List of basketball players with most career points

The following is a list of basketball players by total professional career points scored.

American LeBron James is basketball's all-time top scorer with 50,260 points scored over his 21-year active career.

He is also the NBA's all-time leading scorer and the only player to have surpassed 40,000 regular-season points in the league.

Brooklyn Nets (2013-2014), Washington Wizards (2014-2015), Los Angeles Clippers (2015-2017) (Regular: 26,397; Preseason: 305) (All-Star: 96; Rising Stars: 18) Selected by the Boston Celtics.

Greece: 19) [t] Houston Rockets (2012-2021), Brooklyn Nets (2020-2022), Philadelphia 76ers (2021-2023), Los Angeles Clippers (2023-present) (All-Star: 143; Rising Stars: 52) Selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder