He's currently 1,325 points behind Kareem. He averaged 30.3 points per game this past season, although he only played in 56 games. Here's how many points he'll need to average based on potential games played:
82 games: 16.2 points per game
75 games: 17.7 ppg
70 games: 18.9 ppg
65 games: 20.4 ppg
60 games: 22.1 ppg
55 games: 24.1 ppg
50 games: 26.5 ppg
45 games: 29.4 ppg
40 games: 33.1 ppg
This is huge deal, isn't it? Kareem has been the leading scorer for more than half of the NBA's existence (since 1946).
Kareem has been the all time leading scorer for nearly 40 years (since April 5, 1984) when he scored his 31,420th point.
He passed Wilt Chamberlain who had been the leading scorer for just over 18 years (since February 14, 1966) when scored his 20,881st point.
Wilt passed Bob Pettit who had been the leading scorer for just under 2 years (since February 9, 1964) when he scored his 18,305th point.
Pettit passed Dolph Schayes who had been the leading scorer for just over 6 years (since January 11, 1958) when he scored his 11,770th point.
Schayes passed George Mikan who had been the leading scorer for about 6 years (since the 1952-53 season) when he scored his 7,021st point.
Mikan passed Joe Fulks who had been the leading scorer since the NBA began in 1946.