player most points ever including playoffs before 2023

Before 2022-23, LeBron James put up the most points in the regular-season and playoffs, with 44,693 points.

	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	LeBron James L. James	44,693	1,632	38.7	27.4	7.7	7.3	1.6	0.8	10.0	19.8	50.3	1.6	4.6	34.4	5.9	8.0	73.5	58.7	1.2	6.5	3.5	63,175	12,601	11,964	2,590	1,293	5,763	3,132	+8319
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	44,149	1,797	36.9	24.6	11.1	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.1	18.2	55.6	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.3	6.0	72.4	58.9	2.4	7.4	2.7	66,297	19,921	6,427	1,349	3,665	2,974	5,454
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	41,689	1,669	37.6	25.0	10.2	3.5	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.0	50.9	0.1	0.2	26.2	6.6	8.9	74.1	57.0	2.4	7.8	3.0	62,759	17,030	5,858	2,343	1,280	5,074	5,240	+3133
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	39,283	1,566	36.6	25.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.8	19.6	44.7	1.4	4.1	33.0	6.2	7.4	83.4	54.8	1.1	4.1	3.0	57,278	8,166	7,346	2,254	784	4,657	4,013	+4708
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38,279	1,251	38.8	30.6	6.3	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.5	23.2	49.5	0.6	1.8	32.8	7.0	8.4	83.4	56.8	1.6	4.7	2.8	48,485	7,824	6,655	2,890	1,051	3,470	3,324	+1732
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	35,223	1,667	34.4	21.1	7.8	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.4	15.8	47.0	1.3	3.4	37.9	5.0	5.7	88.0	57.7	1.0	6.8	1.7	57,263	12,935	4,011	1,359	1,410	2,822	4,008	+6589
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35,026	1,205	46.0	29.1	23.1	4.4			11.7	21.8	53.8				5.7	11.2	50.5	54.5				55,418	27,837	5,316				2,487
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33,846	1,423	35.1	23.8	11.0	2.5	0.6	2.2	9.4	16.2	57.9	0.0	0.0	4.5	5.0	9.5	52.3	58.2	3.6	7.4	2.8	50,016	15,607	3,608	856	3,191	3,959	4,915	+5525
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	31,668	1,643	34.5	19.3	10.9	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.5	14.8	50.5	0.0	0.1	17.2	4.3	6.2	69.5	55.0	2.8	8.1	2.4	56,738	17,950	4,989	1,193	3,588	4,014	4,005	+10000
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	30,701	1,383	36.1	22.2	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.9	17.2	51.4	0.0	0.1	20.4	4.5	6.3	71.2	55.5	3.3	7.9	3.0	49,971	15,369	3,516	2,407	4,302	4,091	4,945	+535
11	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	30,203	1,343	34.7	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.1	44.5	1.4	3.9	35.3	5.1	6.2	81.5	54.1	1.6	4.6	2.4	46,606	8,365	3,626	1,323	673	3,270	3,841	+1240
12	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	30,171	1,442	37.0	20.9	6.4	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.9	43.9				4.3	5.3	81.8	49.3	1.5	3.5	2.5	53,331	9,193	6,939	536	133	204	3,808
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30,085	1,094	37.3	27.5	7.2	4.3	1.1	1.1	9.4	19.0	49.3	1.9	5.1	37.9	6.8	7.7	88.1	61.3	0.7	6.5	3.2	40,768	7,851	4,667	1,182	1,221	3,465	2,191	+4942
14	Jerry West J. West	29,649	1,085	39.5	27.3	5.7	6.6	2.5	0.7	9.8	20.7	47.3				7.7	9.5	81.2	54.9	0.9	2.8		42,892	6,231	7,208	81	23		2,886
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	29,577	1,513	34.4	19.5	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.4	14.5	44.3	1.6	4.4	36.7	5.1	6.4	80.9	56.6	0.8	4.8	2.6	52,109	8,512	5,287	1,956	850	4,008	4,190	+3505
16	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	29,507	1,399	38.7	21.1	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.5	18.7	45.3	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.2	66.8	49.2	3.2	7.9	2.4	54,160	17,523	2,583	961	1,993	1,482	4,571
17	Moses Malone M. Malone	29,486	1,423	34.3	20.7	12.3	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.2	14.6	49.0	0.0	0.1	10.3	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.7	5.1	7.2	3.0	48,867	17,507	1,932	1,173	1,884	4,019	3,320
18	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	28,672	1,605	34.7	17.9	10.1	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.6	49.5	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.4	2.2	7.9	2.2	55,701	16,196	5,916	2,037	2,223	3,521	3,992	+5211
19	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	28,620	1,126	42.2	25.4	7.4	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.0	18.7	48.3				7.3	8.7	83.9	56.3	1.0	2.9		47,559	8,382	10,656	92	8		3,198
20	Reggie Miller R. Miller	28,251	1,533	34.5	18.4	3.0	2.9	1.1	0.2	6.0	12.8	46.9	1.9	4.8	39.4	4.6	5.1	88.8	61.2	0.6	2.4	1.7	52,927	4,598	4,498	1,651	333	2,666	3,005	+2185
21	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	28,091	1,130	35.7	24.9	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.2	46.0	0.7	2.1	31.7	5.7	7.0	81.2	53.5	2.8	3.9	2.5	40,285	7,544	2,820	1,451	677	2,822	2,184	-398
22	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	27,628	1,322	34.6	20.9	9.9	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.0	0.0	0.1	18.2	4.5	6.1	73.8	54.9	2.3	7.5	2.9	45,801	13,042	2,490	1,258	3,197	3,882	4,556	+420
23	Vince Carter V. Carter	27,321	1,629	30.3	16.8	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.9	43.4	1.5	4.0	36.9	3.2	4.0	79.8	53.5	1.1	3.2	1.7	49,400	7,083	5,009	1,624	935	2,758	4,252	+1810
24	Alex English A. English	27,274	1,261	32.1	21.6	5.5	3.7	0.9	0.7	9.0	17.7	50.6	0.0	0.1	19.8	3.6	4.4	83.4	55.0	2.3	3.1	2.5	40,490	6,909	4,644	1,114	865	2,963	3,215
25	Ray Allen R. Allen	27,254	1,471	35.6	18.5	4.0	3.3	1.1	0.2	6.5	14.3	45.1	2.3	5.7	40.0	3.3	3.7	89.3	58.1	0.9	3.1	2.0	52,408	5,920	4,810	1,615	285	2,983	3,260	+4077