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The 50 players with the most points, 2002–2026

Every player on this list is ranked on one number: points in the regular season between 2002 and 2026. That window is the whole of this site’s NBA data and it is not the whole of the league’s history.

LeBron JamesLeBron James: 43,43543,435Kevin DurantKevin Durant: 32,56432,564James HardenJames Harden: 29,33929,339Carmelo AnthonyCarmelo Anthony: 28,24428,244Dirk NowitzkiDirk Nowitzki: 27,93027,930Kobe BryantKobe Bryant: 27,35527,355Russell WestbrookRussell Westbrook: 27,15527,155DeMar DeRozanDeMar DeRozan: 26,71126,711Stephen CurryStephen Curry: 26,52826,528Chris PaulChris Paul: 23,05823,058Dwyane WadeDwyane Wade: 22,91422,914Damian LillardDamian Lillard: 22,61122,611Paul PiercePaul Pierce: 22,10822,108Giannis AntetokounmpoGiannis Antetokounmpo: 21,55721,557Pau GasolPau Gasol: 20,87620,876
Points — the leading 15. Every one of the 50 is in the table below.
#PlayerPosSeasonsPointsGamesReboundsAssists
1LeBron JamesF2004–202643,4351,68312,09812,012
2Kevin DurantF2008–202632,5641,2278,2475,277
3James HardenG2010–202629,3391,2636,8098,873
4Carmelo AnthonyPF2004–202228,2441,3707,8013,418
5Dirk NowitzkiF2002–201927,9301,37010,0383,224
6Kobe BryantSF2002–201627,3551,0845,5705,141
7Russell WestbrookG2009–202627,1551,3299,01410,348
8DeMar DeRozanG2010–202626,7111,2925,4345,185
9Stephen CurryG2010–202626,5281,1414,9736,743
10Chris PaulG2006–202623,0581,5126,00512,552
11Dwyane WadeG2004–201922,9141,1894,8965,646
12Damian LillardG2013–202622,6119653,8486,065
13Paul PierceSF2002–201722,1081,2816,3004,119
14Giannis AntetokounmpoF2014–202621,5579198,9014,494
15Pau GasolPF2002–202020,8761,36011,2913,917
16Vince CarterG2002–202020,6291,4845,4283,950
17LaMarcus AldridgeC2007–202220,5291,1528,7242,073
18Joe JohnsonG2002–202220,4071,3515,0595,001
19Tim DuncanC2002–201620,1311,16111,6173,400
20Dwight HowardC2005–202219,4421,32814,6111,673
21Tony ParkerG2002–201919,4351,3723,3927,031
22Anthony DavisF2013–202619,4089018,6542,070
23Paul GeorgeF2011–202619,3239995,8753,498
24Jamal CrawfordG2002–202019,1371,3692,8594,399
25Zach RandolphF2002–201818,5781,31810,2082,049
26Kyrie IrvingG2012–202518,3918193,1624,359
27Brook LopezC2009–202618,1641,2737,0191,712
28Devin BookerG2016–202618,1207842,9663,908
29Nikola JokicC2016–202618,0098168,9776,080
30Kevin GarnettPF2002–201617,7911,14610,3913,712
31Nikola VucevicC2012–202617,6561,09710,6983,016
32Rudy GaySF2007–202317,6421,2126,2832,280
33Klay ThompsonG2012–202617,3149563,1782,082
34Bradley BealG2013–202617,3068413,2513,442
35Ray AllenSG2002–201417,2981,0123,5322,932
36Jrue HolidayG2010–202617,2871,1924,5856,762
37Chris BoshPF2004–201617,1469747,5791,791
38CJ McCollumG2014–202616,8389173,1193,298
39Mike ConleyG2008–202616,7151,3123,5476,782
40Antawn JamisonPF2002–201416,6921,0106,7751,473
41Jimmy Butler IIIF2012–202616,6581,0104,8583,957
42Jason TerryG2002–201816,6051,3272,8394,666
43Kawhi LeonardF2012–202616,5468385,0752,470
44Tobias HarrisF2012–202616,4381,1136,2892,450
45Karl-Anthony TownsC2016–202616,4007428,0352,264
46Kyle LowryG2007–202616,3681,3924,9677,104
47Amar'e StoudemireC2003–201615,9941,0366,6321,050
48Shawn MarionSG2002–201515,7801,0998,9001,965
49Kevin LoveF2009–202615,6691,2199,7122,239
50Lou WilliamsSG2006–202215,5921,2652,4833,789

How this list is made

Ranked on points in the regular season, 2002–2026. Players are ranked on that number alone and on nothing else: there is no judgement here about who was better. Where two are level they share a rank, and the list runs past fifty when fiftieth place is shared, because splitting a tie would mean choosing between them on no stated basis.

This is not an all-time list, and the gap is a large one. The figures begin in 2002: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West and Bill Russell are not in this data at all; Hakeem Olajuwon and Michael Jordan appear only for the part of their career that falls inside it. A ranking of the whole history of the league would look very different, which is why the years are in the title of this page.

Some of these totals are part of a career, not all of it. Dirk Nowitzki, Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce, Pau Gasol, Vince Carter and Joe Johnson — and 9 others on this list — were already playing when these figures begin in 2002, so what is counted here starts part-way through. Their season tables show where this site’s figures start.

Some of these players are still playing. 26 of them appear in 2026, the last season counted, so their totals are not final either.

Counting statistics only. A rate — an average, a percentage — needs a minimum number of appearances before it means anything, and no such minimum is published that this site could cite. Inventing one would put a number nobody chose at the centre of a ranking. A total needs no cut-off: most goals is a fact with nothing hidden in it.

Player and team figures from hoopR open data, CC BY 4.0, counted from the box scores. Championships from Wikidata (public domain). Regular season only; the play-offs are counted separately where they appear at all.

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