LeBron James, one of the greatest players in NBA history, on Tuesday passed 39,000 career points, making him the first player ever to reach that distinction.

A Los Angeles Lakers forward since 2018, James scored 17 points against the Utah Jazz in Tuesday’s game to pass the 39,000-point threshold in the league.

The Lakers won the game 131-99 at their home Crypto.com Arena to take the number six spot in the Western Conference led by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who have won 10 games in 13 appearances this season.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, an NBA legend who retired in 1989, is second in the American basketball league's all-time highest scorers' list after tallying 38,387 career points, but he was beaten by James this February.

James previously beat the points totals of NBA legends such as Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Jordan.

Among active players, the Phoenix Suns' 35-year-old forward Kevin Durant, a former NBA champion, has racked up 27,331 career points, making him second to James, but there is a huge 10,000-plus gap between the two.