which nba player scored most points in the first 16 seasons

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most points by a player in his first 16 seasons, with 33,262 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	33,262	1,249	38.7	26.6	12.5	4.0	1.0	3.0	11.0	19.5	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.5	71.8	59.5	2.7	8.7	3.0	48,373	15,627	4,968	958	2,785	1,884	3,752
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	32,919	1,273	37.3	25.9	10.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	9.5	18.2	52.4	0.1	0.2	27.0	6.8	9.2	73.8	58.2	2.5	7.9	3.1	47,503	13,287	4,365	1,747	1,035	3,948	4,029	+2569
3	LeBron James L. James	32,543	1,198	38.6	27.2	7.4	7.2	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.4	1.4	4.2	34.3	6.0	8.1	73.6	58.6	1.2	6.2	3.5	46,236	8,880	8,662	1,937	921	4,163	2,207	+6398
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32,292	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
5	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
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	29,484	1,161	36.5	25.4	5.3	4.7	1.5	0.5	8.9	19.6	45.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	6.4	7.6	83.8	55.4	1.2	4.1	3.0	42,377	6,142	5,418	1,722	594	3,432	2,991	+4912
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28,924	1,061	36.7	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.1	1.9	4.9	38.7	6.6	7.5	88.4	61.9	0.7	6.3	3.2	38,971	7,454	4,645	1,123	1,196	3,363	2,033	+4771
8	James Harden J. Harden	27,687	1,151	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.1	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,011	6,473	8,316	1,715	655	4,260	2,857	+4610
9	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
10	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,016	1,246	35.5	21.7	12.8	1.4	0.9	1.4	7.5	15.2	49.2	0.0	0.1	9.1	6.7	8.8	76.9	57.0	5.3	7.5	3.2	44,200	15,894	1,749	1,075	1,705	3,724	3,003
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	26,786	1,188	35.9	22.5	8.1	2.6	0.9	0.9	7.9	16.6	47.6	1.2	3.2	38.3	5.5	6.2	87.9	58.2	1.1	7.0	1.9	42,603	9,594	3,139	1,037	1,095	2,208	2,945	+6180
12	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
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,668	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
14	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
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26,286	1,042	36.2	25.2	11.5	2.7	0.6	2.4	10.0	17.2	58.1	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.2	10.0	52.4	58.4	3.7	7.7	2.9	37,674	11,933	2,794	659	2,520	2,981	3,604	+4461
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25,822	1,119	36.9	23.1	11.6	2.6	1.8	3.3	9.2	17.9	51.3	0.0	0.1	20.7	4.7	6.6	71.6	55.6	3.4	8.2	3.1	41,299	12,951	2,920	2,018	3,652	3,488	4,095	+474
17	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
18	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	25,551	1,064	35.8	24.0	6.5	3.0	1.0	0.5	8.6	19.1	44.9	1.3	3.7	34.7	5.6	6.9	81.1	54.2	1.7	4.8	2.7	38,129	6,938	3,165	1,081	527	2,832	3,062	+1620
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,386	1,026	34.1	24.7	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.3	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.1	62.5	0.7	4.0	3.1	34,975	4,819	6,540	1,553	265	3,187	2,310	+6177
20	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,292	1,187	34.7	21.3	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.3	46.9	0.5	1.7	30.0	5.5	6.6	84.2	55.6	0.7	3.7	2.0	41,229	5,208	4,869	1,170	393	2,379	2,659	+204
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	25,211	1,162	33.6	21.7	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	7.8	17.8	43.8	1.1	3.6	30.4	5.0	6.5	77.6	52.6	1.6	5.5	3.9	39,080	8,307	9,468	1,849	369	4,587	2,969	+3063
22	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
23	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	25,031	1,177	36.1	21.3	5.9	3.8	1.4	0.6	7.0	15.6	44.7	1.6	4.4	37.0	5.7	7.0	80.7	56.9	0.9	5.1	2.9	42,458	6,999	4,483	1,669	699	3,366	3,314	+3099
24	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24,425	1,118	35.5	21.8	10.1	1.9	1.0	2.5	8.5	16.9	50.5	0.0	0.1	15.3	4.7	6.4	74.0	55.4	2.4	7.7	3.1	39,693	11,344	2,180	1,114	2,849	3,472	3,905	+432
25	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	24,368	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799