1980s most 30 pts games playoffs

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Larry Bird had the most games in the playoffs with 30+ points, with 40 games.

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1980s most 30 or more pts games by a player playoffs
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Larry Bird
L. Bird
40
1,370
44.1
34.3
10.0
6.1
0.8
12.6
22.6
55.9
0.9
1.8
47.2
8.2
8.9
91.6
64.6
1,763
401
242
33
114
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
32
1,055
40.1
33.0
9.8
3.8
1.2
3.5
13.3
22.1
60.4
0.0
0.0
6.3
8.2
77.0
64.2
3.3
1,282
314
122
39
112
104
124
3Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
26
1,054
43.3
40.5
6.9
6.9
2.7
1.2
14.2
27.2
52.1
0.5
1.4
32.4
11.7
13.8
84.4
60.8
1.8
5.1
4.2
1,127
180
180
69
32
108
102
4Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
18
634
40.9
35.2
13.8
2.2
2.1
4.3
13.3
23.1
57.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
8.6
11.7
73.0
62.4
5.8
8.1
2.1
737
249
40
38
78
37
71
5Alex English
A. English
18
622
40.7
34.6
6.1
4.9
0.7
0.4
13.6
23.8
57.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
7.3
8.4
87.4
62.9
2.5
3.6
2.6
733
109
88
12
8
46
59
6Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
16
547
42.1
34.2
5.7
7.6
2.8
0.4
12.9
25.9
49.8
1.0
2.3
44.4
7.4
9.8
75.8
56.6
2.1
3.6
4.4
674
91
122
45
7
70
53
7Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
15
562
42.1
37.5
6.7
3.4
1.4
0.7
13.9
27.9
49.9
0.3
1.5
21.7
9.3
11.3
82.2
57.0
2.9
3.8
2.8
632
100
51
21
10
42
34
8George Gervin
G. Gervin
15
530
41.3
35.3
7.1
3.6
0.7
0.6
14.1
24.7
56.9
0.0
0.5
0.0
7.2
8.4
85.7
62.1
3.3
619
106
54
11
9
49
45
9Moses Malone
M. Malone
14
492
44.5
35.1
16.2
1.8
0.7
2.1
12.9
23.1
55.9
0.0
0.2
0.0
9.3
12.7
73.0
61.1
623
227
25
10
30
41
10Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
12
414
40.7
34.5
7.6
4.3
1.2
0.1
11.7
19.8
59.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
11.2
13.2
84.8
67.5
2.8
4.8
3.8
488
91
52
14
1
46
35
11Kevin McHale
K. McHale
10
322
42.3
32.2
8.9
1.9
0.4
1.7
11.8
17.9
65.9
0.0
0.0
8.6
10.3
83.5
71.8
3.2
5.7
2.0
423
89
19
4
17
20
38
12James Worthy
J. Worthy
10
336
42.6
33.6
7.0
3.9
1.3
0.9
14.4
20.6
69.9
0.3
0.8
37.5
4.5
6.3
71.4
71.9
2.1
4.9
2.1
426
70
39
13
9
21
23
13Bernard King
B. King
10
405
39.4
40.5
5.6
2.7
1.0
0.6
15.6
25.2
61.9
0.1
0.4
25.0
9.2
11.8
78.0
66.6
2.0
3.6
2.5
394
56
27
10
6
25
37
14Gus Williams
G. Williams
10
335
40.2
33.5
4.0
5.7
2.1
0.7
13.1
24.1
54.4
0.2
0.5
40.0
7.1
8.2
86.6
60.5
1.8
2.2
2.9
402
40
57
21
7
29
18
15Tom Chambers
T. Chambers
9
309
41.2
34.3
10.0
2.6
0.9
1.2
13.0
23.3
55.7
0.3
1.2
27.3
8.0
9.3
85.7
62.6
2.8
7.2
3.0
371
90
23
8
11
27
34
16Andrew Toney
A. Toney
9
297
37.2
33.0
3.8
5.4
0.0
12.8
20.7
61.8
0.3
0.7
50.0
7.1
8.3
85.3
67.8
335
34
49
0
33
17Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
8
265
41.5
33.1
8.4
13.3
1.5
0.3
10.6
17.8
59.9
0.8
1.9
40.0
11.1
12.0
92.7
71.9
1.8
6.6
3.6
332
67
106
12
2
29
17
18Julius Erving
J. Erving
8
261
39.9
32.6
8.3
4.9
2.6
11.5
21.8
52.9
0.1
0.5
25.0
9.5
12.9
73.8
59.5
319
66
39
21
25
19Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
7
237
41.7
33.9
7.9
2.6
0.9
0.6
14.3
27.1
52.6
1.6
3.1
50.0
3.7
4.4
83.9
58.2
4.1
3.7
2.7
292
55
18
6
4
19
24
20Karl Malone
K. Malone
7
242
44.6
34.6
13.4
1.9
1.1
0.4
13.0
23.9
54.5
0.0
0.0
8.6
12.4
69.0
58.9
3.7
9.7
3.6
312
94
13
8
3
25
29
21Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
7
229
40.9
32.7
10.7
2.7
1.3
0.4
12.9
21.4
60.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
7.0
8.6
81.7
64.9
3.1
7.6
2.3
286
75
19
9
3
16
26
22Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
7
245
36.9
35.0
5.7
4.4
0.9
0.4
14.0
23.4
59.8
0.9
1.6
54.5
6.1
7.0
87.8
66.0
2.3
3.4
2.4
258
40
31
6
3
17
15
23Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
7
234
42.3
33.4
7.0
3.0
1.0
0.9
13.1
21.0
62.6
0.3
0.9
33.3
6.9
7.9
87.3
68.3
1.4
5.6
2.4
296
49
21
7
6
17
24
24Walter Davis
W. Davis
6
191
37.0
31.8
3.5
3.8
1.8
0.2
12.7
23.5
53.9
0.5
0.8
60.0
6.0
6.5
92.3
60.4
1.2
2.3
2.2
222
21
23
11
1
13
19
25Jeff Malone
J. Malone
5
161
40.8
32.2
3.4
2.2
1.2
0.8
12.8
22.0
58.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
6.6
8.0
82.5
63.1
0.8
2.6
2.6
204
17
11
6
4
13
16

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