Fastest NBA Players To 40,000 Points
Who was the fastest player to 40,000 points?
LeBron James is the fastest player to 40,000 points, accomplishing it in 1,475 games. He reached his 40,000th point on Mar 2, 2024.
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Which active player is on pace to next make the Top 50 list for "Fastest To 40,000 Points"?
Based on their career production, the player most likely to make the "Fastest to 40,000 Points" leaderboard is Kevin Durant, who is currently at 32,597 points, and is projected to reach 40,000 PTS in 273 games, for 1,474 total games, which would put him 1st on the leaderboard.
Note: All stats on this leaderboard are shown at the conclusion of the game, so when a player shows up on this leaderboard with more than 40,000 points, the value you are seeing is their total stats at the end of the game in which they crossed the 40,000 points threshold. This is necessary because many older NBA games only have the full-game boxscore stats, there is no play-by-play data.