Since 1976-77, LeBron James has the most points when playing 48+ minutes, with 42,184 points.

Interpreted as:

highest points by a player in 48 or more minutes since 1977

	NAME	PTS	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	42,184	59,042	1,562	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	11,731	11,584	2,345	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,928	54,852	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33,643	48,637	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32,292	41,011	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,560	51,368	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30,571	41,236	1,123	36.7	27.2	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	7,828	4,908	1,173	1,273	3,553	2,137	+4732
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,596	41,918	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
8	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28,289	43,514	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1528
9	James Harden J. Harden	27,687	40,011	1,151	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.1	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	6,473	8,316	1,715	655	4,260	2,857	+4610
10	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,409	45,071	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,946	44,222	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,668	38,113	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,496	47,368	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,397	45,880	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26,205	41,172	1,237	33.3	21.2	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.4	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.5	4.8	6.3	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	8,677	9,925	1,955	406	4,829	3,157	+3039
16	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26,071	50,418	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
17	Vince Carter V. Carter	25,728	46,367	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
18	Alex English A. English	25,613	38,063	1,193	31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	8.9	17.6	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	55.0	2.3	3.2	2.5	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,386	34,975	1,026	34.1	24.7	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.3	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.1	62.5	0.7	4.0	3.1	4,819	6,540	1,553	265	3,187	2,310	+6177
20	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,292	41,229	1,187	34.7	21.3	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.3	46.9	0.5	1.7	30.0	5.5	6.6	84.2	55.6	0.7	3.7	2.0	5,208	4,869	1,170	393	2,379	2,659	+204
21	Reggie Miller R. Miller	25,279	47,619	1,389	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	5.9	12.6	47.1	1.8	4.7	39.5	4.5	5.1	88.8	61.4	0.6	2.4	1.7	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	2,730	+2015
22	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24,815	40,594	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	4,034	+412
23	Ray Allen R. Allen	24,505	46,344	1,300	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	6.6	14.6	45.2	2.3	5.7	40.0	3.4	3.8	89.4	58.0	0.9	3.1	2.1	5,272	4,361	1,451	244	2,709	2,858	+3491
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	24,368	37,584	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
25	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23,757	39,330	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532