<Tr> <Td> DAL </Td> <Td> Dallas Mavericks </Td> <Td> LAL </Td> <Td> Los Angeles Lakers </Td> <Td> ORL </Td> <Td> Orlando Magic </Td> <Td> SYR </Td> <Td> Syracuse Nationals </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> DEN </Td> <Td> Denver Nuggets </Td> <Td> MIA </Td> <Td> Miami Heat </Td> <Td> PHI </Td> <Td> Philadelphia 76ers </Td> <Td> UTA </Td> <Td> Utah Jazz </Td> </Tr> <Table> Scoring Leader at the end of every season <Tr> <Th> Season </Th> <Th> Year - by - year leader </Th> <Th> Points </Th> <Th> Active player points leader </Th> <Th> Total points </Th> <Th> Career points record </Th> <Th> Total points </Th> <Th> Single - season points record </Th> <Th> Points </Th> <Th> Season </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1946--47 </Td> <Td> Joe Fulks * 000PHW </Td> <Td> 1,389 </Td> <Td> Joe Fulks * 000PHW </Td> <Td> 1,389 </Td> <Td> Joe Fulks * 000PHW </Td> <Td> 1,389 </Td> <Td> Joe Fulks * 000PHW </Td> <Td> 1,389 </Td> <Td> 1946--47 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1947--48 </Td> <Td> Max Zaslofsky 000CHS </Td> <Td> 1,007 </Td> <Td> 2,338 </Td> <Td> 2,338 </Td> <Td> 1947--48 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1948--49 </Td> <Td> George Mikan * 000MNL </Td> <Td> 1,698 </Td> <Td> 3,898 </Td> <Td> 3,898 </Td> <Td> George Mikan * 000MNL </Td> <Td> 1,698 </Td> <Td> 1948--49 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1949--50 </Td> <Td> 1,865 </Td> <Td> 4,863 </Td> <Td> 4,863 </Td> <Td> 1,865 </Td> <Td> 1949--50 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1950--51 </Td> <Td> 1,932 </Td> <Td> 6,099 </Td> <Td> 6,099 </Td> <Td> 1,932 </Td> <Td> 1950--51 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1951--52 </Td> <Td> Paul Arizin * 000PHW </Td> <Td> 1,674 </Td> <Td> 7,021 </Td> <Td> 7,021 </Td> <Td> 1951--52 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1952--53 </Td> <Td> Neil Johnston * 000PHW </Td> <Td> 1,564 </Td> <Td> George Mikan * 000MNL </Td> <Td> 8,460 </Td> <Td> George Mikan * 000MNL </Td> <Td> 8,460 </Td> <Td> 1952--53 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1953--54 </Td> <Td> 1,759 </Td> <Td> 9,766 </Td> <Td> 9,766 </Td> <Td> 1953--54 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1954--55 </Td> <Td> 1,631 </Td> <Td> Max Zaslofsky 000FTW </Td> <Td> 7,902 </Td> <Td> 1954--55 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1955--56 </Td> <Td> Bob Pettit * 000STL </Td> <Td> 1,849 </Td> <Td> George Mikan * 000MNL </Td> <Td> 10,156 </Td> <Td> 10,156 </Td> <Td> 1955--56 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956--57 </Td> <Td> Paul Arizin * 000PHW </Td> <Td> 1,817 </Td> <Td> Ed Macauley * 000STL </Td> <Td> 10,150 </Td> <Td> 1956--57 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1957--58 </Td> <Td> George Yardley * 000DET </Td> <Td> 2,001 </Td> <Td> Dolph Schayes * 000SYR </Td> <Td> 11,764 </Td> <Td> Dolph Schayes * 000SYR </Td> <Td> 11,764 </Td> <Td> George Yardley * 000DET </Td> <Td> 2,001 </Td> <Td> 1957--58 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958--59 </Td> <Td> Bob Pettit * 000STL </Td> <Td> 2,105 </Td> <Td> 13,298 </Td> <Td> 13,298 </Td> <Td> Bob Pettit * 000STL </Td> <Td> 2,105 </Td> <Td> 1958--59 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1959--60 </Td> <Td> Wilt Chamberlain * 000PHW 1959--62 000SFW 1962--65 000PHI 1965--66 </Td> <Td> 2,707 </Td> <Td> 14,987 </Td> <Td> 14,987 </Td> <Td> Wilt Chamberlain * 000PHW </Td> <Td> 2,707 </Td> <Td> 1959--60 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1960--61 </Td> <Td> 3,033 </Td> <Td> 16,855 </Td> <Td> 16,855 </Td> <Td> 3,033 </Td> <Td> 1960--61 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1961--62 </Td> <Td> 4,029 </Td> <Td> 17,677 </Td> <Td> 17,677 </Td> <Td> 4,029 </Td> <Td> 1961--62 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962--63 </Td> <Td> 3,586 </Td> <Td> 18,304 </Td> <Td> 18,304 </Td> <Td> 1962--63 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1963--64 </Td> <Td> 2,948 </Td> <Td> Bob Pettit * 000STL </Td> <Td> 19,756 </Td> <Td> Bob Pettit * 000STL </Td> <Td> 19,756 </Td> <Td> 1963--64 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964--65 </Td> <Td> 2,534 </Td> <Td> 20,880 </Td> <Td> 20,880 </Td> <Td> 1964--65 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1965--66 </Td> <Td> 2,649 </Td> <Td> Wilt Chamberlain * 000PHI 