LeBron James has dropped the most career points in the regular-season and playoffs, with 50,473 points.

Interpreted as:

most 40 point by a player including playoffs

	NAME	PTS	GP	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	LeBron James L. James	50,473	1,854	38.4	27.2	7.7	7.4	1.5	0.8	10.0	19.7	50.5	1.6	4.7	34.7	5.7	7.7	73.8	58.9	1.2	6.5	3.5	71,104	14,359	13,679	2,838	1,434	6,518	3,444	+8659
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	44,149	1,797	36.9	24.6	11.1	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.1	18.2	55.6	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.3	6.0	72.4	58.9	2.4	7.4	2.7	66,297	19,921	6,427	1,349	3,665	2,974	5,454
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	41,689	1,669	37.6	25.0	10.2	3.5	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.0	50.9	0.1	0.2	26.2	6.6	8.9	74.1	57.0	2.4	7.8	3.0	62,759	17,030	5,858	2,343	1,280	5,074	5,240	+3133
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	39,283	1,566	36.6	25.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.8	19.6	44.7	1.4	4.1	33.0	6.2	7.4	83.4	54.8	1.1	4.1	3.0	57,278	8,166	7,346	2,254	784	4,657	4,013	+4708
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38,279	1,251	38.8	30.6	6.3	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.5	23.2	49.5	0.6	1.8	32.8	7.0	8.4	83.4	56.8	1.6	4.7	2.8	48,485	7,824	6,655	2,890	1,051	3,470	3,324	+1732
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35,692	1,298	37.2	27.5	7.1	4.3	1.0	1.1	9.5	19.0	49.9	2.0	5.1	38.5	6.6	7.5	88.0	61.8	0.7	6.4	3.2	48,304	9,182	5,626	1,351	1,482	4,114	2,581	+5425
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	35,223	1,667	34.4	21.1	7.8	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.4	15.8	47.0	1.3	3.4	37.9	5.0	5.7	88.0	57.7	1.0	6.8	1.7	57,263	12,935	4,011	1,359	1,410	2,822	4,008	+6589
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35,026	1,205	46.0	29.1	23.1	4.4			11.7	21.8	53.8				5.7	11.2	50.5	54.5				55,418	27,837	5,316				2,487
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33,846	1,423	35.1	23.8	11.0	2.5	0.6	2.2	9.4	16.2	57.9	0.0	0.0	4.5	5.0	9.5	52.3	58.2	3.6	7.4	2.8	50,016	15,607	3,608	856	3,191	3,959	4,915	+5525
10	James Harden J. Harden	31,691	1,329	34.9	23.8	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.1	43.8	2.7	7.6	36.0	7.0	8.1	86.2	60.5	0.8	4.9	3.7	46,445	7,445	9,487	2,004	754	4,870	3,378	+4869
11	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	31,668	1,643	34.5	19.3	10.9	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.5	14.8	50.5	0.0	0.1	17.2	4.3	6.2	69.5	55.0	2.8	8.1	2.4	56,738	17,950	4,989	1,193	3,588	4,014	4,005	+10000
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	30,701	1,383	36.1	22.2	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.9	17.2	51.4	0.0	0.1	20.4	4.5	6.3	71.2	55.5	3.3	7.9	3.0	49,971	15,369	3,516	2,407	4,302	4,091	4,945	+535
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	30,203	1,343	34.7	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.1	44.5	1.4	3.9	35.3	5.1	6.2	81.5	54.1	1.6	4.6	2.4	46,606	8,365	3,626	1,323	673	3,270	3,841	+1240
14	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	30,171	1,442	37.0	20.9	6.4	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.9	43.9				4.3	5.3	81.8	49.3	1.5	3.5	2.5	53,331	9,193	6,939	536	133	204	3,808
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	29,719	1,188	34.5	25.0	4.8	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.5	18.1	46.9	4.0	9.5	41.9	4.0	4.4	90.8	62.3	0.7	4.1	3.1	40,962	5,672	7,524	1,795	319	3,724	2,710	+7157
16	Jerry West J. West	29,649	1,085	39.5	27.3	5.7	6.6	2.5	0.7	9.8	20.7	47.3				7.7	9.5	81.2	54.9	0.9	2.8		42,892	6,231	7,208	81	23		2,886
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	29,577	1,513	34.4	19.5	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.4	14.5	44.3	1.6	4.4	36.7	5.1	6.4	80.9	56.6	0.8	4.8	2.6	52,109	8,512	5,287	1,956	850	4,008	4,190	+3505
18	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	29,507	1,399	38.7	21.1	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.5	18.7	45.3	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.2	66.8	49.2	3.2	7.9	2.4	54,160	17,523	2,583	961	1,993	1,482	4,571
19	Moses Malone M. Malone	29,486	1,423	34.3	20.7	12.3	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.2	14.6	49.0	0.0	0.1	10.3	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.7	5.1	7.2	3.0	48,867	17,507	1,932	1,173	1,884	4,019	3,320
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	29,311	1,378	33.5	21.3	7.0	7.9	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.5	43.5	1.1	3.7	30.5	4.9	6.3	77.7	52.4	1.6	5.4	3.9	46,115	9,611	10,909	2,186	449	5,341	3,562	+3047
21	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	28,672	1,605	34.7	17.9	10.1	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.6	49.5	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.4	2.2	7.9	2.2	55,701	16,196	5,916	2,037	2,223	3,521	3,992	+5211
22	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	28,620	1,126	42.2	25.4	7.4	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.0	18.7	48.3				7.3	8.7	83.9	56.3	1.0	2.9		47,559	8,382	10,656	92	8		3,198
23	Reggie Miller R. Miller	28,251	1,533	34.5	18.4	3.0	2.9	1.1	0.2	6.0	12.8	46.9	1.9	4.8	39.4	4.6	5.1	88.8	61.2	0.6	2.4	1.7	52,927	4,598	4,498	1,651	333	2,666	3,005	+2185
24	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	28,091	1,130	35.7	24.9	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.2	46.0	0.7	2.1	31.7	5.7	7.0	81.2	53.5	2.8	3.9	2.5	40,285	7,544	2,820	1,451	677	2,822	2,184	-398
25	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	27,628	1,322	34.6	20.9	9.9	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.0	0.0	0.1	18.2	4.5	6.1	73.8	54.9	2.3	7.5	2.9	45,801	13,042	2,490	1,258	3,197	3,882	4,556	+420