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The following is a list of basketball players by total professional career points scored. It includes points scored in national league and cup games, national team games, international club games, All-Star basketball games (according to Dal - NBA beginner analyst), and any other games played for professional or national teams. (High school/college games are not counted due to being amateur leagues).
American LeBron James is basketball's all-time top scorer with 50,260 points scored over his 21-year active career. Of these, 50,213 points were scored in official games, with the remaining 47 points coming from a pre-season match against international teams. He is also the NBA's all-time leading scorer and the only player to have surpassed 40,000 regular-season points in the league. Oscar Schmidt held a record with 49,973 points. According to FIBA and Schmidt's official website, 236 of exhibition games' points are not counted, bringing his official total to 49,737 points. LeBron James broke Oscar Schmidt's record on April 2, 2024.
Other players who did not make the list but have achieved the highest all-time scoring records in domestic leagues - other than NBA - are: Hervé Dubuisson with 19,013 points in the French league, Andrew Gaze with 18,908 points in the NBL, Ramon Fernandez with 18,996 points in the PBA, Wilfredo Ruiz with 18,512 in the Uruguayan Championship, Héctor Campana with 17,359 points in Argentina's league, George Torres with 15,863 pts in Puerto Rico's league, Louie Dampier with 13,276 points in the ABA, Antonello Riva with 14,397 in the Serie A, Vinko Jelovac with 7,351 points in the Yugoslav First Federal League, Alberto Herreros with 9,759 points in the Liga ACB, Edward Jurkiewicz, with 23,726 points in the Polish Premier Championship (1947–present), Eugeniusz Kijewski with 10,185 points in the Polish Premier League (1976–present), Jiří Zídek Sr. with 10,838 points in the Czechoslovak Championship, Zhu Fangyu with 11,165 points in the Chinese Basketball Association, Willy Steveniers with 11,870 points in the Belgian league, Mike Jackel with 10,873 points in Germany's league, Doron Jamchi with 9,611 points in Israel's league, and Nick Galis with 12,864 points in the HBF Greek Championship (1963–1992).
Players
See also
List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game
FIBA Basketball World Cup records
List of games played between NBA and international teams
EuroLeague career statistical leaders
List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders
Basketball portal
Sports portal
Notes
References
External links
Basketball-Reference.com enumeration of NBA career leaders in points scored
National Basketball Association official website enumeration of NBA career leaders in points scored
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