LeBron James passed Michael Jordan on Wednesday night on the NBA's all-time scoring list. James moved into fourth place with 32,311 points for his career, trailing leader Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387). Kobe Bryant currently sits in third place at 33,643; Karl Malone (36,928) is second.
James scored his 13th, 14th and 15th points against the Denver Nuggets on a drive to the basket, collecting an and-1.
Prior to the game, James shared his excitement on social media.
Can't even front. This is going to be UNREAL!! Wow man
— LeBron James (@KingJames) March 7, 2019
ESPN's Kirk Goldsberry commemorated LeBron's newest achievement with a shot chart.
LeBron passes MJ!
— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) March 7, 2019
Here's what 32,295 points looks like pic.twitter.com/9GvmsaRPHj
Many NBA players celebrated James' latest milestone:
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 legendary https://t.co/tJX7KRYTAM
— kuz (@kylekuzma) March 7, 2019
Congratulations to @KingJames for passing Michael Jordan's 32,292 points to become fourth leading scorer of all-time!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) March 7, 2019
"He was a huge ball hog, pass the ball."@Channing_Frye and Richard Jefferson congratulate LeBron in the funniest way 😂(via @IanBegley) pic.twitter.com/6UvZAejRDN
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) March 7, 2019
Rare air.
— ESPN (@espn) March 7, 2019
It's all sinking in for LeBron. pic.twitter.com/PAOuKPCeZc
CONGRATULATIONS @KingJames .!! NOTHING BUT RESPECT MY BROTHER.! 🙏🏾💯👊🏾
— JAE CROWDER (@CJC9BOSS) March 7, 2019
Thank You MJ - @KingJames pic.twitter.com/iAAzc8ZQDl
— NBA (@NBA) March 7, 2019
Was told a sick fact today. Last time bron wasn't in the finals. Instagram and Snapchat didn't exist 🤣 . Hell of a bar. Sick run.
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) March 7, 2019
@KingJames 👑👑👑 CONGRATS!!!
— Kevin Love (@kevinlove) March 7, 2019
How the Lakers paid tribute to LeBron after he passed up MJ on the all-time scoring list 👏
— ESPN (@espn) March 7, 2019
(via @NBA) pic.twitter.com/3Ncm2fq4wV
Historic!! Unreal bro ✊🏾 @KingJames #Brotherhood #BiggerThanBasketball
— Chris Paul (@CP3) March 7, 2019
.@2chainz gave @KingJames a chain after his historic night. Respect 🤝 pic.twitter.com/C3PHhh0ZVN
— ESPN (@espn) March 7, 2019
We talked about this being a possibility and now it's a reality. WoW! Congrts my friend. You're not finish nor are you done but take this one in. That's Jordan you jus passed. @kingjames... https://t.co/aMgUe8yM4w
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) March 7, 2019