most career nba points before turning 39 years old

LeBron James has the most career points by a player younger than 39, with 39,380 points.

Interpreted as:
most career NBA points before turning 39 years old by a player
NAMEPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
39,380
1,450
38.0
27.2
7.5
7.3
1.5
0.8
9.9
19.7
50.5
1.6
4.6
34.6
5.7
7.7
73.5
58.9
1.2
6.3
3.5
55,078
10,888
10,635
2,227
1,093
5,063
2,633
+7298
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
35,108
1,328
26.4
12.1
10.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.6
6.4
72.0
16,107
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
34,707
1,353
37.4
25.7
10.3
3.5
1.4
0.8
9.4
18.1
52.0
0.1
0.2
27.8
6.8
9.1
74.1
57.9
2.5
7.8
3.1
50,545
13,973
4,706
1,901
1,094
4,211
4,257
+2619
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
33,643
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
48,638
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
5Kevin Durant
K. Durant
31,580
1,162
36.7
27.2
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.7
50.2
2.0
5.0
39.0
6.5
7.3
88.2
62.1
0.7
6.3
3.2
42,661
8,038
5,089
1,202
1,310
3,672
2,219
+4983
6Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31,422
1,045
30.1
22.9
12.1
5.8
11.4
51.1
23,922
7Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
30,492
979
38.5
31.1
6.3
5.4
2.4
0.9
11.7
23.3
50.1
0.6
1.8
32.8
7.2
8.6
83.6
57.4
1.6
4.6
2.8
37,693
6,134
5,269
2,380
852
2,726
2,594
+1461
8Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
30,260
1,394
34.9
21.7
7.8
2.5
0.8
0.9
7.7
16.2
47.3
1.3
3.3
38.1
5.1
5.8
87.9
57.8
1.0
6.8
1.7
48,673
10,893
3,496
1,158
1,218
2,425
3,379
+6663
9James Harden
J. Harden
28,727
1,191
34.8
24.1
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.2
7.1
8.3
86.3
60.7
0.8
4.8
3.7
41,435
6,664
8,637
1,765
669
4,404
2,936
+4607
10Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
28,590
1,206
34.8
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
41,912
13,098
3,026
739
2,732
3,309
4,146
+4889
11Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
28,289
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
43,514
7,808
3,422
1,223
644
3,052
3,543
+1528
12Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
27,311
1,303
21.0
8.4
0.0
4.1
6.1
67.0
13Moses Malone
M. Malone
27,310
1,301
21.0
12.4
7.2
14.7
49.1
0.0
6.5
8.5
77.0
56.9
16,136
14Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
26,906
1,282
33.2
21.0
7.0
8.0
1.6
0.3
7.6
17.2
43.9
1.1
3.7
30.8
4.7
6.1
77.1
52.7
1.6
5.4
3.9
42,511
8,952
10,234
2,019
414
4,983
3,270
+2741
15Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
26,770
1,209
36.1
22.1
11.3
2.5
1.8
3.1
8.8
17.2
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.3
4.5
6.3
71.2
55.4
3.3
7.9
3.0
43,692
13,606
3,033
2,139
3,793
3,634
4,319
+492
16Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
26,714
1,040
25.7
0.1
9.1
7.4
8.8
83.8
4
17Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
26,532
1,047
36.2
25.3
6.8
2.5
9.5
20.5
46.2
0.7
5.7
7.1
81.2
53.7
37,861
7,098
2,659
2,042
-402
18John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
26,396
1,270
20.8
8.3
4.2
5.2
81.5
19Stephen Curry
S. Curry
26,333
1,061
34.0
24.8
4.7
6.3
1.5
0.3
8.4
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.4
42.2
4.0
4.3
91.2
62.5
0.6
4.0
3.1
36,082
4,949
6,717
1,591
280
3,285
2,380
+6236
20Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
26,316
1,318
34.6
20.0
5.7
3.6
1.3
0.6
6.6
14.7
44.5
1.6
4.4
36.9
5.2
6.5
80.7
56.8
0.8
4.8
2.7
45,602
7,479
4,698
1,748
740
3,516
3,603
+3317
21DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
26,140
1,232
34.7
21.2
4.3
4.1
1.0
0.3
7.6
16.2
47.0
0.5
1.7
30.3
5.5
6.5
84.3
55.8
0.7
3.6
2.0
42,738
5,355
5,047
1,233
404
2,429
2,753
-144
22Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
25,974
1,331
34.4
19.5
11.0
3.1
0.7
2.2
7.6
14.9
50.6
0.0
0.1
18.1
4.4
6.3
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.2
2.5
45,832
14,644
4,062
978
2,942
3,291
3,179
+8484
23Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
25,949
1,424
35.0
18.2
10.2
3.8
1.3
1.4
7.3
14.8
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.6
3.4
4.3
79.0
54.6
2.2
7.9
2.2
49,863
14,512
5,383
1,831
2,027
3,163
3,491
+4857
24Alex English
A. English
25,613
1,193
21.5
8.9
0.0
3.6
4.3
83.2
25Jerry West
J. West
25,196
932
27.0
9.7
7.7
9.4
81.4

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.9

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

8.7

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

6.9

Garland

Darius Garland
Team Rankings

ORTG

117.0

10th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

1.9

11th

3P%

35.4

17th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
3
26
18
.591
7.0
4
27
19
.587
7.0
5
Cavaliers Cavaliers
25
20
.556
8.5
6
23
19
.548
9.0
7
23
19
.548
9.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
1/23
@
7:30 PM
Sat
1/24
@
7:00 PM
Mon
1/26
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/28
@
7:00 PM
Fri
1/30
@
9:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Cavaliers

25 - 20

94

Final

87

CHA Hornets

16 - 28

Wed 21 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
32
10
.762
2
27
16
.628
5.5
3
26
18
.591
7.0
4
27
19
.587
7.0
5
25
20
.556
8.5
6
23
19
.548
9.0
7
23
19
.548
9.0
8
23
21
.523
10.0
9
21
22
.488
11.5
10
21
25
.457
13.0
11
18
25
.419
14.5
12
16
28
.364
17.0
13
12
30
.286
20.0
14
10
32
.238
22.0
15
10
35
.222
23.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
37
8
.822
2
30
14
.682
6.5
3
29
15
.659
7.5
4
26
15
.634
9.0
5
26
16
.619
9.5
6
27
17
.614
9.5
7
27
17
.614
9.5
8
25
20
.556
12.0
9
22
22
.500
14.5
10
19
24
.442
17.0
11
18
24
.429
17.5
12
18
26
.409
18.5
13
15
29
.341
21.5
14
12
33
.267
25.0
15
10
36
.217
27.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
12/25
@
129-131
Thu
12/25
@
119-103
Fri
12/26
@
107-113
Fri
12/26
@
126-127
Fri
12/26
@
123-114

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
1/22
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/22
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/22
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/22
@
7:30 PM
Thu
1/22
@
8:00 PM