Games it took to reach 24,000 points

[Odinn]

Shaq needed 905 games to reach 24k points. Not that far from those group IMO.

Dominique Wilkins needed 906 games.
Rick Barry needed 913 games.
George Gervin needed 918 games.

Counting with ABA career, Dr. J needed 933 games.

Iverson already has been stated.

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Those are the names closest.

[Bandito]

It took Kobe around 1021 games to get there. His first year brought his stats down a lot with those 1103 minutes played as a rookie. It was to be understandable though as he played behind all stars at the time.

I don't know the exact number though...

[iamgine]

Might be more interesting to do minutes it took to reach 24000 points

[CavaliersFTW]

Might be more interesting to do minutes it took to reach 24000 points

That would penalize players that have great stamina and/or earned playing time.

[SillyRabbit]

Durant is on pace to do it in ~870 games.

[LAZERUSS]

Chamberlain and KAJ would likely have reached that mark MUCH sooner in their careers, (not necessarily in games) had they not been required to wait four years after high school to play in the NBA.

We will never know how it would all have played out, of course, but Kareem and Wilt likely would have amassed 6000-8000 more points in their careers.

[dunksby]

Chamberlain and KAJ would likely have reached that mark MUCH sooner in their careers, (not necessarily in games) had they not been required to wait four years after high school to play in the NBA.

We will never know how it would all have played out, of course, but Kareem and Wilt likely would have amassed 6000-8000 more points in their careers.

They are great basketball players because they dominated in every level consistently, it just shows they are true greats as no matter where and in what system they played they dominated.