career leaders in total points before 1993

Before 1992-93, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had 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	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,016	1,246	44,200	15,894	1,749	1,075	1,705	9,307	18,916	49.2	7	77	9.1	8,395	10,910	76.9	57.0	6,583	9,311	3,724	3,003	35.5	21.7	12.8	1.4	0.9	1.4	3.2
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	23,177	955	34,151	5,455	2,830	944	150	8,169	15,121	54.0	7	41	17.1	6,832	8,351	81.8	61.7	2,207	3,248	2,503	2,550	35.8	24.3	5.7	3.0	1.0	0.2	2.9
10	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
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	21,791	897	34,443	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	8,591	17,334	49.6	649	1,727	37.6	3,960	4,471	88.6	56.4	1,757	7,217	2,816	2,279	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	3.1
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Robert Parish R. Parish	20,634	1,260	38,727	12,691	1,942	1,066	2,049	8,493	15,656	54.2	0	6	0.0	3,648	5,048	72.3	57.7	3,987	8,704	2,811	3,800	30.7	16.4	10.1	1.5	0.8	1.6	2.4
17	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	19,975	762	28,211	5,332	1,980	1,112	539	7,581	16,163	46.9	319	1,073	29.7	4,494	5,557	80.9	53.7	2,225	3,107	1,982	1,570	37.0	26.2	7.0	2.6	1.5	0.7	2.6
18	Walter Davis W. Davis	19,521	1,033	28,859	3,053	3,878	1,280	133	8,118	15,871	51.1	157	577	27.2	3,128	3,676	85.1	55.8	889	2,164	2,541	2,454	27.9	18.9	3.0	3.8	1.2	0.1	2.5
19	Bernard King B. King	19,432	842	28,987	4,984	2,845	855	227	7,739	14,932	51.8	21	127	16.5	3,933	5,387	73.0	56.2	1,669	3,315	2,770	2,832	34.4	23.1	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.3	3.3
20	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
21	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
22	Reggie Theus R. Theus	19,015	1,026	34,603	3,349	6,453	1,206	236	7,057	14,973	47.1	238	945	25.2	4,663	5,644	82.6	54.5	1,182	2,167	3,493	3,008	33.7	18.5	3.3	6.3	1.2	0.2	3.4
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	19,000	589	22,775	3,697	3,507	1,594	623	7,087	13,644	51.9	206	725	28.4	4,620	5,456	84.7	59.2	996	2,701	1,799	1,756	38.7	32.3	6.3	6.0	2.7	1.1	3.1
24	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
25	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