Historic: LeBron James reaches the 20,000-point mark • 01/16/2013, 11:50 PM

LeBron James, the talented Miami Heat star, reached a new milestone Wednesday when he became the youngest NBA player to reach the 20,000 point mark, after scoring the 18 points he needed to get to 20,000 against the Golden State Warriors. In recognition of this achievement, Terra presents other milestones in LeBron's career thus far.

LeBron is just the 38th NBA player to score 20,000 points in the NBA, a list that includes such legends as Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

At 28 years and 17 days, LeBron surpassed Kobe, who scored his 20,000th point Dec. 23, 2007 at the age of 29 years and 122 days in a game against the New York Knicks.

Furthermore, LeBron started the season with 33 straight games scoring 20 or more points which was second in NBA history to George Gervin, who scored 20+ in 45 straight games to open the 1981-82 season.

LeBron holds all of the scoring records in terms of the youngest to achieve them, from 1,000 points to every thousand scored through his mark Wednesday night.

LeBron scord his 1,000th point at 19 years, 41 days, his 4,000th at 21 years, 22 days, his 10,000th at 23 years, 59 days Feb. 27, 2008 and his 15,000th at 25 years, 79 days March 19, 2010.

Furthermore, he's the youngest player to record a triple double, at 20 years and 20 days, the youngest to score 30 points in a game at 18 years and 334 days, and the youngest to score 40 or more at 19 years and 88 days.

In terms of awards, LeBron is the youngest player to win Rookie of the Year honors, earning the honor at 19 years and 12 days, he was the youngest NBA All-Star at 21 years and 55 days, the youngest to earn All-NBA honors in 2004-05 at 21 years and 138 days old.

Another of his major achievements was to win the NBA title in 2012 with the Heat, where he was also named MVP of the Finals, after winning his third MVP award; his previous MVPs came in 2009 and 2010.

LeBron has also been an All-NBA First Team selection six times (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012),  has been an All-Star for eight consecutive seasons (2005-2012), and was twice the game's MVP (2006 and 2008).

And you can't ignore LeBron's achievements as a member of the USA men's basketball team, where he won Olympic gold on two occasions (Beijing 2008, London 2012), and he has a bronze medal from Athens in 2004.

This latest achievement is the latest confirmation of LeBron's greatness, and only serves as just another milestone in a career that can still get far richer.