List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders

Table columns:
Season
Year-by-year leader
Points
Active player leader
Total points
Career record
Total points.1
Single-season record
Points.1
Season.1

Table rows:
cells: 1946–47
Joe Fulks*000PHW
1,389
Joe Fulks*000PHW
1,389
Joe Fulks*000PHW
1,389
Joe Fulks*000PHW
1,389
1946–47
cells: 1947–48
Max Zaslofsky000CHS
1,007
2,338
2,338
1947–48
cells: 1948–49
George Mikan*000MNL
1,698
3,898
3,898
George Mikan*000MNL
1,698
1948–49
cells: 1949–50
1,865
4,863
4,863
1,865
1949–50
cells: 1950–51
1,932
6,099
6,099
1,932
1950–51
cells: 1951–52
Paul Arizin*000PHW
1,674
7,021
7,021
1951–52
cells: 1952–53
Neil Johnston*000PHW
1,564
George Mikan*000MNL
8,460
George Mikan*000MNL
8,460
1952–53
cells: 1953–54
1,759
9,766
9,766
1953–54
cells: 1954–55
1,631
Max Zaslofsky000FTW
7,902
1954–55
cells: 1955–56
Bob Pettit*000STL
1,849
George Mikan*000MNL
10,156
10,156
1955–56
cells: 1956–57
Paul Arizin*000PHW
1,817
Ed Macauley*000STL
10,150
1956–57
cells: 1957–58
George Yardley*000DET
2,001
Dolph Schayes*000SYR
11,764
Dolph Schayes*000SYR
11,764
George Yardley*000DET
2,001
1957–58
cells: 1958–59
Bob Pettit*000STL
2,105
13,298
13,298
Bob Pettit*000STL
2,105
1958–59
cells: 1959–60
Wilt Chamberlain*000PHW 1959–62000SFW 1962–65000PHI 1965–66
2,707
14,987
14,987
Wilt Chamberlain*000PHW
2,707
1959–60
cells: 1960–61
3,033
16,855
16,855
3,033
1960–61
cells: 1961–62
4,029
17,677
17,677
4,029
1961–62
cells: 1962–63
3,586
18,304
18,304
1962–63
cells: 1963–64
2,948
Bob Pettit*000STL
19,756
Bob Pettit*000STL
19,756
1963–64
cells: 1964–65
2,534
20,880
20,880
1964–65
cells: 1965–66
2,649
Wilt Chamberlain*000PHI 1965–68000LAL 1968–73
21,486
Wilt Chamberlain*000PHI 1965–68000LAL 1968–73
21,486
1965–66
cells: 1966–67
Rick Barry*000SFW
2,775
23,442
23,442
1966–67
cells: 1967–68
Dave Bing*000DET
2,142
25,434
25,434
1967–68
cells: 1968–69
Elvin Hayes*000SDR
2,327
27,098
27,098
1968–69
cells: 1969–70
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*000MIL
2,361
27,426
27,426
1969–70
cells: 1970–71
2,596
29,122
29,122
1970–71
cells: 1971–72
2,822
30,335
30,335
1971–72
cells: 1972–73
Tiny Archibald*000KCO
2,719
31,419
31,419
1972–73
cells: 1973–74
Bob McAdoo*000BUF
2,261
Oscar Robertson*000MIL
26,710
1973–74
cells: 1974–75
2,831
John Havlicek*000BOS
22,389
1974–75
cells: 1975–76
2,427
23,678
1975–76
cells: 1976–77
Pete Maravich*000NOJ
2,273
25,073
1976–77
cells: 1977–78
George Gervin*000SAS
2,232
26,395
1977–78
cells: 1978–79
2,365
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*000LAL
22,141
1978–79
cells: 1979–80
2,585
24,175
1979–80
cells: 1980–81
Adrian Dantley*000UTA
2,452
26,270
1980–81
cells: 1981–82
George Gervin*000SAS
2,551
28,088
1981–82
cells: 1982–83
Alex English*000DEN
2,326
29,810
1982–83
cells: 1983–84
Adrian Dantley*000UTA
2,418
31,527
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*000LAL
31,527
1983–84
cells: 1984–85
Michael Jordan*000CHI
2,313
33,262
33,262
1984–85
cells: 1985–86
Alex English*000DEN
2,414
35,108
35,108
1985–86
cells: 1986–87
Michael Jordan*000CHI
3,041
36,474
36,474
1986–87
cells: 1987–88
2,868
37,639
37,639
1987–88
cells: 1988–89
2,633
38,387
38,387
1988–89
cells: 1989–90
2,753
Moses Malone*000ATL 1989–91000MIL 1991–93000PHI 1993–94000SAS 1994–95
24,868
1989–90
cells: 1990–91
2,580
25,737
1990–91
cells: 1991–92
2,404
27,016
1991–92
cells: 1992–93
2,541
27,066
1992–93
cells: 1993–94
David Robinson*000SAS
2,383
27,360
1993–94
cells: 1994–95
Shaquille O'Neal*000ORL
2,315
27,409
1994–95
cells: 1995–96
Michael Jordan*000CHI
2,491
Michael Jordan*000CHI
24,489
1995–96
cells: 1996–97
2,431
26,920
1996–97
cells: 1997–98
2,357
29,277
1997–98
cells: 1998–99
Shaquille O'Neal*000LAL
1,289
Karl Malone*000UTA 1998–2003000LAL 2003–04
28,946
1998–99
cells: 1999–00
2,344
31,041
1999–00
cells: 2000–01
Jerry Stackhouse00DET
2,380
32,919
2000–01
cells: 2001–02
Paul Pierce†000BOS
2,144
34,707
2001–02
cells: 2002–03
Kobe Bryant†000LAL
2,461
36,374
2002–03
cells: 2003–04
Kevin Garnett†000MIN
1,987
36,928
2003–04
cells: 2004–05
Allen Iverson*000PHI
2,302
Reggie Miller*000IND
25,279
2004–05
cells: 2005–06
Kobe Bryant†000LAL
2,832
Shaquille O'Neal*000MIA 2005–08000PHO 2008–09000CLE 2009–10000BOS 2010–11
24,764
2005–06
cells: 2006–07
2,430
25,454
2006–07
cells: 2007–08
2,323
26,286
2007–08
cells: 2008–09
Dwyane Wade^000MIA
2,386
27,619
2008–09
cells: 2009–10
Kevin Durant^000OKC
2,472
28,255
2009–10
cells: 2010–11
2,161
28,596
2010–11
cells: 2011–12
1,850
Kobe Bryant†000LAL
29,484
2011–12
cells: 2012–13
2,280
31,617
2012–13
cells: 2013–14
2,593
31,700
2013–14
cells: 2014–15
James Harden^000HOU
2,217
32,482
2014–15
cells: 2015–16
2,376
33,643
2015–16
cells: 2016–17
Russell Westbrook^000OKC
2,558
Dirk Nowitzki^000DAL
30,260
2016–17
cells: 2017–18
LeBron James^000CLE
2,251
31,187
Abdul-Jabbar*0 35 yrs
38,387
Chamberlain*059 yrs
4,029
2017–18
cells: Season
Year-by-year leader
Points
Active player leader
Total points
Career record
Total points
Single-season record
Points
Season

Questions about this table:
originalText: when did kareem abdul jabbar reach 30000 points
answer: answerTexts: 1983–84