LeBron James will move up the all-time rankings in these 4 stats during 2026-27 NBA season

As of now, LeBron James remains unsigned, but we all know he's bound to find a home for the 2026-27 NBA season.

Once he does find his next team, he can focus on the upcoming season, which is one where he'll have the opportunity to make up ground in several major all-time stat categories.

LeBron James will move up in these all-time stat rankings in 2026-27 NBA season

Let's take a look at some of the stats he will pass players in on the all-time rankings.

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Assists

James enters next season with the fourth most assists by a player in NBA history.

Assuming he plays a healthy season, we'll estimate he plays around 60 games.

He should be able to pass Kidd fairly easily, but it will be tougher to pass a newly retired Paul.

James would need to average ~8.93 assists in an estimated 60 games to have a chance at passing Paul to claim second place in this stat.

Steals

Using the 60-game estimation again, we can predict around what he'll finish with next season.

If he averages at least 1.0 steal, he'll pass Gary Payton on the list.

There has to be some motivation for James to pass Jordan on the list, but he'd need to have a great defensive season with around 100 steals to pass one of the greatest players of all-time.

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Defensive rebounds

Even though the NBA only began keeping track of this stat in the 1973-74 season, there are still 50+ years of data, and he is in an elite group of centers from the past few decades.

He should have no problem passing Howard for fourth place this upcoming season, but beyond that, don't expect to see him go further.

Wins

James recently passed Robert Parish and Tim Duncan in this category, but now has his eyes on claiming the top spot.

It's very doable, as he'd only need to win 27 of the games he appears in next season.

Considering he's likely to pick a team this summer that'll be a contender/top team in their conference, you can almost guarantee that he gets the job done, as long as he's healthy.

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