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How well do you know the Milwaukee Bucks’ top 20 career point leaders?

By Jerry Tapp

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - MARCH 04: Khris Middleton #22 of the Milwaukee Bucks dibbles the ball against Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers in the first half of the game at Fiserv Forum on March 04, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - MARCH 04: Khris Middleton #22 of the Milwaukee Bucks dibbles the ball against Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers in the first half of the game at Fiserv Forum on March 04, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) /
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With 497 points in 33 games this season, Khris Middleton has moved up two spots in the Milwaukee Bucks’ all-time scorers list. Middleton’s 11,468 career points with the Bucks put him in seventh place on the list. He is only 543 points from taking over third place on the list behind Giannis Antetokounmpo (16,280) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14,211), per Stathead (Subscription required).

Another pair of Bucks last season moved up in the Bucks’ career points list as well: Brook Lopez scored 1,239 points last season and is now in 27th place (4,081 career points with the Bucks) on the Bucks list after an excellent season. He is 1,099 points away from passing Andrew Bogut for 20th place. Jrue Holiday had 1,290 points in 2022-23 and has moved into 31st place with 3,561 points in a Bucks uniform.

How well do you know the Milwaukee Bucks’ top 20 career point leaders?

Here is the list of the top 20 career points leaders for the Milwaukee Bucks:

Top 10-Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Glenn Robinson, Sidney Moncrief, Michael Redd, Bob Dandridge, Khris Middleton, Marques Johnson, Junior Bridgeman, Brian Winters.

11-20-Ray Allen, Terry Cummings, Rickey Pierce, Jon McGlocklin, Paul Pressey, Sam Cassell, Vin Baker, Ersan Ilyasova, Jack Sikma, Andrew Bogut.

Did you know…

  •  Three of the top 20 Bucks career scorers were the overall Number One pick in the draft by the Bucks… Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor), Glenn Robinson, and Andrew Bogut.
  • Eleven of the current top 20 career scorers were drafted by the Bucks… Antetokounmpo, Jabbar, Robinson, Moncrief, Redd, Dandridge, Johnson, Pressey, Baker, Ilyasova, and Bogut.
  • The lowest-drafted player in the top 20 was Bob Dandridge. He was the 45th player drafted (by the Bucks) in the 1969 NBA Draft. Michael Redd is the next lowest; he was the 43rd overall pick (by the Bucks) in the 2000 NBA Draft.
  • Middleton is the highest career scorer of the Bucks (seventh place) who was not drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks.
  • The Bucks drafted 10 different players in the top 10 of the NBA Draft who are not in the Bucks’ top 20 career scorers: Kent Benson (drafted first overall), Jabari Parker (drafted second overall), Stephon Marbury (drafted fourth overall), Russ Lee (drafted sixth overall), Yi Jianlian (drafted sixth overall), Charlie Paulk (drafted seventh overall), Quinn Buckner (drafted seventh overall), Todd Day (drafted eighth overall), T.J. Ford (drafted eighth overall), Joe Alexander (drafted eighth overall).
  •  Of the players listed in the previous item, Buckner is the highest on the Milwaukee Bucks’ career points list. He is at #22 with 4,738 career points with the Bucks.
  • The Bucks drafted three players who never played for the Bucks but who ended their NBA careers with 16,000 or more career points in the league: Dirk Nowitzki (31,560), Julius Erving (18,364), and Stephon Marbury (16,297).
  • Giannis is the only player in the Bucks’ top 20 career scorers to play all his games in the NBA with the Milwaukee Bucks.

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