Carmelo Anthony Passes Tim Duncan As NBA’s 14th Highest Scoring Leader

Carmelo Anthony’s 18 points Friday night pushed him ahead of Tim Duncan for 14th on the NBA’s all time scoring list.

It came late in the 4th quarter against the Golden State Warriors when Jusuf Nurkic found Anthony in the corner. The spot up shot off the pass, Anthony’s specialty went in like silk, netting him his 26,498th point a milestone few NBA players have enjoyed in their careers.

Anthony sits 169 points behind Dominique Wilkins in 13th.

NBA ALL TIME SCORING LIST

1.) Kareem Abdul Jabar    38,387 points

2.) Karl Malone                   36,928 points

3.) Lebron James *            34,384 points

4.) Kobe Bryant                  33,643 points

5.) Micheal Jordan            32,292 points

6.) Dirk Nowitski                31,560 points

7.) Wilt Chamberlain         31,419 points

8.) Shaquille O’Neal           28,596 points

9.) Moses Malone             27,409 points

10.) Elvin Hayes                 27,313 points

11.) Hakeem Olajuwon     26,946 points

12.) Oscar Robertson       26,710 points

13.) Dominique Wilkins    26,668 points

14.) Carmelo Anthony *    26,499 points

15.) Tim Duncan                26,496 points

* – player still active