NBA All-Time Scoring Leaders

"This game has been, and always will be, about one thing: buckets." Name the 40 NBA players that have scored the most points in their careers.

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Points	Player
42,184	LeBron James
38,387	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
36,928	Karl Malone
33,643	Kobe Bryant
32,292	Michael Jordan
31,560	Dirk Nowitzki
31,419	Wilt Chamberlain
30,571	Kevin Durant
28,596	Shaquille O'Neal
28,289	Carmelo Anthony
27,687	James Harden
27,409	Moses Malone
27,313	Elvin Hayes
26,946	Hakeem Olajuwon

Points	Player
26,710	Oscar Robertson
26,668	Dominique Wilkins
26,496	Tim Duncan
26,397	Paul Pierce
26,395	John Havlicek
26,205	Russell Westbrook
26,071	Kevin Garnett
25,728	Vince Carter
25,613	Alex English
25,386	Stephen Curry
25,292	DeMar DeRozan
25,279	Reggie Miller
25,192	Jerry West

Points	Player
24,815	Patrick Ewing
24,505	Ray Allen
24,368	Allen Iverson
23,757	Charles Barkley
23,334	Robert Parish
23,177	Adrian Dantley
23,165	Dwyane Wade
23,149	Elgin Baylor
23,011	Chris Paul
22,598	Damian Lillard
22,195	Clyde Drexler
21,813	Gary Payton
21,791	Larry Bird