LeBron James has scored the most career points, with 40,834 points.

Interpreted as:

most total points by a player in NBA all-time

	NAME	PTS	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	LeBron James L. James	40,834	1,507	57,129	11,309	11,148	2,284	1,118	14,969	29,568	50.6	2,447	7,012	34.9	8,449	11,485	73.6	59.0	1,739	9,570	5,266	2,700	+7423	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38,387	1,560	57,446	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	15,837	28,307	55.9	1	18	5.6	6,712	9,304	72.1	59.2	2,975	9,394	2,527	4,657		36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	2.7
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,928	1,476	54,852	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	13,528	26,210	51.6	85	310	27.4	9,787	13,188	74.2	57.7	3,562	11,406	4,524	4,578	+3010	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33,643	1,346	48,637	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	11,719	26,200	44.7	1,827	5,546	32.9	8,378	10,011	83.7	55.0	1,499	5,548	4,010	3,353	+4153	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32,292	1,072	41,011	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	12,192	24,537	49.7	581	1,778	32.7	7,327	8,772	83.5	56.9	1,668	5,004	2,924	2,783	+1438	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,560	1,522	51,368	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	11,169	23,734	47.1	1,982	5,210	38.0	7,240	8,239	87.9	57.7	1,468	10,021	2,494	3,601	+6541	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.6
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31,419	1,045	47,859	23,924	4,643			12,681	23,497	54.0				6,057	11,862	51.1	54.7				2,075		45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	29,172	1,070	39,320	7,513	4,676	1,130	1,209	10,039	20,037	50.1	2,055	5,304	38.7	7,039	7,965	88.4	62.0	719	6,794	3,393	2,049	+4787	36.7	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	3.2
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,596	1,207	41,918	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	11,330	19,457	58.2	1	22	4.5	5,935	11,252	52.7	58.6	4,209	8,890	3,310	4,146	+4887	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	2.7
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28,289	1,260	43,514	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	10,119	22,643	44.7	1,731	4,873	35.5	6,320	7,764	81.4	54.3	1,983	5,825	3,052	3,543	+1528	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	2.4
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,409	1,329	45,071	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	9,435	19,225	49.1	8	80	10.0	8,531	11,090	76.9	56.9	6,731	9,481	3,804	3,076		33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	3.1
12	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27,313	1,303	50,000	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	10,976	24,272	45.2	5	34	14.7	5,356	7,999	67.0	49.1	2,778	6,973	1,358	4,193		38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.4
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,946	1,238	44,222	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	10,749	20,991	51.2	25	124	20.2	5,423	7,621	71.2	55.3	4,034	9,714	3,667	4,383	+564	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0
14	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	26,710	1,040	43,886	7,804	9,887	77	4	9,508	19,620	48.5				7,694	9,185	83.8	56.4	71	208		2,931		42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1
15	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,668	1,074	38,113	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	9,963	21,589	46.1	711	2,231	31.9	6,031	7,438	81.1	53.6	2,950	4,219	2,669	2,061	-392	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	2.5
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,496	1,392	47,368	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	10,285	20,334	50.6	30	168	17.9	5,896	8,468	69.6	55.1	3,859	11,232	3,381	3,304	+8910	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	2.4
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,397	1,343	45,880	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	8,668	19,465	44.5	2,143	5,816	36.8	6,918	8,578	80.6	56.8	1,092	6,435	3,532	3,643	+3345	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	2.6
18	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,395	1,270	46,471	8,007	6,114	476	117	10,513	23,930	43.9				5,369	6,589	81.5	49.2	610	1,389	204	3,281		36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	2.5
19	James Harden J. Harden	26,232	1,089	37,815	6,146	7,778	1,624	616	7,742	17,586	44.0	2,982	8,217	36.3	7,766	9,022	86.1	60.8	827	5,319	3,994	2,733	+4265	34.7	24.1	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	3.7
20	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26,071	1,462	50,418	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	10,505	21,142	49.7	174	632	27.5	4,887	6,190	78.9	54.6	3,209	11,453	3,179	3,561	+4913	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	2.2
21	Vince Carter V. Carter	25,728	1,541	46,367	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	9,293	21,339	43.5	2,290	6,168	37.1	4,852	6,082	79.8	53.6	1,658	4,948	2,590	3,995	+1817	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	1.7
22	Alex English A. English	25,613	1,193	38,063	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	10,659	21,036	50.7	18	83	21.7	4,277	5,141	83.2	55.0	2,778	3,760	2,821	3,027		31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	2.5
23	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	25,367	1,176	39,430	8,366	9,550	1,869	377	9,105	20,798	43.8	1,291	4,235	30.5	5,866	7,570	77.5	52.6	1,884	6,482	4,622	3,006	+2977	33.5	21.6	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	3.9
24	Reggie Miller R. Miller	25,279	1,389	47,619	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	8,241	17,499	47.1	2,560	6,486	39.5	6,237	7,026	88.8	61.4	883	3,299	2,409	2,730	+2015	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	1.7
25	Jerry West J. West	25,192	932	36,571	5,376	6,238	81	23	9,016	19,032	47.4				7,160	8,801	81.4	55.0	30	86		2,435		39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7