JAKARTA - James Harden has moved Shaquille O'Neal to ninth place on the National Basketball Association's (NBA) all-time scoring list.
Harden made the record when he helped his team, the Los Angeles Clippers, win 117-109 against the Charlotte Hornets at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.
O'Neal's ninth position was taken over by Harden after he managed to score three points at the start of the third quarter.
The three-point record brought Harden to 28,598 points in 1,187 regular season games throughout his career. The figure surpassed O'Neal who collected 28,596 points in 1,207 games over 19 years.
"Shaquille O'Neal, someone I really watched growing up in Los Angeles," Harden said, as reported by ESPN.
Harden, who started the game with a 14-point deficit behind O'Neal, scored 32 points and 10 assists in the Clippers' win over the Hornets.
He scored 13 points in the first half (11 points in the first quarter) and scored 11 points in the third quarter and eight points in the fourth quarter. So, his total points after the match increased to 28,614.
Harden entered the game against the Hornets with an average of 25.6 points per game, his highest average since the 2019-2020 season (34.3 points per game) when he won the league's highest scoring title for the third time in a row.
Recently, Harden climbed to 12th in the all-time assists list (8,604). The 11-time All-Star is also ranked second in three-point field goal attempts (3,291), behind Stephen Curry.
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