NBA Players with 20,000+ Points

Name every NBA player who scored more than 20,000 points over his career.
Players with * have also played in the ABA, so the points results from both leagues
Points in yellow mean that the player is still active
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Place
Points
Position
Team
Player
Playing Career
1st
43,440
SF/PF
CLE,MIA,LAL
LeBron James
2003-present
2nd
38,387
C
MIL,LAL
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1969-1989
3rd
36,928
PF
UTA
Karl Malone
1985-2004
4th
33,643
SG
LAL
Kobe Bryant
1996-2016
5th
32,597
PF/SF
OKC,GSW,BKN,HOU
Kevin Durant
2007-present
6th
32,292
SG/SF
CHI
Michael Jordan
1984-1993, 1995-1998, 2001-2003
7th
31,560
PF
DAL
Dirk Nowitzki
1998-2019
8th
31,419
C
GSW,PHI,LAL
Wilt Chamberlain
1959-1973
9th
30,026*
SF
PHI
Julius Erving
1971-1987
10th
29,580*
C
HOU,PHI
Moses Malone
1974-1995
11th
29,339
PG/SG
OKC,HOU,LAC,CLE
James Harden
2009-present
12th
28,596
C
ORL,LAL,MIA
Shaquille O'Neal
1992-2011
13th
28,289
SF/PF
DEN,NYK,POR
Carmelo Anthony
2003-2022
14th
27,482*
C/PF
DEN
Dan Issel
1970-1985
15th
27,313
PF/C
HOU,WAS
Elvin Hayes
1968-1984
16th
27,176
PG
OKC,WAS,LAL,SAC
Russell Westbrook
2008-present
17th
26,946
C
HOU
Hakeem Olajuwon
1984-2002
18th
26,711
SF/SG
TOR,SAS,CHI,SAC
DeMar DeRozan
2009-present
19th
26,710
PG
SAC,MIL
Oscar Robertson
1960-1974
20th
26,668
SF
ATL
Dominique Wilkins
1982-1995, 1996-1997, 1999
21st
26,595*
SG/SF
SAS
George Gervin
1973-1986
22nd
26,528
PG
GSW
Stephen Curry
2009-present
23rd
26,496
PF/C
SAS
Tim Duncan
1997-2016
24th
26,397
SF/SG
BOS,LAC
Paul Pierce
1998-2017
25th
26,395
SF/SG
BOS
John Havlicek
1962-1978
26th
26,071
PF
MIN,BOS
Kevin Garnett
1995-2016
27th
25,728
SG/SF
TOR,BKN,DAL,MEM
Vince Carter
1998-2020
28th
25,613
SF
DEN
Alex English
1976-1991
29th
25,279*
SF
GSW
Rick Barry
1965-1980
30th
25,279
SG
IND
Reggie Miller
1987-2005
31st
25,192
PG
LAL
Jerry West
1960-1974
32nd
24,941*
C
CHI,SAS
Artis Gilmore
1971-1988
33rd
24,815
C
NYK
Patrick Ewing
1985-2002
34th
24,505
SG
MIL,OKC,BOS,MIA
Ray Allen
1996-2014
35th
24,368
SG/PG
PHI,DEN
Allen Iverson
1996-2010
36th
23,757
PF/SF
PHI,PHX
Charles Barkley
1984-2000
37th
23,334
C
GSW,BOS
Robert Parish
1976-1997
38th
23,177
SF
UTA,DET
Adrian Dantley
1976-1991
39th
23,165
SG
MIA,CHI,CLE
Dwyane Wade
2003-2019
40th
23,149
SF
LAL
Elgin Baylor
1958-1971
41st
23,058
PG
NOP,LAC,HOU,PHX
Chris Paul
2005-2026
42nd
22,598
PG
POR,MIL
Damian Lillard
2012-present
43rd
22,195
SG/SF
POR,HOU
Clyde Drexler
1983-1998
44th
21,813
PG
OKC,MIA
Gary Payton
1990-2007
45th
21,791
SF/PF
BOS
Larry Bird
1979-1992
46th
21,586
SG/PG
PHI
Hal Greer
1958-1973
47th
21,531
PF/C
MIL
Giannis Antetokounmpo
2013-present
48th
20,941
C
WAS,NYK,ATL
Walt Bellamy
1961-1974
49th
20,894
PF/C
MEM,LAL,SAS
Pau Gasol
2001-2019
50th
20,880
PF/C
ATL
Bob Pettit
1954-1965
51st
20,790
C
SAS
David Robinson
1989-2003
52nd
20,558
PF/C
POR,SAS,BKN
LaMarcus Aldridge
2006-2022
53rd
20,497
SG
GSW,SAC,WAS
Mitch Richmond
1988-2002
54th
20,407
SG/SF
PHX,ATL,BKN,BOS
Joe Johnson
2001-2018, 2021-2022
55th
20,049
PF
LAC,OKC,PHX,UTA
Tom Chambers
1981-1995, 1997
56th
20,042
PF/SF
GSW,WAS,CLE
Antawn Jamison
1998-2014
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