The youngest individual to score 15,000 points in an NBA career is LeBron James (b. 30 December 1984, USA), aged 25 years 79 days while playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers (USA) against the Chicago Bulls (USA) on 19 March 2010.

James smashed the previous record held by Kobe Bryant, reaching the milestone 2 years and 57 days before Bryant. It also took James only 540 career games to reach the mark, compared to 657 for Bryant. James broke the record with a free throw in the first quarter of the game and would go on to score 29 points in the contest, a 92-85 Cleveland victory.