Before 1995-96, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most points, with 38,387 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player career before 1995-96

	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38,387	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31,419	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				47,859	23,924	4,643				2,075
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,409	1,329	33.9	20.6	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
4	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27,313	1,303	38.4	21.0	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
5	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	26,710	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
6	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,395	1,270	36.6	20.8	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
7	Alex English A. English	25,613	1,193	31.9	21.5	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
8	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	25,389	984	36.5	25.8	6.8	2.6	1.4	0.6	9.7	20.8	46.4	0.6	2.0	32.2	5.8	7.2	81.2	53.8	2.8	4.0	2.6	35,916	6,696	2,542	1,335	610	2,511	1,942
9	Jerry West J. West	25,192	932	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	2.8		36,571	5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435
10	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	23,177	955	35.8	24.3	5.7	3.0	1.0	0.2	8.6	15.8	54.0	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.7	81.8	61.7	2.3	3.4	2.9	34,151	5,455	2,830	944	150	2,503	2,550
11	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	23,149	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				33,863	11,463	3,650				2,596
12	Robert Parish R. Parish	22,883	1,494	29.6	15.3	9.6	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.3	11.7	53.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.7	72.2	57.2	3.0	6.6	2.2	44,212	14,323	2,129	1,192	2,288	3,105	4,323
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	21,998	684	38.8	32.2	6.3	5.9	2.7	1.0	12.1	23.5	51.4	0.4	1.4	30.7	7.6	9.0	84.5	58.6	1.7	4.6	3.0	26,510	4,336	4,025	1,845	697	2,041	1,991
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	21,791	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
15	Hal Greer H. Greer	21,586	1,122	35.5	19.2	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
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	21,237	816	37.6	26.0	10.9	3.0	1.4	0.9	9.6	18.3	52.6	0.1	0.2	25.9	6.7	9.3	72.1	58.1	2.8	8.1	3.2	30,688	8,929	2,470	1,166	700	2,632	2,751
17	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	20,941	1,043	37.3	20.1	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
18	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	20,880	792	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1				30,690	12,849	2,369				2,529
19	George Gervin G. Gervin	20,708	791	33.5	26.2	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.8	10.2	19.9	51.1	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.8	84.4	57.2	1.5	3.1	3.0	26,536	3,607	2,214	941	670	2,137	2,331
20	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	20,024	1,094	30.9	18.3	6.1	2.1	0.8	0.6	6.7	14.4	46.9	0.2	0.7	30.5	4.6	5.7	80.7	54.2	1.8	4.3	2.3	33,829	6,687	2,279	882	627	2,539	3,726
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	19,904	828	37.7	24.0	12.4	2.6	1.9	3.6	9.5	18.5	51.6	0.0	0.1	17.8	4.9	6.9	71.0	55.8	3.8	8.5	3.2	31,184	10,239	2,135	1,581	2,983	2,622	3,204
22	Bernard King B. King	19,655	874	33.7	22.5	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3	9.0	17.3	51.8	0.0	0.2	17.2	4.5	6.2	73.0	56.1	1.9	3.8	3.2	29,417	5,060	2,863	866	230	2,791	2,885
23	Walter Davis W. Davis	19,521	1,033	27.9	18.9	3.0	3.8	1.2	0.1	7.9	15.4	51.1	0.2	0.7	27.2	3.0	3.6	85.1	55.8	0.9	2.1	2.5	28,859	3,053	3,878	1,280	133	2,541	2,454
24	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	19,248	959	33.5	20.1	10.1	3.1	1.1	1.5	8.1	15.7	51.4	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.9	5.1	76.7	55.9	2.6	6.8	2.6	32,103	9,698	3,007	777	1,100	1,112	3,048
25	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	19,181	1,031	32.5	18.6	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.2	7.2	15.8	45.6				4.2	5.2	80.7	51.4	1.1	1.6	2.5	33,527	3,279	4,805	545	72	390	2,775