Joel Embiid has the fewest games with more than 0 games played and 12,000+ points, with 460 games.

Interpreted as:

fewest regular-season games by a player to reach 12000 or more points

	NAME	GP	PTS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	460	12,671	31.7	27.5	10.9	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.1	50.1	1.2	3.5	33.7	8.2	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	8.7	3.4	14,604	5,030	1,683	417	749	1,568	1,385	+2490
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	466	13,442	35.0	28.8	8.6	8.2	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.8	46.8	3.1	8.8	35.0	6.3	8.4	75.4	59.0	0.9	7.7	4.0	16,301	4,023	3,843	582	212	1,846	1,069	+1303
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	485	12,048	33.1	24.8	4.8	5.2	1.4	0.8	8.6	17.2	50.4	1.4	3.8	36.1	6.2	7.2	86.3	61.2	0.7	4.0	2.3	16,057	2,320	2,510	699	386	1,111	1,090	+1590
4	Trae Young T. Young	488	12,309	34.3	25.2	3.5	9.8	1.0	0.2	8.0	18.5	43.2	2.6	7.5	35.1	6.6	7.6	87.3	57.8	0.6	2.9	4.2	16,760	1,697	4,787	509	75	2,061	850	-145
5	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	561	13,993	33.9	24.9	4.3	4.7	1.4	0.3	8.8	19.6	45.1	3.0	8.3	36.7	4.2	5.1	84.0	57.3	0.8	3.5	2.7	18,996	2,431	2,653	772	179	1,523	1,353	+2733
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	585	13,784	34.5	23.6	7.3	3.8	1.1	0.7	8.2	17.8	45.9	2.6	7.1	37.0	4.5	5.4	84.0	58.3	0.9	6.5	2.4	20,184	4,293	2,243	640	384	1,389	1,232	+3645
7	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	625	12,075	30.7	19.3	5.3	2.7	1.0	0.4	7.3	15.1	47.9	1.9	5.3	35.9	2.9	4.0	72.9	57.2	1.0	4.3	2.2	19,200	3,343	1,697	637	236	1,356	1,589	+2164
8	John Wall J. Wall	647	12,088	34.9	18.7	4.2	8.9	1.6	0.7	6.8	15.7	43.0	1.0	3.1	32.2	4.2	5.4	77.6	51.7	0.6	3.6	3.7	22,587	2,704	5,735	1,045	439	2,412	1,394	-125
9	Willis Reed W. Reed	650	12,183		18.7					7.5						3.8	5.1	74.8
10	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	654	12,802	29.8	19.6	10.2	3.0	1.3	1.1	7.0	15.2	46.0	0.7	2.0	33.1	5.0	6.7	73.7	53.9	2.6	7.6	3.3	19,509	6,664	1,979	874	742	2,149	2,421	-553
11	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	654	13,629		20.8					7.8						5.2	7.2	72.0
12	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	654	12,200		18.7					7.3						4.0	5.1	78.9
13	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	658	15,946		24.2					9.4			0.2	0.3	66.7	5.4	6.6	82.1
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	667	15,374	34.0	23.0	11.1	3.2	0.8	1.2	8.4	16.1	52.2	1.7	4.4	39.8	4.5	5.3	83.9	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	22,699	7,397	2,111	541	787	1,802	2,271	+1446
15	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	674	13,986	32.8	20.8	4.0	3.9	0.9	0.3	7.4	15.8	47.0	2.4	6.0	39.0	3.6	4.3	83.3	58.8	0.4	3.6	2.6	22,121	2,726	2,642	586	187	1,769	1,422	-2012
16	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	688	14,234	36.8	20.7	6.1	2.7	1.2	0.6	8.1	17.6	45.9	0.9	2.6	34.0	3.6	4.4	82.0	52.9	1.5	4.6	3.1	25,346	4,189	1,879	826	389	2,147	1,847	+10
17	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	691	13,892	34.3	20.1	7.0	3.6			8.3	16.0	51.8	0.0			3.5	4.7	74.0	55.6				23,695	4,819	2,503				1,765
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	695	17,002	34.4	24.5	4.0	5.3	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.4	46.4	2.1	6.0	35.3	5.3	6.1	87.3	58.1	0.6	3.4	3.0	23,911	2,813	3,669	597	198	2,116	2,036	+76
19	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	696	12,546		18.0					7.7			0.1			2.6	3.9	65.5
20	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	705	12,455	32.4	17.7	7.7	1.8		1.6	7.1	15.0	47.4	0.0			3.4	4.6	74.7	51.9				22,837	5,404	1,264		1,122		2,211
21	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	707	12,142	29.6	17.2	3.8	3.0			6.3	13.3	47.3	0.2			4.4	5.2	84.9	55.2				20,954	2,703	2,090				1,634
22	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	711	12,668		17.8					6.7						4.4
23	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	713	16,258		22.8					7.9						7.0	8.7	80.9
24	Kevin Martin K. Martin	714	12,396	30.2	17.4	3.2	1.9	0.9	0.1	5.4	12.3	43.7	1.6	4.2	38.4	5.0	5.7	87.0	58.5	0.6	2.6	1.7	21,559	2,278	1,352	643	78	1,200	1,361	-200
25	Dan Issel D. Issel	718	14,659	31.1	20.4	7.9	2.5			7.6	14.9	50.6	0.0			5.3	6.6	79.7	57.2				22,342	5,707	1,805				2,022