Who is the youngest NBA player to reach 5000 points?

The youngest individual to score 5,000 points in an NBA career is LeBron James (b. 30 December 1984, USA), aged 21 years 22 days.
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Who is the youngest 5,000 points NBA?

21, 2006: Youngest ever to 5,000 career points. LeBron James crossed the 5,000-point mark in his career on Jan. 21, 2006 against the Jazz.
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Who is the fastest to 5000 points in the NBA?

Memphis Grizzlies' Ja Morant becomes fastest player in franchise history to score 5,000 points.
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Who is the youngest to score 8000 points NBA?

Jayson Tatum etches his name into the history books

As the forward scored his 17th point of the night, he reached the 8,000-career points milestone. At 24 years and 253 days, the 3-time All-Star became the youngest player in franchise history to do so.
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Who is the youngest players to reach 1000 points?

LeBron James Is The Youngest Player To Reach Every Single 1000 Career Point Total From 1K To 38K. LeBron James continued his incredible streak of being the youngest to every 1000 point total in NBA history when he hit 38,000.
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Top 5 Youngest NBA Players To Reach 10,000 Points



Who is the fastest NBA player to 20000 points?

Wilt Chamberlain is No. 1 on this list -- he reached 20,000 points in just 499 games. It took Michael Jordan, the 2nd player on the list, 620 games to do so.
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Who is the youngest player to reach 20000 points?

This Day In Lakers History: Kobe Bryant Becomes Youngest Player To Reach 20,000 Career Points. Throughout his historic 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant had many illustrious accomplishments along the way.
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Has any NBA rookie scored 50 points?

Elvin Hayes (1968-69)

Hayes is the last rookie to lead the NBA in scoring and one of just eight rookies to score 50 points in a single game.
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Who scored the first 3-pointer in NBA history?

Chris Ford, who made the first 3-pointer in NBA history, dies at 74.
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Who is the youngest 10,000 points NBA?

This Day In Lakers History: Kobe Bryant Becomes Youngest To Score 10,000 Points. Kobe Bryant is one of the most decorated scorers in the history of the NBA, finishing his career third on the all-time scoring list.
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Who is the fastest to 1000 points?

The fewest NHL games required to reach the mark was 424, set by Wayne Gretzky. Second quickest was Mario Lemieux, achieving the mark in his 513th game.
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Did LeBron surpass Kareem in points?

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the No. 1 spot on the NBA's all-time regular-season scoring list (38,387 points) on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. James previously broke the record for most total points — regular season and playoffs — in February 2022, and on Jan.
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What is the lowest winning score in NBA history?

Lowest Scoring Game: Pistons vs.

22, 1950 than there were points scored on the court. In the lowest scoring game of all time, the Fort Wayne Pistons beat the Minneapolis Lakers 19-18 that day.
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Who is the youngest player to score 70 points in a game?

Chamberlain holds the single-game scoring record, having scored 100 points in a game in 1962. The youngest player to score at least 60 points in a regular season game is Devin Booker (70 points; 20 years and 145 days) and the oldest is Bryant (60 points; 37 years and 234 days).
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Who made the first dunk?

Less than a decade later, in 1944, the first dunk was recorded in college basketball when 7ft center Bob Kurland of Oklahoma A&M threw one down. “It wasn't planned,” Kurland told the Orlando Sentinel in 2012. “Just a spontaneous play.”
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Did Shaq ever make a 3?

Throughout the course of his 19-year NBA career, O'Neal attempted 22 three-pointers. He made just one. It came as a member of the Orlando Magic and on this day a quarter-century ago.
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Who is the best NBA rookie ever?

  1. Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors, 1959-60. ...
  2. Lew Alcindor, Milwaukee Bucks, 1969-70. ...
  3. Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals, 1960-61. ...
  4. Larry Bird, Boston Celtics, 1979-80. ...
  5. Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, 1984-85. ...
  6. Elvin Hayes, San Diego Rockets, 1968-69. ...
  7. Wes Unseld, Baltimore Bullets, 1968-69.
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Has a rookie ever won MVP NBA?

Only two rookies have won the award: Chamberlain in the 1959–60 season and Wes Unseld in the 1968–69 season.
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Who is the fastest to 25000 points?

In terms of total games played, Durant is the seventh-fastest player to 25,000 points in his 922nd game. Only Wilt Chamberlain (691), Michael Jordan (782), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (889), LeBron James (915), Oscar Robertson (917), and Jerry West (920) got there faster.
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Has a player ever had a 20 20 20 game?

Russell Westbrook becomes the only player in NBA history to record multiple triple-doubles with 20+ REB and 20+ AST. Wilt Chamberlain is the only other player to have 1 such game. The former Kia MVP first accomplished the feat in 2019, while Chamberlain broke that ground some 51 years earlier.
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Who was the fastest to 30000 points?

Wilt Chamberlain has posted the fewest career points when scoring 30,000+ points, with 31,419 points.
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