Before 1999-00, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most points, with 38,387 points.

Interpreted as:

NBA and aba most points by a player before 2000

	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38,387	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. 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	54.7				47,859	23,924	4,643				2,075
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29,277	930	38.6	31.5	6.3	5.4	2.5	0.9	11.8	23.3	50.5	0.6	1.8	33.2	7.3	8.7	83.8	58.0	1.7	4.6	2.8	35,887	5,836	5,012	2,306	828	2,589	2,493	+1416
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	28,946	1,110	37.5	26.1	10.7	3.3	1.4	0.8	9.6	18.3	52.6	0.1	0.2	26.8	6.8	9.3	73.0	58.3	2.7	8.0	3.1	41,661	11,839	3,700	1,575	902	3,473	3,584	+1707
5	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,409	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
6	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27,313	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.4	18.6	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	49.1	3.1	7.8	2.4	50,000	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
7	Oscar Robertson O. 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	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
8	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,668	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
9	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,395	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.8	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	46,471	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
10	Alex English A. English	25,613	1,193	31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	8.9	17.6	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	55.0	2.3	3.2	2.5	38,063	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25,367	1,075	37.4	23.6	11.8	2.7	1.8	3.3	9.4	18.2	51.5	0.0	0.1	21.0	4.8	6.7	71.7	55.7	3.5	8.3	3.2	40,250	12,677	2,859	1,977	3,582	3,415	4,007	+513
12	Jerry West J. 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	55.0	1.0	2.8		36,571	5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435
13	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23,468	1,053	36.8	22.3	11.7	3.9	1.6	0.8	7.9	14.6	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.7	6.0	8.1	73.6	61.3	4.0	7.7	3.2	38,710	12,337	4,152	1,634	884	3,332	3,239	+538
14	Robert Parish R. Parish	23,334	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	6.3	2.1	45,704	14,715	2,180	1,219	2,361	3,183	4,443	+105
15	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	23,177	955	35.8	24.3	5.7	3.0	1.0	0.2	8.6	15.8	54.0	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.7	81.8	61.7	2.3	3.4	2.9	34,151	5,455	2,830	944	150	2,503	2,550
16	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	23,149	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				33,863	11,463	3,650				2,596
17	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	22,736	977	36.4	23.3	10.4	2.1	1.0	2.7	9.1	17.9	51.0	0.0	0.1	15.8	5.0	6.8	74.3	55.8	2.5	7.9	3.3	35,551	10,155	2,030	1,025	2,674	3,179	3,480	+446
18	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	22,195	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	21,791	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
20	Hal Greer H. Greer	21,586	1,122	35.5	19.2	5.0	4.0			7.6	16.8	45.2				4.1	5.1	80.1	50.6				39,788	5,665	4,540				3,855
21	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	20,941	1,043	37.3	20.1	13.7	2.4	0.7	0.6	7.6	14.7	51.6				4.9	7.8	63.2	55.4	3.4	6.2		38,940	14,241	2,544	52	48		3,536
22	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	20,880	792	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1				30,690	12,849	2,369				2,529
23	George Gervin G. Gervin	20,708	791	33.5	26.2	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.8	10.2	19.9	51.1	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.8	84.4	57.2	1.5	3.1	3.0	26,536	3,607	2,214	941	670	2,137	2,331
24	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	20,049	1,107	30.6	18.1	6.1	2.1	0.8	0.6	6.7	14.2	46.8	0.2	0.7	30.7	4.6	5.7	80.7	54.2	1.8	4.3	2.3	33,922	6,703	2,283	885	627	2,549	3,742	-51
25	Bernard King B. King	19,655	874	33.7	22.5	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3	9.0	17.3	51.8	0.0	0.2	17.2	4.5	6.2	73.0	56.1	1.9	3.8	3.2	29,417	5,060	2,863	866	230	2,791	2,885