Title: List of National Basketball Association franchise career scoring leaders
Content:  basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throw or field goal. The NBA introduced three-point field goals in the 1979–80 season as a bonus for field goals made from a longer distance. Karl Malone scored 36,374 points with the Utah Jazz, the most points by a player for a single franchise. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, is the Milwaukee Bucks leader with 14,211 points. He scored more points with the Los Angeles Lakers (24,176), where he ranks third in Lakers' history. Kobe Bryant leads the Lakers, scoring the most points in the NBA while playing for only one team in an entire career. Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks is second behind Bryant in scoring while playing for only one team.
Title: Point (basketball)
Content: Most career points: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 pts) ; Highest career scoring average: Michael Jordan (30.12 ppg) ; Most points scored in a season: 4,029 by Wilt Chamberlain (1961–62) ; Highest seasonal scoring average: 50.4 by Wilt Chamberlain (1961–62) ; Most points in one game: 100 by Wilt Chamberlain (3/2/1962 vs. New York Knicks) ; Most points in one half, regular season: 59 by Wilt Chamberlain ; Most points in one quarter, regular season: 37 by Klay Thompson ; Most points in one overtime period, regular season: 16 by Gilbert Arenas 
Title: List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders
Content:  would have given him the greatest average, had he appeared in 58 games. This has been the requirement since the 2013–14 season, with requirements changing several times previously throughout history. Wilt Chamberlain holds the all-time records for total points scored (4,029) and points per game (50.4) in a season; both records were achieved in the 1961–62 season. He also holds the rookie records for points per game when he averaged 37.6 points in the 1959–60 season. Among active players, James Harden has the highest point total (2,818) and the highest scoring average (36.1) in a season; both were achieved in the 2018–19 season. Michael Jordan has won the most scoring titles, with 
Title: List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders
Content: Statistics accurate as of December 19, 2021. The following is a list of National Basketball Association players by total career regular season points scored.
Title: List of National Basketball Association franchise career scoring leaders
Content: Statistics accurate as of November 30, 2021 
Title: List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career scoring leaders
Content:  (sat out) his freshman year, and therefore, like Maravich, Robertson, and Hayes, his totals were also achieved in only three seasons. With the advantage of the three-point option and an extra year of varsity eligibility, their already-historical statistics would have been much higher. Maravich, a guard from LSU, not only owns the three highest single season averages in Division I history, but also the highest career total. Remarkably, he scored 3,667 points (over 400 more than the next closest player) in a mere 83 games. His record is considered nearly unbreakable. Four players on this list are enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Pete Maravich, Oscar Robertson, Elvin Hayes, and Larry Bird.
Title: Kobe Bryant
Content:  players of all time, by being named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary All-Time Team. With career averages of 25.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 1.4 steals per game, Bryant was considered one of the most complete players in NBA history. He is the fourth-leading scorer in league history with 33,643 points. He was the first player in NBA history to have at least 30,000 career points and 6,000 career assists, and was one of only four players with 25,000 points, 6,000 rebounds, and 6,000 assists. Bryant led the NBA in scoring during the and  seasons. His 81-point performance against Toronto in 2006 was the second-highest in NBA 
Title: Point (basketball)
Content: Most points in one game: 138 points by Grinnell's Jack Taylor  on  November 20, 2012 ; Highest career scoring average: Pete Maravich (44.2ppg) 
Title: List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders
Content:  Alcindor) in 1971 with the Milwaukee Bucks, Jordan from 1991 to 1993 and from 1996 to 1998 with the Chicago Bulls, and O'Neal in 2000 with the Los Angeles Lakers. Since the introduction of the three-point field goal, O'Neal is the only scoring leader to not have made a three-pointer during the season. At 21 years and 197 days, Durant is the youngest scoring leader in NBA history, averaging 30.1 points in the 2009–10 season. Russell Westbrook led the league with an average of 31.6 points in the 2016–17 season, when he also became the second NBA player to average a triple-double in a season. The most recent champion is Stephen Curry.
Title: 2020–21 NBA season
Content:  of the Atlanta Hawks became the fastest player to reach 400 career three pointers doing it in 159 games, surpassing the previous total of 163 games set by Damian Lillard. ; On February 2, 2021, Carmelo Anthony of the Portland Trail Blazers passed Dominique Wilkins for 13th on the NBA all-time scoring list. ; On February 4, 2021, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers passed Wilt Chamberlain for third place on the NBA all-time field goal list. ; On February 6, 2021, Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets became the first center since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1975 to record 50 points 

Question: who scored the most points in their nba career?
Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.