LeBron James has the most career attempted shots, with 29,313 attempts.

who has the most shot attempts in nba history

NAME	FGA	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
LeBron James	29,313	1,492	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5	9.9	50.6	1.6	4.6	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	56,598	40,474	11,185	11,009	2,275	1,111	5,211	2,682	+7443
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	28,307	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	2.7	10.2	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
Karl Malone	26,210	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1	9.2	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
Kobe Bryant	26,200	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0	8.7	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
Michael Jordan	24,537	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7	11.4	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
Elvin Hayes	24,272	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.4	8.4	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	50,000	27,313	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
John Havlicek	23,930	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	8.3	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	46,471	26,395	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
Dirk Nowitzki	23,734	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.6	7.3	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
Wilt Chamberlain	23,497	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4				12.1	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
Carmelo Anthony	22,643	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	2.4	8.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	43,514	28,289	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1530
Dominique Wilkins	21,589	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	2.5	9.3	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
Vince Carter	21,339	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	1.7	6.0	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	46,367	25,728	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
Kevin Garnett	21,142	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	2.2	7.2	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
Alex English	21,036	1,193	31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	2.5	8.9	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	38,063	25,613	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027
Hakeem Olajuwon	20,991	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0	8.7	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
Russell Westbrook	20,659	1,162	33.6	21.7	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	3.9	7.8	43.8	1.1	3.6	30.4	5.0	6.5	77.6	39,080	25,211	8,307	9,468	1,849	369	4,587	2,969	+3061
Tim Duncan	20,334	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	2.4	7.4	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
Elgin Baylor	20,171	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3				10.3	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	33,863	23,149	11,463	3,650				2,596
Allen Iverson	19,906	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	3.6	9.3	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
Kevin Durant	19,876	1,061	36.7	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	3.2	9.4	50.1	1.9	4.9	38.7	6.6	7.5	88.4	38,972	28,924	7,454	4,645	1,123	1,196	3,363	2,033	+4774
Oscar Robertson	19,620	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1		9.1	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	43,886	26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
Paul Pierce	19,465	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	2.6	6.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
Shaquille O'Neal	19,457	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	2.7	9.4	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
Patrick Ewing	19,241	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	3.0	8.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	40,594	24,815	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	4,034	+412
Moses Malone	19,225	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	3.1	7.1	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076