LeBron James has the most career points, with 40,474 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in NBA history

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	40,474	1,492	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.6	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	56,598	11,185	11,009	2,275	1,111	5,211	2,682	+7443
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	38,387	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	2.7	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	57,446	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
Karl Malone	36,928	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	54,852	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
Kobe Bryant	33,643	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	48,637	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
Michael Jordan	32,292	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	41,011	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
Dirk Nowitzki	31,560	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.6	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	51,368	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
Wilt Chamberlain	31,419	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4				12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	47,859	23,924	4,643				2,075
Kevin Durant	28,924	1,061	36.7	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	3.2	9.4	18.7	50.1	1.9	4.9	38.7	6.6	7.5	88.4	38,972	7,454	4,645	1,123	1,196	3,363	2,033	+4774
Shaquille O'Neal	28,596	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	2.7	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	41,918	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
Carmelo Anthony	28,289	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	2.4	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	43,514	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1530
Moses Malone	27,409	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	3.1	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	45,071	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
Elvin Hayes	27,313	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.4	8.4	18.6	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	50,000	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
Hakeem Olajuwon	26,946	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	44,222	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
Oscar Robertson	26,710	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1		9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	43,886	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
Dominique Wilkins	26,668	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	2.5	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	38,113	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
Tim Duncan	26,496	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	2.4	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	47,368	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
Paul Pierce	26,397	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	2.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	45,880	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
John Havlicek	26,395	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	8.3	18.8	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	46,471	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
Kevin Garnett	26,071	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	2.2	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	50,418	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
James Harden	25,885	1,072	34.7	24.1	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	3.7	7.1	16.2	44.1	2.7	7.5	36.4	7.1	8.3	86.1	37,222	6,017	7,629	1,597	600	3,919	2,695	+4263
Vince Carter	25,728	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	1.7	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	46,367	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
Alex English	25,613	1,193	31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	2.5	8.9	17.6	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	38,063	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027
Reggie Miller	25,279	1,389	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	1.7	5.9	12.6	47.1	1.8	4.7	39.5	4.5	5.1	88.8	47,619	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	2,730	+2015
Russell Westbrook	25,211	1,162	33.6	21.7	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	3.9	7.8	17.8	43.8	1.1	3.6	30.4	5.0	6.5	77.6	39,080	8,307	9,468	1,849	369	4,587	2,969	+3061
Jerry West	25,192	932	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7		9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	36,571	5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435