# The 19 Greatest NBA Scorers of All Time

> Career totals on one side, points-per-game on the other, and half a century of scoring styles in between. Which one do you call the greatest?

*By YPB Team · Published July 28, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-19-greatest-nba-scorers-of-all-time*

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## Current results (3 votes)

1. **LeBron James** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 1000/1000)
   The NBA's all-time leading scorer, past 43,000 regular-season points across 23 seasons.
2. **Oscar Robertson** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 952/1000)
   Averaged a triple-double for a full season while scoring more than 30 a night.
3. **Kareem Abdul-Jabbar** — 0% (0 votes · score 857/1000)
   Held the all-time scoring record for 39 years on the back of an unblockable skyhook.
4. **Dominique Wilkins** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 835/1000)
   The Human Highlight Film, who out-scored almost everyone and out-dunked all of them.
5. **Allen Iverson** — 0% (0 votes · score 734/1000)
   Six feet tall, four scoring titles, and no interest in avoiding contact.
6. **Luka Doncic** — 0% (0 votes · score 659/1000)
   Scored 73 in a single game before turning 25 and led the league in scoring at 25.
7. **James Harden** — 0% (0 votes · score 659/1000)
   Three straight scoring titles built on a step-back the rulebook never fully solved.
8. **Jerry West** — 0% (0 votes · score 467/1000)
   The logo himself, averaging over 27 points a game across 14 seasons.
9. **Kevin Durant** — 0% (0 votes · score 467/1000)
   A seven-foot forward with four scoring titles and the smoothest jumper of his era.
10. **Dirk Nowitzki** — 0% (0 votes · score 467/1000)
   The one-legged fadeaway that made him the highest-scoring European in league history.
11. **Stephen Curry** — 0% (0 votes · score 467/1000)
   Rewrote what a shot chart looks like as the NBA's all-time three-point leader.
12. **Hakeem Olajuwon** — 0% (0 votes · score 467/1000)
   The Dream Shake made him the most skilled scoring centre of the 1990s.
13. **Elgin Baylor** — 0% (0 votes · score 343/1000)
   Invented hang time and once put 61 points on the Celtics in an NBA Finals game.
14. **Moses Malone** — 0% (0 votes · score 343/1000)
   Turned offensive rebounds into 27,000 career points across the ABA and NBA.
15. **Michael Jordan** — 0% (0 votes · score 343/1000)
   Ten scoring titles and the highest career average in league history at 30.1 points per game.
16. **Wilt Chamberlain** — 0% (0 votes · score 343/1000)
   Scored 100 points in a single game and averaged 50.4 per game across the 1961-62 season.
17. **Karl Malone** — 0% (0 votes · score 190/1000)
   The Utah power forward who scored more than 36,000 points without missing seasons.
18. **Kobe Bryant** — 0% (0 votes · score 190/1000)
   Dropped 81 points in one night and 60 in his farewell game for the Lakers.
19. **Carmelo Anthony** — 0% (0 votes · score 190/1000)
   A pure shot-maker who scored nearly 30,000 points from every angle on the floor.

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