career leaders in total points before 1999

Before 1998-99, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar put up 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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29,277	930	35,887	5,836	5,012	2,306	828	10,962	21,686	50.5	555	1,670	33.2	6,798	8,115	83.8	58.0	1,547	4,289	2,589	2,493	+1416	38.6	31.5	6.3	5.4	2.5	0.9	2.8
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	27,782	1,061	39,829	11,376	3,499	1,513	874	10,290	19,504	52.8	69	256	27.0	7,133	9,808	72.7	58.3	2,856	8,520	3,311	3,450	+1352	37.5	26.2	10.7	3.3	1.4	0.8	3.1
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,534	1,047	37,861	7,098	2,661	1,374	641	9,913	21,457	46.2	706	2,212	31.9	6,002	7,396	81.2	53.7	2,920	4,178	2,646	2,042	-402	36.2	25.3	6.8	2.5	1.3	0.6	2.5
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	24,422	1,025	38,466	12,199	2,771	1,895	3,459	9,706	18,859	51.5	21	106	19.8	4,989	6,955	71.7	55.7	3,641	8,558	3,276	3,847	+452	37.5	23.8	11.9	2.7	1.8	3.4	3.2
13	Robert Parish R. Parish	23,334	1,611	45,704	14,715	2,180	1,219	2,361	9,614	17,914	53.7	0	6	0.0	4,106	5,694	72.1	57.1	4,598	10,117	3,183	4,443	+105	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	2.1
14	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
15	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
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22,792	1,011	37,184	11,821	3,960	1,591	871	8,089	14,881	54.4	528	1,969	26.8	6,086	8,266	73.6	61.5	4,022	7,799	3,232	3,150	+403	36.8	22.5	11.7	3.9	1.6	0.9	3.2
17	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	22,195	1,086	37,537	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	8,335	17,673	47.2	827	2,603	31.8	4,698	5,962	78.8	54.7	2,615	4,062	2,977	3,285	+434	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	2.7
18	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	22,079	939	34,251	9,778	1,987	995	2,574	8,652	16,881	51.3	19	118	16.1	4,756	6,390	74.4	56.1	2,354	7,424	3,080	3,375	+399	36.5	23.5	10.4	2.1	1.1	2.7	3.3
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	20,049	1,107	33,922	6,703	2,283	885	627	7,378	15,749	46.8	227	740	30.7	5,066	6,274	80.7	54.2	1,942	4,761	2,549	3,742	-51	30.6	18.1	6.1	2.1	0.8	0.6	2.3
25	Bernard King B. King	19,655	874	29,417	5,060	2,863	866	230	7,830	15,109	51.8	23	134	17.2	3,972	5,444	73.0	56.1	1,704	3,356	2,791	2,885		33.7	22.5	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3	3.2