NBA Career Stats

NBA career stats are among the most revered statistics in professional American sports. The names attached to some of the career statistical landmarks are some of basketball's biggest superstars. The main categories in basketball--the five triple double categories--are considered the most important statistically by many, and the names on the top of these lists make up the upper echelon of NBA career stats and the NBA Hall of Fame.

Points

The most career points scored in the NBA is 38.387 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Abdul-Jabbar scored in his points from 1969 to 1989 for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Milwaukee Bucks.

Assists

John Stockton holds the record for most NBA career assists. Playing point guard for the Utah Jazz from 1984 to 2003, Stockton accumulated 15,806 assists.

Rebounds

Wilt Chamberlain dominated the league in rebounding in his career. He snatced 23,924 rebounds in his time in the league, and he also holds the career record for rebounds per game, at 22.9.

Blocks

The most blocks in an NBA career is 3,830 by Hakeem Olajuwon. He played for 22 seasons starting in 1984, leading the Houston Rockets to championships in 1994 and 1995.

Steals

Though Allen Iverson and Chris Paul are among the 21st century steals leaders, John Stockon maintains the hold on the NBA career steal mark with 3,265 in his 20 seasons.

Scoring

In addition to the rebounding record, Wilt Chamberlain also holds the records for most 60 point games (32), most 50 point games (118) and most 40 point games (271).

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Jabbar, the NBA career scoring leader, also holds career records in field goals attempted (28,307), field goals made (15,837) and most minutes (57,446).