had a potential 1st team all nba season, played 78 games with top 3 in minutes per game in the entire league - while still hitting 52/41/88. 90% of his shots being jump shots

Alternative_Life3240

1 | 3 hours ago

You’re not really disproving his point really, prime KD would average 32 plus with better slashing and elite ball handling.

Foreveryung2026

1 | an hour ago

Someone needs to pull up that video of him when he was on OKC dribbling so smoothly as a seven footer and then getting by his defender and slam it into the basket. It’s a really popular highlight

Fancy-Cauliflower440 | Rockets

1 | 18 minutes ago

i am. because guess who else had a 32 plus season in their prime with better slashing and elite ball handling AND who is also having a good but worse season than KD this year? Curry

hence their statement that

Curry’s lost a step but the falloff isn’t as noticeable

isn’t correct

MatchAffectionate951

3 | 3 hours ago

One thing it shows is that offense has gotten easier in the nba today. Due to spacing and schemes

If these old heads putting these numbers up today what would they put up with the prime version of themselves

SeveralMycologist205 | Lakers

3 | 2 hours ago

I have the same thought but there’s a good chance I’ve fallen victim to nostalgia, just like the generation before me did

SIDiztic

22 | 6 hours ago

Ik this gets thrown around but Alex English probably has been the most underrated player in a long while..

kash96 | NBA

10 | 6 hours ago

scored the most points in the 80s

jmchamakito | Puerto Rico

16 | 6 hours ago

Plus, played 78 games this season, for comparison, the last time Lebron played 78 games was when he was 33, in 2018. KD has a good shot at catching that #2 spot in the scoring list. As long as other guys don’t run in to his knees like it happened in the last couple of seasons.

SirGingerbrute | Knicks

19 | 6 hours ago

We knew at like 23 he was one of the greatest scorers ever

Crazy LeBron longevity ruins KD legacy bc if LeBron retired at like 37 himself, KD would’ve had carried the torch as longest tenured legend

Now we have LeBron doing shit we didn’t think possible and makes us overlook Durant

pollinium | MIN

15 | 5 hours ago

had to squeeze this one in there before Lebron goes for 780 tonight

Jack_The_Sparrow_ | Warriors

10 | 6 hours ago

Wait until I’m 37+

greatergoon

4 | 5 hours ago

I’m already 37+ which means I’ve essentially got another 40 years or so to break this record. No rush

Appropriate-Self-540 | Thunder

5 | 6 hours ago

This means he’s better than MJ and Bron. That’s how numbers work

WesternFeature2459

3 | 6 hours ago

You know who he is

Alexwhynot

2 | 6 hours ago

Where is LeBron?

darkshark21 | Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

Kobe’s birthday is August 23 so he was 34 that last all-nba season (2012-2013). Jordan was 34 and turned 35 during that season so they should switch.

Alex English is the highest scorer of the 1980’s for a reason so it should not be a surprise to see him there!

ddiop | CLE

1 | an hour ago

English was also 34 for half of his age 35 seasons, he only scored 1855 points while he was actually 35, which is 3rd behind Durant and Curry at 1964 points.

ThaRealSunGod | Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

Lebron likely would’ve made this list but in 2022 and 2023 when he averaged 30 and 29 ppg, respectively, he only played 55 and 56 games 😔

JustHereForSmu_t | Charlotte Bobcats

0 | 6 hours ago

*sigh* When I got into NBA as a teen, I couldn’t have possibly expected that one day it will be mostly about “geriatric feats” and “how many games can a player miss and still get an award”.

weIIdamns

2 | 4 hours ago

The awards comment i understand but still being really good at playing basketball as you get into your 40s is very hard at the nba level. It should be applauded.

TomatoSecure192

1 | 6 hours ago

13 times 3 is 39…. But your heart was in the right place

darkshark21 | Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

13 was age of birth. 12 was age of impregnation.

No-Signature8815

0 | 6 hours ago

Read the details of the case again…

Karl Malone needs to be placed in jail forever and all of his accolades should be rescinded.

I don’t even like it when people make jokes about it to make light of it, he did the most evil thing a human being can do. He shouldn’t be allowed to walk amognst us. Nobody who does that should.

🤢

Frostyzwannacomehere | Trail Blazers

1 | 6 hours ago

Alex English, Columbia native

Azyr1013

1 | 6 hours ago

Thats why hes the goat, only 2nd to the alltime goat Kyle Kuzma

PutinBoomedMe

1 | 5 hours ago

Triple his favorite age lol

GD I’m dying

Workingdad_83

0 | 5 hours ago

Why because LeBron was injured when he was 37?

EliteFactor

-1 | 6 hours ago

And how far will his team go in the playoffs.

Infinite-Machine-210

-1 | 6 hours ago

“even lebron hasnt managed”

are there people who think lebron is a better scorer than kd

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

11 | 6 hours ago

Well he is number 1 in points….

Infinite-Machine-210

3 | 6 hours ago

thats not how that works

uwill1der | Rockets

4 | 6 hours ago

thats exactly how it works

Infinite-Machine-210

5 | 6 hours ago

if one guy averages 10 ppg for 3 years and another averages 29 ppg for 1 year, the first guy has more points

uwill1der | Rockets

5 | 6 hours ago

ok but one has a career avg of 27.1 over 18 seasons and one has an avg of 26.8 ppg over 23 seasons

So youre logic is still flawed

Infinite-Machine-210

1 | 6 hours ago

my logic that kevin durant is a better scorer than lebron james is flawed because kevin durant has a higher scoring average than lebron james

is that what you are saying

uwill1der | Rockets

5 | 5 hours ago

no your logic is flawed because you said people shouldnt expect Lebron to score 2000pts/season depsite being the #1 scorer because KD scores .3pts more a game, yet youre using a sample size of 5 extra seasons.

Through Lebron’s first 18 seasons, he too, also averaged 27.1 PPG

Infinite-Machine-210

3 | 5 hours ago

i said kevin durant is a better scorer than lebron james

uwill1der | Rockets

5 | 5 hours ago

as a way to question why people think he shouldnt have managed to score 2000points.

thats flawed logic. you can be a worse scorer and still manage 2000points a season, as his stats dictate. Your logic ignored every other stat so your argument is in bad faith

devotedhero | Wizards

0 | 6 hours ago

Technically the first guy could still have fewer points because ppg is not based on game count. Owned

Infinite-Machine-210

2 | 6 hours ago

technically your mom could only eat my ass one time and still eat more of my ass than your dad

devotedhero | Wizards

1 | 6 hours ago

Factual

Milomite1 | Australia

-1 | 6 hours ago

except lebron has one of the highest all time ppg so that doesnt work lol

Infinite-Machine-210

3 | 6 hours ago

is lebron james better at putting the basketball ball into the basketball hoop than kevin durant is

luffy565

0 | 5 hours ago

has 10k more points so yes.

Hungry-Cranberry6844

1 | 6 hours ago

Lebron has missed more games than KD. He wouldve too otherwise though.

AbsoluteGarbaj

2 | 6 hours ago

There are people.

xbyo | Super 8

1 | 5 hours ago

FWIW, Bron averaged 30.3 in his age 37 season (KD averaged 26 this year). But he only played 56 games though, which is a factor.

KD scored more in his older years (post achilles), but up to age 31, LeBron scores more in most seasons of the same age.

Kevin Durant is the only 37+ year-old player to score 2,000 points in a season.