Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar posted the most points, with 22,141 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player scored NBA in 1970s

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	22,141	773	41.1	28.6	14.8	4.5	1.3	3.5	11.8	21.5	55.1	5.0	7.1	70.6	58.3	3.1	11.0	3.5	31,771	11,460	3,440	576	1,595	490	2,399
2	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	18,922	815	41.5	23.2	14.2	2.1	1.2	2.5	9.3	20.7	45.1	4.6	6.7	67.7	49.1	3.5	9.7	2.8	33,863	11,565	1,685	606	1,198	464	2,676
3	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	15,747	719	39.8	21.9	6.4	5.8	1.2	0.3	8.7	19.1	45.4	4.5	5.4	83.9	50.9	1.5	3.5	2.5	28,643	4,603	4,185	476	117	204	1,813
4	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	15,359	615	38.0	25.0	4.3	5.7	1.4	0.3	9.7	21.9	44.1	5.6	6.9	81.9	50.0	1.1	3.5	4.5	23,352	2,669	3,480	563	102	448	1,786
5	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	14,692	729	34.9	20.2	3.1	5.2	1.3	0.2	7.9	17.1	46.2	4.3	5.2	83.0	51.9	1.1	1.6	2.5	25,446	2,262	3,769	545	72	390	1,997
6	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	14,686	644	36.1	22.8	11.9	3.3	1.2	2.0	9.3	18.3	50.6	4.3	5.6	77.5	55.1	3.2	8.5	3.4	23,248	7,690	2,134	466	799	400	2,100
7	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	14,465	760	36.0	19.0	7.1	3.4	1.4	0.6	7.9	16.2	48.7	3.3	4.2	78.0	52.8	1.8	4.6	3.0	27,326	5,369	2,595	611	256	463	2,749
8	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	14,405	525	39.7	27.4	12.2	2.8	1.2	2.0	10.8	21.2	50.9	5.9	7.8	75.6	55.7	3.1	9.7	4.1	20,825	6,421	1,474	529	872	563	1,832
9	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	14,125	683	34.4	20.7	4.0	3.0	1.4	0.3	8.5	17.3	49.2	3.6	4.4	81.3	53.6	1.2	1.9	1.6	23,513	2,765	2,056	516	98	249	1,801
10	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	13,692	722	32.3	19.0	2.4	4.9	1.7	0.1	7.6	15.6	48.6	3.8	4.3	88.4	54.1	0.7	1.5	2.3	23,290	1,731	3,560	809	31	360	2,467
11	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	13,546	746	37.1	18.2	4.2	5.1	1.3	0.2	7.8	17.6	44.3	2.6	3.1	83.5	47.9	0.9	2.9	2.7	27,653	3,143	3,819	587	98	329	1,849
12	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	13,502	668	39.5	20.2	6.0	6.1	1.9	0.2	8.0	16.3	49.0	4.2	5.3	80.0	54.3	1.1	4.3	2.1	26,401	4,015	4,092	679	62	135	1,734
13	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	13,020	713	32.1	18.3	2.8	3.9	1.1	0.3	7.3	15.5	46.9	3.7	4.5	81.8	52.1	0.6	2.3	2.0	22,916	2,015	2,786	452	118	277	1,827
14	Dave Bing D. Bing	12,784	665	35.7	19.2	3.5	6.0	1.3	0.2	7.2	16.2	44.5	4.8	6.0	79.9	51.0	1.1	1.9	2.7	23,759	2,306	4,012	483	89	216	1,888
15	Bob Love B. Love	12,705	602	37.3	21.1	6.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	8.3	19.2	43.0	4.6	5.6	81.8	48.7	2.0	3.7		22,436	4,037	1,002	232	56		1,777
16	Rick Barry R. Barry	12,695	564	37.0	22.5	6.0	5.8	2.1	0.5	9.2	20.3	45.1	4.2	4.6	91.3	50.4	0.9	4.5	2.6	20,844	3,368	3,294	1,024	241	422	1,527
17	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	12,534	570	37.2	22.0	10.7	2.0	0.7	1.2	8.7	18.8	46.5	4.5	5.6	80.0	51.7	2.9	6.8	2.5	21,195	6,087	1,164	263	477	340	1,627
18	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	12,351	536	38.2	23.0	2.6	7.6	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.9	46.5	6.4	7.8	82.1	54.0	0.6	1.7	2.9	20,459	1,390	4,077	415	46	197	1,264
19	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	12,252	660	40.0	18.6	14.6	4.0	1.2	1.0	7.9	17.1	46.1	2.8	3.6	78.2	49.7	3.3	10.8	2.7	26,392	9,636	2,622	500	412	391	2,567
20	Randy Smith R. Smith	12,143	650	35.6	18.7	4.5	5.1	2.1	0.1	7.6	16.2	47.2	3.4	4.4	76.8	51.5	1.3	3.1	3.3	23,129	2,897	3,306	1,018	35	541	1,896
21	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	11,974	640	35.2	18.7	9.4	3.3	1.0	0.7	7.4	16.0	46.1	4.0	5.7	69.9	50.6	2.8	6.0	2.5	22,533	5,988	2,113	476	340	406	2,115
22	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	11,900	654	34.6	18.2	8.6	2.1	0.8	0.4	7.6	15.1	50.5	2.9	3.7	78.2	54.2	2.3	5.8	1.8	22,616	5,632	1,383	323	159	176	1,655
23	Dick Van Arsdale D. Van Arsdale	10,382	605	34.5	17.2	3.1	3.3	0.9	0.2	6.1	12.9	47.6	4.9	5.9	83.3	55.5	0.7	1.7		20,854	1,904	2,011	264	44		1,606
24	Tom Van Arsdale T. Van Arsdale	10,331	617	32.3	16.7	4.4	2.1	0.7	0.1	6.6	15.0	44.1	3.5	4.5	76.9	49.2	0.8	2.5		19,934	2,711	1,324	230	16		1,928
25	Jimmy Walker J. Walker	10,137	548	37.2	18.5	2.9	3.6	1.1	0.2	7.3	15.8	46.6	3.8	4.6	83.7	52.1	0.6	2.1		20,366	1,568	1,982	253	36		1,359