5 career milestones LeBron James can still reach this season

7,000 career playoff points

LeBron is the all-time leader in playoff points with 6,911. He passed Michael Jordan for the top spot three years ago during Game 5 of the 2017 Eastern Conference Finals.

Granted, LeBron had logged up more career playoff games played than Jordan when he set the new record; he had played in 212 playoff games compared to Jordan’s 179. Nonetheless, the record is still one of the most impressive in his storied career.

At the age of 35, LeBron will not only continue to further his distance away from Jordan in the leaderboard but also make it a record that will not be passed anytime soon. The next closest to LeBron in the all-time playoff points list among active players is Kevin Durant. But unless Durant records a multitude of deep playoff runs as LeBron had done so over the past decade, the current Brooklyn Nets forward is not projected to get anywhere near the top spot.

LeBron should reach the 7,000 playoff points mark over the first round of the Western Conference playoffs this season. From there, he will look to make it one of the NBA’s most unbreakable records.

400 career playoff 3-pointers

LeBron currently stands at 4th in the all-time career playoff 3-pointers list with 370. In front of him are three of the most prolific shooters from beyond the arc in league history: Stephen Curry, Ray Allen and Klay Thompson.

LeBron is far from being known as a knockdown 3-point shooter, but thanks to his lengthy playoff career, he ranks amongst the greatest in this area of the game in playoff history.

With 30 playoff 3-pointers, LeBron will pass both Allen and Thompson in the leaderboard. He has accumulated 30 3-pointers made in five of his last six playoff runs. So, if LeBron can lead the Lakers to a possible appearance in the NBA Finals, he is sure to reach the 400 mark.

Curry ranks first all-time at 470 — a number no player is reaching anytime soon.