LeBron James is looking to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer; who were the others?

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LeBron James is looking to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer; who were the others?​

Somewhere along his path toward becoming the NBA's all-time scoring leader, LeBron Jamed reached the ultimate state of being as an offensive force: unguardable. "Early on, it was a lot of just speed and jumping and then figuring it out," James said in January, looking back at his career the day after he joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only other player in league history to put up 38,000 career points. "And you get smarter and smarter, you say, 'Teams know they can key on these things, so how can I make sure that I am unguardable and can always put myself in position where I do what I want to do and not what the defense wants me to do?'''As much as James' game has evolved as a scorer in the 20 seasons he's spent in the NBA, consider the dramatic transformation of professional basketball as a whole. When the league launched in November 1946, the Boston Celtics had more players on their roster shorter than 6 foot (three) than it had taller than 6-6 (two). There was a narrower lane. No dunks. No 3s. The official box score didn't even tally rebounds, assists, blocks or steals.

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NBA All-Time Leaders - Points

Top-5
No.1: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 38,387
No.2: LeBron James - 38,127
No.3: Karl Molone - 36,928
No.4: Kobe Bryant - 33,643
No.5: Michael Jordan - 32,292

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LeBron James is looking to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer; who were the others?

Joe Fulks: 1946-1952

He was the first to wear the NBA scoring crown, winning back-to-back scoring titles in his first two seasons in the league with the Philadelphia Warriors. The two-time All-Star and 1947 champion scored 8,003 points in his eight-year career, playing power forward and standing 6-5, 190 pounds. The league was a different place then, evidenced by Fulks winning the scoring title his sophomore season with a 22.1-point average on 29.3 field goal attempts per game. There are 23 players averaging more than 22.1 points per game this season but no players even coming close to Fulks' shot attempts. Luka Doncic is No. 1 with 22.7 attempts per game, followed closely at No. 2 by James' 22.6 attempts.

 

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LeBron James is looking to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer; who were the others?

George Mikan: 1952-1957

The NBA markets itself through its stars, and Mikan was its protostar, winning five rings in seven seasons and removing Fulks from his perch for good on Nov. 8, 1952, after the two of them played hot potato with the record, going back and forth four times in March of that year. Mikan was more than horned-rimmed glasses, strong handshakes and a funky No. 99 jersey. The 6-10 center averaged more than 27 points in each of his first three seasons and scored a career-best 61 points in January 1952.

 

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LeBron James is looking to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer; who were the others?

Ed Macauley: 1957

After spending the first seven years of his career in Boston, the St. Louis native returned home, joining the St. Louis Hawks to finish his decorated time in the league. He won a championship in his second-to-last season, beating his former Celtics team that featured a handful of future Hall of Famers. The 6-8 center never averaged more than 20.4 points in a season, but he earned his brief stint as the league's all-time scorer through consistency. He led the league in games played in three of his 10 seasons and also had the best field goal percentage in the NBA in 1953-54 at 48.6%.

 

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LeBron James is looking to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer; who were the others?

Dolph Schayes: 1957-1963

Schayes was a big man with a soft touch, leading the league in free throw percentage three times and shooting 84.9% from the stripe overall during his 15-year career. The 12-time All-Star won a championship with the Syracuse Nationals in 1955, kicking off a string of six straight seasons in which he averaged more than 20 points per game in the prime of his career. He earned his spot as the league's most dangerous scorer through longevity and consistency, leading the NBA in games played four times and minutes played twice as a 6-8, 220-pound power forward. His son, Danny, went on to have an 18-year NBA career.

 

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