Wilt Chamberlain dropped the most points by a player before his 9th season, with 23,442 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player before 9 season

	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	23,442	624	46.8	37.6	24.8	4.0			15.2	29.2	52.2				7.1	13.3	53.7	53.6				29,208	15,448	2,480				1,181
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	19,000	589	38.7	32.3	6.3	6.0	2.7	1.1	12.0	23.2	51.9	0.3	1.2	28.4	7.8	9.3	84.7	59.2	1.7	4.6	3.1	22,775	3,697	3,507	1,594	623	1,799	1,756
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	18,638	631	41.8	29.5	15.3	4.3	1.3	3.5	12.2	22.3	54.8				5.1	7.3	69.7	57.9	3.3	11.4		26,349	9,634	2,740	397	1,094		1,987
4	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	18,306	604	44.3	30.3	9.0	10.6			10.6	21.8	48.7				9.1	10.8	83.9	57.0				26,762	5,456	6,401				1,907
5	George Gervin G. Gervin	17,859	637	35.1	28.0	5.0	3.0	1.3	0.9	10.9	21.1	51.4	0.2	0.6	31.7	6.2	7.3	84.1	57.5	1.6	3.3	3.2	22,380	3,158	1,892	826	599	1,778	1,913
6	LeBron James L. James	17,362	627	40.1	27.7	7.1	7.0	1.7	0.8	9.8	20.6	47.9	1.4	4.2	32.9	6.6	8.9	74.4	56.6	1.2	5.9	3.3	25,171	4,451	4,364	1,079	532	2,086	1,233	+2936
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	16,987	652	37.2	26.1	10.9	2.8	1.4	0.8	9.6	18.2	52.8	0.0	0.2	25.8	6.8	9.4	72.2	58.4	2.9	8.0	3.3	24,233	7,118	1,857	912	489	2,162	2,214
8	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	16,695	639	36.8	26.1	6.7	2.4	1.5	0.7	10.0	21.3	46.9	0.3	1.1	28.3	5.8	7.2	80.4	53.4	2.9	3.8	2.6	23,532	4,305	1,557	937	450	1,659	1,337
9	Rick Barry R. Barry	16,447	642	38.1	25.6	7.3	5.1	2.3	0.5	10.1	22.4	44.9				5.5	6.1	89.6	51.0	1.0	4.8	2.7	24,443	4,655	3,247	929	203	224	1,887
10	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	15,980	558	40.4	28.6	14.7	4.2			10.6	25.1	42.4				7.4	9.4	78.0	48.9				22,555	8,192	2,360				1,791
11	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	15,920	652	42.7	24.4	15.1	2.1	1.4	2.6	9.8	22.3	44.2				4.7	7.0	67.5	48.1	3.2	10.5		27,843	9,873	1,348	348	629		2,009
12	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	15,627	583	39.3	26.8	11.8	2.9	1.2	1.9	10.6	20.9	50.6	0.1	0.4	12.5	5.7	7.5	75.4	55.5	3.0	9.3	4.1	22,922	6,888	1,674	602	937	801	2,010
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	15,537	569	38.0	27.3	6.9	3.5	1.2	1.0	9.2	19.1	48.1	1.7	4.4	37.9	7.3	8.3	88.1	60.1	0.8	6.1	3.2	21,630	3,929	2,002	705	554	1,833	1,076	+1317
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	15,508	635	38.4	24.4	10.4	6.1	1.8	0.9	9.7	19.3	50.0	0.6	1.5	36.8	4.6	5.2	87.4	56.5	2.3	8.1	3.2	24,406	6,579	3,900	1,169	541	2,037	1,731
15	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	15,325	583	38.7	26.3	16.8	3.0			9.2	21.4	43.1				7.8	10.4	75.2	50.5				22,550	9,813	1,737				1,780
16	Jerry West J. West	15,255	551	39.6	27.7	6.8	5.5			9.8	20.9	46.8				8.1	10.0	80.9	54.7				21,826	3,724	3,046				1,512
17	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	15,086	648	39.4	23.3	15.0	2.4			8.8	17.0	51.8				5.7	8.7	65.4	55.9				25,561	9,716	1,541				2,272
18	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	14,887	615	36.4	24.2	4.2	6.5	1.0	0.3	8.0	18.2	43.7	2.9	7.7	37.3	5.4	6.1	88.9	57.9	0.6	3.6	2.8	22,380	2,573	4,009	603	193	1,709	1,229	+1700
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	14,687	534	37.7	27.5	12.4	2.7	0.7	2.7	11.0	19.1	57.7	0.0	0.0	5.9	5.4	10.1	53.4	58.3	4.0	8.3	2.9	20,148	6,615	1,430	400	1,436	1,554	1,836	+1848
20	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	14,681	591	36.4	24.8	6.3	3.1	1.1	0.5	8.9	19.3	45.9	0.8	2.4	32.0	6.3	7.9	80.6	54.5	1.9	4.4	3.0	21,498	3,747	1,810	659	275	1,790	1,783	+1262
21	Moses Malone M. Malone	14,636	615	37.9	23.8	14.8	1.5	1.0	1.7	8.5	16.7	50.9	0.0	0.1	5.0	6.8	9.1	74.1	57.4	6.2	8.6	3.7	23,321	9,104	894	593	1,025	1,962	1,712
22	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	14,488	602	33.6	24.1	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.1	49.2	0.4	1.4	30.4	4.9	6.5	74.2	54.7	2.2	3.5	3.0	20,222	3,395	2,252	518	231	1,814	1,819
23	Julius Erving J. Erving	14,458	624	34.9	23.2	7.3	4.1	1.9	1.6	9.1	17.8	51.4	0.1	0.2	26.0	4.8	6.3	77.5	56.4	2.6	4.7	3.2	21,750	4,553	2,552	1,184	1,008	1,743	1,754
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	14,436	535	41.4	27.0	4.1	5.7	2.4	0.2	9.5	22.9	41.7	1.3	4.2	31.0	6.6	8.7	75.8	50.5	1.0	3.1	3.6	22,164	2,175	3,046	1,273	112	1,947	1,178	+526
25	David Robinson D. Robinson	14,366	563	37.9	25.5	11.7	3.1	1.7	3.6	9.0	17.2	52.5	0.0	0.2	26.1	7.4	9.9	74.6	59.2	3.4	8.3	2.9	21,353	6,614	1,726	940	2,012	1,634	1,710	+21