Oklahoma City Thunder center Al Horford scored the 12,000th point of his NBA career in the second quarter of the game against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.
With the bucket, he became one of seven active players who have 12,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in their career.
Horford was back on the court after missing the previous six games so he could remain home for the birth of his child.
In the first half of the game, he had a game-high 11 points on 4-for-6 shooting and made all three 3-pointers he attempted. This put him at 12,001 career points.
He is in his 14th season in the NBA. He scored 8,288 of his points over his nine seasons with the Atlanta Hawks, 2,804 over four seasons with the Boston Celtics, 798 in his single season with the Philadelphia 76ers and, entering the game on Wednesday, had 100 points with the Thunder.
Here’s the shot that got him there. @Al_Horford now only 7th active player with 12k+ points and 1k+ blocks.
He’s got 14 points, a block and 2 steals so far tonight. 4 threes. pic.twitter.com/N7g42fUUBZ
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) January 28, 2021
The full list of active NBA players who have at least 12,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, with the totals for all accounting for entering Wednesday night (Horford’s number will be updated after the game):
- San Antonio Spurs power forward LaMarcus Aldridge: 19,802 points, 1,123 blocks
- Philadelphia 76ers center Dwight Howard: 18,748 points, 2,147 blocks
- Denver Nuggets power forward Paul Millsap: 14,083 points, 1,001 blocks
- Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez: 13,388 points, 1,437 blocks
- Los Angeles Lakers big Anthony Davis: 13,026 points, 1,295 blocks
- Los Angeles Lakers center Marc Gasol: 12,324 points, 1,222 blocks
- Oklahoma City Thunder center Al Horford: 11,990 points, 1,015 blocks