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LeBron James is the all-time leading scorer in NBA history, having surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the 7th of February 2023. He became the first player in NBA history to reach 40,000 career points on the 1st of March 2024, and in April 2024 he surpassed Oscar Schmidt to become the all-time scoring leader across all of basketball.
LeBron James has won four NBA championships: in 2012 and 2013 with the Miami Heat, in 2016 with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and in 2020 with the Los Angeles Lakers. He is the only player to win the Finals MVP award with three different teams.
James starred at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio, leading the Fighting Irish to three Division state titles in four years. As a sophomore he was the first player at that grade to be named Ohio Mr. Basketball and selected to the USA Today All-USA First Team. As a junior he appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, becoming the first high school basketball underclassman to do so, and averaged 29 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists, and 3.3 steals per game.
James announced his free-agent decision to join the Miami Heat on a live ESPN special called The Decision on the 8th of July 2010. The prolonged public announcement drew criticism for being unprofessional, and Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert published a letter denouncing the move. Former NBA players including Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson also condemned James for forming a superteam with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh rather than attempting to win in Cleveland.
James led the Cavaliers back from a 3-1 series deficit against the Golden State Warriors, scoring 41 points in both Game 5 and Game 6 before recording a triple-double and a chase-down block on Andre Iguodala in Game 7. Cleveland became the first team in NBA Finals history to win after trailing 3-1. James was the unanimous Finals MVP, averaging 29.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 2.3 blocks, and 2.6 steals for the series.
James signed a seven-year Nike deal worth approximately $90 million in May 2003 and earned more than $30 million from his stake in Beats Electronics when Apple acquired the company in 2014. He co-founded SpringHill Entertainment with Maverick Carter and the media company Hana Kuma with Naomi Osaka. He holds ownership stakes in Liverpool F.C., the Boston Red Sox, A.C. Milan, and the Pittsburgh Penguins, and was the first active NBA player to accumulate $1 billion in earnings.