Before 2014-15, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dropped the most points, with 38,387 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player before 2015

	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	38,387	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,928	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32,292	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31,700	1,245	36.6	25.5	5.3	4.8	1.5	0.5	8.9	19.6	45.4	1.3	3.9	33.5	6.4	7.6	83.8	55.5	1.2	4.2	3.0	45,567	6,601	5,925	1,835	620	3,753	3,173	+5019
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31,419	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				47,859	23,924	4,643				2,075
6	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
7	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,409	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
8	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27,313	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.4	18.6	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	49.1	3.1	7.8	2.4	50,000	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
9	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	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	26,786	1,188	35.9	22.5	8.1	2.6	0.9	0.9	7.9	16.6	47.6	1.2	3.2	38.3	5.5	6.2	87.9	58.2	1.1	7.0	1.9	42,603	9,594	3,139	1,037	1,095	2,208	2,945	+6180
11	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	26,710	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,668	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
13	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,395	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.8	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	46,471	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
14	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	25,626	1,377	35.5	18.6	10.3	3.9	1.3	1.5	7.5	15.0	49.7	0.1	0.5	27.7	3.5	4.4	79.0	54.7	2.3	8.0	2.3	48,910	14,201	5,306	1,785	2,010	3,117	3,382	+4878
15	Alex English A. English	25,613	1,193	31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	8.9	17.6	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	55.0	2.3	3.2	2.5	38,063	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027
16	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
17	Jerry West J. West	25,192	932	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	2.8		36,571	5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	25,031	1,177	36.1	21.3	5.9	3.8	1.4	0.6	7.0	15.6	44.7	1.6	4.4	37.0	5.7	7.0	80.7	56.9	0.9	5.1	2.9	42,458	6,999	4,483	1,669	699	3,366	3,314	+3099
19	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24,904	1,254	34.8	19.9	11.1	3.1	0.7	2.2	7.7	15.2	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.6	4.4	6.4	69.4	55.1	2.9	8.3	2.5	43,605	13,940	3,832	915	2,791	3,160	3,014	+8179
20	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24,815	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	40,594	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	4,034	+412
21	Ray Allen R. Allen	24,505	1,300	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	6.6	14.6	45.2	2.3	5.7	40.0	3.4	3.8	89.4	58.0	0.9	3.1	2.1	46,344	5,272	4,361	1,451	244	2,709	2,858	+3491
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	24,368	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
23	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23,757	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
24	Robert Parish R. Parish	23,334	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	6.3	2.1	45,704	14,715	2,180	1,219	2,361	3,183	4,443	+105
25	Vince Carter V. Carter	23,190	1,148	34.2	20.2	4.9	3.7	1.1	0.6	7.3	16.6	44.2	1.6	4.2	37.8	4.0	5.0	79.9	53.8	1.3	3.6	2.0	39,240	5,634	4,242	1,280	744	2,345	3,302	+2032