Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Karl Malone posted the most points in a decade, with 21,370 points in the 1990s.

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NBA most points by a player in 1990s decade

	NAME	PTS	DECADE	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	21,370	1990s	785	38.2	27.2	10.7	3.7	1.4	0.9	9.9	18.7	53.1	0.1	0.3	28.2	7.3	9.7	75.1	59.3	2.5	8.2	3.0	30,005	8,427	2,888	1,105	678	2,347	2,384	+1707
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	18,014	1990s	585	38.4	30.8	6.3	5.1	2.3	0.7	11.7	23.4	50.1	0.8	2.4	35.9	6.6	7.9	83.0	57.4	1.5	4.8	2.5	22,445	3,707	2,966	1,344	417	1,439	1,408	+1416
3	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	16,914	1990s	702	37.2	24.1	11.0	2.2	0.9	2.7	9.4	18.7	50.3	0.0	0.1	19.2	5.3	7.0	74.8	55.3	2.4	8.6	3.2	26,132	7,733	1,511	661	1,898	2,225	2,398	+446
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	16,715	1990s	685	37.0	24.4	11.5	3.0	1.6	3.4	8.6	16.5	52.3	0.0	0.1	25.8	7.1	9.7	74.0	58.9	3.4	8.1	2.8	25,364	7,881	2,028	1,073	2,323	1,944	2,057	+708
5	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	16,613	1990s	722	37.8	23.0	4.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	8.2	17.8	45.9	1.6	4.0	39.3	5.1	6.0	85.0	56.3	0.9	3.1	2.8	27,270	2,917	2,711	958	215	2,032	1,942	-342
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	16,484	1990s	689	38.1	23.9	11.6	3.0	1.8	3.5	9.6	18.7	51.3	0.0	0.1	24.0	4.7	6.3	74.7	55.7	2.9	8.7	3.3	26,260	8,000	2,079	1,229	2,381	2,240	2,445	+513
7	Reggie Miller R. Miller	16,319	1990s	776	35.7	21.0	3.1	3.2	1.2	0.2	6.8	14.1	48.2	2.0	4.9	40.5	5.4	6.1	88.4	62.5	0.7	2.4	2.0	27,710	2,441	2,517	928	181	1,572	1,678	+810
8	Glen Rice G. Rice	15,371	1990s	745	37.4	20.6	4.7	2.3	1.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.2	1.7	4.2	40.8	3.5	4.2	84.4	55.7	1.1	3.7	1.9	27,843	3,511	1,712	829	232	1,431	1,848	+400
9	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	14,852	1990s	664	36.8	22.4	11.6	4.2	1.5	0.6	8.0	15.3	52.3	0.6	2.2	27.8	5.8	7.9	73.3	59.7	3.6	8.0	2.9	24,413	7,677	2,775	1,021	405	1,893	1,813	+538
10	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	14,040	1990s	731	38.0	19.2	7.2	5.9	2.2	0.9	7.6	15.7	48.1	1.0	2.9	33.3	3.1	4.5	70.3	54.4	2.0	5.1	3.0	27,805	5,238	4,312	1,639	689	2,201	2,139	+1193
11	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	12,826	1990s	660	37.3	19.4	3.6	9.0	1.9	0.2	7.2	16.3	44.2	1.7	4.8	35.3	3.4	4.3	77.8	53.5	0.7	2.9	3.1	24,613	2,362	5,925	1,223	109	2,051	1,643	+1224
12	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	12,711	1990s	608	35.8	20.9	6.4	5.7	1.8	0.7	7.5	16.5	45.6	1.2	3.8	32.9	4.6	5.8	79.4	54.8	2.2	4.2	2.6	21,760	3,879	3,448	1,106	399	1,610	1,741	+434
13	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	12,611	1990s	784	34.6	16.1	3.9	3.1	1.8	0.3	5.4	11.6	46.4	1.4	3.5	39.3	3.9	4.5	87.2	59.1	0.9	3.0	2.0	27,154	3,074	2,415	1,395	241	1,551	1,668	+1130
14	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	12,452	1990s	747	30.6	16.7	9.5	1.9	1.2	1.5	6.0	11.8	50.8	0.0	0.1	27.8	4.7	6.4	73.4	57.2	3.3	6.2	2.9	22,853	7,111	1,394	931	1,094	2,193	2,848	+742
15	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	12,447	1990s	760	33.6	16.4	3.6	4.9	1.5	0.2	6.1	12.3	49.7	0.9	2.3	40.7	3.2	3.6	88.4	58.8	0.9	2.7	1.9	25,540	2,752	3,713	1,164	187	1,438	1,746	+1573
16	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	12,404	1990s	737	34.5	16.8	7.4	4.1	0.9	0.3	5.8	11.5	50.1	0.5	1.4	39.0	4.8	5.9	81.3	59.8	1.9	5.5	2.3	25,421	5,438	3,005	644	215	1,705	2,336	+1122
17	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	12,357	1990s	774	30.9	16.0	5.2	2.1	1.1	1.1	6.0	13.4	45.1	0.7	2.1	35.4	3.2	4.6	68.1	51.8	1.7	3.5	2.0	23,938	3,989	1,648	863	875	1,510	2,454	+638
18	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	12,354	1990s	706	36.3	17.5	2.2	4.4	0.9	0.1	6.3	13.9	45.1	1.4	3.5	38.2	3.6	4.2	85.7	55.5	0.6	1.6	2.0	25,603	1,545	3,093	603	47	1,405	1,174	+448
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	12,343	1990s	455	37.3	27.1	12.2	2.5	0.8	2.6	10.9	18.8	57.8	0.0	0.0	6.3	5.4	10.1	53.6	58.4	4.0	8.2	2.9	16,985	5,537	1,131	364	1,197	1,331	1,581	+1142
20	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	12,155	1990s	640	34.9	19.0	4.6	3.6	1.6	0.6	7.1	13.8	51.5	1.0	2.6	40.1	3.7	4.3	86.0	60.4	1.1	3.5	2.5	22,313	2,933	2,323	1,029	400	1,587	1,301	+313
21	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	12,111	1990s	515	33.9	23.5	6.6	2.6	1.1	0.5	8.5	18.7	45.4	1.1	3.3	33.4	5.4	6.6	81.9	54.4	2.5	4.0	2.3	17,469	3,385	1,320	567	239	1,184	865	-392
22	Gary Payton G. Payton	11,503	1990s	704	35.2	16.3	3.8	6.8	2.3	0.2	6.6	13.8	47.7	0.8	2.4	30.9	2.4	3.4	71.2	53.3	1.3	2.6	2.5	24,765	2,706	4,816	1,603	151	1,734	1,919	+1272
23	John Stockton J. Stockton	11,451	1990s	766	35.0	14.9	2.9	11.9	2.3	0.2	5.3	10.3	51.6	0.8	2.1	39.9	3.5	4.2	82.2	61.4	0.7	2.2	3.2	26,798	2,225	9,146	1,753	174	2,420	2,021	+1460
24	Kevin Willis K. Willis	11,102	1990s	742	31.8	15.0	10.2	1.3	0.8	0.5	6.1	12.6	48.9	0.0	0.2	22.7	2.6	3.6	72.4	52.8	3.4	6.8	2.1	23,586	7,558	999	559	395	1,593	2,284	-120
25	Rik Smits R. Smits	10,897	1990s	706	27.2	15.4	6.2	1.5	0.4	1.2	6.4	12.5	50.8	0.0	0.0	12.5	2.7	3.5	78.1	55.0	1.8	4.4	1.9	19,207	4,376	1,060	315	860	1,341	2,452	+725