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NBA Milestone Watch: Points

Milestone Statistic:
28,000 Points
Shaquille O'Neal 27,721 279 to milestone
20,000 Points
Ray Allen 19,843 157 to milestone
19,000 Points
Paul Pierce 18,824 176 to milestone
16,000 Points
Antawn Jamison 15,914 86 to milestone
Sam Cassell 15,635 365 to milestone
Juwan Howard 15,535 465 to milestone
15,000 Points
Grant Hill 14,737 263 to milestone
14,000 Points
Steve Nash 13,657 343 to milestone
13,000 Points
Elton Brand 12,969 31 to milestone
Chauncey Billups 12,799 201 to milestone
Peja Stojakovic 12,728 272 to milestone
12,000 Points
Cuttino Mobley 11,964 36 to milestone
Baron Davis 11,573 427 to milestone
11,000 Points
Joe Johnson 10,980 20 to milestone
Corey Maggette 10,617 383 to milestone
10,000 Points
Larry Hughes 9,947 53 to milestone
Ron Artest 9,866 134 to milestone
Ricky Davis 9,787 213 to milestone
NBA Career Leaders for Points
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 38,387  
2 Karl Malone 36,928  
3 Michael Jordan* 32,292  
4 Wilt Chamberlain* 31,419  
5 Shaquille O'Neal 27,721 (needs 3699 to move into 4th place)
6 Moses Malone* 27,409  
7 Elvin Hayes* 27,313  
8 Hakeem Olajuwon* 26,946  
9 Oscar Robertson* 26,710  
10 Dominique Wilkins* 26,668  
11 John Havlicek* 26,395  
12 Alex English* 25,613  
13 Reggie Miller 25,279  
14 Jerry West* 25,192  
15 Patrick Ewing* 24,815  
16 Kobe Bryant 24,182 (needs 634 to move into 15th place)
17 Allen Iverson 24,020 (needs 163 to move into 16th place)
18 Charles Barkley* 23,757  
19 Robert Parish* 23,334  
20 Adrian Dantley* 23,177  
21 Elgin Baylor* 23,149  
22 Clyde Drexler* 22,195  
23 Gary Payton 21,813  
24 Larry Bird* 21,791  
25 Hal Greer* 21,586