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LeBron James becomes only the fourth NBA player to reach 1000 career wins

LeBron James becomes only the fourth NBA player to reach 1000 wins in the regular season.

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LeBron James becomes only the fourth NBA player to reach 1000 wins in the regular season. He joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Robert Parish and Tim Duncan.

LeBron James achieved this feat against the Los Angeles Clippers on March 2. He recorded 17 points, five rebounds and nine assists in the game. He achieved this feat in 1574 games.

CRAZY—LeBron James now has 1,000 career regular season wins, per @StatMamba.

Unbelievable. 👑 pic.twitter.com/pISAEwTQnQ
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) March 3, 2025

LeBron James had 339 wins in his first stint with Cleveland Cavaliers in 548 games which equals a 61.8 win percentage. He joined Miami Heat in 2010, winning 215 games out of 294 games which equals a 73.1 win percentage. In his second stint with the Cavaliers, James won 207 games out of 301 regular season games which equals a 68.7 win percentage. Up to his 1000th regular season win, 239 came with the Los Angeles Lakers in 404 games, equaling 59.1 win percentage.

LeBron James’ most regular seasons wins in a single-season came with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2008-09 season. He recorded 66 wins in 81 regular season appearances.

MVP LeBron James vs 40-year old LeBron James

LeBron James shows no signs of aging and has been going on a different level. A twitter graphic went viral which compared the numbers of MVP LeBron and him being 40-years old.

MVP Miami LeBron vs. 40-year old LA LeBron

This is crazy. 🤯 (via @LADEig) pic.twitter.com/moIkME6nt6
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) March 3, 2025

LeBron James’ lowest points per game was 20.9 in his rookie-year. Since then LeBron has averaged 25.0 ppg or more in every single regular season of his career. A whopping 965 games in NBA with 25 or more points is another level of longevity.

LeBron James is ranked 5th in the latest KIA MVP tracker. The Lakers superstar shows no signs of slowing down and could play another couple of seasons.

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