No 5th triple-double in a row last night for LeBron James against the Pelicans, but one place gained in the ranking of career matches played. Saturday night, the Lakers winger played his 1,505th career game, and he joined the Top 5 in the ranking. Author of 21 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, LeBron is now ahead of John Stockton (1,504 matches), and by the end of the season, if all goes well, he should reach 2nd place!
Ahead of him, we find Dirk Nowitzki (1,522 matches), Vince Carter (1,541) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1,560). With his 1,611 career matches, Robert Parish is inaccessible for this season.
If we include the playoff matches, the ranking is different, and LeBron James will very soon be number 1. For the moment, the ranking is dominated by Abdul-Jabbar (1,797 matches), followed by Paris (1,795) and therefore LeBron (1,792).
If we only take the playoffs into account, LeBron James is untouchable with 287 career games. Among active players, Al Horford is very, very, very far behind with 184 games.
