which ppwer forward has most points in nba history

LeBron James has posted the most career points by a forward, with 40,660 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	40,660	1,498	37.7	27.1	7.6	7.5	1.5	0.7	10.0	19.5	51.1	1.6	4.7	35.0	5.6	7.6	73.7	59.5	1.1	6.4	3.5	56,405	11,317	11,201	2,239	1,102	5,209	2,643	+7365
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,928	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30,973	1,121	36.8	27.6	7.1	4.5	1.0	1.1	9.5	18.7	50.8	2.1	5.2	39.5	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.8	0.6	6.4	3.2	41,308	7,906	5,088	1,157	1,269	3,567	2,157	+5723
4	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28,289	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	43,514	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1528
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	27,174	1,292	33.8	21.0	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.4	15.8	47.1	1.2	3.3	37.9	4.9	5.6	88.0	57.6	1.0	6.5	1.7	43,662	9,626	3,138	992	1,055	2,163	3,017	+5779
6	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
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	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23,757	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
9	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	23,445	1,233	36.1	19.0	10.5	4.0	1.3	1.5	7.6	15.3	49.8	0.1	0.5	28.1	3.6	4.6	78.7	54.9	2.4	8.1	2.3	44,471	12,969	4,952	1,636	1,857	2,847	3,034	+4585
10	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
11	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
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	21,791	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	21,531	895	32.7	24.1	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.4	0.6	2.2	28.5	5.8	8.4	69.1	61.3	1.9	8.0	3.0	29,272	8,882	4,484	995	1,088	2,701	2,617	+3110
14	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	20,964	1,025	36.1	20.5	6.1	4.6	1.2	0.3	8.2	18.6	44.1				4.0	4.9	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	37,007	6,256	4,739	476	117	204	2,586
15	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
16	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	20,042	1,083	34.8	18.5	7.5	1.6	1.0	0.4	7.1	15.7	45.1	1.1	3.1	34.6	3.3	4.5	72.4	52.3	2.4	5.2	1.6	37,638	8,157	1,761	1,048	421	1,714	2,580	-1424
17	Bernard King B. King	19,655	874	33.7	22.5	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3	9.0	17.3	51.8	0.0	0.2	17.2	4.5	6.2	73.0	56.1	1.9	3.8	3.2	29,417	5,060	2,863	866	230	2,791	2,885
18	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	19,276	1,161	28.9	16.6	7.3	1.9	1.1	0.6	6.9	14.2	48.4	0.0	0.1	29.5	2.8	4.0	70.5	52.1	2.7	4.6	1.9	33,500	8,523	2,169	1,242	642	2,173	3,762	+24
19	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	19,202	1,199	27.2	16.0	4.0	2.1	0.6	0.2	6.4	13.6	47.2	0.5	1.4	33.5	2.7	3.2	84.0	53.3	1.5	2.5	1.7	32,604	4,832	2,550	739	180	2,076	2,962	-15
20	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	19,196	1,055	32.8	18.2	5.3	3.3	1.2	0.5	6.0	13.2	45.4	1.5	4.0	37.5	4.7	5.8	80.6	57.7	0.8	4.5	2.4	34,643	5,584	3,494	1,280	532	2,548	2,823	+2972
21	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	19,156	1,027	31.2	18.7	6.2	2.1	0.8	0.6	6.9	14.6	47.0	0.2	0.7	30.6	4.7	5.8	80.8	54.3	1.8	4.4	2.4	32,084	6,377	2,204	845	595	2,460	3,510	-51
22	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	18,940	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	41,069	7,494	6,135	2,307	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
23	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
24	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	18,458	923	30.0	20.0	5.0	3.1	0.7	0.3	7.8	16.1	48.4	0.4	1.4	31.2	4.0	5.4	74.1	54.2	1.8	3.1	2.5	27,730	4,578	2,871	687	296	2,306	2,599
25	Rick Barry R. Barry	18,395	794	36.3	23.2	6.5	5.1	2.0	0.5	9.1	20.4	44.9	1.0	3.1	33.0	4.8	5.3	90.0	51.0	0.9	4.3	2.5	28,825	5,168	4,017	1,104	269	574	2,264

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.6

Mitchell

RPG

7.7

Mobley

APG

6.2

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 5/17	CLE	@	DET	8:00 PM

Last Game

Pistons

3 - 3

115

Final

Cavaliers

3 - 3

Fri 15 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

29.3

Cunningham

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Allen

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.8

126.0

118.2

113.7

113.6

112.1

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.6

105.7

107.4

107.7

108.5

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

14.6

4.4

3.0

-0.7

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

599.6

Cunningham

517.1

Harden

502

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

651

Cunningham

537

Harden

500.3

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.2

Cunningham

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.64

Wembanyama

1.61

Towns

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

55-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

40-55

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0