LeBron James has posted the most career points by a player younger than 26, with 16,081 points.

Interpreted as:

most career points by a player before the age of 26

	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	16,081	582	40.2	27.6	7.0	7.0	1.7	0.9	9.8	20.6	47.5	1.4	4.2	33.1	6.7	8.9	74.4	56.3	1.2	5.8	3.3	23,378	4,089	4,057	1,003	496	1,929	1,144	+2601
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	14,851	542	38.2	27.4	6.9	3.5	1.3	1.0	9.2	19.2	47.9	1.6	4.4	37.7	7.4	8.4	88.2	60.0	0.8	6.1	3.2	20,717	3,751	1,892	681	529	1,759	1,036	+1149
3	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	12,711	514	36.5	24.7	6.2	3.1	1.1	0.4	8.9	19.3	45.9	0.7	2.3	30.8	6.3	7.9	80.1	54.4	2.0	4.2	3.1	18,747	3,184	1,589	591	229	1,584	1,559	+1076
4	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	12,423	565	34.6	22.0	6.4	4.3	1.4	1.1	8.0	18.0	44.4	1.2	3.5	34.8	4.8	6.3	75.9	53.0	1.8	4.5	2.2	19,557	3,599	2,455	778	622	1,268	1,132	+461
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12,215	561	34.4	21.8	5.0	4.3	1.5	0.6	7.7	16.9	45.4	0.9	2.6	33.1	5.5	6.6	83.4	54.8	1.3	3.8	2.7	19,273	2,817	2,390	826	348	1,510	1,499	+2329
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	12,205	428	34.8	28.5	8.7	8.2	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.7	46.8	3.0	8.7	34.6	6.1	8.2	74.8	58.7	1.0	7.7	4.0	14,908	3,713	3,529	520	195	1,691	977	+1097
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	11,381	495	34.2	23.0	7.2	3.5	1.1	0.7	8.0	17.4	46.1	2.5	6.7	37.4	4.4	5.3	84.4	58.2	0.9	6.3	2.3	16,925	3,546	1,719	545	336	1,134	1,043	+2992
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	11,363	482	33.7	23.6	3.9	4.7	0.8	0.3	8.2	18.0	45.7	2.1	5.7	35.8	5.0	5.8	87.0	57.3	0.5	3.4	3.1	16,259	1,882	2,255	403	129	1,507	1,418	-291
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	10,991	462	34.6	23.8	10.5	2.1	1.4	2.4	8.9	17.3	51.7	0.4	1.2	31.5	5.5	7.0	79.6	58.5	2.6	8.0	1.9	15,988	4,867	974	634	1,116	861	1,102	+298
10	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	10,821	386		28.0					11.0						6.0	7.7	77.6
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10,602	528	32.5	20.1	8.9	4.3	1.2	1.3	7.3	13.9	52.6	0.6	2.1	28.4	4.8	6.7	72.2	59.5	1.7	7.2	2.8	17,137	4,700	2,275	620	692	1,458	1,589	+1194
12	Trae Young T. Young	10,379	407	34.1	25.5	3.6	9.5	1.0	0.2	8.1	18.6	43.6	2.6	7.3	35.5	6.7	7.7	87.3	58.1	0.6	2.9	4.2	13,882	1,451	3,868	414	62	1,696	696	-155
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	10,324	382	37.6	27.0	12.4	2.5	0.8	2.8	10.8	18.8	57.7	0.0	0.0	6.7	5.3	10.0	53.4	58.3	4.1	8.3	3.0	14,376	4,749	968	316	1,065	1,134	1,354	+616
14	Dwight Howard D. Howard	10,322	567	36.0	18.2	12.9	1.5	1.0	2.2	6.4	11.0	57.8	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.4	9.1	59.8	60.5	3.6	9.2	3.1	20,401	7,287	831	545	1,228	1,755	1,843	+2093
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	10,288	312	38.9	33.0	6.0	5.5	2.8	1.2	12.1	23.6	51.3	0.2	0.8	19.0	8.6	10.2	84.6	58.7	1.9	4.1	3.3	12,150	1,858	1,726	884	382	1,021	987
16	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	10,090	501	37.0	20.1	9.4	2.2	0.8	1.2	7.1	14.4	49.1	0.1	0.3	29.9	5.9	7.4	79.6	57.0	2.7	6.7	2.2	18,535	4,702	1,093	388	592	1,108	1,312	+213
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	10,071	321		31.4	15.8				12.9						5.6	8.1	68.3						5,072
18	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	9,994	529	37.6	18.9	9.9	4.1	1.4	1.7	7.7	15.9	48.4	0.2	0.6	31.3	3.3	4.3	75.7	53.0	2.7	7.2	2.5	19,910	5,252	2,155	735	924	1,339	1,357	+1227
19	John Drew J. Drew	9,869	458		21.5					7.8			0.0			5.9	8.0	73.8
20	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	9,830	471	38.1	20.9	8.3	2.9	1.1	1.0	7.5	16.1	46.5	0.2	0.8	29.9	5.7	7.1	80.1	54.3	2.5	5.8	3.1	17,940	3,911	1,378	533	466	1,450	1,295	-2383
21	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	9,827	474	36.8	20.7	3.8	10.3			7.9	17.0	46.2	0.3			4.7	6.2	75.3	52.5				17,423	1,821	4,879				1,678
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	9,769	231	47.6	42.3	26.6				16.9	34.3	49.3				8.4	14.7	57.1	51.8				10,994	6,142					403
23	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	9,754	426	37.6	22.9	4.2	5.5	1.8	0.2	7.4	17.3	42.7	2.1	5.9	35.8	6.0	7.5	80.9	55.7	0.9	3.3	3.3	16,003	1,803	2,348	752	102	1,427	1,353	+79
24	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	9,707	323		30.1					10.5						9.0	10.9	82.3											1,088
25	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	9,698	441	33.9	22.0	3.4	5.5	1.3	0.3	8.0	17.4	46.2	2.0	5.2	38.8	3.9	4.5	87.5	56.8	0.7	2.7	2.7	14,955	1,517	2,421	569	143	1,170	951	+664