5 NBA legends Kevin Durant passed on the all-time scoring list in 2023-24 NBA Season

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#3 Moses Malone

Moses Malone’s 27,409 points for 10th in the all-time scoring list didn’t last long after Kevin Durant passed Elvin Hayes.

KD needed 17 points to break the mark heading into a showdown with Nikola Jokic and the defending champs. He accomplished the feat with under a minute left in the second quarter, finishing with 30 points to zoom past Malone into the top 10.

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#2 Carmelo Anthony

Up next in Kevin Durant’s sights was a player he knows very well. KD and Carmelo Anthony had had some memorable battles. “Melo” was the Phoenix Suns superstar’s next target with 28,289 career points.

On Feb. 23, 2024, Durant moved past his good friend for ninth in the all-time points ladder. A fourth-quarter free throw allowed KD to reach a new rung in the scoring ladder. The “Slim Reaper” was exactly 300 points from tying Shaquille O’Neal’s mark.

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#1 Shaquille O’Neal

After shattering Carmelo Anthony’s total points, Kevin Durant moved in quickly on Shaquille O’Neal’s record.

It took KD 12 games since passing “Melo” to supplant the legendary LA Lakers center for eighth in the all-time scoring list. Durant played 159 fewer games to reach O’Neal’s tally.