1965--68 000LAL 1968--73 </Td> <Td> 21,486 </Td> <Td> Wilt Chamberlain * 000PHI 1965--68 000LAL 1968--73 </Td> <Td> 21,486 </Td> <Td> 1965--66 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966--67 </Td> <Td> Rick Barry * 000SFW </Td> <Td> 2,775 </Td> <Td> 23,442 </Td> <Td> 23,442 </Td> <Td> 1966--67 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967--68 </Td> <Td> Dave Bing * 000DET </Td> <Td> 2,142 </Td> <Td> 25,434 </Td> <Td> 25,434 </Td> <Td> 1967--68 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1968--69 </Td> <Td> Elvin Hayes * 000SDR </Td> <Td> 2,327 </Td> <Td> 27,098 </Td> <Td> 27,098 </Td> <Td> 1968--69 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969--70 </Td> <Td> Kareem Abdul - Jabbar * 000MIL </Td> <Td> 2,361 </Td> <Td> 27,426 </Td> <Td> 27,426 </Td> <Td> 1969--70 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970--71 </Td> <Td> 2,596 </Td> <Td> 29,122 </Td> <Td> 29,122 </Td> <Td> 1970--71 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971--72 </Td> <Td> 2,822 </Td> <Td> 30,335 </Td> <Td> 30,335 </Td> <Td> 1971--72 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972--73 </Td> <Td> Tiny Archibald * 000KCO </Td> <Td> 2,719 </Td> <Td> 31,419 </Td> <Td> 31,419 </Td> <Td> 1972--73 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973--74 </Td> <Td> Bob McAdoo * 000BUF </Td> <Td> 2,261 </Td> <Td> Oscar Robertson * 000MIL </Td> <Td> 26,710 </Td> <Td> 1973--74 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1974--75 </Td> <Td> 2,831 </Td> <Td> John Havlicek * 000BOS </Td> <Td> 22,389 </Td> <Td> 1974--75 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1975--76 </Td> <Td> 2,427 </Td> <Td> 23,678 </Td> <Td> 1975--76 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976--77 </Td> <Td> Pete Maravich * 000NOJ </Td> <Td> 2,273 </Td> <Td> 25,073 </Td> <Td> 1976--77 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977--78 </Td> <Td> George Gervin * 000SAS </Td> <Td> 2,232 </Td> <Td> 26,395 </Td> <Td> 1977--78 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978--79 </Td> <Td> 2,365 </Td> <Td> Kareem Abdul - Jabbar * 000LAL </Td> <Td> 22,141 </Td> <Td> 1978--79 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979--80 </Td> <Td> 2,585 </Td> <Td> 24,175 </Td> <Td> 1979--80 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980--81 </Td> <Td> Adrian Dantley * 000UTA </Td> <Td> 2,452 </Td> <Td> 26,270 </Td> <Td> 1980--81 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981--82 </Td> <Td> George Gervin * 000SAS </Td> <Td> 2,551 </Td> <Td> 28,088 </Td> <Td> 1981--82 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982--83 </Td> <Td> Alex English * 000DEN </Td> <Td> 2,326 </Td> <Td> 29,810 </Td> <Td> 1982--83 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1983--84 </Td> <Td> Adrian Dantley * 000UTA </Td> <Td> 2,418 </Td> <Td> 31,527 </Td> <Td> Kareem Abdul - Jabbar * 000LAL </Td> <Td> 31,527 </Td> <Td> 1983--84 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984--85 </Td> <Td> Michael Jordan * 000CHI </Td> <Td> 2,313 </Td> <Td> 33,262 </Td> <Td> 33,262 </Td> <Td> 1984--85 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985--86 </Td> <Td> Alex English * 000DEN </Td> <Td> 2,414 </Td> <Td> 35,108 </Td> <Td> 35,108 </Td> <Td> 1985--86 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986--87 </Td> <Td> Michael Jordan * 000CHI </Td> <Td> 3,041 </Td> <Td> 36,474 </Td> <Td> 36,474 </Td> <Td> 1986--87 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1987--88 </Td> <Td> 2,868 </Td> <Td> 37,639 </Td> <Td> 37,639 </Td> <Td> 1987--88 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1988--89 </Td> <Td> 2,633 </Td> <Td> 38,387 </Td> <Td> 38,387 </Td> <Td> 1988--89 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1989--90 </Td> <Td> 2,753 </Td> <Td> Moses Malone * 000ATL 1989--91 000MIL 1991--93 000PHI 1993--94 000SAS 1994--95 </Td> <Td> 24,868 </Td> <Td> 1989--90 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1990--91 </Td> <Td> 2,580 </Td> <Td> 25,737 </Td> <Td> 1990--91 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991--92 </Td> <Td> 2,404 </Td> <Td> 27,016 </Td> <Td> 1991--92 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1992--93 </Td> <Td> 2,541 </Td> <Td> 27,066 </Td> <Td> 1992--93 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1993--94 </Td> <Td> David Robinson * 000SAS </Td> <Td> 