most points all-time before 1/1/89

Before January 1, 1989, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most points, with 37,827 points.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player all-time before 1/1/89
NAMEPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
37,827
1,507
25.1
11.4
10.4
0.0
0.0
6.3
4.4
6.1
72.2
17,192
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31,422
1,045
30.1
22.9
12.1
5.8
11.4
51.1
23,922
3Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
27,311
1,303
21.0
8.4
0.0
4.1
6.1
67.0
4Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
26,714
1,040
25.7
0.1
9.1
7.4
8.8
83.8
4
5John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
26,396
1,270
20.8
8.3
4.2
5.2
81.5
6Jerry West
J. West
25,196
932
27.0
9.7
7.7
9.4
81.4
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
23,136
846
27.3
10.3
6.8
8.7
78.1
8Moses Malone
M. Malone
22,260
947
23.5
13.8
8.1
16.4
49.5
0.0
7.2
9.4
76.5
57.0
13,032
9Alex English
A. English
22,031
980
22.5
9.3
0.0
3.9
4.7
82.8
10Hal Greer
H. Greer
21,588
1,122
19.2
7.6
4.1
5.1
80.1
11Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
21,492
851
25.3
8.9
0.0
7.4
9.0
82.1
12Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
20,941
1,043
20.1
7.6
4.9
7.7
63.3
13Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
20,880
792
26.4
9.3
7.8
10.2
76.2
14George 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
15Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
19,246
959
20.1
8.1
0.0
3.9
5.1
76.7
16Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
19,181
1,031
18.6
7.2
4.2
5.2
80.7
17Chet Walker
C. Walker
18,826
1,032
18.2
6.7
4.9
6.2
79.5
18Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
18,785
852
22.0
8.7
0.0
4.6
6.1
75.4
19Dolph Schayes
D. Schayes
18,436
996
18.5
5.9
6.7
7.9
85.0
20Rick Barry
R. Barry
18,395
794
36.3
23.2
6.5
5.1
9.1
20.4
44.9
1.0
4.8
5.3
90.0
51.0
28,825
5,168
4,017
2,263
21Julius Erving
J. Erving
18,364
836
22.0
8.7
0.1
4.6
5.9
77.6
22Dave Bing
D. Bing
18,329
901
20.3
7.7
4.9
6.3
77.5
23World B. Free
W. B. Free
17,953
886
20.3
7.3
0.4
5.3
7.1
75.3
24Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
17,949
1,002
17.9
7.2
0.0
3.4
3.9
89.2
25Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
17,939
889
20.2
8.3
3.5
4.4
79.8

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