career leaders in total points before 2008

Before 2007-08, 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	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
3	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
4	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
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	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25,454	981	35,926	11,379	2,701	627	2,432	10,091	17,394	58.0	1	20	5.0	5,271	10,038	52.5	58.4	3,715	7,664	2,800	3,376	+4456	36.6	25.9	11.6	2.8	0.6	2.5	2.9
13	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
14	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
15	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24,815	1,183	40,594	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	9,702	19,241	50.4	19	125	15.2	5,392	7,289	74.0	55.3	2,752	8,855	3,537	4,034	+412	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	3.0
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23,757	1,073	39,330	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	8,435	15,605	54.1	538	2,020	26.6	6,349	8,643	73.5	61.2	4,260	8,286	3,376	3,287	+532	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	3.1
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Gary Payton G. Payton	21,813	1,335	47,117	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	8,708	18,698	46.6	1,132	3,570	31.7	3,265	4,480	72.9	52.8	1,392	3,877	3,030	3,217	+1928	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	2.3
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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