Top 10 Leading NBA Point Scorers of All Times
Top 10 Leading NBA Point Scorers of All Times
The National Basketball Association or NBA is men’s professional basketball league in North America which is considered to be the leading men’s professional basketball league in the world. Top 10 Leading NBA Point Scorers of All Times provides the list of players who scored most points in the career.
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
A record six times NBA MVP, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers as a center.
| Rank | Games Played | Points Scored | Points per Game | Field Goals | Three Point Field Goals | Free Throws |
| 1 | 1,560 | 38,387 | 24.6 | 15,836 | 1 | 6,712 |
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Karl Malone
Karl Anthony Malone played 18 seasons in NBA for Utah Jazz as power forward from 1985 to 2003. He played his final season with the Los Angeles Lakers.
| Rank | Games Played | Points Scored | Points per Game | Field Goals | Three Point Field Goals | Free Throws |
| 2 | 1,476 | 36,928 | 25.0 | 13,528 | 85 | 9,787 |
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Kobe Bryant
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bean Bryant is currently playing NBA. He has played for the Lakers his entire career. He is currently third leading point scorers in the history of NBA.
| Rank | Games Played | Points Scored | Points per Game | Field Goals | Three Point Field Goals | Free Throws |
| 3 | 1,276* | 32,433 | 25.4 | 11,303 | 1,688 | 8,139 |
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Michael Jordan
The greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jeffrey Jordan, played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards.
| Rank | Games Played | Points Scored | Points per Game | Field Goals | Three Point Field Goals | Free Throws |
| 4 | 1,072 | 32,292 | 30.1 | 12,192 | 581 | 7,327 |
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Wilt Chamberlain
Wilton Norman Chamberlain played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA.
| Rank | Games Played | Points Scored | Points per Game | Field Goals | Three Point Field Goals | Free Throws |
| 5 | 1,045 | 31,419 | 30.1 | 12,681 | 0 | 6,057 |
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Shaquille O’Neal
Standing 7 ft. 1 in tall, the heaviest player to play NBA, Shaquille Rashaun O’Neal played for six different teams. He started his NBA career with Orlando Magic in 1992. He also played for Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics.
| Rank | Games Played | Points Scored | Points per Game | Field Goals | Three Point Field Goals | Free Throws |
| 6 | 1,207 | 28,596 | 23.7 | 11,330 | 1 | 5,935 |
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Dirk Nowitzki
German professional basketball player, Dirk Werner Nowitzki, who currently plays in NBA for the Dallas Mavericks.
| Rank | Games Played | Points Scored | Points per Game | Field Goals | Three Point Field Goals | Free Throws |
| 7 | 1,221 | 27,412 | 22.4 | 9,627 | 1,512 | 6,631 |
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Moses Malone
Hall of Famer, who starred in both, the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association. Moses Eugene Malone played for Buffalo Braves, Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks and San Antonio Spurs in his career.
| Rank | Games Played | Points Scored | Points per Game | Field Goals | Three Point Field Goals | Free Throws |
| 8 | 1,329 | 27,409 | 20.6 | 9,435 | 8 | 8,531 |
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Elvin Hayes
Elvin Ernest Hayes played in NBA for Houston Rockets and Washington Bullets as power forward.
| Rank | Games Played | Points Scored | Points per Game | Field Goals | Three Point Field Goals | Free Throws |
| 9 | 1,303 | 27,313 | 21.0 | 10,976 | 5 | 5,356 |
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Hakeem Olajuwon
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon played the center position in the NBA for the Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors.
| Rank | Games Played | Points Scored | Points per Game | Field Goals | Three Point Field Goals | Free Throws |
| 10 | 1,238 | 26,946 | 21.8 | 10,749 | 25 | 5,423 |
