No NBA player has been part of more wins than LeBron James.
The Los Angeles Lakers star broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record for the most wins as a player in NBA history with 1,229. He got 1,045 of them via the regular season and 184 in the playoffs.
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Abdul-Jabbar still has the record for most in the regular season with 1,074, which makes James passing him all but inevitable if he plays next season and stays healthy.
James posted 14 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds in the Lakers’ 125-108 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, while Luka Dončić continued his MVP campaign with 42 points, 12 assists and 5 rebounds. Dončić also passed his own milestone with 15,000 career points.
Dončić is the third-youngest NBA player to reach that milestone at 27 years and 31 days old, behind only Kevin Durant (26 years, 78 days) and, naturally, James (25 years, 79 days).
Records and milestones have become a regular occurrence for James as he moves through an unprecedented 23rd NBA season. From a regular season standpoint, he’s already the all-time leader in games (1,617), points (43,325), field goals (15,919), All-Star selections (22), All-NBA selections (13 first-team and 21 total), seasons played (23), playoff games (292) and, to be fair, turnovers (5,634).
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He’s also fourth all-time in assists, sixth in steals and fifth in triple-doubles.
However, this season has also seen James post some of the lowest numbers of his career and miss more than a few games to injury, including a 14-game stretch to open the season due to sciatica. He has already ended his All-Star starting streak, his All-NBA streak and his 10-point streak, all unprecedented in league history.