1980s most 20 pts games playoffs

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Larry Bird had the most games in the playoffs with 20+ points, with 104 games.

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1980s most 20 or more pts games by a player playoffs
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Larry Bird
L. Bird
104
2,913
43.4
28.0
10.5
6.4
10.4
20.7
50.2
0.6
1.6
38.0
6.6
7.4
89.6
58.5
4,516
1,088
666
296
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
93
2,541
37.9
27.3
8.9
3.4
1.0
2.7
11.1
19.6
56.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.1
6.8
75.7
60.5
2.8
3,525
824
313
93
249
262
337
3Kevin McHale
K. McHale
74
1,832
39.5
24.8
8.9
2.0
9.4
15.6
60.5
0.0
0.1
25.0
5.9
7.3
80.5
65.9
2,923
662
147
265
4Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
65
1,622
40.9
25.0
7.8
12.3
1.9
0.3
8.9
15.9
55.8
0.2
0.8
27.5
7.0
8.2
85.7
64.0
3.4
2,661
507
798
126
20
220
182
5James Worthy
J. Worthy
62
1,613
39.2
26.0
5.9
3.4
1.5
0.9
10.8
17.5
61.7
0.1
0.3
25.0
4.3
5.8
75.1
64.9
2.1
3.9
2.1
2,432
368
213
90
55
131
150
6Julius Erving
J. Erving
61
1,515
38.6
24.8
7.2
4.6
1.9
9.5
18.3
51.7
0.1
0.3
23.8
5.8
7.3
79.0
57.6
2,357
441
282
116
182
7Moses Malone
M. Malone
53
1,442
42.3
27.2
14.5
1.7
1.7
10.1
19.6
51.5
0.0
0.1
14.3
7.0
9.2
76.6
57.6
2,241
766
91
92
145
8Alex English
A. English
47
1,333
39.1
28.4
5.8
4.9
0.7
0.4
11.4
22.4
51.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
5.6
6.3
87.9
56.4
2.7
3.1
2.2
1,838
273
231
34
19
105
137
9Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
47
1,133
42.0
24.1
4.3
6.7
1.6
0.5
9.1
18.4
49.7
0.3
1.1
22.6
5.6
6.4
86.1
56.7
3.0
1,973
204
316
76
23
140
152
10Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
43
1,201
39.8
27.9
4.7
9.0
2.4
0.3
10.3
21.3
48.4
0.7
2.0
38.1
6.5
8.4
77.4
55.7
1.5
3.2
3.6
1,712
202
386
103
15
155
152
11Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
37
1,013
38.3
27.4
6.2
2.8
0.9
0.0
9.4
16.8
55.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
8.7
10.8
80.7
63.5
2.2
4.0
3.1
1,416
229
104
33
1
113
96
12Byron Scott
B. Scott
35
864
35.9
24.7
3.7
2.9
1.9
0.1
9.5
16.4
58.0
1.2
2.5
46.6
4.5
5.2
85.8
66.0
0.9
2.8
1.6
1,256
128
100
66
5
56
97
13Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
35
1,030
40.3
29.4
6.5
2.7
1.3
0.7
10.8
23.8
45.6
0.4
1.4
26.0
7.4
9.1
81.2
53.0
2.6
3.9
2.8
1,409
226
93
45
23
97
83
14Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
34
1,034
39.9
30.4
12.6
2.2
2.1
3.8
11.7
21.0
55.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
6.9
9.9
69.8
59.9
4.9
7.7
2.6
1,357
427
76
70
128
87
143
15Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
34
1,257
42.9
37.0
6.8
6.6
2.5
1.1
12.8
25.4
50.3
0.4
1.4
29.2
11.0
13.1
83.6
59.3
1.8
4.9
3.9
1,460
230
225
86
38
134
129
16Sidney Moncrief
S. Moncrief
34
804
40.2
23.6
4.9
4.2
1.2
0.5
7.9
14.8
53.6
0.3
0.7
37.5
7.6
9.0
84.3
63.2
2.6
1,367
166
142
40
16
88
110
17Robert Parish
R. Parish
34
823
39.2
24.2
11.2
1.4
9.8
16.9
57.8
0.0
0.0
4.6
6.1
76.2
61.7
1,332
382
48
126
18Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
32
881
37.2
27.5
7.2
3.9
0.8
0.3
11.2
21.2
52.6
0.5
1.4
37.0
4.7
6.1
76.9
57.6
2.5
4.7
2.2
1,190
230
126
26
10
71
97
19Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
29
775
37.8
26.7
8.8
2.4
1.3
0.9
10.7
19.2
55.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.3
7.2
74.2
59.8
2.7
6.1
2.6
1,096
254
71
39
27
74
109
20Andrew Toney
A. Toney
28
744
36.3
26.6
2.7
5.3
0.3
10.2
18.4
55.3
0.3
0.8
39.1
5.9
7.1
82.5
61.7
1,016
76
149
7
111
21George Gervin
G. Gervin
28
832
40.3
29.7
6.5
3.6
1.0
0.5
11.7
22.6
51.7
0.0
0.4
0.0
6.4
7.4
85.6
57.4
3.6
1,127
182
101
27
15
100
91
22Rolando Blackman
R. Blackman
27
701
40.7
26.0
4.3
3.7
0.6
0.3
10.3
18.7
55.4
0.0
0.1
25.0
5.3
6.2
84.5
60.6
1.7
2.5
2.3
1,098
115
101
17
7
63
49
23Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
27
735
39.4
27.2
4.3
3.2
0.7
0.8
10.7
18.7
57.1
0.1
0.7
22.2
5.7
6.3
90.5
63.3
1.0
3.4
1.8
1,064
117
86
20
22
49
67
24Walter Davis
W. Davis
26
684
34.5
26.3
3.2
5.3
1.4
0.2
10.8
20.4
53.0
0.2
0.5
35.7
4.5
5.4
83.0
57.8
2.6
896
84
137
36
6
67
76
25Tom Chambers
T. Chambers
25
697
38.6
27.9
8.6
2.8
0.8
1.1
10.5
20.9
50.1
0.5
1.4
37.1
6.4
7.6
84.2
57.5
2.2
6.4
2.8
965
214
71
20
28
71
98

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