With the NBA finals about to begin on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, I thought it would be interesting to see how players such as LeBron James and Dirk Nowitzki compare with some of the all-time greats.
In order to fit the graph onto the Blog I’ve deleted columns for player positions, three points made, games played and free throws made. Also note that names in bold represent active players. TGO
Refer to information below. Source: Wikipedia
| Player | Field goals made |
Total points | Points per game average[3] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 15,837 | 38,387 | 24.6 | ||||||
| Karl Malone | 13,528 | 36,928 | 25.0 | ||||||
| Michael Jordan | 12,192 | 32,292 | 30.1 | ||||||
| Wilt Chamberlain | 12,681 | 31,419 | 30.1 | ||||||
| Shaquille O’Neal | 11,330 | 28,596 | 23.7 | ||||||
| Kobe Bryant | 9,712 | 27,868 | 25.3 | ||||||
| Moses Malone | 9,435 | 27,409 | 20.6 | ||||||
| Elvin Hayes | 10,976 | 27,313 | 21.0 | ||||||
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 10,749 | 26,946 | 21.8 | ||||||
| Oscar Robertson | 9,508 | 26,710 | 25.7 | ||||||
| Dominique Wilkins | 9,963 | 26,668 | 24.8 | ||||||
| John Havlicek | 10,513 | 26,395 | 20.8 | ||||||
| Alex English | 10,659 | 25,613 | 21.5 | ||||||
| Reggie Miller | 8,241 | 25,279 | 18.2 | ||||||
| Jerry West | 9,016 | 25,192 | 27.0 | ||||||
| Patrick Ewing | 9,702 | 24,815 | 21.0 | ||||||
| Allen Iverson | 8,467 | 24,368 | 26.7 | ||||||
| Charles Barkley | 8,435 | 23,757 | 22.1 | ||||||
| Robert Parish | 9,614 | 23,334 | 14.5 | ||||||
| Kevin Garnett | 9,338 | 23,323 | 19.5 | ||||||
| Adrian Dantley | 8,169 | 23,177 | 24.3 | ||||||
| Elgin Baylor | 8,693 | 23,149 | 27.4 | ||||||
| Dirk Nowitzki | 7,958 | 22,792 | 23.0 | ||||||
| Ray Allen | 7,809 | 22,286 | 20.2 | ||||||
| Clyde Drexler | 8,335 | 22,195 | 20.4 | ||||||
| Gary Payton | 8,708 | 21,813 | 16.3 | ||||||
| Larry Bird | 8,591 | 21,791 | 24.3 | ||||||
| Tim Duncan | 8,356 | 21,663 | 20.6 | ||||||
| Hal Greer | 8,504 | 21,586 | 19.2 | ||||||
| Paul Pierce | 7,012 | 21,410 | 22.2 | ||||||
| Walt Bellamy | 7,914 | 20,941 | 20.1 | ||||||
| Bob Pettit | 7,349 | 20,880 | 26.4 | ||||||
| David Robinson | 7,365 | 20,790 | 21.1 | ||||||
| George Gervin | 8,045 | 20,708 | 26.2 | ||||||
| Vince Carter | 7,490 | 20,520 | 22.2 | ||||||
| Mitch Richmond | 7,305 | 20,497 | 21.0 | ||||||
| Tom Chambers | 7,378 | 20,049 | 18.1 | ||||||
| John Stockton | 7,039 | 19,711 | 13.1 | ||||||
| Bernard King | 7,830 | 19,655 | 22.5 | ||||||
| Clifford R. Robinson | 7,389 | 19,591 | 14.2 | ||||||
| Walter Davis | 8,118 | 19,521 | 18.9 | ||||||
| Terry Cummings | 8,045 | 19,460 | 16.4 | ||||||
| Bob Lanier | 7,761 | 19,248 | 20.1 | ||||||
| Eddie A. Johnson | 7,727 | 19,202 | 16.0 | ||||||
| Gail Goodrich | 7,431 | 19,181 | 18.6 | ||||||
| Reggie Theus | 7,057 | 19,015 | 18.5 | ||||||
| Dale Ellis | 7,323 | 19,004 | 15.7 | ||||||
| Scottie Pippen | 7,420 | 18,940 | 16.1 | ||||||
| Chet Walker | 6,876 | 18,831 | 18.2 | ||||||
| Isiah Thomas | 7,194 | 18,822 | 19.2 |
