{"id":459693,"date":"2025-12-07T19:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T19:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/459693\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T19:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T19:32:11","slug":"james-harden-reacts-to-passing-carmelo-anthony-moving-into-top-10-on-nba-scoring-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/459693\/","title":{"rendered":"James Harden reacts to passing Carmelo Anthony, moving into top 10 on NBA scoring list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> star guard James Harden made some major NBA history against the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

With his point production against Minnesota, Harden passed Hall-of-Famer Carmelo Anthony to move into the top 10<\/a> on the NBA\u2019s all-time scoring list. Anthony scored 28,289 points over the course of his illustrious career. Harden has now scored 28,303 points and counting.<\/p>\n

Now, these are the only players who have scored more points than Harden in the NBA: LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki, Wilt Chamberlain, Kevin Durant and Shaquille O\u2019Neal. All legends.<\/p>\n

“History. Top 10. All-Time. James Harden.”<\/p>\n

The free-throw that moved James Harden into 10th on the all-time scoring list \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n

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After the game against Minnesota, Harden reflected on the accomplishment<\/a>, and all of the work it took for him to achieve it.<\/p>\n

“Blessing. A testament to the work I’ve put in,” Harden said. “It’s an honor, especially with somebody like Melo, who’s done so much greatness for this league.”<\/p>\n

Prior to officially cracking the top 10, Harden marveled at the names he would be mentioned alongside.<\/p>\n

“You look at that list, it’s like there’s no way,” Harden said. “There’s no way I got an opportunity to be a part of this list. It’s just literally like a dream come true. The work that I literally put in is coming to fruition. There’s so many things that this game has done for me, and I’m sure for all those guys as well.<\/p>\n

“And those names are still being talked about post basketball.”<\/p>\n

Durant, Harden’s former teammate in both Brooklyn and Oklahoma City, recently became just the eighth player<\/a> in league history to hit the 31,000-point plateau. Harden could potentially become the next player to join that exclusive club if he continues to play for a couple more years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before that though, Harden is poised to pass Shaq on the all-time scoring list. O’Neal scored\u00a028,596 career points, so Harden now needs just 294 points to pass him. That should happen later this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n