who had the most career points before 1959

Before 1958-59, Dolph Schayes put up the most points, with 11,764 points.

NAMEPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Dolph Schayes
D. Schayes
11,764
624
36.7
18.9
13.3
3.2
5.9
15.4
38.0
7.1
8.5
83.6
49.2
18,139
7,451
1,999
2,173
2Ed Macauley
E. Macauley
11,169
627
36.3
17.8
7.7
3.3
5.9
13.6
43.7
5.9
7.8
76.2
52.4
17,875
4,285
2,066
1,647
3Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
10,647
550
38.6
19.4
6.0
7.2
6.8
18.5
36.8
5.7
7.1
81.2
44.8
18,583
3,285
3,987
1,444
4George Mikan
G. Mikan
10,156
439
34.4
23.1
13.4
2.8
8.1
20.0
40.4
7.0
8.9
78.2
48.3
8,350
4,167
1,245
1,862
5Neil Johnston
N. Johnston
9,846
488
36.7
20.2
11.7
2.6
6.7
14.9
44.7
6.9
8.9
76.8
53.6
17,905
5,717
1,248
1,631
6Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
9,271
414
39.4
22.4
8.8
2.4
7.6
18.0
42.1
7.2
8.9
80.7
51.0
13,760
3,663
992
1,595
7Vern Mikkelsen
V. Mikkelsen
9,071
627
32.9
14.5
9.6
2.2
5.1
12.6
40.4
4.3
5.6
76.2
48.0
16,304
5,370
1,356
2,566
8Carl Braun
C. Braun
8,911
599
33.4
14.9
3.8
3.6
5.4
14.3
37.6
4.1
5.1
80.1
44.9
14,304
1,622
2,154
1,781
9Bill Sharman
B. Sharman
8,853
507
33.5
17.5
4.0
3.2
6.4
15.1
42.4
4.6
5.3
87.5
50.0
15,957
2,016
1,632
1,471
10Harry Gallatin
H. Gallatin
8,843
682
31.9
13.0
11.9
1.8
4.1
10.3
39.8
4.7
6.1
77.3
49.7
15,813
6,684
1,208
2,086
11Larry Foust
L. Foust
8,334
548
32.6
15.2
11.1
1.9
5.1
12.7
40.3
5.0
6.8
72.9
48.4
15,632
6,076
1,026
2,064
12Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
8,003
489
23.4
16.4
5.3
1.2
5.8
19.1
30.2
4.8
6.3
76.6
37.4
4,490
1,379
587
1,774
13Max Zaslofsky
M. Zaslofsky
7,990
540
28.3
14.8
2.8
2.0
5.3
15.4
34.3
4.2
5.5
76.9
41.5
6,760
864
1,093
1,291
14Arnie Risen
A. Risen
7,633
637
28.3
12.0
9.7
1.7
4.1
10.8
38.1
3.8
5.4
69.9
45.6
12,690
5,011
1,058
2,449
15Joe Graboski
J. Graboski
6,999
594
35.4
11.8
9.1
1.9
4.3
12.4
35.1
3.1
4.5
69.3
41.1
17,435
4,474
1,141
1,985
16Bobby Wanzer
B. Wanzer
6,924
568
32.5
12.2
4.5
3.2
4.0
10.2
39.3
4.2
5.2
80.2
48.9
12,128
1,979
1,830
1,275
17Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
6,789
285
36.7
23.8
15.5
2.5
8.3
19.9
41.5
7.3
9.7
75.2
49.3
10,472
4,411
708
863
18Jack Coleman
J. Coleman
6,721
633
33.1
10.6
9.2
2.8
4.4
10.7
41.6
1.7
2.5
69.5
45.1
16,479
5,186
1,749
1,927
19Bob Davies
B. Davies
6,594
462
31.3
14.3
2.9
4.9
5.0
13.1
37.8
4.4
5.7
75.9
45.6
8,617
980
2,250
1,566
20Clyde Lovellette
C. Lovellette
6,518
353
31.8
18.5
11.4
1.7
7.4
17.0
43.3
3.7
5.2
71.5
47.8
11,215
4,007
588
1,204
21Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
6,384
701
32.2
9.1
4.4
5.4
3.3
9.0
36.8
2.5
3.6
69.5
43.0
15,378
2,395
3,759
1,925
22George Yardley
G. Yardley
6,381
338
34.1
18.9
9.5
1.9
6.5
15.8
41.3
5.9
7.6
77.3
49.5
11,526
3,210
628
1,040
23Red Rocha
R. Rocha
6,362
586
29.9
10.9
6.6
2.0
3.9
10.5
37.0
3.1
4.1
75.9
44.1
10,507
2,747
1,153
2,113
24Slater Martin
S. Martin
6,253
610
37.1
10.3
3.4
4.1
3.7
10.1
36.6
2.9
3.8
76.3
43.7
17,629
1,862
2,494
1,834
25Fred Scolari
F. Scolari
6,014
534
26.4
11.3
2.7
2.6
4.0
12.5
32.1
3.3
4.0
81.8
39.6
6,573
857
1,406
1,482

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