WHEN WILL LEBRON BREAK KAREEM’S RECORD?

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When LeBron James passed Karl Malone for second on the NBA's career regular-season points list, he set his sights firmly on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's current all-time leading scorer.

Abdul-Jabbar has been atop the career points list since April 5, 1984 -- eight months before James was even born -- when he broke the mark previously held by Wilt Chamberlain. Now James has that record within reach, needing 284 points to surpass Abdul-Jabbar's career total of 38,387.

At his career scoring average of 27.2 PPG, James would need 11 games to rack up that total, putting him on track to break the record on Feb. 9 against the Milwaukee Bucks. James has missed 10 games this season. If he continues to miss games at the same rate he has so far this season, the record-breaking game would come Feb. 23 against the Golden State Warriors. Through 35 games this season, James is averaging 29.8 PPG, putting him ahead of his career pace.

We'll have ongoing coverage of LeBron's quest, including updated game-by-game projections and complete stats, throughout the season.

Despite James missing 10 games this season, he has already surpassed Abdul-Jabbar's point total during his entire 20th and final season. James has scored 1,042 points in 35 games in 2022-23; Abdul-Jabbar scored 748 for the 1988-89 season.