Every basketball player dreams of playing in the NBA. Not just to play but also to score points and win games for their respective teams. Similarly, an 18-year-old from California wanted to play in the NBA and enrolled his name in the NBA Draft. The Oklahoma City Thunder picked him and were 4th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft. No one knew then that the youngster would score over 20,000 points in his NBA career. Here we are talking about Russell Westbrook, who recently joined the elite list of the top 25 all-time NBA scorers.
On January 2, 2024, Westbrook scored eight points against the Miami Heat and passed Patrick Ewing to join the top 25 all-time NBA scorer list. Ewing stood at 24815 points in his NBA career, and after those eight points against the Miami Heat, Russell Westbrook joined the elite list of NBA all-time scorers.
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NBA All-time Scoring Leaders
- LeBron James: 39440
- Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 38387
- Karl Malone: 36928
- Kobe Bryant: 33643
- Michael Jordan: 32292
- Dirk Nowitzki: 31560
- Wilt Chamberlain: 31419
- Shaq O’Neal: 28596
- Carmelo Anthony: 28289
- Kevin Durant: 27728
- Moses Malone: 27409
- Elvin Hayes: 26710
- Hakeen Olajuwon: 26946
- Oscar Robertson: 26710
- Dominique Wilkins: 26668
- Tim Duncan: 26496
- Paul Pierce: 26397
- John Havlicek: 26395
- Kevin Garnett: 26071
- Vince Carter: 25728
- Alex English: 25613
- Reggie Miller: 25279
- Jerry West: 25192
- James Harden: 25167
- Russell Westbrook: 24821
(Note: The above list is as of December 2, 2024. Several active players on the list might have added more points to their tally in the upcoming days.)
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