New season milestone review: LeBron James continues to rise in multiple rankings, and KD’s total score is expected to surpass Jordan

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LeBron James may reach several of the most impressive milestones in the new season.

In the past two seasons, the Lakers superstar has surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in terms of total NBA career points and total playing time, and now holds both records. James is now 49 games shy of Robert Parish's appearance record. (He played 70 games last season)

By February, James may become the player with the most appearances in NBA history. Picture this. Even when he entered the league with the reputation of "The Chosen One" in 2003, if someone had predicted that he would become the first player in NBA history in games played, playing time and total points when he retired, that would have been people's highest expectations for him.

As to whether we set too high a standard for our heroes, that’s a question left for everyone to think about.

In any case, what James can accomplish this season is even more extraordinary: by the end of the season, he is expected to have more rebounds than Dennis Rodman, more assists than Jason Kidd, more steals than Gary Payton, more three-pointers than Reggie Miller, and more triple-doubles than "Magic" Johnson. Again: He already has more points than anyone in history. It's unbelievable.

NBA career rebounding list

22, Charles Oakley (12,205)

23, Dennis Rodman (11,954)

24, Kevin Willis (11,901)

25, LeBron James (11,731 )

26. Patrick Ewing (11,607)

(James grabbed 546 rebounds last season, 223 short of Rodman)

NBA career assists list

1. John Stockton (15,806)

2. Chris Paul (12,499)

3. Jason Kidd (12,091)

4. LeBron James (11,584)

5. Steve Nash (10,335)

(James sent 575 assists last season Attack, still 507 times away from Kidd)

NBA career steals list

3, Jason Kidd (2,684)

4, Michael Jordan (2,514)

5, Gary Payton (2,445)

6, LeBron James (2,34 5)

7. Maurice Cheeks (2,310)

(James completed 70 steals last season, 100 shy of Payton)

NBA career three-point field goals list

4. Damian Lillard (2,804)

5. Klay Thompson (2,697)

6, Reggie Miller (2,560)

7, LeBron James (2,559)

8, Kyle Korver (2,450)

(James hit 149 three-pointers last season. Miller is only 1 away)

NBA career triple-double list

2, Oscar Robertson (181)

3, Nikola Jokic (164)

4, "Magic" Johnson (138)

5, LeBron James (122)

6. Jason Kidd (107)

(James got 10 triple-doubles last season, 16 short of Johnson)

Kevin Durant chasing Michael Jordan

Kevin Durant is undoubtedly one of the best scorers in NBA history. In his 17-year career, he averaged 27.2 points per game and shot 50%, 39% and 88% from the field. And despite suffering a devastating Achilles injury at age 30, he still approaches — and even exceeds — those numbers every year.

Believe it or not, this puts him on track to surpass Michael Jordan on the all-time scoring list. Yes, that is Michael Jordan, the one who is considered the best scorer in history, even though his total points are not the first in history.

NBA career scoring list

5, Michael Jordan (32,292)

6, Dirk Nowitzki (31,560)

7, Wilt Chamberlain (31,419)

8, Kevin Durant (3 0,571)

9. Shaquille O'Neal (28,596)

(Durant scored 1,647 points last season, 1,721 points short of Jordan)

It should be noted that it took Jordan 1,072 games to get his 32,292 points. Durant has played in 1,123 games.

James Harden: Ranked among the top ten in history in both scoring and assists?

At the same time, James Harden may also be among the top ten in the history of total scoring and total assists..

NBA career scoring list

8, Kevin Durant (30,571)

9, Shaquille O'Neal (28,596)

10, Carmelo Anthony (28,289)

11, James Harden ( 27,687)

12. Moses Malone (27,409)

(Harden scored 1,802 points last season, 909 points short of O'Neal)

NBA career assists list

10. Isiah -Thomas (9,061)

11, Gary Payton (8,966)

12, Andre Miller (8,524)

13, James Harden (8,316)

14, Rod Strickland (7,987 )

(Harden sent out 687 assists last season, 745 shy of Thomas)

Of course, in another less glorious statistic, Harden (4260 turnovers) is also catching up with Karl Malone (4524), who ranks third on the historical turnover list.

Russell Westbrook's Elite Club

As long as Russell Westbrook can find a team, he may join James, Durant and Harden in the top 15 all-time scoring list. He is currently ranked 20th, but if he has another season like last season, his ranking can rise as high as 14th.

14, Hakeem Olajuwon (26,946)

15, Oscar Robertson (26,710)

16, Dominic Wilkins (26 ,668)

17, Tim Duncan (26,496)

18, Paul Pierce (26,397)

19, John Havlicek (26,3 95)

20, Russell Westbrook (26,205)

21, Kevin Garnett (26,071)

(Westbrook got 9 last season 94 points, 741 points short of Olajuwon)

Westbrook is only 75 times away from 10,000 career assists and only 45 times away from 2,000 steals.

Other members of the "10,000 assists + 2,000 steals club" include: LeBron James, Chris Paul, John Stockton and Jason Kidd. Among them, James is the only player with a career total of more than 25,000 points.

Westbrook may also join another "exclusive" club of James, because he is only 171 times away from becoming the second player in history to reach 5,000 career turnovers. During his time with the Nuggets, Westbrook committed 242 turnovers.

Other milestones...

Stephen Curry (career total score 25,386 points) can climb to the highest ranking of 13th on the all-time scoring list (27,313 points).

Nikola Jokic needs 18 more triple-doubles to surpass Oscar Robertson and move to second place on the all-time triple-double list.

Klay Thompson needs to hit 277 more three-pointers to surpass Ray Allen and move to third place on the all-time three-point list.

Paul George needs to hit 102 more three-pointers to surpass Kyle Korver and rise to eighth place on the all-time three-point list.

Durant needs to hit 100 more three-pointers to surpass Vince Carter and rise to tenth place on the all-time three-point list.

Chris Paul needs to play 57 more games to surpass Jason Terry and rise to tenth place on the all-time appearances list.

Rudy Gobert needs to grab another 300 rebounds to become the 45th player in history to reach 10,000 career rebounds.

Anthony Davis needs to send out 185 more blocks to become the 21st player in history to reach 2,000 career blocks.

Davis and George need to score another 1,022 points and 1,303 points respectively to reach 20,000 points in their career.