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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
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...
(NBA). The list includes only points scored in regular season games. The second chart is a progressive list of the leading all-time NBA scorers.
The all-time leading scorer in NBA history is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who scored a total of 38,387 career points.
Scoring leaders
The following is a list of
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...
players by total career
regular season
In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of Se ...
points scored.
:''Statistics accurate as of December 23, 2022.''
Progressive list of scoring leaders
This is a progressive list of scoring leaders showing how the record increased through the years.
:''Statistics accurate as of December 23, 2022.''
See also
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List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders
In basketball, points are accumulated through free throws or field goals. The National Basketball Association's (NBA) scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given season. The scoring title was orig ...
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List of National Basketball Association career playoff scoring leaders
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Notes
References
External links
Basketball-Reference.com enumeration of NBA career leaders in points scoredNational Basketball Association official website enumeration of NBA career leaders in points scored
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National Basketball Association lists
National Basketball Association statistical leaders