LeBron James has put up the most career points by a player younger than 39, with 39,380 points.

Interpreted as:

most points before turning 39 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	39,380	1,450	38.0	27.2	7.5	7.3	1.5	0.8	9.9	19.7	50.5	1.6	4.6	34.6	5.7	7.7	73.5	58.9	1.2	6.3	3.5	55,078	10,888	10,635	2,227	1,093	5,063	2,633	+7298
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	35,108	1,328		26.4	12.1				10.9			0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.4	72.0						16,107
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	34,707	1,353	37.4	25.7	10.3	3.5	1.4	0.8	9.4	18.1	52.0	0.1	0.2	27.8	6.8	9.1	74.1	57.9	2.5	7.8	3.1	50,545	13,973	4,706	1,901	1,094	4,211	4,257	+2619
4	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
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	31,067	1,143	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	7.3	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,943	7,920	4,985	1,192	1,285	3,612	2,185	+4893
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30,492	979	38.5	31.1	6.3	5.4	2.4	0.9	11.7	23.3	50.1	0.6	1.8	32.8	7.2	8.6	83.6	57.4	1.6	4.6	2.8	37,693	6,134	5,269	2,380	852	2,726	2,594	+1461
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	30,260	1,394	34.9	21.7	7.8	2.5	0.8	0.9	7.7	16.2	47.3	1.3	3.3	38.1	5.1	5.8	87.9	57.8	1.0	6.8	1.7	48,673	10,893	3,496	1,158	1,218	2,425	3,379	+6663
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,590	1,206	34.8	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	41,912	13,098	3,026	739	2,732	3,309	4,146	+4889
10	James Harden J. Harden	28,325	1,175	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	40,863	6,601	8,513	1,745	665	4,355	2,909	+4554
11	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
12	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27,311	1,303		21.0					8.4			0.0			4.1	6.1	67.0
13	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,310	1,301		21.0	12.4				7.2	14.7	49.1	0.0			6.5	8.5	77.0	56.9					16,136
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,770	1,209	36.1	22.1	11.3	2.5	1.8	3.1	8.8	17.2	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.3	4.5	6.3	71.2	55.4	3.3	7.9	3.0	43,692	13,606	3,033	2,139	3,793	3,634	4,319	+492
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	26,714	1,040		25.7				0.1	9.1						7.4	8.8	83.8									4
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26,555	1,262	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	41,889	8,847	10,105	1,988	410	4,911	3,216	+2873
17	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
18	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,396	1,270		20.8					8.3						4.2	5.2	81.5
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,316	1,318	34.6	20.0	5.7	3.6	1.3	0.6	6.6	14.7	44.5	1.6	4.4	36.9	5.2	6.5	80.7	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.7	45,602	7,479	4,698	1,748	740	3,516	3,603	+3317
20	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	25,974	1,331	34.4	19.5	11.0	3.1	0.7	2.2	7.6	14.9	50.6	0.0	0.1	18.1	4.4	6.3	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.2	2.5	45,832	14,644	4,062	978	2,942	3,291	3,179	+8484
21	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	25,949	1,424	35.0	18.2	10.2	3.8	1.3	1.4	7.3	14.8	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.4	4.3	79.0	54.6	2.2	7.9	2.2	49,863	14,512	5,383	1,831	2,027	3,163	3,491	+4857
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,871	1,043	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	91.1	62.5	0.6	4.0	3.1	35,504	4,883	6,609	1,574	274	3,239	2,348	+6202
23	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,734	1,212	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	42,043	5,286	4,954	1,202	398	2,405	2,711	-9
24	Alex English A. English	25,613	1,193		21.5					8.9			0.0			3.6	4.3	83.2
25	Jerry West J. West	25,196	932		27.0					9.7						7.7	9.4	81.4