NBA All-time Scoring Leaders: Top 10 regular season scorers in NBA history

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#1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.

Hall of Famer and center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar leads NBA All-time Points list. He won six NBA titles, five with the Los Angeles Lakers, over 20 years. His signature sideways jump-hook is still remembered as one of the most unguardable shots in the long history of the game.

A dominant high school basketball player, Abdul-Jabbar was recruited to play at UCLA and led the Bruins to three national titles. His dominance continued in the NBA, first for the Milwaukee Bucks, and later the Los Angeles Lakers. Abdul-Jabbar won six titles and six MVP awards and finished as the league's all-time scorer with 38,387 points to his name.

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In the 20 seasons he played for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers, Kareem had 1,520 appearances which still remains unmatched to this date.

He retired in 1989 and is widely considered one of the greatest players in NBA history.


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