Before 1991-92, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar put up the most points, with 38,387 points.

Interpreted as:

NBA most points by a player scored before 1992

	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	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
4	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
5	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
6	Moses Malone M. Malone	25,737	1,164	35.8	22.1	13.0	1.4	0.9	1.4	7.6	15.5	49.3	0.0	0.1	5.8	6.9	8.9	76.9	57.0	5.4	7.6	3.3	41,689	15,150	1,656	1,001	1,641	3,574	2,867
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	20,883	852	38.5	24.5	10.0	6.3	1.8	0.8	9.7	19.5	49.7	0.7	1.9	37.3	4.5	5.1	88.4	56.5	2.0	8.0	3.2	32,781	8,540	5,389	1,514	722	2,691	2,197
14	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
15	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
16	Robert Parish R. Parish	19,519	1,181	30.9	16.5	10.1	1.6	0.8	1.7	6.8	12.5	54.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.1	72.0	57.7	3.2	7.0	2.4	36,442	11,986	1,872	998	1,952	2,680	3,628
17	Bernard King B. King	19,432	842	34.4	23.1	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.3	9.2	17.7	51.8	0.0	0.2	16.5	4.7	6.4	73.0	56.2	2.0	3.9	3.3	28,987	4,984	2,845	855	227	2,770	2,832
18	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	19,248	959	33.5	20.1	10.1	3.1	1.1	1.5	8.1	15.7	51.4	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.9	5.1	76.7	55.9	2.6	6.8	2.6	32,103	9,698	3,007	777	1,100	1,112	3,048
19	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	19,181	1,031	32.5	18.6	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.2	7.2	15.8	45.6				4.2	5.2	80.7	51.4	1.1	1.6	2.5	33,527	3,279	4,805	545	72	390	2,775
20	Walter Davis W. Davis	19,064	987	28.5	19.3	3.0	3.9	1.3	0.1	8.0	15.7	51.3	0.2	0.7	27.1	3.1	3.6	85.0	55.9	0.9	2.1	2.5	28,118	2,983	3,810	1,251	132	2,496	2,385
21	Reggie Theus R. Theus	19,015	1,026	33.7	18.5	3.3	6.3	1.2	0.2	6.9	14.6	47.1	0.3	1.0	25.2	4.5	5.5	82.6	54.5	1.2	2.1	3.4	34,603	3,349	6,453	1,206	236	3,493	3,008
22	Chet Walker C. Walker	18,831	1,032	32.4	18.2	7.1	2.1	0.7	0.1	6.7	14.2	47.0				4.9	6.2	79.6	54.0	1.6	3.8		33,433	7,314	2,126	117	10		2,727
23	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	18,796	720	37.0	26.1	7.0	2.5	1.5	0.7	9.9	21.2	46.9	0.4	1.3	29.8	5.8	7.2	80.7	53.6	2.9	4.0	2.6	26,610	5,037	1,822	1,060	515	1,860	1,493
24	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	18,787	852	33.2	22.1	9.4	2.3	1.0	1.5	8.7	17.3	50.3	0.0	0.1	8.1	4.6	6.1	75.4	55.1	2.4	7.1	2.6	28,327	8,048	1,951	751	1,147	1,223	2,726
25	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	18,438	996	34.4	18.5	12.1	3.1			5.9	15.5	38.0				6.7	7.9	84.9	48.8				29,800	11,256	3,072				3,432