who scored the most points in the nba in the 1970 to 2020s

Between January 1, 1970 and December 31, 2029, LeBron James has put up the most points, with 42,184 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	42,184	1,562	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,041	11,731	11,584	2,345	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37,351	1,520		24.6	11.1				10.1			0.0	0.0	5.9	4.3	5.9	72.4						16,848
3	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	54,854	14,968	5,248	2,087	1,145	4,524	4,577	+3010
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33,643	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,638	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
5	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	2,515	892	2,924	2,783	+1438
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,560	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,369	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30,681	1,127	36.7	27.2	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,380	7,851	4,916	1,177	1,277	3,562	2,152	+4761
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,596	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
9	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
10	James Harden J. Harden	27,772	1,155	34.8	24.0	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,136	6,492	8,348	1,720	656	4,276	2,864	+4620
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,405	1,329		20.6	12.2				7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0			6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9					16,212
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,946	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	13,747	3,058	2,163	3,825	3,668	4,381	+564
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,666	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5			9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7			5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6				38,113	7,169	2,675				2,061	-392
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,496	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,369	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,397	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26,264	1,242	33.2	21.1	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.6	4.8	6.2	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,293	8,701	9,944	1,961	407	4,839	3,166	+3027
17	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26,071	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
18	Vince Carter V. Carter	25,728	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	46,369	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
19	Alex English A. English	25,613	1,193		21.5					8.9			0.0			3.6	4.3	83.2
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,548	1,032	34.1	24.8	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.2	62.5	0.6	4.0	3.1	35,162	4,844	6,569	1,563	269	3,203	2,320	+6207
21	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,387	1,192	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	6.5	84.2	55.6	0.7	3.7	2.0	41,410	5,230	4,895	1,177	394	2,384	2,666	+173
22	Reggie Miller R. Miller	25,279	1,389	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	5.9	12.6	47.1	1.8	4.7	39.5	4.5	5.1	88.8	61.4	0.6	2.4	1.7	47,619	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	2,730	+2015
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24,815	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	40,594	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,534	4,034	+412
24	Ray Allen R. Allen	24,505	1,300	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	6.6	14.6	45.2	2.3	5.7	40.0	3.4	3.8	89.4	58.0	0.9	3.1	2.1	46,344	5,272	4,361	1,451	244	2,709	2,858	+3491
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	37,583	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799