{"id":527790,"date":"2026-01-10T20:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/527790\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T20:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:26:13","slug":"kevin-durant-passes-wilt-chamberlain-on-nba-all-time-scoring-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/527790\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant passes Wilt Chamberlain on NBA all-time scoring list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prior to the game versus Portland Friday night, Kevin Durant needed 15 points to surpass Chamberlain\u2019s 31,419 points. With 7:57 remaining in the third quarter, Durant\u2019s jumper gave him 31,422 points. Next for Durant to pass would be Dirk Nowitzki, who is ranked sixth on the career list. with 31,560 career points.
The 37-year-old Durant has been an All-Star 15 times and is currently in his 18th NBA season. He surpassed 8,000 career rebounds and finished Friday\u2019s game with 30 points and 12 rebounds.
Head coach Ime Udoka was asked about Durant\u2018s milestone<\/a> to which he responded: \u201cNo, it doesn\u2019t amaze me when you see the work ethic and what he does on a day-to-day basis.\u201d
After the game, when asked about passing Wilt, Durant said:<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cTo be amongst the greats is always an honor. Wilt is somebody I studied and tried to look up to as much as I can, a player like that. Like I always say, he set a standard for NBA players and (I\u2019m) grateful to reach that \u2014 and inspired by what he produced for the game of basketball. These milestones always have me reflecting on the people that helped me get to this point \u2014 the journey that I\u2019ve been through, the close calls, and the things that could have gone wrong plenty of times in my life,\u201d Durant said.<\/a> \u201cSo to be here, very, very grateful, and Portland is such a classy, classy city for recognizing me in that moment and honoring me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kevin Durant received a hug from Blazers\u2019 interim head coach Tiago Splitter after he scored the bucket, along with a warm applause from the Blazers\u2019 crowd.<\/p>\n

Houston and Durant look to get back to winning on Sunday in Sacramento versus the Kings. Tip-off is at 8:00 central, and is streaming on Space City Home Network as well as NBA League Pass. As always, make sure to check back here for pre- and postgame coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prior to the game versus Portland Friday night, Kevin Durant needed 15 points to surpass Chamberlain\u2019s 31,419 points.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[7,292,194,4066,6,211,1993],"class_list":{"0":"post-527790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-rockets","11":"tag-houstonrockets","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-rockets","14":"tag-rockets-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115872686710270857","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}