LeBron James has posted the most career points by a player younger than 28, with 19,771 points.

Interpreted as:

most points before turning 28 years old by a player

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	19,771	717	39.8	27.6	7.2	6.9	1.7	0.8	9.9	20.3	48.6	1.3	4.0	33.4	6.5	8.7	74.5	57.1	1.2	6.0	3.3	28,558	5,180	4,943	1,238	607	2,378	1,368	+3580
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	17,566	641	37.8	27.4	7.0	3.7	1.2	1.0	9.2	19.1	48.3	1.8	4.7	38.0	7.2	8.1	88.2	60.5	0.8	6.2	3.2	24,207	4,518	2,363	774	639	2,083	1,213	+1964
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	16,866	707	35.7	23.9	5.1	4.5	1.5	0.6	8.3	18.4	45.1	1.1	3.4	33.6	6.1	7.3	83.4	55.2	1.2	3.9	2.9	25,239	3,634	3,148	1,059	431	2,030	1,906	+2532
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	16,304	391	47.3	41.7	25.3				16.8	33.3	50.6				8.0	14.2	56.8	52.8				18,489	9,873					721
5	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	15,926	646	36.2	24.7	6.3	3.1	1.1	0.5	8.8	19.3	45.6	0.8	2.6	32.2	6.3	7.8	80.5	54.4	1.9	4.4	3.0	23,375	4,091	2,010	721	299	1,934	1,939	+1371
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	15,519	476	38.8	32.6	6.3	6.0	2.8	1.1	12.1	23.3	51.9	0.3	1.2	28.7	8.1	9.6	84.8	59.3	1.8	4.5	3.2	18,451	2,998	2,852	1,326	512	1,517	1,460
7	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	15,317	683	34.9	22.4	6.3	4.6	1.4	1.0	8.1	18.5	43.9	1.3	3.8	34.2	4.9	6.5	75.2	52.5	1.7	4.6	2.3	23,841	4,284	3,138	929	699	1,601	1,356	+930
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	14,927	675	32.6	22.1	9.4	4.6	1.2	1.3	8.0	15.0	53.5	0.7	2.4	28.6	5.4	7.6	71.3	60.4	1.7	7.7	2.9	21,979	6,364	3,124	780	876	1,954	2,034	+2105
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	14,621	602	34.0	24.3	4.0	5.0	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.3	46.4	2.1	5.8	35.8	5.2	6.0	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.4	3.0	20,497	2,424	3,010	514	176	1,824	1,787	+200
10	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	14,532	477		30.5					10.7						9.1	11.0	83.1											1,533
11	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	14,405	525		27.4					10.8						5.9	7.8	75.5
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	14,211	467		30.4	15.3				12.6						5.2	7.4	69.5						7,162
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	13,971	514	37.6	27.2	12.4	2.6	0.8	2.7	10.9	18.9	57.6	0.0	0.0	5.9	5.4	10.1	53.1	58.1	4.0	8.4	2.9	19,334	6,372	1,357	394	1,396	1,495	1,775	+1668
14	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	13,864	693	38.2	20.0	10.8	4.4	1.4	1.8	8.1	16.6	48.8	0.2	0.7	30.3	3.6	4.7	76.1	53.5	2.8	8.0	2.6	26,462	7,493	3,059	968	1,231	1,780	1,758	+2264
15	James Harden J. Harden	13,618	615	33.6	22.1	5.0	5.7	1.5	0.4	6.5	14.7	44.2	2.2	6.2	36.4	6.9	8.1	85.4	60.6	0.8	4.3	3.4	20,687	3,093	3,527	905	275	2,068	1,564	+2252
16	Bradley Beal B. Beal	13,303	605	34.7	22.0	4.1	4.0	1.1	0.4	8.0	17.5	45.6	2.3	6.0	37.7	3.7	4.6	82.0	56.4	0.9	3.2	2.4	20,979	2,452	2,436	691	236	1,428	1,340	+386
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	13,257	603	36.6	22.0	8.5	2.5	1.0	1.1	7.5	16.2	46.6	1.4	3.8	37.9	5.5	6.3	86.3	57.9	1.3	7.3	1.9	22,053	5,149	1,521	612	661	1,134	1,633	+3297
18	Anthony Davis A. Davis	13,195	551	34.4	23.9	10.3	2.3	1.4	2.4	8.9	17.3	51.6	0.5	1.5	31.7	5.6	7.1	79.9	58.8	2.5	7.8	1.9	18,960	5,676	1,252	761	1,305	1,068	1,304	+660
19	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	13,170	487	41.3	27.0	4.1	5.6	2.4	0.2	9.6	22.8	42.0	1.3	4.2	31.2	6.6	8.7	76.0	50.7	1.0	3.1	3.6	20,124	1,997	2,722	1,158	107	1,738	1,091	+617
20	Dwight Howard D. Howard	13,084	718	36.1	18.2	12.9	1.5	1.0	2.2	6.4	11.2	57.7	0.0	0.1	5.0	5.3	9.3	57.6	59.8	3.6	9.3	3.1	25,892	9,287	1,080	725	1,566	2,221	2,369	+2477
21	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	13,039	636	38.6	20.5	3.1	8.3	1.3	0.2	7.3	16.9	43.4	1.2	3.7	31.6	4.7	5.9	78.8	52.6	0.8	2.3	3.2	24,556	1,949	5,264	808	100	2,045	1,532	-402
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	12,876	596	34.0	21.6	5.6	7.6	1.7	0.3	7.6	17.4	43.4	0.9	2.9	30.4	5.6	6.9	81.7	52.9	1.7	4.0	3.7	20,289	3,365	4,538	1,033	171	2,231	1,453	+2297
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	12,862	635	36.7	20.3	3.7	9.8			7.7	16.7	46.3	0.3			4.4	5.8	76.1	52.5				23,274	2,372	6,220				2,104
24	Moses Malone M. Malone	12,751	533		23.9	15.0				8.7	16.9	51.2	0.0			6.6	8.9	74.1	57.4					7,994
25	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	12,707	636	37.1	20.0	8.2	2.8	1.1	0.8	7.2	15.3	46.7	0.2	0.7	30.4	5.4	6.7	81.5	54.7	2.5	5.8	2.9	23,615	5,228	1,756	690	539	1,836	1,742	-2663