In the third quarter of a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the 36-year-old Harden passed Carmelo Anthony for 10th place on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 28,290 points. LeBron James (first) and Kevin Durant (eighth) are the only active players ahead of him.

It started like this back in 2009, with a barely recognizable rookie James Harden — with a young man's beard — scoring his first NBA points. Saturday night in Minnesota it came full circle when Harden,

With his point production against Minnesota, Harden passed Hall-of-Famer Carmelo Anthony to move into the top 10 on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Anthony scored 28,289 points over the course of his illustrious career. Harden has now scored 28,303 points and counting.

The first month of the 2025-26 NBA season has already delivered a scoring race that feels tighter, louder, and more unpredictable than most years. Luka Dončić is setting the bar ridiculously high in Los Angeles.

James Harden, on the NBA’s top-10 all-time scoring list? After pondering that for a moment the other day, his response was the same as what his body language tells defenders while breaking their ankles with a crossover: “Get outta here.”