which nba player has the most 20 point career games to begin their career

LeBron James has the most games with 20+ points, with 1,289 games.

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Which NBA player has the most 20 or more point career regular-season games to begin their career?

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	1,289	37,819	38.5	29.3	7.7	7.4	1.6	0.8	10.8	20.5	52.3	1.8	5.0	36.7	6.0	8.1	74.4	60.9	1.2	6.5	3.5	49,593	9,913	9,562	2,003	991	4,519	2,346	+7119
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,134	32,000	38.6	28.2	10.7	3.6	1.5	0.8	10.3	19.3	53.5	0.1	0.2	29.1	7.5	9.9	75.4	59.6	2.6	8.1	3.1	43,806	12,178	4,113	1,656	942	3,514	3,580	+2732
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,122	32,184		28.7	12.6				11.8			0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	6.9	72.2						14,127
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	977	28,538	37.6	29.2	7.2	4.5	1.1	1.2	10.1	19.5	51.6	2.1	5.3	40.2	6.9	7.8	88.5	63.5	0.7	6.5	3.2	36,721	7,040	4,386	1,051	1,135	3,146	1,939	+4939
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	941	28,388	39.0	30.2	5.8	4.9	1.6	0.5	10.5	22.4	46.9	1.6	4.6	35.5	7.5	8.9	84.0	57.2	1.3	4.5	3.1	36,738	5,412	4,657	1,499	474	2,954	2,463	+4232
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	926	30,134	39.1	32.5	6.3	5.3	2.5	0.9	12.2	24.0	51.0	0.6	1.8	34.1	7.5	8.9	83.9	58.3	1.6	4.7	2.8	36,231	5,878	4,941	2,302	808	2,588	2,483	+1361
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	861	23,044	37.7	26.8	8.7	2.8	0.9	1.0	9.4	18.6	50.8	1.6	3.7	43.3	6.3	7.1	88.8	61.7	1.2	7.5	1.9	32,440	7,463	2,375	769	823	1,631	2,157	+5819
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	826	23,446	37.7	28.4	12.0	2.8	0.7	2.5	11.3	18.9	59.5	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.9	10.9	53.9	59.8	4.0	8.1	2.8	31,163	9,940	2,308	546	2,080	2,352	2,821	+4006
9	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	796	22,191	37.2	27.9	6.7	3.0	1.1	0.6	10.0	20.7	48.2	1.6	4.0	39.5	6.4	7.7	82.4	57.9	1.8	4.9	2.7	29,638	5,330	2,422	885	439	2,152	2,357	+2795
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	771	28,028		36.4	24.2				14.7						6.9	13.2	52.7						18,624
11	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	756	22,448	38.2	29.7	7.4	2.8		0.6	11.1	22.7	48.6	0.8			6.8	8.2	82.6	56.3				28,862	5,581	2,106		490		1,501	-60
12	James Harden J. Harden	755	22,920	37.3	30.4	6.2	8.2	1.7	0.6	9.0	19.3	46.3	3.5	9.1	38.9	8.9	10.3	86.8	63.6	0.8	5.4	4.2	28,129	4,694	6,159	1,280	482	3,179	1,943	+4468
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	754	22,881		30.3				0.1	10.7						8.9	10.6	84.4									1
14	Jerry West J. West	752	22,614		30.1					10.8						8.5	10.4	82.1
15	Moses Malone M. Malone	748	20,457	38.7	27.3	14.3	1.6			9.5	18.0	52.6	0.0			8.4	10.7	78.3	60.2				28,927	10,707	1,190				1,902
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	747	20,501	39.0	27.4	12.4	2.8	1.9	3.5	10.9	20.2	54.2	0.0	0.1	20.5	5.6	7.6	73.4	58.4	3.7	8.7	3.3	29,101	9,234	2,118	1,455	2,578	2,429	2,786	+426
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	730	21,703	35.4	29.7	5.0	6.4	1.6	0.3	10.0	20.0	50.2	4.9	10.8	45.6	4.8	5.2	91.7	66.7	0.7	4.3	3.2	25,822	3,639	4,698	1,132	190	2,346	1,603	+5729
18	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	728	20,189		27.7					11.2			0.0			5.4	7.8	68.9
19	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	711	18,772		26.4					10.5						5.4	6.6	82.8
20	Alex English A. English	708	20,164	36.9	28.5	6.0	4.5			11.8	22.1	53.5	0.0			4.9	5.8	84.2	57.9				26,148	4,257	3,161				2,014
21	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	701	19,053	37.0	27.2	4.8	4.5	1.1	0.3	9.7	19.1	50.5	0.7	2.1	34.6	7.1	8.3	85.7	59.6	0.7	4.0	2.0	25,950	3,338	3,169	761	232	1,429	1,582	+1365
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	700	21,348	42.7	30.5	3.9	6.3	2.3	0.2	10.6	23.7	44.7	1.4	4.0	33.9	8.0	10.1	79.1	54.2	0.8	3.0	3.7	29,855	2,707	4,428	1,628	122	2,557	1,368	+1963
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	679	18,525	38.4	27.3	11.1	2.2	1.1	2.9	10.7	19.9	53.6	0.0	0.1	18.4	5.9	7.8	75.9	58.4	2.7	8.4	3.3	26,043	7,546	1,473	745	1,964	2,239	2,447	+513
24	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	677	20,823		30.8					11.6						7.6	9.6	79.0
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	675	18,835	36.0	27.9	7.8	8.7	1.7	0.3	10.0	21.0	47.5	1.5	4.4	34.9	6.4	8.1	79.7	56.9	1.7	6.1	4.3	24,305	5,254	5,846	1,157	228	2,894	1,774	+2365