LeBron James makes more NBA history
HISTORY MADE: LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers. Pic: Harry How/Getty Images
LeBron James made more NBA history on Monday. The Los Angeles Lakers star, in the middle of his team's crushing 138-94 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, officially played more minutes than anyone else in NBA history.
James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s previous minutes record of 66,297. James, however, seemed pretty uninterested about the record after the blowout loss.
"That doesn't mean much to me," he said.
Karl Malone is third on the list, with more than 62,700 minutes played.
Longtime Lakers star Kobe Bryant is fourth, and former Dallas Mavericks big man Dirk Nowitzki is fifth.
Chris Paul is the closest active player to James on the all-time minutes list, though he’s at No. 28 with just more than 47,700 minutes played. Kevin Durant is the only other active player in the top 50.
James was already the all-time NBA minutes leader in the postseason. He has played 11,654 playoff minutes, well ahead of Tim Duncan’s 9,370.
The next active player on that list is Durant at No. 19, with 6,725 minutes. James surpassed Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record last season in an emotional moment at Crypto.com Arena. He entered Monday’s game with 39,060 career points.
