LeBron James has dropped the most career points in the regular-season and playoffs, with 48,497 points.

most points combined regular season and playoffs nba career individual

NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
LeBron James	48,497	1,774	38.5	27.3	7.7	7.3	1.5	0.8	3.5	10.0	19.8	50.4	1.6	4.7	34.5	5.8	7.8	73.7	68,252	13,734	13,032	2,746	1,381	6,226	3,326	+8765
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	44,149	1,797	36.9	24.6	11.1	3.6	0.9	2.6	2.7	10.1	18.2	55.6	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.3	6.0	72.4	66,297	19,921	6,427	1,349	3,665	2,974	5,454
Karl Malone	41,689	1,669	37.6	25.0	10.2	3.5	1.4	0.8	3.0	9.1	18.0	50.9	0.1	0.2	26.2	6.6	8.9	74.1	62,759	17,030	5,858	2,343	1,280	5,074	5,240	+3133
Kobe Bryant	39,283	1,566	36.6	25.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0	8.8	19.6	44.7	1.4	4.1	33.0	6.2	7.4	83.4	57,278	8,166	7,346	2,254	784	4,657	4,013	+4708
Michael Jordan	38,279	1,251	38.8	30.6	6.3	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.8	11.5	23.2	49.5	0.6	1.8	32.8	7.0	8.4	83.4	48,485	7,824	6,655	2,890	1,051	3,470	3,324	+1732
Dirk Nowitzki	35,223	1,667	34.4	21.1	7.8	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.7	7.4	15.8	47.0	1.3	3.4	37.9	5.0	5.7	88.0	57,263	12,935	4,011	1,359	1,410	2,822	4,008	+6589
Wilt Chamberlain	35,026	1,205	46.0	29.1	23.1	4.4				11.7	21.8	53.8				5.7	11.2	50.5	55,418	27,837	5,316				2,487
Shaquille O'Neal	33,846	1,423	35.1	23.8	11.0	2.5	0.6	2.2	2.8	9.4	16.2	57.9	0.0	0.0	4.5	5.0	9.5	52.3	50,016	15,607	3,608	856	3,191	3,959	4,915	+5525
Kevin Durant	33,802	1,227	37.2	27.5	7.1	4.4	1.1	1.1	3.2	9.5	19.0	49.7	1.9	5.1	38.2	6.7	7.6	88.2	45,697	8,755	5,341	1,293	1,394	3,903	2,452	+5488
Tim Duncan	31,668	1,643	34.5	19.3	10.9	3.0	0.7	2.2	2.4	7.5	14.8	50.5	0.0	0.1	17.2	4.3	6.2	69.5	56,738	17,950	4,989	1,193	3,588	4,014	4,005	+10000
Hakeem Olajuwon	30,701	1,383	36.1	22.2	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0	8.9	17.2	51.4	0.0	0.1	20.4	4.5	6.3	71.2	49,971	15,369	3,516	2,407	4,302	4,091	4,945	+535
Carmelo Anthony	30,203	1,343	34.7	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	2.4	8.0	18.1	44.5	1.4	3.9	35.3	5.1	6.2	81.5	46,606	8,365	3,626	1,323	673	3,270	3,841	+1242
John Havlicek	30,171	1,442	37.0	20.9	6.4	4.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	8.3	18.9	43.9				4.3	5.3	81.8	53,331	9,193	6,939	536	133	204	3,808
Jerry West	29,649	1,085	39.5	27.3	5.7	6.6	2.5	0.7		9.8	20.7	47.3				7.7	9.5	81.2	42,892	6,231	7,208	81	23		2,886
Paul Pierce	29,577	1,513	34.4	19.5	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	2.6	6.4	14.5	44.3	1.6	4.4	36.7	5.1	6.4	80.9	52,109	8,512	5,287	1,956	850	4,008	4,190	+3505
James Harden	29,522	1,232	34.9	24.0	5.6	7.0	1.5	0.6	3.6	7.1	16.1	43.9	2.7	7.5	36.0	7.1	8.2	86.2	42,972	6,900	8,642	1,864	685	4,474	3,178	+4580
Elvin Hayes	29,507	1,399	38.7	21.1	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.4	8.5	18.7	45.3	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.2	66.8	54,160	17,523	2,583	961	1,993	1,482	4,571
Moses Malone	29,486	1,423	34.3	20.7	12.3	1.4	0.8	1.3	3.0	7.2	14.6	49.0	0.0	0.1	10.3	6.4	8.3	76.9	48,867	17,507	1,932	1,173	1,884	4,019	3,320
Kevin Garnett	28,672	1,605	34.7	17.9	10.1	3.7	1.3	1.4	2.2	7.2	14.6	49.5	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	55,701	16,196	5,916	2,037	2,223	3,521	3,992	+5211
Oscar Robertson	28,620	1,126	42.2	25.4	7.4	9.5	1.1	0.1		9.0	18.7	48.3				7.3	8.7	83.9	47,559	8,382	10,656	92	8		3,198
Reggie Miller	28,251	1,533	34.5	18.4	3.0	2.9	1.1	0.2	1.7	6.0	12.8	46.9	1.9	4.8	39.4	4.6	5.1	88.8	52,927	4,598	4,498	1,651	333	2,666	3,005	+2185
Dominique Wilkins	28,091	1,130	35.7	24.9	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	2.5	9.3	20.2	46.0	0.7	2.1	31.7	5.7	7.0	81.2	40,285	7,544	2,820	1,451	677	2,822	2,184	-398
Russell Westbrook	28,056	1,278	34.0	22.0	7.2	8.1	1.6	0.3	3.9	7.9	18.1	43.5	1.1	3.7	30.4	5.1	6.5	78.1	43,440	9,139	10,379	2,053	407	5,048	3,308	+3172
Stephen Curry	27,634	1,103	34.6	25.1	4.8	6.4	1.5	0.3	3.2	8.5	18.2	47.0	4.0	9.4	42.1	4.0	4.4	90.6	38,216	5,295	7,031	1,696	279	3,476	2,590	+6823
Patrick Ewing	27,628	1,322	34.6	20.9	9.9	1.9	1.0	2.4	2.9	8.2	16.3	50.0	0.0	0.1	18.2	4.5	6.1	73.8	45,801	13,042	2,490	1,258	3,197	3,882	4,556	+420