most playoff games played in the 1980s nba

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Cooper had the most games in the playoffs, with 159 games.

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most playoff games played by a player in the 1980s NBA
NAMEGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
159
28.7
9.8
3.5
4.3
1.2
0.6
3.6
7.6
47.3
0.8
1.9
39.8
1.8
2.2
82.5
57.1
0.9
2.6
1.5
4,571
1,558
550
678
196
92
245
453
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
158
33.7
21.4
7.5
2.8
0.9
2.2
8.7
16.2
53.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.1
5.4
75.7
57.7
2.2
5.3
2.6
5,327
3,380
1,188
446
140
354
404
543
3Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
158
39.3
19.0
7.7
12.4
2.1
0.4
6.8
13.2
51.8
0.1
0.7
20.6
5.1
6.2
82.6
59.4
1.9
5.8
3.6
6,204
2,999
1,220
1,965
324
63
571
450
4Larry Bird
L. Bird
145
42.6
24.5
10.7
6.4
1.9
0.9
9.2
19.3
47.6
0.5
1.4
35.3
5.7
6.4
89.2
55.5
2.4
8.3
3.2
6,176
3,559
1,547
932
277
135
463
421
5Kevin McHale
K. McHale
139
34.0
18.7
7.5
1.6
0.4
1.8
7.1
12.6
56.5
0.0
0.0
16.7
4.5
5.8
78.0
61.9
2.9
4.6
2.0
4,729
2,603
1,046
225
51
245
284
472
6Robert Parish
R. Parish
139
35.3
16.2
9.9
1.3
0.8
1.8
6.5
13.0
50.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.3
4.5
72.3
54.3
3.0
6.9
2.3
4,902
2,258
1,372
184
117
257
321
480
7Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
136
39.1
17.2
4.1
6.2
1.4
0.5
6.5
14.7
43.9
0.2
0.8
23.1
4.1
4.9
82.8
50.9
1.2
2.9
2.7
5,324
2,337
562
837
194
62
363
432
8Kurt Rambis
K. Rambis
119
17.9
5.4
5.3
0.8
0.6
0.5
2.2
3.7
59.2
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.6
70.6
62.5
1.6
3.7
1.0
2,127
648
627
93
72
59
120
316
9Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
112
29.9
10.8
2.5
4.4
1.1
0.1
4.3
9.2
46.5
0.7
1.8
39.2
1.6
1.9
82.9
53.9
0.7
1.8
1.6
3,354
1,211
282
489
122
11
175
340
10James Worthy
J. Worthy
111
36.5
21.2
5.5
3.2
1.3
0.8
8.9
15.5
57.3
0.1
0.2
22.2
3.4
4.8
71.8
60.4
1.9
3.5
2.1
4,050
2,356
607
353
139
91
229
289
11Byron Scott
B. Scott
106
31.8
15.8
3.3
2.5
1.4
0.2
6.2
12.6
49.6
0.6
1.7
36.4
2.7
3.3
81.6
56.1
0.9
2.4
1.6
3,366
1,671
351
268
149
19
172
272
12Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
106
37.2
14.7
3.4
7.0
2.2
0.3
6.0
11.7
51.0
0.0
0.3
8.8
2.8
3.5
78.7
55.6
0.8
2.7
2.4
3,947
1,561
364
744
232
37
255
262
13Julius Erving
J. Erving
103
36.9
20.6
6.8
4.0
1.6
1.8
7.8
16.5
47.4
0.1
0.3
19.4
4.9
6.3
77.4
53.5
2.4
4.4
3.1
3,800
2,123
705
416
161
181
323
306
14Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
102
26.8
10.9
5.4
1.9
0.7
0.5
3.7
6.7
54.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.6
4.6
77.7
62.3
2.3
3.1
1.7
2,731
1,116
553
194
74
50
172
260
15Bobby Jones
B. Jones
97
26.7
11.3
4.5
2.2
1.0
1.3
4.2
7.9
53.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.9
3.5
82.6
59.8
1.6
2.8
1.5
2,594
1,097
434
209
94
129
148
303
16Sidney Moncrief
S. Moncrief
88
35.6
16.5
5.1
3.6
1.2
0.4
5.5
11.5
47.5
0.2
0.6
30.8
5.4
6.7
81.1
57.2
2.1
3.1
2.5
3,135
1,451
453
315
103
36
221
269
17Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
84
27.6
12.0
6.5
1.4
0.6
1.0
4.8
9.4
50.4
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.9
65.5
54.1
2.3
4.2
1.6
2,320
1,011
548
118
52
85
133
262
18Vinnie Johnson
V. Johnson
78
21.8
11.9
2.9
2.6
0.5
0.2
4.9
10.9
44.9
0.1
0.5
28.9
2.0
2.7
75.5
49.4
1.3
1.6
1.1
1,701
928
224
202
41
13
89
156
19Alton Lister
A. Lister
75
22.2
7.6
6.2
0.9
0.5
1.7
3.0
5.8
51.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.7
2.7
64.2
54.8
2.2
4.0
1.5
1,667
573
465
67
39
130
113
290
20Moses Malone
M. Malone
75
41.5
23.8
13.6
1.7
0.9
1.6
8.6
17.9
48.2
0.0
0.1
14.3
6.5
8.4
76.9
54.9
5.1
8.5
2.7
3,116
1,782
1,020
124
68
121
205
193
21Rick Mahorn
R. Mahorn
74
23.6
6.1
6.0
0.6
0.4
0.6
2.5
5.2
48.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.5
74.5
52.1
1.6
4.4
0.9
1,750
454
441
44
32
48
69
255
22Scott Wedman
S. Wedman
74
21.0
9.7
3.4
1.7
0.6
0.2
4.1
9.0
45.8
0.4
0.9
38.6
1.1
1.6
68.6
50.1
1.1
2.3
1.0
1,557
720
250
125
48
14
76
154
23Bill Laimbeer
B. Laimbeer
73
33.9
12.7
10.0
1.9
0.7
0.7
5.1
10.7
48.0
0.3
0.9
32.8
2.1
2.7
79.9
53.5
2.3
7.7
1.4
2,477
927
731
140
52
52
105
259
24Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
73
38.7
22.0
4.6
9.3
2.4
0.4
8.2
18.3
44.6
0.5
1.8
29.3
5.2
6.7
76.9
51.8
1.3
3.3
3.3
2,822
1,606
335
676
173
29
240
239
25Andrew Toney
A. Toney
72
29.8
17.4
2.3
4.5
0.8
0.3
6.7
14.1
47.8
0.2
0.7
23.5
3.8
4.8
78.6
53.7
0.8
1.6
3.6
2,146
1,254
168
323
58
18
257
265
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