How many NBA players have scored 25,000 or more career points?

Considered a virtual ticket to the Basketball Hall of Fame, just 27 players in NBA history have reached 25,000 career points.

With the 2026-27 NBA season now in full swing, fans are starting to sink their teeth into the storylines that are dominant across the league so far this season.

Beyond the constant team-switching of star players that has created unprecedented parity across the league, several of the NBA’s most well-known veterans are steadily climbing up a few all-time leaderboards.

Of course these lists are dominated by LeBron James, who is the all-time leader in several cumulative regular season statistical categories, while ranking near the top in virtually every counting stat. Yet even outside of LeBron, a handful of tried and true veterans are starting to get their flowers when it comes to reaching lofty accolades.

Perhaps none of those are more conspicuous than the 25,000-point milestone, a benchmark widely seen to be not only a guranteed induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame, but also as an accolade reached by the sport’s most prolific scorers across the NBA’s history.

While LeBron James may be the only active player with over 10,000 assists and 2,000 steals, he has some company when it comes to others that have eclipsed 25,000 points. James is joined by Kevin Durant, James Harden, DeMar DeRozan and Stephen Curry as fellow active hoopers that have sped past the 25,000-point milestone.

They are among the 27 players in NBA history to have reached the mark, representing just over half of the 52 players to have recorded at least 20,000 points – the vast majority of whom are members of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the only active players that are currently between 20,000 and 25,000 points.

Below is a look at the 27 players to have cracked the milestone, alongside the teams they played for over the years:

1. LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers): 43,489 points
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers): 38,387 points
3. Karl Malone (Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers): 36,928 points
4. Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers): 33,643 points
5. Kevin Durant (Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets): 32,691 points
6. Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards): 32,292 points
7. Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks): 31,560 points
8. Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers): 31,419 points
9. James Harden (Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers): 29,386 points
10. Shaquille O’Neal (Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics): 28,596 points
11. Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers): 28,289 points
12. Moses Malone (Buffalo Braves, Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs): 27,409 points
13. Elvin Hayes (San Diego/Houston Rockets, Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets): 27,313 points
14. Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings): 27,176 points
15. Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets, Toronto Raptors): 26,946 points
16. DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets): 26,757 points
17. Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati Royals, Milwaukee Bucks): 26,710 points
18. Dominique Wilkins (Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics, San Antonio Spurs, Orlando Magic): 26,668 points
19. Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors): 26,599 points
20. Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs): 26,496 points
21. Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers): 26,397 points
22. John Havlicek (Boston Celtics): 26,395 points
23. Kevin Garnett (Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets): 26,071 points
24. Vince Carter (Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks): 25,728 points
25. Alex English (Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks): 25,613 points
26. Reggie Miller (Indiana Pacers): 25,279 points
27. Jerry West (Los Angeles Lakers): 25,192 points