Luka Doncic is now on track to break Michael Jordan’s record that’s been untouched for 40 years

Luka Doncic is the early favourite to win the MVP award this season. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar has had a phenomenal start to the campaign and is believed to be leading Victor Wembanyama in the race for that accolade. Doncic’s start to the season has been so good that he could break multiple records this season, including one held by the great Michael Jordan over the last 40 years. Luka Doncic is on track to break Michael Jordan’s record Jordan is still many people’s pick as the greatest basketball player of all time. The Chicago Bulls icon holds several records to this day, but what he managed to do in the 1986-87 season has to be among the most impressive. Jordan scored 3,041 points in that iconic campaign and still remains the last player to break the 3000-point mark in the NBA. Nobody in nearly 40 years has managed to do it. However, Doncic’s early numbers show that he is on track to eclipse Jordan. The Lakers star has scored 361 points in nine games so far this season, averaging over 40 points per game. That is a ridiculous return. If he keeps going at the same rate, Doncic will have 3048 points in 76 games, which would then put him above Jordan, who achieved his feat in 82 games. That would be incredible, but the problem for the Slovenian is that he has never played 76 games in an NBA season throughout his career. The most games he has played in a single campaign is 72, and that came when he was with the Dallas Mavericks all the way back in the 2018-19 season. It remains to be seen how far Doncic will be able to go this season, but seeing how good he has looked early on, we wouldn’t bet against him. ‘I’m so sorry’: Blake Griffin immediately apologises after Luka Doncic corrects him mid-interview Josh Hart tells Yaxel Lendeborg to ‘dial it down’ after comments on Luka Doncic Skip Bayless brands NBA star a ‘scoring genius with dominant will’