Youngest NBA Players To 17,000 Points
Who was the youngest player to reach 17,000 points?
LeBron James is the youngest player to reach 17,000 points, accomplishing it at the age of 26 years and 78 days old. He reached his 17,000th point on Mar 18, 2011.
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Which active player is on pace to next make the Top 50 list for "Youngest To 17,000 Points"?
Based on their career production, the active player most likely to next make the "Youngest to 17,000 Points" leaderboard is Karl-Anthony Towns, who is currently 30 years and 184 days old with 16,384 PTS.
Which active players are in contention for the "Youngest Player To 17,000 Points" leaderboard?
The following players are all at least two-thirds to the total and theoretically on-pace to make this leaderboard:
| Player | Current PTS | Current Age |
|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 16,384 | 30-184 |
| Luka Doncic | 15,021 | 27-072 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 15,272 | 29-253 |
| Jayson Tatum | 14,132 | 28-069 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 13,411 | 27-310 |
| Jaylen Brown | 13,474 | 29-199 |
| Trae Young | 12,489 | 27-234 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 12,735 | 28-149 |
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 17,000 points, the value you are seeing is their total stats at the end of the game in which they crossed the 17,000 points threshold. This is necessary because many older NBA games only have the full-game boxscore stats, there is no play-by-play data.