LeBron James has posted the most career points, with 42,096 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a career

	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	42,096	1,558	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	35.0	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	58,914	11,710	11,563	2,341	1,150	5,460	2,777	+7382
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38,387	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,928	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33,643	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32,292	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,560	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,368	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31,419	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				47,859	23,924	4,643				2,075
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30,571	1,123	36.7	27.2	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,236	7,828	4,908	1,173	1,273	3,553	2,137	+4732
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,596	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28,289	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	43,514	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1528
11	James Harden J. Harden	27,540	1,146	34.7	24.0	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.2	7.1	8.2	86.1	60.7	0.8	4.9	3.7	39,814	6,436	8,260	1,708	652	4,242	2,847	+4550
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,409	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27,313	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.4	18.6	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	49.1	3.1	7.8	2.4	50,000	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,946	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	26,710	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,668	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
17	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,496	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,368	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,397	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
19	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,395	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.8	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	46,471	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26,153	1,233	33.3	21.2	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.4	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.6	4.8	6.3	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,082	8,665	9,907	1,952	406	4,822	3,150	+3039
21	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26,071	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
22	Vince Carter V. Carter	25,728	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	46,367	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
23	Alex English A. English	25,613	1,193	31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	8.9	17.6	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	55.0	2.3	3.2	2.5	38,063	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027
24	Reggie Miller R. Miller	25,279	1,389	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	5.9	12.6	47.1	1.8	4.7	39.5	4.5	5.1	88.8	61.4	0.6	2.4	1.7	47,619	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	2,730	+2015
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,278	1,021	34.1	24.8	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.3	42.4	3.9	4.3	91.1	62.5	0.7	4.0	3.1	34,815	4,792	6,512	1,548	264	3,171	2,306	+6145