The Los Angeles Lakers play the New Orleans Pelicans in Louisiana on Saturday evening.

By playing in the game, LeBron James made incredible NBA history.

The future Hall of Famer has passed John Stockton for fifth in all-time games played list.

Dirk Nowitzki, Vince Carter, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Parish are the only players ahead of James.

Via the Los Angeles Lakers: “👑LeBron passes John Stockton for 5th in most games played in NBA history.”

Despite being in his 22nd season, James is still one of the best players in the NBA.

He entered Saturday’s game averaging 23.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 9.6 assists per game while shooting 52.3% from the field and 44.6% from three-point range in 12 games.

James is in his seventh season as a Lakers player.

The Lakers are 8-4 through their first twelve games of the 2024-2025 NBA season.

They are in the midst of a four-game winning streak (and are currently the fifth seed in the Western Conference).

After New Orleans, the Lakers play their next game on Tuesday night when they host Jordan Clarkson and the Utah Jazz in California.

As for Stockton, he spent all 19 seasons of his storied career with the Utah Jazz.

The Hall of Fame point guard had career averages of 13.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 10.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game while shooting 51.5% from the field and 38.4% from three-point range in 1,504 regular season games.