LeBron James’s Scoring Streak Tells The Story

The passage of time remains undefeated: LeBron James's double-digit scoring streak is over.

James's run of putting up 10 or more points in every game since Jan. 5, 2007—George W. Bush was the president! The Marvel Cinematic Universe didn't even exist yet!—is not one of the greatest or most important accomplishments of his career, though it captures something essential about the nature of his decades-long dominance. Ten points is not that many points, and plenty of players can average double-digit points for a half-decade and wind up playing overseas with little ceremony. But 1,297 games is so many; it's a ton of games for even a great NBA player to merely appear in. It's 383 more games than Allen Iverson played in his whole career and 98 more than the 1,119 wins the Charlotte Hornets have in their 36 years of existence. LeBron's 1,297-game double-digit scoring streak tells the story of a remarkably consistent player, someone who has been great across three distinct eras, in every situation, for 23 years. Dwyane Wade was drafted alongside James and played for 16 years, until 2019. James scored 10 or more points in every game he played for the next five years.