LeBron James has put up the most career points by an active player, with 40,474 points.

most career points by an active player in the nba

NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
LeBron James	40,474	1,492	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.6	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	56,598	11,185	11,009	2,275	1,111	5,211	2,682	+7443
Kevin Durant	28,924	1,061	36.7	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	3.2	9.4	18.7	50.1	1.9	4.9	38.7	6.6	7.5	88.4	38,972	7,454	4,645	1,123	1,196	3,363	2,033	+4774
James Harden	25,885	1,072	34.7	24.1	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	3.7	7.1	16.2	44.1	2.7	7.5	36.4	7.1	8.3	86.1	37,222	6,017	7,629	1,597	600	3,919	2,695	+4263
Russell Westbrook	25,211	1,162	33.6	21.7	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	3.9	7.8	17.8	43.8	1.1	3.6	30.4	5.0	6.5	77.6	39,080	8,307	9,468	1,849	369	4,587	2,969	+3061
Stephen Curry	23,668	956	34.2	24.8	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.2	3.1	8.5	17.9	47.3	3.9	9.2	42.6	3.9	4.3	91.0	32,724	4,509	6,119	1,473	235	2,987	2,215	+5878
DeMar DeRozan	23,582	1,110	34.7	21.2	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	2.0	7.6	16.2	46.9	0.5	1.6	29.6	5.6	6.6	84.1	38,462	4,910	4,527	1,108	361	2,274	2,509	+94
Chris Paul	22,288	1,272	34.1	17.5	4.5	9.4	2.1	0.2	2.3	6.2	13.2	47.1	1.4	3.7	36.9	3.8	4.3	87.0	43,316	5,682	11,894	2,614	200	2,964	3,034	+6111
Damian Lillard	21,151	842	36.2	25.1	4.2	6.7	1.0	0.3	2.8	8.1	18.5	43.8	3.1	8.4	37.1	5.8	6.5	89.7	30,522	3,573	5,659	804	257	2,379	1,611	+2362
Giannis Antetokounmpo	18,502	792	32.8	23.4	9.8	4.9	1.1	1.2	3.0	8.5	15.6	54.5	0.7	2.3	28.6	5.7	8.1	70.2	25,945	7,732	3,855	903	986	2,380	2,376	+2682
Paul George	18,032	867	33.7	20.8	6.3	3.7	1.7	0.4	2.7	7.1	16.1	44.0	2.6	6.8	38.5	4.0	4.7	85.4	29,182	5,465	3,191	1,464	381	2,317	2,317	+3467
Anthony Davis	17,717	736	34.5	24.1	10.6	2.5	1.3	2.3	2.0	9.0	17.2	52.3	0.5	1.6	29.7	5.6	7.0	79.5	25,376	7,826	1,828	974	1,705	1,460	1,742	+904
Rudy Gay	17,642	1,120	30.9	15.8	5.6	2.0	1.1	0.7	2.0	6.0	13.2	45.2	1.1	3.1	34.6	2.8	3.5	79.9	34,561	6,283	2,280	1,231	798	2,245	2,524	-142
Kyrie Irving	17,199	729	34.4	23.6	4.0	5.7	1.3	0.4	2.5	8.7	18.3	47.4	2.4	6.0	39.3	3.8	4.3	88.6	25,075	2,933	4,134	956	314	1,831	1,669	+1838
Brook Lopez	16,476	1,025	30.2	16.1	6.2	1.4	0.6	1.9	1.6	6.1	12.4	49.6	0.9	2.6	34.9	2.9	3.6	79.6	30,976	6,336	1,471	583	1,912	1,667	2,697	+853
Bradley Beal	16,355	748	34.6	21.9	4.1	4.3	1.1	0.4	2.5	8.0	17.3	46.3	2.2	5.8	37.5	3.7	4.5	82.2	25,858	3,068	3,237	824	311	1,839	1,669	+433
Kyle Lowry	16,218	1,138	31.7	14.3	4.3	6.2	1.3	0.3	2.3	4.6	10.8	42.4	1.9	5.2	36.8	3.2	3.9	81.5	36,021	4,894	7,003	1,466	340	2,607	3,099	+2906
Mike Conley	15,888	1,101	31.6	14.4	3.0	5.7	1.4	0.2	1.9	5.1	11.6	43.9	1.6	4.2	38.7	2.6	3.2	82.3	34,840	3,272	6,306	1,524	228	2,105	2,159	+2448
Jrue Holiday	15,736	975	33.1	16.1	4.2	6.4	1.4	0.5	2.7	6.3	13.7	46.3	1.5	4.1	37.1	2.0	2.5	78.4	32,263	4,075	6,201	1,406	508	2,596	2,095	+2582
Klay Thompson	15,531	793	32.6	19.6	3.5	2.3	0.9	0.5	1.7	7.3	16.1	45.3	3.1	7.6	41.3	1.8	2.1	85.8	25,842	2,795	1,843	676	413	1,336	1,624	+3914
Nikola Vucevic	15,370	899	31.4	17.1	10.5	2.8	0.8	0.9	1.7	7.3	14.8	49.5	0.9	2.5	34.1	1.6	2.1	76.8	28,237	9,435	2,556	760	792	1,550	2,194	-1368
Kevin Love	15,299	929	29.3	16.5	10.1	2.3	0.6	0.4	1.8	5.4	12.3	43.9	1.8	4.8	36.9	3.9	4.7	82.9	27,254	9,403	2,150	562	364	1,665	1,820	+776
Jimmy Butler	14,934	814	33.2	18.3	5.3	4.3	1.6	0.4	1.6	6.0	12.7	47.0	0.8	2.4	32.9	5.6	6.7	84.4	27,044	4,351	3,474	1,323	361	1,325	1,144	+2247
Tobias Harris	14,602	897	31.7	16.3	6.2	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.4	6.2	13.0	47.8	1.4	3.7	36.8	2.5	2.9	83.5	28,422	5,537	2,131	695	482	1,259	1,788	+410
Devin Booker	14,529	598	34.0	24.3	4.0	5.0	0.9	0.3	3.0	8.5	18.3	46.4	2.1	5.8	35.7	5.2	6.0	87.0	20,354	2,413	2,993	510	174	1,815	1,774	+208
Kemba Walker	14,486	750	33.1	19.3	3.8	5.3	1.2	0.4	2.1	6.7	15.9	41.8	2.2	6.2	36.0	3.8	4.5	84.0	24,810	2,831	3,938	923	282	1,574	1,111	-203