Kevin Durant moved previous Dirk Nowitzki to occupy sixth place on the NBA’s all-time point-scoring checklist after racking up 18 factors throughout Houston Rockets’ 119-110 win over New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night time.
That haul moved Durant as much as 31,562 profession factors, and took him previous former Dallas Mavericks star Nowitzki, who has 31,560. He now sits behind Michael Jordan, who’s in fifth place with 32,292 factors.
“To be up there with Dirk, someone I appeared as much as, I idolized, I competed in opposition to,” stated Durant after the match. “We had some nice battles. He all the time was supportive of my profession and my sport. So, to be up there with a legend like that, it’s simply insane. And be proper underneath Michael Jordan, it’s loopy man.
“I wish to proceed to maintain stacking, hold climbing up the charts, simply see how I end. It’s been superb to this point.”
Right here is the the NBA all-time prime scorers checklist:
Most factors in NBA historical past
1. LeBron James – 42727
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – 38387
3. Karl Malone – 36928
4. Kobe Bryant – 33643
5. Michael Jordan – 32292
6. Kevin Durant – 31562
7. Dirk Nowitzki – 31560
8. Wilt Chamberlain – 31419
9. James Harden – 28667
10. Shaquille O’Neal – 28596
(With inputs from Reuters)
Revealed on Jan 19, 2026