NBA All-Time Scoring Leaders
June 4, 2008
It’s a record that serves as testament both to brilliance and longevity. You have to do your thing very, very well, and you have to be lucky enough to do it for a long, long time.
Among the top scorers in NBA history through the 2007-08 season, only two active players (Phoenix’s Shaquille O’Neal at No. 11 and Detroit’s Allen Iverson at No. 20) ranked in the Top 20. The rest is a veritable Who’s Who of the game’s biggest names and greatest stars.
The usual suspects are here. So, perhaps, is a surprise or two.
Here’s your Top 10:
1. Kareem Abdul Jabbar (Milwaukee, LA Lakers): 38,387
2. Karl Malone (Utah): 36,928
3. Michael Jordan (Chicago, Washington Wizards): 32.292
4. Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, LA Lakers): 31,419
5. Moses Malone (Buffalo, Houston, Philadelphia 76ers, Washington, Atlanta, Milwaukee, San Antonio): 27,409
6. Elvin Hayes (San Diego, Houston, Baltimore/Capital/Washington): 27,313
7. Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston, Toronto): 26,946
8. Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati, Milwaukee): 26,710
9. Dominique Wilkins (Atlanta, LA Clippers, Boston, San Antonio, Orlando):26,668
10. John Havlicek (Boston): 26,395
Source: NBA.com
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