most nba points made by a player including playoffs

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

Interpreted as:
most NBA points field goal made by a player including playoffs
NAMEPTSFGMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
51,961
19,016
1,924
38.2
27.0
7.7
7.4
1.5
0.8
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
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
44,149
18,193
1,797
36.9
24.6
11.1
3.6
0.9
2.6
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
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
41,689
15,271
1,669
37.6
25.0
10.2
3.5
1.4
0.8
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
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
39,283
13,733
1,566
36.6
25.1
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
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
5Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
38,279
14,380
1,251
38.8
30.6
6.3
5.3
2.3
0.8
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
6Kevin Durant
K. Durant
37,605
12,949
1,372
37.2
27.4
7.0
4.4
1.0
1.1
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
7Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
35,223
12,389
1,667
34.4
21.1
7.8
2.4
0.8
0.8
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
8Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
35,026
14,106
1,205
46.0
29.1
23.1
4.4
21.8
53.8
5.7
11.2
50.5
54.5
55,418
27,837
5,316
2,487
9Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
33,846
13,371
1,423
35.1
23.8
11.0
2.5
0.6
2.2
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
10James Harden
J. Harden
33,579
9,936
1,412
35.0
23.8
5.6
7.2
1.5
0.6
16.1
43.7
2.7
7.6
36.0
7.0
8.1
86.3
60.5
0.7
4.8
3.7
49,389
7,849
10,097
2,107
793
5,179
3,552
+4962
11Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
31,668
12,260
1,643
34.5
19.3
10.9
3.0
0.7
2.2
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
12Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
30,701
12,253
1,383
36.1
22.2
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
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
13Stephen Curry
S. Curry
30,675
10,410
1,224
34.4
25.1
4.7
6.3
1.5
0.3
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
14Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
30,211
10,842
1,436
33.3
21.0
6.9
7.9
1.6
0.3
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
15Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
30,203
10,788
1,343
34.7
22.5
6.2
2.7
1.0
0.5
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
16John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
30,171
11,964
1,442
37.0
20.9
6.4
4.8
1.2
0.3
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
17Jerry West
J. West
29,649
10,638
1,085
39.5
27.3
5.7
6.6
2.5
0.7
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
18Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
29,577
9,690
1,513
34.4
19.5
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
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
19Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
29,507
11,859
1,399
38.7
21.1
12.5
1.8
1.0
2.0
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
20Moses Malone
M. Malone
29,486
10,185
1,423
34.3
20.7
12.3
1.4
0.8
1.3
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
21Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
28,672
11,564
1,605
34.7
17.9
10.1
3.7
1.3
1.4
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
22Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
28,620
10,183
1,126
42.2
25.4
7.4
9.5
1.1
0.1
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
23Reggie Miller
R. Miller
28,251
9,182
1,533
34.5
18.4
3.0
2.9
1.1
0.2
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
24Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
28,091
10,478
1,130
35.7
24.9
6.7
2.5
1.3
0.6
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
25DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
28,086
10,057
1,327
34.7
21.2
4.3
4.1
1.0
0.3
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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