Durant passes Shaq for 8th on all-time scoring list
Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant continues to pass NBA legends on the all-time scoring list.
Durant entered Wednesday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers just eight points behind NBA icon Shaquille O'Neal's 28,564 career mark.
The 35-year-old passed O'Neal with a mid-range jumper at the start of the third quarter.
KD just passed Shaq to move into 8th on the NBA's all-time scoring list!
— NBA (@NBA) March 21, 2024
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The Suns shared a video of O'Neal congratulating Durant.
“Well deserved. It doesn’t stop here... If anybody was gonna pass me, it was definitely gonna be you.”
— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) March 21, 2024
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Durant finished the game with 22 points as the Suns topped the Sixers 115-102. Teammate Grayson Allen was on fire from deep, knocking down nine triples and scoring a game-high 32 points.
Durant is now 2,809 points behind NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain for seventh on the league's all-time points list.
| Player | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LeBron James | 40179 |
| 2 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 38387 |
| 3 | Karl Malone | 36928 |
| 4 | Kobe Bryant | 33643 |
| 5 | Michael Jordan | 32292 |
| 6 | Dirk Nowitzki | 31560 |
| 7 | Wilt Chamberlain | 31419 |
| 8 | Kevin Durant | 28610 |
| 9 | Shaquille O'Neal | 28596 |
| 10 | Carmelo Anthony | 28289 |
The 10-time All-Star was drafted in 2007 and has spent time with the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, Brooklyn Nets, and Suns. The four-time scoring champion won two NBA titles with the Warriors in 2017 and 2018 and was named Finals MVP both times.
The former Texas Longhorn passed Carmelo Anthony for ninth on the all-time scoring ladder earlier this season.