16,000 for the King
During the last game between Sixers and Detroit the King, Lebron James, scores it's 16,000 points on a great penetration play in traffic for the layup.
The milestone came in the early stages of the November 4, 2026, matchup in Detroit (or as the game progressed that evening). Reports and posts confirmed he reached the mark on his second made field goal of the contest. One sequence highlighted in play-by-play included a 15-foot pull-up jumper (assisted by Tyrese Maxey); another was a short 4-foot finish (assisted by VJ Edgecombe). NBA highlight clips circulated immediately of the historic bucket, with the league and accounts celebrating the achievement in Year 24 of his career.
This is not a points total—LeBron has long since blown past 40,000 career points—but field goals made, a pure measure of how often a player has put the ball in the basket from the field. He already held the all-time lead after passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar earlier (Kareem finished with 15,837). Reaching 16,000 puts him in a class by himself.
The gap is enormous
LeBron James: 16,000+ (and climbing)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 15,837
Karl Malone: 13,528
Wilt Chamberlain: 12,681
Michael Jordan: 12,192
Among active players, Kevin Durant sits next but is still well back (around 11,300). No one else is within striking distance of 16,000, and given the volume and longevity required, it is highly unlikely anyone will approach it for a very long time.
LeBron’s combination of durability (record seasons played), efficiency (career ~50.7% from the field), and high usage across more than two decades has produced a body of work that keeps rewriting the record books. At 41 and in his 24th season, now with the 76ers, he continues to add milestones that once seemed unreachable. The 16,000 field-goal mark is simply the latest—and one of the most exclusive.
The milestone came in the early stages of the November 4, 2026, matchup in Detroit (or as the game progressed that evening). Reports and posts confirmed he reached the mark on his second made field goal of the contest. One sequence highlighted in play-by-play included a 15-foot pull-up jumper (assisted by Tyrese Maxey); another was a short 4-foot finish (assisted by VJ Edgecombe). NBA highlight clips circulated immediately of the historic bucket, with the league and accounts celebrating the achievement in Year 24 of his career.
This is not a points total—LeBron has long since blown past 40,000 career points—but field goals made, a pure measure of how often a player has put the ball in the basket from the field. He already held the all-time lead after passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar earlier (Kareem finished with 15,837). Reaching 16,000 puts him in a class by himself.
The gap is enormous
LeBron James: 16,000+ (and climbing)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 15,837
Karl Malone: 13,528
Wilt Chamberlain: 12,681
Michael Jordan: 12,192
Among active players, Kevin Durant sits next but is still well back (around 11,300). No one else is within striking distance of 16,000, and given the volume and longevity required, it is highly unlikely anyone will approach it for a very long time.
LeBron’s combination of durability (record seasons played), efficiency (career ~50.7% from the field), and high usage across more than two decades has produced a body of work that keeps rewriting the record books. At 41 and in his 24th season, now with the 76ers, he continues to add milestones that once seemed unreachable. The 16,000 field-goal mark is simply the latest—and one of the most exclusive.