NBA All-Time Scoring Leaders

8th February 2023. LeBron James passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and becomes the NBA all-time scorer. The Lakers star, with his 38 points against the Thunder, passes the NBA’s legend and writes his name even more indelibly in the history of this sport.

Here you are the NBA all-time leaders in points.

Most Points in NBA history

The NBA all time scorer is LeBron James who scored 38,390 points (updated to 08 February 2023) in 20 seasons and passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in this special ranking. The record had stood for 39 years!

As the saying goes, records were made to be broken, but passing this one will not be easy at all. Who knows if in the future will come a player able to play for so many years and at the highest level, just like LeBron is doing.

Furthermore, James holds the records for best scorer in Cleveland Cavaliers’ history and for best scorer for points in Regular Season and Playoffs combined.

So here is the NBA all-time scoring leaders updated in April 2021, considering only the Regular Season.

NBA All-Time Scoring List

#	Player	Points	Game	Points per game
1	LeBron James	39.012	1.435	27.20
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	38.387	1.560	24,61
3	Karl Malone	36.928	1.476	25,02
4	Kobe Bryant	33.643	1.346	25,00
5	Michael Jordan	32.292	1.072	30,12
6	Dirk Nowitzki	31.560	1.522	20,74
7	Wilt Chamberlain	31.419	1.045	30,07
8	Shaquille O’Neal	28.596	1.207	23,69
9	Carmelo Anthony	28.289	1.260	22,45
10	Moses Malone	27.409	1.329	20,30
11	Kevin Durant	27.331	1.000	27.3
12	Elvin Hayes	27.313	1.303	20,96
13	Hakeem Olajuwon	26.946	1.238	21,77
14	Oscar Robertson	26.710	1.040	25,68
15	Dominique Wilkins	26.668	1.074	24,83
16	Tim Duncan	26.496	1.392	19,03
17	Paul Pierce	26.397	1.343	19,66
18	John Havlicek	26.395	1.270	20,78
19	Kevin Garnett	26.071	1.462	17,83
20	Vince Carter	25.728	1.541	16,70
21	Alex English	25.613	1.193	21,47
22	Reggie Miller	25.279	1.389	18,20
23	Jerry West	25.192	932	27,03
24	Patrick Ewing	24.815	1.183	20,98
25	James Harden	24.805	1.007	24,89
26	Russell Westbrook	24.615	1.176	22.5
27	Ray Allen	24.505	1.300	18,65
28	Allen Iverson	24.368	914	26,66
29	Charles Barkley	23.757	1.073	22,14
30	Robert Parish	23,334	1.611	14,48
31	Adrian Dantley	23.177	955	24,27
32	Dwyane Wade	23.165	1.054	21,98
33	Elgin Baylor	23.149	846	27,36
34	Clyde Drexler	22.195	1.086	20,44
35	Stephen Curry	22.107	895	24,52
36	DeMar DeRozan	21.979	1.045	21,00
37	Chris Paul	21.902	1.194	18,05
38	Gary Payton	21.813	1.335	16,34
39	Larry Bird	21.791	897	24,29
40	Hal Greer	21.586	1.229	19,24
41	Walt Bellamy	20.941	1.043	20,08
42	Pau Gasol	20.894	1.226	17,04
43	Bob Pettit	20.880	792	26,36
44	David Robinson	20.790	987	21,06
45	George Gervin	20.708	791	26,18
46	LaMarcus Aldridge	20.558	1.076	19,11
47	Mitch Richmond	20.497	976	21,00
48	Joe Johnson	20.407	1.277	15,98
49	Tom Chambers	20.049	1.107	18,11
50	Antawn Jamison	20.042	1.083	18,51

Fun fact: despite Wilt Chamberlain holds the record for points scored in a single NBA game and commands the related ranking, here he “only” goes in 7th place.

NBA All-Time Active Players Scoring List

#	Player	Points
1	LeBron James	39.012
2	Kevin Durant	27.331
3	James Harden	24.805
4	Russell Wetbrook	24.615
5	Stephen Curry	22.107
6	DeMar DeRozan	21.979
7	Chris Paul	21.902
8	Damian Lillard	19.671
9	Rudy Gay	17.642
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo	16.673
11	Paul George	16.659
12	Anthony Davis	16.127
13	Kyle Lowry	15.822
14	Kyrie Irving	15.975

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Author: Martina Marangi
November 22, 2023 | 3:01 am

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