LeBron James has dropped the most career points by a player younger than 37, with 36,038 points.

Interpreted as:

most points before turning 37 years old by a player

	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	36,038	1,334	38.2	27.0	7.4	7.4	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.4	1.5	4.4	34.6	5.8	7.8	73.4	58.7	1.2	6.3	3.5	50,947	9,924	9,858	2,104	1,008	4,678	2,449	+7148
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32,482	1,280	36.5	25.4	5.3	4.8	1.5	0.5	8.8	19.6	45.1	1.3	4.0	33.4	6.4	7.6	83.7	55.3	1.1	4.2	3.0	46,774	6,800	6,122	1,882	627	3,881	3,238	+4724
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31,527	1,170		26.9	12.8				11.1			0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	6.6	71.7						15,006
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31,422	1,045		30.1	22.9				12.1						5.8	11.4	51.1						23,922
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	31,041	1,192	37.4	26.0	10.6	3.4	1.4	0.8	9.6	18.3	52.5	0.1	0.2	26.8	6.8	9.3	73.5	58.3	2.6	8.0	3.1	44,610	12,618	4,004	1,656	973	3,704	3,812	+2188
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30,571	1,123	36.7	27.2	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,235	7,828	4,908	1,173	1,273	3,553	2,137	+4732
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29,277	930	38.6	31.5	6.3	5.4	2.5	0.9	11.8	23.3	50.5	0.6	1.8	33.2	7.3	8.7	83.8	58.0	1.7	4.6	2.8	35,887	5,836	5,012	2,307	827	2,589	2,493	+1416
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	28,119	1,265	35.5	22.2	7.9	2.6	0.9	0.9	7.8	16.5	47.5	1.2	3.3	38.3	5.3	6.1	87.9	58.1	1.1	6.9	1.8	44,886	10,051	3,282	1,076	1,128	2,290	3,105	+6420
9	James Harden J. Harden	27,796	1,156	34.8	24.0	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,175	6,497	8,362	1,722	656	4,280	2,866	+4623
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	27,370	1,191	35.0	23.0	6.3	2.8	1.0	0.5	8.2	18.4	44.7	1.3	3.8	35.3	5.2	6.4	81.4	54.2	1.6	4.7	2.5	41,721	7,520	3,354	1,176	592	2,993	3,377	+1616
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27,270	1,096	35.9	24.9	11.3	2.6	0.6	2.4	9.9	16.9	58.1	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.2	9.8	52.8	58.5	3.7	7.7	2.8	39,313	12,411	2,879	686	2,601	3,106	3,794	+4619
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	26,789	1,231		21.8	12.8				7.5	15.2	49.3	0.0			6.8	8.8	76.9	57.0					15,770
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	26,714	1,040		25.7				0.1	9.1						7.4	8.8	83.8									4
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26,276	1,243	33.2	21.1	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.6	4.8	6.2	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,326	8,706	9,954	1,963	407	4,840	3,171	+3041
15	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	25,988	1,150		22.6					9.1			0.0			4.4	6.6	66.9
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	25,898	1,011	36.4	25.6	6.8	2.6			9.6	20.7	46.3	0.7			5.8	7.1	81.2	53.8				36,770	6,902	2,585				1,989	-113
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25,586	1,092	37.3	23.4	11.7	2.6	1.8	3.3	9.3	18.1	51.4	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.8	6.7	71.7	55.6	3.5	8.3	3.2	40,734	12,805	2,887	2,007	3,613	3,453	4,044	+520
18	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,416	1,193	34.7	21.3	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.3	46.9	0.5	1.7	30.0	5.5	6.6	84.2	55.6	0.7	3.7	2.0	41,451	5,234	4,898	1,177	394	2,386	2,668	+177
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	25,274	1,323	36.1	19.1	10.5	3.9	1.3	1.5	7.7	15.4	49.8	0.1	0.5	27.9	3.6	4.6	79.0	54.9	2.3	8.1	2.3	47,801	13,843	5,224	1,742	1,970	3,048	3,259	+4908
20	Jerry West J. West	25,196	932		27.0					9.7						7.7	9.4	81.4
21	Alex English A. English	25,122	1,142		22.0					9.2			0.0			3.7	4.4	83.2
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,052	1,013	34.1	24.7	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	3.9	9.3	42.4	3.9	4.3	91.1	62.5	0.7	4.0	3.1	34,556	4,757	6,468	1,534	259	3,151	2,293	+6108
23	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
24	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	25,016	1,185		21.1					8.4						4.3	5.3	81.3
25	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	37,583	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799