which center has most points in nba history

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has scored the most career points by a center, with 38,387 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	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,596	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
4	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
5	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
6	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	23,459	1,120	34.3	20.9	9.9	1.9	0.9	2.5	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	16.1	4.6	6.1	74.1	55.3	2.3	7.6	3.0	38,388	11,052	2,111	1,047	2,747	3,308	3,786	+412
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	17,517	1,105	30.3	15.9	6.1	1.5	0.6	1.9	6.0	12.2	49.7	1.0	2.8	35.2	2.8	3.5	79.7	57.8	2.0	4.1	1.6	33,521	6,737	1,614	633	2,060	1,751	2,868	+987
12	Dwight Howard D. Howard	17,212	1,078	31.3	16.0	11.9	1.4	0.9	1.8	5.8	9.7	59.6	0.0	0.1	22.2	4.4	7.8	56.0	60.7	3.3	8.5	2.7	33,744	12,782	1,476	939	1,977	2,920	3,403	+3033
13	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	16,719	972	31.4	17.2	10.5	2.9	0.8	0.9	7.3	14.7	49.7	0.9	2.7	34.8	1.6	2.1	77.0	54.9	2.5	8.0	1.7	30,502	10,170	2,812	821	844	1,669	2,357	-1468
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	16,210	745	31.7	21.8	10.9	7.2	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.0	1.1	3.0	36.0	3.9	4.8	82.4	63.8	2.7	8.3	2.9	23,639	8,141	5,383	949	536	2,177	1,996	+4071
15	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	15,579	909	32.7	17.1	10.1	2.0	0.5	1.9	6.3	10.5	59.9	0.0	0.0	7.7	4.5	6.3	71.3	64.3	2.9	7.2	2.8	29,685	9,161	1,777	470	1,747	2,347	2,986
16	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	15,059	943	33.7	16.0	10.0	3.3	1.1	1.0	5.9	12.7	46.2	0.2	0.7	33.1	4.0	4.7	84.8	54.0	2.3	7.7	2.4	31,782	9,429	3,075	1,001	928	2,243	3,263
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	14,880	645	34.1	23.1	11.1	3.2	0.8	1.2	8.5	16.2	52.4	1.7	4.3	40.0	4.4	5.3	83.7	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	21,971	7,136	2,037	523	771	1,745	2,197	+1278
18	James Edwards J. Edwards	14,862	1,168	24.3	12.7	5.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	5.0	10.0	49.5	0.0	0.0	4.8	2.8	4.0	69.8	53.9	1.5	3.6	1.7	28,356	6,004	1,499	420	867	1,931	4,042
19	Dan Issel D. Issel	14,659	718	31.1	20.4	7.9	2.5	1.0	0.6	7.6	14.9	50.6	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.3	6.6	79.7	57.2	2.3	5.6	2.0	22,342	5,707	1,804	698	396	1,281	2,022
20	Bill Russell B. Russell	14,522	963	42.3	15.1	22.5	4.3			5.9	13.4	44.0				3.3	5.8	56.1	47.1				40,726	21,620	4,100				2,592
21	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	14,178	609	33.7	23.3	10.1	2.3	0.9	1.6	9.1	17.9	51.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.0	6.5	76.6	56.0	2.5	7.6	2.3	20,507	6,163	1,379	577	984	687	2,001
22	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	14,029	801	31.6	17.5	8.7	1.2	0.5	2.8	6.3	11.8	52.9	0.0	0.1	24.7	5.0	7.1	69.5	58.4	2.7	6.0	2.7	25,273	6,939	928	406	2,282	2,152	2,728	+1695
23	Alvan Adams A. Adams	13,910	988	27.5	14.1	7.0	4.1	1.3	0.8	5.8	11.6	49.8	0.0	0.0	13.3	2.5	3.2	78.8	54.1	2.0	5.0	2.6	27,203	6,937	4,012	1,289	808	2,194	3,214
24	Al Horford A. Horford	13,907	1,071	31.6	13.0	7.9	3.1	0.8	1.2	5.4	10.4	51.3	0.8	2.2	38.0	1.4	1.9	76.3	57.6	1.9	6.0	1.4	33,891	8,487	3,359	814	1,239	1,489	2,274	+3443
25	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	13,904	888	38.2	15.7	15.4	2.8	0.5	2.1	6.0	14.1	42.2				3.7	5.5	67.1	47.2	2.8	6.8		33,915	13,674	2,489	125	553		2,440