LeBron James just played his 1612th NBA game. That's a record - one more than Robert Parish.
LeBron made his NBA debut on October 29, 2003. At least 79 NBA players this season hadn't even been born yet. He's in his 23rd season, and Sportsnet has a pretty good synopsis of the records he now holds.
— Points. James entered Saturday with 43,229 points. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is second on the list with 38,387.
— Minutes played: James’ total entering Saturday was 60,676. Abdul-Jabbar played 57,446 and only seven players have reached 50,000 in their careers.
— Field goals: James (15,884 entering Saturday) recently passed Abdul-Jabbar (15,837). Karl Malone is the only other player with more than 13,000 makes.
— Field-goal attempts: At 31,350 entering Saturday, James is just over 3,000 shots ahead of Abdul-Jabbar. He is not getting caught there anytime soon.
— Consecutive double-digit games: James' streak of 1,297 consecutive regular-season games with at least 10 points ended earlier this season. Michael Jordan (866) had the second-longest such streak, and James is not getting caught here for at least a decade. Kevin Durant had the longest active streak entering Saturday at 316 games; he'd have to play until at least 2038 to catch James' streak.
— Most award selections: The 22 All-Star selections and 21 All-NBA picks ... forget it, they're not getting caught unless Victor Wembanyama plays from now until around 2048 or so.
— Double-digit games: James has scored 10 or more points in 99.44% of his regular-season games entering Saturday, a staggering 1,602 times out of the first 1,611 appearances. He's not getting caught there, either. (He also is the leader in 20- and 30-point games — and is tied with Allen Iverson for sixth most on the 40-point-game list.)
— Playoff scoring: James has 8,289 playoff points while nobody else has even reached 6,000. As is the case with the regular-season scoring number, it's almost inconceivable to think about him getting passed on this list.
— On-court earnings: He's up to around $580 million through this season, and that doesn't take into account his massive on-court empire. (But with the way salaries are rising, it's almost certain that James' on-court earnings number will get passed and probably within the next decade.)
