LeBron James has posted the most career points by a player younger than 40, with 41,131 points.

Interpreted as:

most career points by a player before the age of 40

	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	41,131	1,520	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	58.9	1.2	6.3	3.5	57,578	11,405	11,261	2,298	1,128	5,319	2,719	+7340
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36,446	1,404		26.0	11.8				10.7			0.0	0.0	7.7	4.5	6.3	72.0						16,616
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,374	1,434	37.3	25.4	10.2	3.5	1.4	0.8	9.3	18.0	51.7	0.1	0.2	27.5	6.7	9.0	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	53,481	14,601	5,085	2,037	1,125	4,421	4,461	+2791
4	Kobe 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
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31,621	1,042	38.2	30.3	6.2	5.3	2.4	0.8	11.4	23.0	49.8	0.6	1.7	32.8	6.9	8.3	83.5	57.0	1.6	4.6	2.7	39,813	6,457	5,530	2,476	878	2,858	2,724	+1478
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31,422	1,045		30.1	22.9				12.1						5.8	11.4	51.1						23,922
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,187	1,471	34.4	21.2	7.7	2.5	0.8	0.9	7.5	15.9	47.2	1.3	3.4	38.3	4.9	5.6	87.9	57.8	1.0	6.7	1.7	50,574	11,331	3,616	1,201	1,263	2,476	3,525	+6608
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31,024	1,141	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	1.9	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,875	7,918	4,979	1,192	1,285	3,606	2,183	+4911
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,596	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	41,918	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
10	Carmelo 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
11	James Harden J. Harden	28,269	1,173	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	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,783	6,593	8,500	1,738	664	4,347	2,902	+4543
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,405	1,329		20.6	12.2				7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0			6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9					16,212
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27,311	1,303		21.0					8.4			0.0			4.1	6.1	67.0
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,946	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	44,222	13,747	3,058	2,163	3,825	3,668	4,381	+564
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	26,714	1,040		25.7				0.1	9.1						7.4	8.8	83.8									4
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,666	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5			9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7			5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6				38,113	7,169	2,675				2,061	-392
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26,502	1,259	33.2	21.1	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.7	4.8	6.2	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,790	8,831	10,076	1,982	409	4,900	3,209	+2880
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,496	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	47,369	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,397	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	45,880	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
20	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,396	1,270		20.8					8.3						4.2	5.2	81.5
21	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26,071	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	50,418	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,832	1,042	34.0	24.8	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.2	62.5	0.6	4.0	3.1	35,472	4,878	6,604	1,574	274	3,237	2,345	+6205
23	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,690	1,209	34.7	21.2	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.2	47.0	0.5	1.7	30.2	5.5	6.5	84.3	55.7	0.7	3.7	2.0	41,946	5,272	4,944	1,198	397	2,404	2,704	+11
24	Alex English A. English	25,613	1,193		21.5					8.9			0.0			3.6	4.3	83.2
25	Reggie Miller R. Miller	25,279	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	47,619	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	2,730	+2015