At the time of his retirement at age 42 in 1989, Abdul-Jabbar was the NBA's regular season career leader in points (38,387), games played (1,560), minutes (57,446), field goals made (15,837), field goal attempts (28,307), blocked shots (3,189), defensive rebounds (9,394), and personal fouls (4,657).

As it stands right now, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the all-time scoring leader in NBA history with 38,387 total points scored in his 20-year NBA career. The record has stood for over 38 years, and as we write this, LeBron James is just 89 points away from making NBA history.

Abdul-Jabbar’s lifetime points total — 38,387 — will get celebrated and, sometime in 2022-23, waved at as James chugs past, grabbing one more achievement in his own remarkable career.