LeBron James is now the 9th All-Time Scoring Leader, How many more to surpass Michael Jordan?

After becoming the 16th all-time assist leader and surpassing Bob Cousy, LeBron James just got another milestone as he surpasses another NBA great.  LeBron just scored his 27,315 points in the NBA exceeding Elvin Hayes. The King is slowly but surely creeping into the discussions on becoming the all-time greatest player in the NBA and is being compared to none other than Michael Jordan.

Check out the current standing.

 In order to surpass Michael Jordan, LeBron James still needs to score 4,978 more points