Most All-NBA selections: At 21, he has six more than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tim Duncan, and Kobe Bryant. He’s both the youngest and oldest player ever selected for an All-NBA Team. One caveat: There was no All-NBA 3rd Team during Abdul-Jabbar’s era. Had it existed, Abdul-Jabbar would likely rank closer to LeBron in this category.
Most All-NBA 1st Team selections: With 13, he has two more than Kobe Bryant and Karl Malone.
Most points scored all-time: Passed Abdul-Jabbar two years ago and is really running up the score now. Want an example? The gap between LeBron and Michael Jordan (No. 5) is larger than the one between MJ and Damian Lillard (No. 37).
Most All-Star selections: He’s been an All-Star 21 different times, which is two more than Abdul-Jabbar.
Most points scored in the playoffs: With 8,289 already, he’s got over 2,300 more points than the player in second place (Michael Jordan).
Most playoff games won: Moved past Derek Fisher and Tim Duncan in 2020. He’s got a 63.0 percent winning percentage in the playoffs. That’s a bit worse than Jordan, who had a 66.5 percent win rate in the postseason.
Most steals in the playoffs: Jordan and Scottie Pippen are right behind him, but he may continue to extend his lead in years to come.
Most playoff Win Shares: He leads by a wide margin with 59.5. Michael Jordan ranks second at 39.8, followed by Tim Duncan at 37.8.
Most playoff game-winning buzzer beaters: At five, he has the most playoff buzzer beaters ever. He has as many as Jordan (3), Bryant (1), and Kawhi Leonard (1) combined. Strangely enough, he has more playoff buzzer beaters than regular-season buzzer beaters, of which he only has three.
Best Value Over Replacement Player in regular season: He’s No. 1 in regular-season VORP at 156.6. Second place is Jordan at 116.1 and third is John Stockton at 106.5.
Best Value Over Replacement Player in playoffs: He also leads all players in NBA history in playoff VORP at 36.6.
Most consecutive double-digit scoring games in the regular season: One of his crazier accomplishments. He’s the first player ever to hit 10-plus points in 1,000-plus games in a row.
Most Player of the Week awards: He has more than double Kobe Bryant’s total with 69 to Bryant’s 33. He does benefit here from the NBA moving to give out two Player of the Week awards weekly (one for each conference) starting in the 2001-02 season.
Most Player of the Month awards: He has more of these than the next two players on the list combined (Bryant and Jordan). Again, the NBA started giving out a Player of the Month award for each conference starting in 2001-02 season, so he does get a bit of help here. Also, the award didn’t even exist before 1979.
Most points in All-Star games: He’s the only player ever with at least 300 points scored in All-Star contests.