most career points before january 1, 2000

Before January 1, 2000, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar posted the most points, with 38,387 points.

Interpreted as:
most career points by a player before january 1, 2000
NAMEPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
38,387
1,560
24.6
11.2
10.2
0.0
0.0
5.9
4.3
6.0
72.1
17,442
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31,422
1,045
30.1
22.9
12.1
5.8
11.4
51.1
23,922
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
29,671
1,138
37.5
26.1
10.7
3.3
1.4
0.8
9.6
18.3
52.6
0.1
0.2
26.7
6.8
9.3
73.1
58.3
2.7
8.0
3.1
42,712
12,121
3,805
1,610
932
3,578
3,666
+1869
4Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
29,277
930
38.6
31.5
6.3
5.4
2.5
0.9
11.8
23.3
50.5
0.6
1.8
33.2
7.3
8.7
83.8
58.0
1.7
4.6
2.8
35,887
5,836
5,012
2,307
827
2,589
2,493
+1416
5Moses 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
6Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
27,311
1,303
21.0
8.4
0.0
4.1
6.1
67.0
7Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
26,714
1,040
25.7
0.1
9.1
7.4
8.8
83.8
4
8Dominique 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
9John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
26,396
1,270
20.8
8.3
4.2
5.2
81.5
10Alex English
A. English
25,613
1,193
21.5
8.9
0.0
3.6
4.3
83.2
11Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
25,574
1,089
37.4
23.5
11.7
2.6
1.8
3.3
9.3
18.2
51.4
0.0
0.1
20.8
4.8
6.7
71.7
55.7
3.5
8.3
3.2
40,683
12,792
2,883
2,003
3,605
3,449
4,037
+509
12Jerry West
J. West
25,196
932
27.0
9.7
7.7
9.4
81.4
13Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
23,755
1,072
36.7
22.2
11.7
3.9
1.5
0.8
7.9
14.6
54.1
0.5
1.9
26.6
5.9
8.1
73.5
61.2
4.0
7.7
3.1
39,319
12,545
4,214
1,649
887
3,374
3,286
+539
14Robert Parish
R. Parish
23,335
1,611
28.4
14.5
9.1
1.4
6.0
11.1
53.7
0.0
2.5
3.5
72.1
57.1
45,684
14,713
2,180
4,442
+105
15Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
23,177
955
24.3
8.6
0.0
7.2
8.7
81.8
16Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
23,136
846
27.3
10.3
6.8
8.7
78.1
17Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
22,860
987
36.3
23.2
10.4
2.1
1.0
2.7
9.1
17.8
50.9
0.0
0.1
15.8
5.0
6.8
74.2
55.8
2.5
7.9
3.2
35,862
10,252
2,036
1,029
2,694
3,197
3,517
+426
18Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
22,195
1,086
34.6
20.4
6.1
5.6
2.0
0.7
7.7
16.3
47.2
0.8
2.4
31.8
4.3
5.5
78.8
54.7
2.4
3.7
2.7
37,536
6,677
6,125
2,207
719
2,977
3,285
+434
19Larry Bird
L. Bird
21,791
897
38.4
24.3
10.0
6.3
9.6
19.3
49.6
0.7
4.4
5.0
88.5
56.4
34,439
8,974
5,695
2,279
20Hal Greer
H. Greer
21,588
1,122
19.2
7.6
4.1
5.1
80.1
21Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
20,941
1,043
20.1
7.6
4.9
7.7
63.3
22Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
20,880
792
26.4
9.3
7.8
10.2
76.2
23George Gervin
G. Gervin
20,708
791
33.6
26.2
4.6
2.8
1.2
0.8
10.2
19.9
51.1
0.1
0.5
29.8
5.7
6.8
84.4
57.2
26,556
3,606
2,211
937
660
2,332
24Tom Chambers
T. Chambers
20,049
1,107
30.6
18.1
6.1
2.1
6.7
14.2
46.8
0.2
4.6
5.7
80.7
54.2
33,916
6,701
2,284
3,741
-51
25Bernard King
B. King
19,655
874
22.5
9.0
0.0
4.5
6.2
73.0

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