
On this day in sports history, April 5th, 1984: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar passed Wilt Chamberlain to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer Kareem broke the record with his signature skyhook, surpassing Chamberlain’s 31,419 career points and taking over the top spot He would go on to finish with 38,387 points, a record that stood for nearly 39 years until LeBron James broke it on February 7th, 2023