2,383 </Td> <Td> 27,360 </Td> <Td> 1993--94 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1994--95 </Td> <Td> Shaquille O'Neal * 000ORL </Td> <Td> 2,315 </Td> <Td> 27,409 </Td> <Td> 1994--95 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995--96 </Td> <Td> Michael Jordan * 000CHI </Td> <Td> 2,491 </Td> <Td> Michael Jordan * 000CHI </Td> <Td> 24,489 </Td> <Td> 1995--96 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1996--97 </Td> <Td> 2,431 </Td> <Td> 26,920 </Td> <Td> 1996--97 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1997--98 </Td> <Td> 2,357 </Td> <Td> 29,277 </Td> <Td> 1997--98 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998--99 </Td> <Td> Shaquille O'Neal * 000LAL </Td> <Td> 1,289 </Td> <Td> Karl Malone * 000UTA 1998--2003 000LAL 2003--04 </Td> <Td> 28,946 </Td> <Td> 1998--99 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999--00 </Td> <Td> 2,344 </Td> <Td> 31,041 </Td> <Td> 1999--00 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000--01 </Td> <Td> Jerry Stackhouse 00DET </Td> <Td> 2,380 </Td> <Td> 32,919 </Td> <Td> 2000--01 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2001--02 </Td> <Td> Paul Pierce 000BOS </Td> <Td> 2,144 </Td> <Td> 34,707 </Td> <Td> 2001--02 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002--03 </Td> <Td> Kobe Bryant 000LAL </Td> <Td> 2,461 </Td> <Td> 36,374 </Td> <Td> 2002--03 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003--04 </Td> <Td> Kevin Garnett 000MIN </Td> <Td> 1,987 </Td> <Td> 36,928 </Td> <Td> 2003--04 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2004--05 </Td> <Td> Allen Iverson * 000PHI </Td> <Td> 2,302 </Td> <Td> Reggie Miller * 000IND </Td> <Td> 25,279 </Td> <Td> 2004--05 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005--06 </Td> <Td> Kobe Bryant 000LAL </Td> <Td> 2,832 </Td> <Td> Shaquille O'Neal * 000MIA 2005--08 000PHO 2008--09 000CLE 2009--10 000BOS 2010--11 </Td> <Td> 24,764 </Td> <Td> 2005--06 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006--07 </Td> <Td> 2,430 </Td> <Td> 25,454 </Td> <Td> 2006--07 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007--08 </Td> <Td> 2,323 </Td> <Td> 26,286 </Td> <Td> 2007--08 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008--09 </Td> <Td> Dwyane Wade ^ 000MIA </Td> <Td> 2,386 </Td> <Td> 27,619 </Td> <Td> 2008--09 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009--10 </Td> <Td> Kevin Durant ^ 000OKC </Td> <Td> 2,472 </Td> <Td> 28,255 </Td> <Td> 2009--10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2010--11 </Td> <Td> 2,161 </Td> <Td> 28,596 </Td> <Td> 2010--11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011--12 </Td> <Td> 1,850 </Td> <Td> Kobe Bryant 000LAL </Td> <Td> 29,484 </Td> <Td> 2011--12 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012--13 </Td> <Td> 2,280 </Td> <Td> 31,617 </Td> <Td> 2012--13 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013--14 </Td> <Td> 2,593 </Td> <Td> 31,700 </Td> <Td> 2013--14 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014--15 </Td> <Td> James Harden ^ 000HOU </Td> <Td> 2,217 </Td> <Td> 32,482 </Td> <Td> 2014--15 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015--16 </Td> <Td> 2,376 </Td> <Td> 33,643 </Td> <Td> 2015--16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016--17 </Td> <Td> Russell Westbrook ^ 000OKC </Td> <Td> 2,558 </Td> <Td> Dirk Nowitzki ^ 000DAL </Td> <Td> 30,260 </Td> <Td> 2016--17 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017--18 </Td> <Td> LeBron James ^ 000CLE </Td> <Td> 2,251 </Td> <Td> 31,187 </Td> <Td> Abdul - Jabbar * 0 35 yrs </Td> <Td> 38,387 </Td> <Td> Chamberlain * 059 yrs </Td> <Td> 4,029 </Td> <Td> 2017--18 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Season </Th> <Th> Year - by - Year Leader </Th> <Th> Points </Th> <Th> Active Player Points Leader </Th> <Th> Total points </Th> <Th> Career Points Record </Th> <Th> Total points </Th> <Th> Single Season Points Record </Th> <Th> Points </Th> <Th> Season </Th> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Season </Th> <Th> Year - by - year leader </Th> <Th> Points </Th> <Th> Active player points leader </Th> <Th> Total points </Th> <Th> Career points record </Th> <Th> Total points </Th> <Th> Single - season points record </Th> <Th> Points </Th> <Th> Season </Th> </Tr>

When did kareem abdul jabbar reach 30000 points