LeBron James has the most career points by a player as a starter, with 42,148 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player scored in a debut start

	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	42,148	1,560	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	35.0	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	58,989	11,720	11,576	2,344	1,149	5,462	2,777	+7358
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,865	1,471	37.2	25.1	10.2	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,718	14,933	5,234	2,078	1,142	4,505	4,557	+3010
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31,897	1,198	38.0	26.6	5.6	5.0	1.5	0.5	9.3	20.8	44.9	1.4	4.3	32.8	6.6	7.8	83.9	55.0	1.1	4.4	3.1	45,545	6,675	6,016	1,827	581	3,741	3,072	+3847
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31,741	1,039	38.7	30.5	6.3	5.3	2.4	0.8	11.5	23.2	49.8	0.6	1.7	32.7	6.9	8.3	83.6	57.0	1.6	4.7	2.8	40,216	6,565	5,546	2,463	874	2,868	2,719	+1407
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,203	1,460	34.6	21.4	7.8	2.5	0.8	0.9	7.6	16.0	47.2	1.3	3.5	38.4	4.9	5.6	87.9	57.8	1.0	6.8	1.7	50,542	11,349	3,614	1,194	1,259	2,459	3,503	+6658
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30,513	1,120	36.8	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	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,169	7,809	4,894	1,170	1,270	3,543	2,131	+4689
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,414	1,197	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	52.8	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,672	13,007	3,011	737	2,719	3,287	4,116	+4831
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,482	1,186	36.4	22.3	11.3	2.5	1.8	3.2	8.9	17.4	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	6.3	71.4	55.4	3.3	8.0	3.0	43,188	13,452	3,012	2,116	3,747	3,602	4,268	+429
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,452	1,389	34.1	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	69.7	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,304	15,067	4,223	1,025	3,019	3,377	3,301	+8896
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	26,428	1,120	35.7	23.6	6.5	2.9	1.0	0.5	8.5	18.9	44.8	1.3	3.7	34.9	5.4	6.7	81.2	54.1	1.7	4.8	2.6	39,995	7,292	3,254	1,135	556	2,931	3,223	+1692
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,075	1,285	35.0	20.3	5.7	3.6	1.3	0.6	6.7	14.9	44.6	1.6	4.4	36.9	5.3	6.6	80.6	56.9	0.8	4.9	2.7	44,976	7,375	4,647	1,733	732	3,480	3,546	+3399
12	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	25,839	1,425	34.9	18.1	10.2	3.8	1.3	1.4	7.3	14.7	49.8	0.1	0.4	27.2	3.4	4.3	79.0	54.7	2.2	8.0	2.2	49,698	14,523	5,402	1,828	2,003	3,136	3,494	+4913
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	25,713	995	36.7	25.8	6.9	2.6			9.7	20.9	46.3	0.7			5.8	7.2	81.4	53.7				36,522	6,845	2,584				1,965	-246
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,339	1,020	34.2	24.8	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.5	18.0	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.3	4.0	4.3	91.1	62.5	0.7	4.1	3.1	34,892	4,809	6,530	1,549	263	3,181	2,298	+6170
15	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,180	1,175	34.9	21.4	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.7	16.4	46.9	0.5	1.7	30.1	5.6	6.6	84.2	55.6	0.7	3.7	2.0	40,982	5,178	4,862	1,166	391	2,373	2,637	+213
16	James Harden J. Harden	24,959	937	36.7	26.6	6.1	8.3	1.6	0.6	7.8	17.9	43.8	3.1	8.4	36.2	7.9	9.1	86.4	60.8	0.8	5.3	4.2	34,361	5,747	7,791	1,486	596	3,921	2,323	+3842
17	Reggie Miller R. Miller	24,446	1,304	35.1	18.7	3.1	3.1	1.1	0.2	6.1	12.9	47.0	1.9	4.8	39.6	4.7	5.2	89.0	61.5	0.6	2.5	1.8	45,762	3,995	4,010	1,449	279	2,304	2,570	+2015
18	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24,445	1,122	35.4	21.8	10.1	1.9	1.0	2.5	8.5	16.9	50.5	0.0	0.1	15.3	4.7	6.4	74.0	55.4	2.4	7.7	3.1	39,762	11,363	2,185	1,119	2,852	3,472	3,914	+464
19	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	24,160	901	41.3	26.8	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.9	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.2	7.0	9.0	78.2	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,232	3,359	5,555	1,967	162	3,232	1,753	+875
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	24,157	1,075	34.6	22.5	7.4	8.4	1.7	0.3	8.1	18.3	44.1	1.1	3.7	30.7	5.2	6.7	77.9	52.9	1.6	5.7	4.1	37,182	7,912	9,040	1,781	336	4,394	2,821	+3150
21	Ray Allen R. Allen	22,943	1,149	36.9	20.0	4.2	3.6	1.2	0.2	7.0	15.4	45.3	2.4	5.9	40.0	3.6	4.1	89.4	58.0	1.0	3.2	2.2	42,437	4,866	4,087	1,330	221	2,519	2,620	+3209
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22,913	1,012	37.2	22.6	11.8	4.0	1.6	0.8	8.0	14.8	54.2	0.5	1.9	26.9	6.0	8.2	73.5	61.3	4.0	7.8	3.2	37,664	11,975	4,065	1,597	845	3,227	3,083	+535
23	Chris Paul C. Paul	22,693	1,314	34.0	17.3	4.4	9.3	2.0	0.2	6.1	13.0	47.0	1.4	3.7	37.1	3.7	4.2	87.1	58.2	0.6	3.8	2.3	44,628	5,827	12,237	2,672	221	3,041	3,113	+5991
24	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	22,598	900	36.2	25.1	4.3	6.7	1.0	0.3	8.1	18.4	43.9	3.1	8.4	37.1	5.8	6.5	89.9	59.0	0.6	3.7	2.8	32,610	3,845	6,069	874	267	2,541	1,708	+2415
25	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	21,255	909	35.4	23.4	4.8	5.7	1.6	0.9	8.5	17.5	48.4	0.5	1.7	28.8	5.9	7.7	76.9	55.9	1.3	3.6	3.3	32,219	4,385	5,139	1,486	800	3,003	2,073	+2805