The Phoenix Suns’ superstar Kevin Durant reached a major milestone with his 31-point effort in a 114-102 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Durant has now scored 29,010 career points, making him only the eighth player in NBA history to cross the 29K mark.
Durant now needs 1,509 more points to get past Wilt Chamberlain and jump to the 7th place on the NBA’s All-Time Leaders in Scoring list. In front of him are also Dirk Nowitzki (31,560), Michael Jordan (32,292), Kobe Bryant (33,643), Karl Malone (36,928), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and LeBron James (40,543).
Considering Durant’s knack for scoring, it is almost certain that he will become one of the top 5 scorers in NBA history once he wraps up his career. He hasn’t averaged less than 25 points per game since his rookie year while already starting the 2024-25 season hot.
“I’ve got to give credit to the people who have helped me since I was a kid,” Durant said after the game in which he also had nine rebounds, two assists and one block. “Teammates who passed me the ball, set screens for me, coaches who drew up plays for me.”
Throughout the first three games of the campaign, Durant is averaging 28.7 points while adding 6.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. The Suns went 2-1 during that period.
