most points scored by a player before age 40

LeBron James has dropped the most career points by a player younger than 40, with 41,131 points.

	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	41,131	1,520	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	58.9	1.2	6.3	3.5	57,578	11,405	11,261	2,298	1,128	5,319	2,719	+7340
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36,446	1,404		26.0	11.8				10.7			0.0	0.0	7.7	4.5	6.3	72.0						16,616
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,374	1,434	37.3	25.4	10.2	3.5	1.4	0.8	9.3	18.0	51.7	0.1	0.2	27.5	6.7	9.0	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	53,481	14,601	5,085	2,037	1,125	4,421	4,461	+2791
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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31,621	1,042	38.2	30.3	6.2	5.3	2.4	0.8	11.4	23.0	49.8	0.6	1.7	32.8	6.9	8.3	83.5	57.0	1.6	4.6	2.7	39,813	6,457	5,530	2,476	878	2,858	2,724	+1478
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31,422	1,045		30.1	22.9				12.1						5.8	11.4	51.1						23,922
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,187	1,471	34.4	21.2	7.7	2.5	0.8	0.9	7.5	15.9	47.2	1.3	3.4	38.3	4.9	5.6	87.9	57.8	1.0	6.7	1.7	50,574	11,331	3,616	1,201	1,263	2,476	3,525	+6608
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30,728	1,129	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	62.1	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,448	7,861	4,922	1,180	1,279	3,567	2,156	+4781
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,596	1,207	34.7	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	41,918	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
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	James Harden J. Harden	27,825	1,157	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	40,214	6,504	8,370	1,723	656	4,287	2,870	+4624
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,405	1,329		20.6	12.2				7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0			6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9					16,212
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27,311	1,303		21.0					8.4			0.0			4.1	6.1	67.0
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,946	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	13,747	3,058	2,163	3,825	3,668	4,381	+564
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	26,714	1,040		25.7				0.1	9.1						7.4	8.8	83.8									4
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,666	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5			9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7			5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6				38,113	7,169	2,675				2,061	-392
17	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,496	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,369	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,397	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
19	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,396	1,270		20.8					8.3						4.2	5.2	81.5
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26,302	1,244	33.3	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	41,364	8,718	9,960	1,965	407	4,846	3,173	+3036
21	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26,071	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
22	Alex English A. English	25,613	1,193		21.5					8.9			0.0			3.6	4.3	83.2
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,572	1,033	34.1	24.8	4.7	6.4	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	35,191	4,844	6,571	1,564	269	3,208	2,322	+6186
24	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,435	1,194	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	6.5	84.2	55.6	0.7	3.7	2.0	41,487	5,237	4,898	1,178	394	2,386	2,670	+188
25	Reggie Miller R. Miller	25,279	1,389	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	5.9	12.6	47.1	1.8	4.7	39.5	4.5	5.1	88.8	61.4	0.6	2.4	1.7	47,619	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	2,730	+2015