{"id":534743,"date":"2026-01-13T22:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/534743\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T22:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:14:16","slug":"james-harden-passes-shaquille-oneal-on-nbas-all-time-scoring-list-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/534743\/","title":{"rendered":"James Harden passes Shaquille O\u2019Neal on NBA\u2019s all-time scoring list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a 3-pointer early in the second half of the Clippers\u2019 game against the Hornets on Monday night, James Harden moved his name into extremely rare air.<\/p>\n<p>The basket vaulted the Los Angeles superstar ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/shaquille-oneal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shaquille O\u2019Neal<\/a> for ninth place on the NBA\u2019s all-time scoring list, and after he and his team wrapped up a 117-109 victory at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., Harden called the feat \u201ca true honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShaquille O\u2019Neal, somebody that I literally grew up watching here in L.A.,\u201d Harden said. \u201cHim and Kobe [Bryant] doing their thing, winning multiple championships, the most dominant big man in the history of the game. It\u2019s a true honor, it\u2019s a testament to the work that I put in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38171677\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/celebrates-three-point-basket-second-118818881.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden celebrates his three-point basket.\" class=\"wp-image-38171677\"  \/>James Harden officially moved into ninth place on the NBA\u2019s all-time scoring list Monday. AP<\/p>\n<p>Harden finished the night with 32 points on 11-of-28 shooting, officially giving him 28,614 points in 1,187 career games played.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neal previously cemented his place on the list after logging 28,596 points in 1,207 career games.<\/p>\n<p>Harden\u2019s coach, Tyronn Lue, played with O\u2019Neal while the two were on the Lakers, and he told reporters after the game his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/22\/sports\/james-harden-sets-clippers-record-with-55-point-masterpiece\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">guard\u2019s accomplishment<\/a> Monday night \u201csays a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66601563;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38171674\" width=\"393\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/user-expressly-acknowledges-agrees-downloading-118840169.jpg\" alt=\"Shaquille O'Neal in a yellow and purple Lakers uniform, yelling on the court.\" class=\"wp-image-38171674\"  \/>Shaquille O\u2019Neal previously held the ninth spot on the NBA\u2019s all-time scoring list. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt says a lot about James and who he is as a player,\u201d Lue said. \u201cShaq\u2019s the most dominant big to ever play the game and you pass him, that says a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrue testament to his work, his availability \u2014 being able to play every night. And if you pass greats like Shaq, you\u2019ve really done something. So that\u2019s something to be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several other basketball legends are now in Harden\u2019s reach on the list, with Wilt Chamberlain and Dirk Nowitzki currently sitting just less than 3,000 points ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a 3-pointer early in the second half of the Clippers\u2019 game against the Hornets on Monday night,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,160,559,560,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6,1302,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-534743","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-california","10":"tag-clippers","11":"tag-james-harden","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-la-clippers","14":"tag-laclippers","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-losangelesclippers","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-shaquille-oneal","21":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115890098712552691","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534743","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=534743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}