Whether it's Bill Walton and Luke Walton, Arvydas Sabonis and Domantas Sabonis, or Rick Brunson and Jalen Brunson, the NBA has featured several productive father-son duos throughout its history. With the kickoff of the 2024-25 regular season, Bronny James and his father LeBron James became the first to play alongside each other and the highest-scoring father-son duo in NBA history. On October 30th, 2024, Bronny scored his first NBA points when the Los Angeles Lakers played the Cleveland Cavaliers, his father's former team.
LeBron's career total alone is over 2,000 points more than the NBA's previous all-time highest-scoring father-son duo of Joe "Jellybean" Bryant and Kobe Bryant. Joe scored 5,252 points for three different teams during his eight-year NBA career, while Kobe scored all of his 33,643 career points for the Lakers, for a total of 38,895 points for the Bryants.
Here's a look at the highest-scoring father-son duos in NBA history (as of 12/5/24):
1. LeBron James and Bronny James
LeBron (40,964) + Bronny (4) = 40,968
2. Joe "Jellybean" Bryant and Kobe Bryant
Joe (5,252) + Kobe (33,643) = 38,895
3. Dell Curry and Stephen Curry
Dell (12,670) + Stephen (24,029) = 36,699
4. Mychal Thompson and Klay Thompson
Mychal (12,810) + Klay (15,760) = 28,570
5. Dolph Schayes and Danny Schayes
Dolph (18,438) + Danny (8,780) = 27,218
6. Rick Barry and Brent Barry
Rick (18,395) + Brent (8,488) = 26,883
7. Tim Hardaway and Tim Hardaway Jr.
Tim Hardaway (15,373) + Tim Hardaway Jr. (10,429) = 25,802
8. Jimmy Walker and Jalen Rose
Walker (11,655) + Rose (13,220) = 24,875
9. Patrick Ewing and Patrick Ewing Jr.
Patrick Ewing (24,815) + Patrick Ewing Jr. (3) = 24,818
10. Rick Barry and Jon Barry
Rick (18,395) + Jon (4,715) = 23,110
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