On December 20, Beijing time, in an ongoing NBA regular season game between the Bucks and the Spurs, Lillard scored 19 points in the first quarter, thus reaching a milestone in his career: becoming the 8th active player and the 51st player in history to score more than 20,000 points in the regular season.
According to statistics, Lillard has scored 70,000 points in 794 games, the third-fewest of the eight active players with 20,000 points.
The most active players have scored 20,000 points in the game, and as a traditional point guard, Paul's strength is not scoring but playmaking and assists. In the Suns' victory over the Lakers on October 22, 2021, Paul scored his 20,000th career point with free throws in 1,092 games, averaging less than 20 points per game. As of now, Paul has 21,951 points.
The seventh-fewest of 20,000 games is DeRozan. In the Bulls' 124-129 loss to the Spurs on October 28, 2022, DeRozan scored 20,000 points in 963 games. There are no more than 1,000 games and an average of more than 20 points per game. As of now, DeRozan has 22,262 points.
The sixth least is Wei Shao, as a triple-double man, Wei Shao was really scoring assists and rebounds at his peak, and the number of games used to score 20,000 points was 864. So far, Wei Shao's total score is 24,748 points.
The fifth least is Curry. As an unconventional point guard, because of his excellent shooting ability, Curry's scoring ability is much stronger than his assist ability, so he has only 823 games to score 20,000 points. The current total score is 22385 points.
The fourth least is Harden. Given that he was off the bench for the first three seasons of his career, Harden's scoring did not rise quickly, and he only rose in a straight line after coming to the Rockets, scoring 802 games with 20,000 points. The current total score is 25053 points.
The third fewest is Lillard today, with 794 games.
The second fewest is super scorer Durant, as the youngest scoring champion in NBA history, Durant scored 20,000 points in 737 games. The current total score is 27565 points.
The first without suspense is James. As the NBA's all-time scoring leader, James has scored 20,000 points in 726 games. The current total score is 39282 points.
Finally, I would like to add that the number of games used by Durant and James to score 20,000 points has entered the top ten in NBA history, of which Durant is tenth and James is eighth. The other eight are:
Ninth O'Neill 727 games
Seventh Jerry West 717 games
Sixth Iverson 713 games
Fifth Elgin Baylor 711 games
Fourth Abdul-Jabbar 684 games
The third largest O 671 games
Second Jordan 620 games
1st Chamberlain 499 games.