{"id":377235,"date":"2025-12-30T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/377235\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:12:10","slug":"russell-westbrook-rises-to-no-16-all-time-in-points-scored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/377235\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Westbrook rises to No. 16 all-time in points scored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1977751\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1977751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16x9-12-1-784x441.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"441\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1977751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russell Westbrook rises to No. 16 on the all-time scoring charts Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Another night, another milestone for Russell Westbrook.<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento Kings\u2019 guard passed Dominique Wilkins (26,668 points) for No. 16 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/stats\/alltime-leaders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">all-time scoring charts<\/a> Sunday night, one night after he had achieved historic marks in assists and steals.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook moved past Wilkins on a layup in the fourth quarter of Sacramento\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/sac-vs-lal-0022500446\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">125-101 loss<\/a> to the Lakers, and he finished the night with 27,671 career points. Next up on the list for Westbrook: Oscar Robertson, who scored 26,710 points in 1,040 games.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook reached two sustained marks of excellence on Saturday, when he passed Magic Johnson for seventh place on the NBA\u2019s all-time assists chart and became the 14th player in league history to log 2,000 steals.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russell Westbrook passes Magic Johnson (10,141) for 7th on the NBA&#8217;s all-time assists list.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook, a nine-time All-Star and the 2017 Kia Most Valuable Player, logged his 10,142nd assist in the first quarter of Sacramento\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/dal-vs-sac-0022500432\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">113-107 victory<\/a> over Dallas on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook, who has led the NBA in assists three times, logged seven more assists over the course of the game and now has 10,149 in 1,268 career games.<\/p>\n<p>Magic Johnson logged his 10,141 assists in 906 career games.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brodie in today\u2019s win vs. Dallas:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc51 21 PTS<br \/>\ud83d\udc51 9 AST<br \/>\ud83d\udc51 Tallies 2,000th Career Steal<br \/>\ud83d\udc51 Passes Magic Johnson (10,141) for seventh on the NBA\u2019s all-time assist leaders list <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nhnNXrncCh\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/nhnNXrncCh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SacramentoKings\/status\/2005076001538408544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Westbrook, who led the NBA in assists three times (2018, \u201919, \u201921), can catch two more players on the all-time assist chart this season.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is No. 6 Mark Jackson, who had 10,334 assists in 1,296 games, and only one assist ahead of him is No. 5 Steve Nash (10,335 in 1,217 games). LeBron James is No. 4 (11,673 assists in 1,575 games), and he\u2019s still padding his legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook also logged steal No. 2,000 on Saturday, and he has a shot to pass two players this season if he can keep up his pace. Westbrook, averaging 1.5 steals through 31 games, is creeping up on Mookie Blaylock (13th; 2,075 steals) and Hall of Famer Karl Malone (12th; 2,085). Alvin Robertson (2,112 steals) and Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon (2,162) follow after that.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russell Westbrook rises to No. 16 on the all-time scoring charts Sunday night. 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