James, who turned 33 on December 30, surpassed Kobe Bryant as the youngest player to score 30,000 career points. Bryant was 34 years and 104 days old when he reached the mark.

The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar James did it by hitting a jump shot against the San Antonio Spurs on the final possession of the first quarter for his eighth point of the contest.

James came into the game needing just seven points to reach 30,000. He joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points), Karl Malone (36,928), Bryant (33,643), Michael Jordan (32,292), Wilt Chamberlain (31,419), and Dirk Nowitzki (30,808) on the select list of scorers.

There was a very good chance history would be made on Tuesday at the Spurs’ AT&T Center arena, as James came into the game averaging 26.8 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 8.7 assists per game this season.

There are some now that feel James could make a run at the league’s all-time scoring record of 38,387 points held by Abdul-Jabbar.

James attempted to do it at home on Saturday but finished with just 18 points on eight-of-17 shooting in a 148-124 blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Coming into Tuesday’s game, James led the NBA in field goals made this season (463), and over his career, he has made 10,886 field goals, which is 19 away from surpassing Nowitzki for eighth all-time in league history.