LeBron James has dropped the most career points, with 40,474 points.

nba all-time leaders in total points scored

NAME	PTS	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
LeBron James	40,474	1,492	56,598	11,185	11,009	2,275	1,111	5,211	14,837	29,313	50.6	2,410	6,926	34.8	8,390	11,404	73.6	2,682	+7443	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	38,387	1,560	57,446	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	15,837	28,307	55.9	1	18	5.6	6,712	9,304	72.1	4,657		36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	2.7
Karl Malone	36,928	1,476	54,852	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	13,528	26,210	51.6	85	310	27.4	9,787	13,188	74.2	4,578	+3010	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1
Kobe Bryant	33,643	1,346	48,637	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	11,719	26,200	44.7	1,827	5,546	32.9	8,378	10,011	83.7	3,353	+4153	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0
Michael Jordan	32,292	1,072	41,011	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	12,192	24,537	49.7	581	1,778	32.7	7,327	8,772	83.5	2,783	+1438	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7
Dirk Nowitzki	31,560	1,522	51,368	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	11,169	23,734	47.1	1,982	5,210	38.0	7,240	8,239	87.9	3,601	+6541	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.6
Wilt Chamberlain	31,419	1,045	47,859	23,924	4,643				12,681	23,497	54.0				6,057	11,862	51.1	2,075		45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4
Kevin Durant	28,924	1,061	38,972	7,454	4,645	1,123	1,196	3,363	9,950	19,876	50.1	2,031	5,248	38.7	6,993	7,910	88.4	2,033	+4774	36.7	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	3.2
Shaquille O'Neal	28,596	1,207	41,918	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	11,330	19,457	58.2	1	22	4.5	5,935	11,252	52.7	4,146	+4887	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	2.7
Carmelo Anthony	28,289	1,260	43,514	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	10,119	22,643	44.7	1,731	4,873	35.5	6,320	7,764	81.4	3,543	+1530	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	2.4
Moses Malone	27,409	1,329	45,071	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	9,435	19,225	49.1	8	80	10.0	8,531	11,090	76.9	3,076		33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	3.1
Elvin Hayes	27,313	1,303	50,000	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	10,976	24,272	45.2	5	34	14.7	5,356	7,999	67.0	4,193		38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.4
Hakeem Olajuwon	26,946	1,238	44,222	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	10,749	20,991	51.2	25	124	20.2	5,423	7,621	71.2	4,383	+564	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0
Oscar Robertson	26,710	1,040	43,886	7,804	9,887	77	4		9,508	19,620	48.5				7,694	9,185	83.8	2,931		42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1
Dominique Wilkins	26,668	1,074	38,113	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	9,963	21,589	46.1	711	2,231	31.9	6,031	7,438	81.1	2,061	-392	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	2.5
Tim Duncan	26,496	1,392	47,368	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	10,285	20,334	50.6	30	168	17.9	5,896	8,468	69.6	3,304	+8910	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	2.4
Paul Pierce	26,397	1,343	45,880	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	8,668	19,465	44.5	2,143	5,816	36.8	6,918	8,578	80.6	3,643	+3345	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	2.6
John Havlicek	26,395	1,270	46,471	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	10,513	23,930	43.9				5,369	6,589	81.5	3,281		36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	2.5
Kevin Garnett	26,071	1,462	50,418	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	10,505	21,142	49.7	174	632	27.5	4,887	6,190	78.9	3,561	+4913	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	2.2
James Harden	25,885	1,072	37,222	6,017	7,629	1,597	600	3,919	7,643	17,315	44.1	2,940	8,082	36.4	7,659	8,900	86.1	2,695	+4262	34.7	24.1	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	3.7
Vince Carter	25,728	1,541	46,367	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	9,293	21,339	43.5	2,290	6,168	37.1	4,852	6,082	79.8	3,995	+1817	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	1.7
Alex English	25,613	1,193	38,063	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	10,659	21,036	50.7	18	83	21.7	4,277	5,141	83.2	3,027		31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	2.5
Reggie Miller	25,279	1,389	47,619	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	8,241	17,499	47.1	2,560	6,486	39.5	6,237	7,026	88.8	2,730	+2015	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	1.7
Russell Westbrook	25,211	1,162	39,080	8,307	9,468	1,849	369	4,587	9,055	20,659	43.8	1,273	4,186	30.4	5,828	7,512	77.6	2,969	+3061	33.6	21.7	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	3.9
Jerry West	25,192	932	36,571	5,376	6,238	81	23		9,016	19,032	47.4				7,160	8,801	81.4	2,435		39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7