Before 2004-05, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar posted the most points, with 38,387 points.

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NBA and aba most points by a player before 2005

	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,928	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	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	54,852	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32,292	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
4	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
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	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	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
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	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24,815	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	40,594	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	4,034	+412
14	Reggie Miller R. Miller	24,305	1,323	34.4	18.4	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	6.0	12.7	47.2	1.9	4.7	39.8	4.5	5.1	88.6	61.5	0.7	2.4	1.8	45,514	4,026	3,995	1,455	294	2,332	2,621	+1783
15	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23,757	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	21,914	809	37.7	27.1	12.1	2.9	0.7	2.6	10.7	18.6	57.7	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.7	10.5	53.7	58.4	3.9	8.1	2.9	30,493	9,781	2,309	560	2,102	2,334	2,745	+3677
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	David Robinson D. Robinson	20,790	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454