Since January 1, 1980, LeBron James has the most points, with 42,184 points.

Interpreted as:

most career NBA points by a player since 1/1/1980

	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	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
3	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
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	2,515	892	2,924	2,783	+1438
5	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
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30,631	1,125	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	41,310	7,840	4,912	1,176	1,274	3,557	2,146	+4731
7	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
8	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
9	James Harden J. Harden	27,732	1,153	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	40,067	6,482	8,334	1,715	656	4,266	2,860	+4611
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26,218	1,239	33.3	21.2	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.4	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.5	4.8	6.3	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,207	8,684	9,930	1,956	407	4,833	3,159	+3046
15	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
16	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
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,486	1,029	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	62.6	0.7	4.0	3.1	35,072	4,832	6,554	1,560	269	3,195	2,315	+6180
18	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,328	1,189	34.7	21.3	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.3	46.9	0.5	1.7	30.1	5.5	6.6	84.2	55.6	0.7	3.7	2.0	41,302	5,217	4,884	1,174	394	2,381	2,662	+198
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23,757	1,073	36.6	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	39,325	12,546	4,215	1,649	888	3,374	3,286	+532
24	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	23,165	1,054	33.9	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	8.0	16.7	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.4	7.1	76.5	55.4	1.2	3.5	3.2	35,774	4,933	5,701	1,620	885	3,326	2,328	+2827
25	Chris Paul C. Paul	23,015	1,356	33.7	17.0	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.8	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.6	4.1	87.1	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,641	5,982	12,511	2,721	222	3,096	3,190	+6112