most career points in nba including playoffs

LeBron James has scored the most career points in the regular-season and playoffs, with 51,961 points.

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most career points by a player in NBA 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	51,961	1,924	38.2	27.0	7.7	7.4	1.5	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.5	1.6	4.7	34.6	5.6	7.6	73.8	58.9	1.2	6.5	3.5	73,477	14,790	14,184	2,923	1,472	6,735	3,541	+8742
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	37,605	1,372	37.2	27.4	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.9	50.0	2.0	5.2	38.6	6.5	7.4	88.0	61.9	0.7	6.3	3.2	51,010	9,587	5,993	1,408	1,549	4,358	2,710	+5713
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	33,530	1,409	35.0	23.8	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.0	16.1	43.7	2.7	7.6	36.0	7.0	8.1	86.3	60.5	0.7	4.8	3.7	49,283	7,834	10,088	2,103	792	5,168	3,546	+5011
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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30,675	1,224	34.4	25.1	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.5	18.1	46.9	4.0	9.6	41.8	4.0	4.5	90.9	62.3	0.7	4.1	3.1	42,075	5,801	7,696	1,833	332	3,824	2,773	+7237
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	30,211	1,436	33.3	21.0	6.9	7.9	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.4	43.5	1.2	3.8	30.7	4.8	6.1	77.6	52.4	1.6	5.3	3.9	47,812	9,930	11,306	2,261	460	5,539	3,695	+2589
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
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	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	28,086	1,327	34.7	21.2	4.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.2	46.8	0.5	1.7	29.7	5.5	6.5	84.4	55.5	0.7	3.6	2.0	46,003	5,730	5,417	1,322	430	2,619	2,973	-757

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.9

Mitchell

RPG

8.4

Mobley

APG

6.0

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 5/21	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Sat 5/23	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Mon 5/25	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Wed 5/27	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Fri 5/29	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

0 - 1

104

Final

115

Knicks

1 - 0

Tue 19 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.4

Brunson

28.1

Cunningham

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.9

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.8

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

124.5

124.1

117.3

113.7

113.2

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.4

104.8

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.0

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

19.3

14.5

13.8

3.0

1.7

0.8

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

627.9

Cunningham

598.7

Mobley

581.1

Mitchell

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

604.5

Mitchell

590.5

Mobley

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.68

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.66

Wembanyama

1.58

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

56-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-56

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0