{"id":534324,"date":"2026-01-13T18:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/534324\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:05:22","slug":"james-harden-climbs-past-shaquille-oneal-as-los-angeles-clippers-guard-rewrites-nba-scoring-hierarchy-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/534324\/","title":{"rendered":"James Harden climbs past Shaquille O\u2019Neal as Los Angeles Clippers guard rewrites NBA scoring hierarchy | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JamesJames Harden (Image via Getty) Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 star James Harden is synonymous with dominance and agility. The popular guard recently added another feather to his cap of achievements during a recent game against the Charlotte Hornets. He entered the night with an average of 2.56 points per game, leading the Los Angeles Clippers against the Hornets with an overall score of 117-109, winning their fourth match out of five. With a record-breaking addition to his NBA career graph, James Harden left behind one of the most prominent legends of all time. According to his recent performance, Harden surpassed Shaquille O\u2019Neal on the NBA\u2019s all-time scoring list. <\/p>\n

Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 James Harden overtakes Shaquille O\u2019Neal on all-time points<\/p>\n

James Harden led the Los Angeles Clippers to dominate the Charlotte Hornets in a recent game on Monday. The talented guard led the franchise to their fourth victory out of five games, while writing a history on his name. Reportedly, Harden went on to surpass NBA legend Shaquille O\u2019Neal on the league\u2019s all-time scoring list. The Clippers\u2019 guard made a three-pointer during the first quarter of the game, pushing his career total straightaway to 28,598 points in his 1,187th regular-season match, whereas the Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 icon had secured 28,596 points in 1,207 games over 19 years. James Harden even reflected on his performance and his newly achieved feat. During a post game interview, he said, “The most dominant big man in the history of the game. It’s a true honor. It’s a testament to the work that I put in, and it’s all glory to God.\u201dThe Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 icon James Harden is currently in his 17th NBA season during the ongoing season. With his new achievement, he is gradually moving towards the list of the NBA\u2019s top scorers of all time, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/a>, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant<\/a>, Michael Jordan<\/a>, Dirk Nowitzki, and Kevin Durant. Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 cornerstone LeBron James still stands tall in the list with 42,601 pointsAlso Read: \u201cI\u2019m still scarred\u201d: Heartbroken Chris Paul admits he hasn\u2019t moved on from startling Clippers breakup<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Harden (Image via Getty) Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 star James Harden is synonymous with dominance and agility. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,473,559,560,615,1536,4034,192,4032,185,251,135,4033,4031,935,6,73670,1302],"class_list":{"0":"post-534324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-clippers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-charlotte-hornets","10":"tag-clippers","11":"tag-james-harden","12":"tag-kareem-abdul-jabbar","13":"tag-kobe-bryant","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-la-clippers","16":"tag-laclippers","17":"tag-lebron-james","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","20":"tag-losangeles","21":"tag-losangelesclippers","22":"tag-michael-jordan","23":"tag-nba","24":"tag-nba-top-scorers","25":"tag-shaquille-oneal"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115889119441596214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534324","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=534324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}