Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Larry Bird scored the most points in the playoffs, with 3,559 points in the 1980s.

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most playoff points by a player by decade 1980s

	NAME	PTS	DECADE	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	3,559	1980s	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	1,547	932	277	135	463	421
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3,380	1980s	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	1,188	446	140	354	404	543
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2,999	1980s	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	1,220	1,965	324	63	571	450
4	Kevin McHale K. McHale	2,603	1980s	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	1,046	225	51	245	284	472
5	James Worthy J. Worthy	2,356	1980s	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	607	353	139	91	229	289
6	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	2,337	1980s	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	562	837	194	62	363	432
7	Robert Parish R. Parish	2,258	1980s	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	1,372	184	117	257	321	480
8	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,123	1980s	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	705	416	161	181	323	306
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,782	1980s	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	1,020	124	68	121	205	193
10	Byron Scott B. Scott	1,671	1980s	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	351	268	149	19	172	272
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,606	1980s	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	335	676	173	29	240	239
12	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	1,561	1980s	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	364	744	232	37	255	262
13	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	1,558	1980s	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	550	678	196	92	245	453
14	Alex English A. English	1,481	1980s	56	38.3	26.4	5.7	4.8	0.7	0.4	10.6	21.5	49.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	6.0	87.1	54.7	2.6	3.1	2.3	2,143	320	271	39	24	128	162
15	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	1,451	1980s	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	453	315	103	36	221	269
16	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	1,361	1980s	59	36.5	23.1	5.6	2.5	1.0	0.0	7.8	14.9	52.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.5	9.3	80.2	60.6	2.2	3.5	2.7	2,156	333	147	58	2	158	155
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1,309	1980s	37	42.7	35.4	6.8	6.6	2.4	1.1	12.3	24.5	50.1	0.4	1.4	28.8	10.4	12.5	83.2	58.9	1.8	5.0	3.9	1,579	253	246	90	39	144	142
18	Andrew Toney A. Toney	1,254	1980s	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	168	323	58	18	257	265
19	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	1,249	1980s	62	32.4	20.1	6.1	3.1	0.8	0.3	8.1	16.5	49.2	0.4	1.3	30.0	3.5	4.8	72.8	54.0	2.1	4.0	2.2	2,009	376	194	47	17	135	180
20	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1,211	1980s	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	282	489	122	11	175	340
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,186	1980s	43	38.7	27.6	12.4	2.1	1.8	3.4	10.6	19.4	54.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.4	9.5	67.3	58.5	4.8	7.6	2.5	1,666	533	90	79	147	109	184
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	1,151	1980s	43	39.8	26.8	6.6	2.6	1.4	0.6	9.8	22.5	43.4	0.3	1.2	26.9	6.9	8.4	81.7	51.0	2.9	3.7	2.9	1,711	284	113	59	26	123	100
23	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	1,116	1980s	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	553	194	74	50	172	260
24	Bobby Jones B. Jones	1,097	1980s	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	434	209	94	129	148	303
25	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	1,037	1980s	72	27.3	14.4	5.9	1.1	0.5	1.6	5.7	10.3	55.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.2	72.3	59.5	1.7	4.2	2.3	1,968	428	80	34	116	169	316

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