Top 10 active NBA players with the most career points

#8 Chris Paul - 18,829 points (63rd in NBA history)

Chris Paul in the 2020 NBA Playoffs

The NBA's best leader, according to NBA Hall of Fame member and TNT analyst Charles Barkley, Chris Paul is not just a machine who helps his teammates find the shot they feel most comfortable with; he also makes the Top 10 in terms of points scored by active NBA players.

A leader on and off the court.Congratulations @CP3 on the NBA Cares Community Assist Award. 👏 pic.twitter.com/8yDl1CYkpC

— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) October 5, 2020

CP3 has garnered 18,829 points in his illustrious 15-year NBA career which ranks eighth among current NBA athletes and 63rd in the league's history. The 2008-09 NBA season was Paul's best in terms of scoring, with 1,781 points (22.8 per game).

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#7 Jamal Crawford - 19,419 points (54th in NBA history)

Jamal Crawford playing for the Phoenix Suns in 2018

Having Jamal Crawford in this list is probably a surprise for many casual NBA fans, but Crawford, during his 20-year career, has been a volume scorer in the competition.

While averaging 14.6 points in 1,327 career games, Crawford has amassed a total of 19,419 points and ranks seventh in our list. Even though he has started less than half of his games in the regular season, Crawford averages close to 30 minutes per game since he is a perfect player to lead the bench.

Crawford only played one game in the 2019-20 season with the Brooklyn Nets, though.

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#6 LaMarcus Aldridge - 19,599 points (49th in NBA history)

LaMarcus Aldridge has been a consistent NBA scorer during his career.

A 14-year NBA veteran and a solid mid-range and post scorer, LaMarcus Aldridge ranks sixth in our list with 19,599 career points.

During his nine years with the Portland Trail Blazers, the soft-touch power forward scored 12,562 points and averaged 19.4 points in 648 games. Since his move to the San Antonio Spurs in 2015, Aldridge has scored 7,037 points in 355 games (19.8 per game).

His best year in terms of total points came in the 2010-11 campaign with the Blazers (1,769 points).

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#5 Russell Westbrook - 20,412 points (43rd in NBA history)

Houston Rockets' guard Russell Westbrook

The scoring of Russell Westbrook, the MVP in the 2016-17 NBA season, went up a notch during the middle part of his career in the league.

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— NBA TV (@NBATV) June 27, 2017

A two-time NBA scoring champion (in the 2014-15 and 2016-17 seasons), Westbrook ranks fifth in our list and is the first player in this list with at least 20,000 points, a feat that has only been achieved by 46 players in NBA history.

Westbrook's best season in terms of scoring was the 2016-17 campaign with the Oklahoma City Thunder when he garnered 2,558 points. That year, he became the second player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the entire regular season (Oscar Robertson was the first).

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