most career points with less than 23 ppg before 2017-18

Before 2017-18, Dirk Nowitzki had the most points when putting up <23.0 points per game, with 30,260 points.

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most career points by a player with less than 23 ppg before 2017-18

	NAME	PTS	PPG	GP	MPG	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	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	30,260	21.7	1,394	34.9	7.8	2.5	0.8	0.9	7.7	16.2	47.3	1.3	3.3	38.1	5.1	5.8	87.9	57.8	1.0	6.8	1.7	48,673	10,893	3,496	1,158	1,218	2,425	3,379	+6663
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,409	20.6	1,329	33.9	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
3	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27,313	21.0	1,303	38.4	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.4	18.6	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	49.1	3.1	7.8	2.4	50,000	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,946	21.8	1,238	35.7	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	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
5	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,496	19.0	1,392	34.0	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	47,368	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,397	19.7	1,343	34.2	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
7	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,395	20.8	1,270	36.6	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.8	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	46,471	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
8	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26,071	17.8	1,462	34.5	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
9	Alex English A. English	25,613	21.5	1,193	31.9	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	8.9	17.6	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	55.0	2.3	3.2	2.5	38,063	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027
10	Reggie Miller R. Miller	25,279	18.2	1,389	34.3	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
11	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24,815	21.0	1,183	34.3	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	3,537	4,034	+412
12	Vince Carter V. Carter	24,555	18.2	1,347	32.0	4.6	3.3	1.1	0.6	6.6	15.1	43.8	1.5	4.1	37.4	3.5	4.4	79.9	53.6	1.2	3.4	1.8	43,136	6,140	4,510	1,421	810	2,473	3,668	+2188
13	Ray Allen R. Allen	24,505	18.9	1,300	35.6	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
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23,757	22.1	1,073	36.7	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	39,330	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
15	Robert Parish R. Parish	23,334	14.5	1,611	28.4	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	6.3	2.1	45,704	14,715	2,180	1,219	2,361	3,183	4,443	+105
16	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	22,195	20.4	1,086	34.6	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	37,537	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
17	Gary Payton G. Payton	21,813	16.3	1,335	35.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	52.8	1.0	2.9	2.3	47,117	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
18	Hal Greer H. Greer	21,586	19.2	1,122	35.5	5.0	4.0			7.6	16.8	45.2				4.1	5.1	80.1	50.6				39,788	5,665	4,540				3,855
19	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	20,941	20.1	1,043	37.3	13.7	2.4	0.7	0.6	7.6	14.7	51.6				4.9	7.8	63.2	55.4	3.4	6.2		38,940	14,241	2,544	52	48		3,536
20	David Robinson D. Robinson	20,790	21.1	987	34.7	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
21	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	20,497	21.0	976	35.2	3.9	3.5	1.2	0.3	7.5	16.4	45.5	1.4	3.5	38.8	4.7	5.5	85.0	55.7	0.9	3.0	2.6	34,309	3,801	3,398	1,211	254	2,579	2,503	-406
22	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	20,049	18.1	1,107	30.6	6.1	2.1	0.8	0.6	6.7	14.2	46.8	0.2	0.7	30.7	4.6	5.7	80.7	54.2	1.8	4.3	2.3	33,922	6,703	2,283	885	627	2,549	3,742	-51
23	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	20,042	18.5	1,083	34.8	7.5	1.6	1.0	0.4	7.1	15.7	45.1	1.1	3.1	34.6	3.3	4.5	72.4	52.3	2.4	5.2	1.6	37,638	8,157	1,761	1,048	421	1,714	2,580	-1424
24	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	20,033	16.4	1,221	35.2	4.0	4.0	0.9	0.2	6.3	14.2	44.2	1.6	4.2	37.4	2.2	2.8	80.1	53.1	0.9	3.1	2.0	43,029	4,887	4,918	1,053	253	2,402	2,185	+917
25	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	20,001	17.9	1,119	34.7	9.4	3.2	0.5	1.7	6.8	13.4	51.0	0.1	0.3	36.8	4.1	5.4	75.4	56.6	2.6	6.8	2.2	38,829	10,549	3,635	577	1,847	2,514	2,482	+1802