Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has posted the most career points by a player older than 38, with 3,279 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player after 38 year old in NBA

	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3,279	232	27.8	14.1	5.8	1.8	0.6	1.2	5.8	11.0	53.0	0.0	0.0	14.3	2.5	3.3	73.6	56.6	1.6	4.1	1.9	6,444	1,335	412	135	274	440	657
2	LeBron James L. James	2,936	120	35.3	24.5	7.4	8.4	1.0	0.5	9.3	17.9	52.0	2.0	5.3	38.3	3.8	5.0	76.3	60.8	0.9	6.5	3.5	4,232	891	1,010	123	62	424	160	+87
3	Robert Parish R. Parish	2,700	351	19.9	7.7	5.8	0.7	0.4	0.9	3.2	6.4	49.6	0.0	0.0		1.3	1.8	70.9	53.1	1.7	4.0	1.1	6,977	2,024	238	153	312	372	643	+105
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,221	123	35.0	18.1	8.1	4.4	1.5	0.4	6.4	13.7	46.7	0.0	0.1	20.0	5.2	6.9	75.9	53.9	1.4	6.7	2.5	4,309	995	542	186	51	313	320	+391
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	2,148	178	29.3	12.1	2.8	7.9	1.7	0.2	4.3	8.6	50.3	0.3	1.0	34.1	3.1	3.7	84.2	59.2	0.7	2.1	2.4	5,217	497	1,402	306	43	428	424	+469
6	Vince Carter V. Carter	2,058	299	19.0	6.9	2.6	1.2	0.7	0.4	2.4	6.0	39.9	1.3	3.6	36.5	0.8	1.0	76.8	53.6	0.4	2.2	0.6	5,678	792	373	195	121	190	546	-215
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1,800	93	35.7	19.4	5.8	3.9	1.5	0.4	8.0	18.1	44.1	0.2	0.7	29.5	3.2	3.9	81.7	48.8	0.8	5.0	2.1	3,318	538	364	135	40	198	189	-23
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,300	128	21.1	10.2	4.7	1.2	0.4	0.5	3.8	8.9	42.4	1.6	4.2	37.3	1.1	1.2	86.1	54.0	0.2	4.4	0.5	2,696	596	155	52	63	69	222	-122
9	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	1,093	134	19.3	8.2	2.2	2.6	0.9	0.2	2.8	6.7	41.2	1.1	3.1	36.5	1.5	1.8	82.4	54.3	0.4	1.9	1.5	2,590	299	346	125	32	201	245	+330
10	Reggie Miller R. Miller	974	66	31.9	14.8	2.4	2.2	0.8	0.1	4.8	10.9	43.7	1.5	4.5	32.2	3.8	4.1	93.3	58.2	0.3	2.1	1.2	2,105	156	146	50	5	77	109	+232
11	Kevin Willis K. Willis	875	205	12.0	4.3	3.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	1.7	3.9	45.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.1	67.9	48.8	1.2	2.2	0.7	2,465	707	59	76	60	150	343	-367
12	Chris Paul C. Paul	770	98	25.7	7.9	3.3	6.7	1.2	0.2	2.7	6.5	41.8	1.5	4.1	37.4	0.9	1.0	91.5	56.6	0.4	2.9	1.5	2,520	324	658	114	22	145	174	-80
13	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	653	111	21.3	5.9	3.0	1.0	0.4	0.5	2.4	5.7	41.5	0.7	1.9	36.1	0.5	0.9	56.8	48.5	0.7	2.3	0.7	2,364	328	115	49	53	79	259	-173
14	Grant Hill G. Hill	592	78	23.3	7.6	2.8	1.7	0.7	0.5	3.1	7.0	43.5	0.2	0.8	26.6	1.2	1.7	72.9	48.7	0.4	2.4	1.2	1,814	220	133	52	36	90	127	+110
15	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	544	87	27.4	6.3	4.3	3.6	1.6	0.3	2.1	5.5	37.9	1.6	4.4	36.2	0.5	0.6	78.6	54.2	0.6	3.7	1.1	2,384	376	310	139	30	96	146	+153
16	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	533	187	15.8	2.9	5.5	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.0	1.8	53.7	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.2	72.0	60.1	1.8	3.6	0.5	2,959	1,026	22	50	192	96	350	+65
17	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	522	61	25.2	8.6	7.3	2.7	0.8	1.3	3.5	7.2	48.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.1	70.2	52.3	1.9	5.4	1.5	1,536	447	163	47	78	90	125	+426
18	Jason Terry J. Terry	473	125	17.4	3.8	1.2	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.3	3.2	41.3	0.9	2.3	39.5	0.3	0.3	84.2	57.2	0.2	1.1	0.5	2,179	154	157	88	33	61	147	+127
19	Steve Nash S. Nash	441	40	27.5	11.0	2.4	5.6	0.5	0.1	4.0	8.9	45.1	0.9	2.3	41.1	2.1	2.3	93.3	55.9	0.4	2.0	2.3	1,102	95	225	20	3	92	53	-40
20	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	425	81	17.6	5.2	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.0	1.7	4.5	39.1	1.1	2.8	38.4	0.7	0.9	77.5	54.2	0.1	1.4	0.6	1,428	122	117	70	3	49	157	+236
21	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	390	65	13.9	6.0	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.3	5.1	44.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.1	70.1	49.7	0.9	3.1	1.0	901	263	35	22	45	65	129	-20
22	Johnny Green J. Green	326	41		8.0	6.0	1.0			3.3	5.5	59.6				1.4	2.1	67.4	62.0					248	42				119
23	Kurt Thomas K. Thomas	257	92	13.0	2.8	3.0	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.3	2.6	49.2	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.2	0.4	60.6	50.5	0.7	2.3	0.4	1,195	277	67	34	47	39	175	-3
24	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	242	64	15.6	3.8	2.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.3	3.5	38.1	0.6	1.7	34.5	0.5	0.6	84.2	49.9	0.5	2.1	0.3	999	168	41	33	18	19	61	+39
25	Andre Miller A. Miller	211	54	13.5	3.9	1.4	2.7	0.4	0.1	1.6	3.0	52.5	0.1	0.3	23.5	0.7	1.0	75.0	57.7	0.3	1.1	1.1	730	73	144	21	4	60	68	+17