{"id":128753,"date":"2025-03-15T12:20:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T16:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=128753"},"modified":"2025-03-15T12:20:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T16:20:31","slug":"james-harden-all-time-scoring-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/15\/james-harden-all-time-scoring-list\/","title":{"rendered":"James Harden Continues to Make History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hardeja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Harden<\/a> is having a stellar season at age 35. He recently moved to 12th on the NBA\u2019s<\/span> all-time scoring list. Harden has now scored 27,316 points in his career after accumulating 25 points last night against the Atlanta Hawks. Among active players, Harden trails <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LeBron James<\/a> (41,924) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Durant<\/a> (30,344), who are first and eighth, respectively. Harden has moved up the scoring ranks at an impressive rate since the start of the season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">the Harden way \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n<p>James Harden surpassed Elvin Hayes for sole possession of 12th place on the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NBA<\/a>&#8216;s all-time points list.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoorsLight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CoorsLight<\/a> | <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClipperNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ClipperNation<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jcp9jZxWFF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Jcp9jZxWFF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LA Clippers (@LAClippers) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAClippers\/status\/1900722941048090748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>James Harden Continues to Make History<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The historic season continues for the Clippers All-Star as Harden moves past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hayesel01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elvin Hayes<\/a> in regular season points. Harden was in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/16\/james-harden-top-15-scoring-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">top 20 very early<\/a> into the season and has already surpassed some incredible Hall of Famers. Names like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/olajuha01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hakeem Olajuwon<\/a> (14th), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/roberos01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oscar Robertson<\/a> (15th), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duncati01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Duncan<\/a> (17th).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this pace, Harden may reach 11th by the end of March, as he\u2019s 93 points away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/malonmo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moses Malone<\/a>. As for next season, James Harden should move into the top 10 in all-time scoring if he continues to play as he does. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/anthoca01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carmelo Anthony<\/a> (28,289) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/onealsh01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaquille O\u2019Neal<\/a> (28,586) are the next two players in front of Harden. The road to 30,000 points is going to be quite a stretch as it would potentially take two seasons. Considering Harden is about to complete year 16, the question is how long he can keep up his scoring efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the season, Harden has become <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/11\/10\/james-harden-doing-it-all-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">the leader for the Clippers<\/a> since October. Having played almost every game for Los Angeles so far, Harden has been leaned on more by the team. Harden\u2019s averages have been rock solid in his 16th season, with 22.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 8.7 assists which ranks fifth in the NBA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scoring has been brought to a different level in the past few games as well, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/stats\/player\/201935\/traditional?LastNGames=10\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">averaging<\/a> 26.2 over the last ten games. Harden is increasingly showing his scoring abilities once again, as the playoffs are right around the corner. It will be crucial for the Clippers to have both Harden and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/leonaka01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kawhi Leonard<\/a> at the top of their game. As the one-two punch for LA, their superstars can show up when the lights are the brightest. However, the rest of the team must step up in big-time situations to be successful in the playoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>How Harden&#8217;s Leadership is Bringing the Clippers Together<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harden\u2019s leadership has brought this team closer together throughout the course of the long season. The team\u2019s newest member, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bogdabo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bogdan Bogdanovic<\/a>, mentioned in a post-game interview how Harden has done as the leader. After a 119-104 victory against the Miami Heat a few nights ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/nba\/clippers-key-player-bogdan-bogdanovic-makes-something-clear-on-playing-alongside-james-harden\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bogdanovic credits<\/a> Harden for his dedication and influence. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe leads by example, and we follow\u2026 an amazing competitor. He\u2019s pushing the best out of me, and he\u2019s just trying to compete and win every single game.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Clippers are currently in a play-in position and eighth in the West at 37-30. With about a month left in the season, Harden and the Clippers have some ground to make up. LA faces a challenging schedule ahead, with three of those games against the best teams in the NBA. Two games against the Cleveland Cavaliers and a home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder should test the Clippers before playoff time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: \u00a9 Dale Zanine-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Harden is having a stellar season at age 35. He recently moved to 12th on the NBA\u2019s all-time scoring list. Harden has now scored 27,316 points in his career after accumulating 25 points last night against the Atlanta Hawks. Among active players, Harden trails LeBron James (41,924) and Kevin Durant (30,344), who are first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5365,"featured_media":128778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,27,62],"tags":[49117,444,69,38],"class_list":["post-128753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-clippers","category-nba","tag-elvin-hayes","tag-james-harden","tag-kevin-durant","tag-lebron-james"],"modified_by":"Eamon Cassels, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5365"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128753"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128779,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128753\/revisions\/128779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}