for most points scored in a career with 38,387

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who played 20 seasons in the NBA, holds the record for most points scored in a career with 38,387.

38,387 points – the highest total of any player in league history

During Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 20 years in the NBA from 1969 to 1989, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 38,387 points – the highest total of any player in league history – in addition to winning a record six Most Valuable Player Awards.

31,421

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the highest-scoring player in NBA history with 31,421 career points.

14,211

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, is the Milwaukee Bucks leader with 14,211 points.

30 points

Despite foul trouble that reduced Abdul-Jabbar to 32 minutes of playing time, Abdul-Jabbar scored 30 points.

25,613

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won an NBA scoring title in 1983 on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's way to 25,613 career points.

23,119 points

Kareem Abdul Jabbar scored 23,119 points in 11 seasons in Cleveland, split between two stays; scored 7,919 points in Miami; and now has just over 7,300 points in Kareem Abdul Jabbar's time with Los Angeles.

24,176 points

Abdul-Jabbar scored 24,176 points as a member of the Lakers, and tallied more than 14,000 points with the Milwaukee Bucks.

32 points

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had 32 points and 8 rebounds.

24,176

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored more points with the Los Angeles Lakers (24,176), where Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks third in Lakers' history.

31,420

31,420, which vaulted Abdul-Jabbar past Wilt Chamberlain as the NBA's all-time leading scorer.

36 points

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 36 points, but more importantly, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took more of a role in running the Bucks' offense from the post, given their backcourt issues.

31,419

Basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reached 31,419 career points in a game vs. the Utah Jazz.

37 points

John Havlicek and Dave Cowens scored 28 points each and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 37 points.

34.8 points

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34.8 points, 19.5 rebounds, 66.3 percent) did 34.8 points in the Bucks' four-game sweep over the Bulls in the 1974 Western Conference finals.

30,026 points

He scored 30,026 points in his combined ABA and NBA career; only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Karl Malone and Michael Jordan have scored more points in the history of professional basketball.

Lebron Raymone James , Sr.

On Tuesday, February 7, Lebron Raymone James, Sr. broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s career points record — 38,387 points — and became the NBA

51 points

Chamberlain had one of the greatest games in history when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 51 points, 29 rebounds and 11 assists against Detroit in February 1963.

35 points

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 35 points for the Bucks.

19 points

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 19 points and added 14 rebounds for the East squad during the game in San Diego.