Lakers superstar LeBron James overtook Carl Malone in recent days, which also makes him the second highest total scorer in the league's history, leBron James is currently only behind Karim Abdul Abdul-Jabbar in the total scoring list, considering James's form so far this season, he is still likely to complete the surpass of Abdul-Jabbar before the end of his career.
In contrast, although Michael Jordan is the best player in the history of the league, he can only rank 5th on the total scoring list, just look closely at Jordan's game statistics, if he can play more games, then Jordan will also be the player who can top the scoring list.
Statistically, Michael Jordan scored a total of 32,292 points in 1,072 regular-season games in his career, which also allowed Jordan to average 30.12 points per game in his career. But if Jordan can play as many games as LeBron James, 1,364 games to be exact, then Jordan's career total will also score 41,026 points, which is 3,000 more points than Abdul-Jabbar, who has played nearly 500 games.
Among the top 5 players on the scoring list, Jordan has played fewer career appearances than any player, and another factor to consider is that Jordan has two career retirements, one in 1993 and the other in 1998, and if Jordan does not retire and insists on playing until 2003, then he is still likely to become the player who leads the league in scoring.
But on the other hand, Jordan's retirement in 1993 and 1998 did allow his body to recover, so when Jordan came back he was indeed able to play at a high level, so if Jordan had played continuously until 2003, his physical condition might have been unable to withstand such a load and would have led to a drop in scoring over time.