LeBron becomes 14th player to hit 10,000 career field goals
USA Today Sports
The 10,000 field goals made club has its newest member, and he comes wearing a crown and three championship rings.
With his second made shot of the evening Sunday against the Phoenix Suns, LeBron James became just the 14th player in NBA history to hit 10,000 shots from the field for his career.
NBA All-Time field goals made list (Career)
| Rank | Player | FGM (Career) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 15837 |
| 2 | Karl Malone | 13528 |
| 3 | Wilt Chamberlain | 12681 |
| 4 | Michael Jordan | 12192 |
| 5 | Kobe Bryant | 11719 |
| 6 | Shaquille O'Neal | 11330 |
| 7 | Elvin Hayes | 10976 |
| 8 | Hakeem Olajuwon | 10749 |
| 9 | Alex English | 10659 |
| 10 | John Havlicek | 10513 |
| 11 | Kevin Garnett | 10505 |
| 12 | Dirk Nowitzki | 10445 |
| 13 | Tim Duncan | 10285 |
| 14 | LeBron James | 10000 |
(Courtesy: Basketball-Reference.com)
The four-time league Most Valuable Player also sits eighth overall in career points, and is fewer than 1,000 points away from passing Shaquille O'Neal for seventh on that prestigious list.
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