Former Purdue stars have piled up a lot of points in the NBA and ABA over the years, and nobody in that group has done more damage than Glenn Robinson.
Robinson, who finished his Purdue career in 1993-94, leads all former Boilermakers with 14,234 career points from 1994-05. That puts him well ahead of Joe Barry Carroll, who checks in second with 12,455 points after an NBA run from 1980-91. Brad Miller is next on the list at 9,724, followed by Terry Dischinger at 9,012.
The list stretches across eras, from the ABA and early NBA years to today, and it includes a familiar name still adding to his total. Zach Edey enters the 2026-27 season with 760 career points and is the lone former Purdue player on an NBA opening-day roster. The former Boilermaker center, the No. 9 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, begins his third NBA season with the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Memphis announced it is exercising Edey’s rookie scale contract option for 2027-28, keeping him under contract with the Grizzlies through at least next season.
Edey’s place on the all-time Purdue NBA/ABA scoring chart sits behind a long line of alumni. Billy Keller is fifth with 6,588 points, Herm Gilliam is next at 6,252, and Carl Landry has 5,541. Kyle Macy rounds out the top eight at 5,259, while E'Twaun Moore sits ninth with 4,743.
Jaden Ivey, who finished his Purdue career in 2021-22, stands at 3,233 career points, just behind Paul Hoffman’s 3,234. Brian Cardinal follows at 2,108, and then the numbers continue down through a long list of former Boilermakers who reached the league and left their mark in varying degrees.
At the bottom of the Purdue scoring ledger, Carl McNulty has 2 career points, Vince Edwards has 3, and Cuonzo Martin has 9.
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