most points before turning 38 in nba history

LeBron James has scored the most career points by a player younger than 38, with 37,813 points.

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most points by a player before turning 38 years old in NBA history

	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	37,813	1,393	38.1	27.1	7.5	7.3	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.7	50.5	1.6	4.6	34.5	5.7	7.8	73.4	58.8	1.2	6.3	3.5	53,104	10,428	10,222	2,165	1,057	4,873	2,567	+7017
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33,643	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,638	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33,262	1,249		26.6	12.5				11.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.5	71.8						15,628
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	32,919	1,273	37.3	25.9	10.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	9.5	18.2	52.4	0.1	0.2	27.0	6.8	9.2	73.8	58.2	2.5	7.9	3.1	47,505	13,287	4,365	1,749	1,035	3,948	4,028	+2569
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31,422	1,045		30.1	22.9				12.1						5.8	11.4	51.1						23,922
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31,051	1,142	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	1.9	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,906	7,919	4,982	1,192	1,285	3,607	2,184	+4899
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	29,491	1,340	35.3	22.0	7.9	2.5	0.8	0.9	7.8	16.4	47.4	1.3	3.3	38.1	5.2	5.9	87.9	58.0	1.1	6.8	1.8	47,249	10,540	3,414	1,128	1,180	2,374	3,266	+6677
8	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
9	James Harden J. Harden	28,303	1,174	34.8	24.1	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	40,822	6,598	8,506	1,742	665	4,351	2,906	+4550
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28,289	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	43,514	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1528
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,255	1,170	35.2	24.1	11.0	2.6	0.6	2.3	9.6	16.5	58.1	0.0	0.0	4.5	5.0	9.5	52.7	58.5	3.6	7.5	2.8	41,166	12,921	3,000	723	2,690	3,254	4,026	+4694
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,012	1,246		21.7	12.8				7.5	15.2	49.2	0.0			6.7	8.8	76.9	57.0					15,894
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	26,957	1,231		21.9					8.8			0.0			4.3	6.4	67.0
14	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	26,714	1,040		25.7				0.1	9.1						7.4	8.8	83.8									4
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26,538	1,261	33.2	21.0	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.7	4.8	6.2	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,862	8,844	10,100	1,988	410	4,909	3,214	+2892
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,532	1,047	36.2	25.3	6.8	2.5			9.5	20.5	46.2	0.7			5.7	7.1	81.2	53.7				37,861	7,098	2,659				2,042	-402
17	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,346	1,268		20.8					8.3						4.2	5.2	81.5
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,119	1,148	36.6	22.8	11.4	2.6	1.8	3.2	9.1	17.6	51.3	0.0	0.1	20.5	4.6	6.5	71.5	55.5	3.4	8.1	3.1	42,042	13,135	2,953	2,052	3,684	3,528	4,164	+447
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	25,899	1,250	35.5	20.7	5.8	3.7	1.4	0.6	6.8	15.2	44.7	1.6	4.4	37.1	5.5	6.8	80.6	57.0	0.9	5.0	2.8	44,372	7,293	4,627	1,715	723	3,458	3,474	+3261
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,832	1,042	34.0	24.8	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.2	62.5	0.6	4.0	3.1	35,472	4,878	6,604	1,574	274	3,237	2,345	+6205
21	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,723	1,211	34.7	21.2	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.2	47.0	0.5	1.7	30.2	5.5	6.5	84.3	55.7	0.7	3.7	2.0	42,022	5,283	4,953	1,201	397	2,405	2,710	+18
22	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
23	Alex English A. English	25,613	1,193		21.5					8.9			0.0			3.6	4.3	83.2
24	Jerry West J. West	25,196	932		27.0					9.7						7.7	9.4	81.4
25	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