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LeBron James has scored the most career regular season points in NBA history. This article contains two charts: The first chart is a list of the top 50 all-time scorers in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The list includes only points scored in regular season games.
- Lebron James (38,388) There has been no player in NBA history like Lebron James. He entered the league as an 18-year-old in 2004 and delivered in every way possible despite the ridiculous hype surrounding him.
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a truly special scorer. Yet, what makes his legend all the more fascinating, is that his ascent to the top of the NBA all-time points leaders list came along with inventing a shot no few did before and have never mastered since — the hook shot.
- Karl Malone (36,928) Up until recently, Utah Jazz icon Karl Malone was the No. 2 man on the NBA all time points scoring list. While Malone and teammate John Stockton are forever linked because of their pick-and-roll brilliance, it overshadows how talented a scorer Malone was.
- Kobe Bryant (33,643) Wilt Chamberlain has the record for most points in an NBA game at 100, however, many view Kobe Bryant’s 81-point masterpiece in 2006 as the best scoring game of all time.
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The all time official leaders for the NBA.
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