career leaders in total points before 1990

Before 1989-90, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored the most points, with 38,387 points.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Alex English A. English	23,417	1,034	34,104	5,998	4,021	976	785	9,702	19,009	51.0	16	77	20.8	3,997	4,818	83.0	55.4	2,551	3,447	2,627	2,756	33.0	22.6	5.8	3.9	0.9	0.8	2.7
8	Moses Malone M. Malone	23,340	1,001	37,042	13,671	1,458	924	1,483	8,070	16,312	49.5	3	53	5.7	7,197	9,403	76.5	57.1	5,628	8,043	3,205	2,575	37.0	23.3	13.7	1.5	0.9	1.5	3.5
9	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	23,149	846	33,863	11,463	3,650			8,693	20,171	43.1				5,763	7,391	78.0	49.4				2,596	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3
10	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	22,458	900	32,725	5,270	2,741	919	143	7,919	14,587	54.3	6	36	16.7	6,614	8,071	81.9	61.9	2,121	3,149	2,422	2,443	36.4	25.0	5.9	3.0	1.0	0.2	2.9
11	Hal Greer H. Greer	21,586	1,122	39,788	5,665	4,540			8,504	18,811	45.2				4,578	5,717	80.1	50.6				3,855	35.5	19.2	5.0	4.0
12	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	20,941	1,043	38,940	14,241	2,544	52	48	7,914	15,340	51.6				5,113	8,088	63.2	55.4	264	481		3,536	37.3	20.1	13.7	2.4	0.7	0.6
13	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	20,880	792	30,690	12,849	2,369			7,349	16,872	43.6				6,182	8,119	76.1	51.1				2,529	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0
14	George Gervin G. Gervin	20,708	791	26,536	3,607	2,214	941	670	8,045	15,747	51.1	77	259	29.7	4,541	5,383	84.4	57.2	1,186	2,421	2,137	2,331	33.5	26.2	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.8	3.0
15	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	19,248	959	32,103	9,698	3,007	777	1,100	7,761	15,092	51.4	2	13	15.4	3,724	4,858	76.7	55.9	1,843	4,853	1,112	3,048	33.5	20.1	10.1	3.1	1.1	1.5	2.6
16	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	19,181	1,031	33,527	3,279	4,805	545	72	7,431	16,300	45.6				4,319	5,354	80.7	51.4	453	651	390	2,775	32.5	18.6	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.2	2.5
17	Chet Walker C. Walker	18,831	1,032	33,433	7,314	2,126	117	10	6,876	14,628	47.0				5,079	6,384	79.6	54.0	245	593		2,727	32.4	18.2	7.1	2.1	0.7	0.1
18	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	18,787	852	28,327	8,048	1,951	751	1,147	7,420	14,751	50.3	3	37	8.1	3,944	5,229	75.4	55.1	1,818	5,502	1,223	2,726	33.2	22.1	9.4	2.3	1.0	1.5	2.6
19	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	18,438	996	29,800	11,256	3,072			5,863	15,427	38.0				6,712	7,904	84.9	48.8				3,432	34.4	18.5	12.1	3.1
20	Rick Barry R. Barry	18,395	794	28,825	5,168	4,017	1,104	269	7,252	16,163	44.9	73	221	33.0	3,818	4,243	90.0	51.0	510	2,366	574	2,264	36.3	23.2	6.5	5.1	2.0	0.5	2.5
21	Julius Erving J. Erving	18,364	836	28,677	5,601	3,224	1,508	1,293	7,237	14,276	50.7	46	176	26.1	3,844	4,950	77.7	55.8	2,067	3,534	2,323	2,286	34.3	22.0	6.7	3.9	1.8	1.5	3.1
22	Dave Bing D. Bing	18,327	901	32,769	3,420	5,397	483	89	6,962	15,769	44.1				4,403	5,683	77.5	50.2	418	741	216	2,615	36.4	20.3	3.8	6.0	1.3	0.2	2.7
23	World B. Free W. B. Free	17,955	886	26,893	2,430	3,319	910	223	6,512	14,294	45.6	213	632	33.7	4,718	6,264	75.3	52.7	1,008	1,422	1,869	2,270	30.4	20.3	2.7	3.7	1.0	0.3	2.5
24	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	17,949	1,002	30,607	2,103	4,402	1,165	51	7,247	15,030	48.2	10	72	13.9	3,445	3,864	89.2	53.6	499	952	822	3,250	30.5	17.9	2.1	4.4	1.5	0.1	1.9
25	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	17,940	890	29,794	3,926	2,432	516	98	7,392	15,129	48.9				3,156	3,960	79.7	53.2	436	718	249	2,439	33.5	20.2	4.4	2.7	1.4	0.3	1.6