most playoff points from 1979-80 to 1997-98 nba

Between the 1979-80 and 1997-98 seasons, Michael Jordan put up the most points in the playoffs, with 5,987 points.

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most playoff points by a player from 1979-80 to 1997-98 NBA

	NAME	PTS	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5,987	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	1,152	1,022	376	158	546	541	+294
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	3,897	164	42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	5.5	6.2	89.0	55.1	2.2	8.1	3.1	6,886	1,683	1,062	296	145	506	466
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3,701	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	6.8	13.4	50.6	0.3	1.1	24.1	5.6	6.7	83.8	59.5	1.8	5.9	3.7	7,538	1,465	2,346	358	64	696	524
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	3,691	137	41.7	26.9	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	9.8	20.9	46.8	0.0	0.2	10.3	7.3	10.0	73.2	53.2	2.9	8.5	2.8	5,719	1,556	400	196	109	386	490	+150
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3,674	136	40.7	27.0	11.6	3.3	1.7	3.4	10.8	20.4	53.0	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.4	7.5	71.8	57.1	3.4	8.2	3.0	5,540	1,573	454	233	465	413	535	-1
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3,380	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
7	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	3,217	178	39.5	18.1	7.7	5.2	1.9	1.0	6.7	14.8	44.9	0.9	3.0	30.3	3.8	5.3	71.8	52.6	2.3	5.4	2.9	7,028	1,366	920	344	171	523	589	+239
8	Kevin McHale K. McHale	3,182	169	33.8	18.8	7.4	1.6	0.4	1.7	7.1	12.7	56.1	0.0	0.1	38.1	4.5	5.8	78.8	61.8	2.7	4.7	1.9	5,716	1,253	274	65	281	326	571
9	James Worthy J. Worthy	3,022	143	37.0	21.1	5.2	3.2	1.2	0.7	8.9	16.3	54.4	0.1	0.5	20.9	3.3	4.6	72.7	57.8	1.8	3.4	2.1	5,297	747	463	177	96	298	352
10	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2,963	145	38.4	20.4	6.9	6.1	1.9	0.7	7.4	16.6	44.7	1.0	3.4	28.8	4.6	5.9	78.7	53.2	2.5	4.4	2.7	5,572	1,002	891	278	108	397	486	+52
11	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	2,739	119	39.4	23.0	12.8	3.9	1.6	0.9	8.2	15.9	51.3	0.5	2.1	25.4	6.1	8.6	71.8	58.4	4.2	8.7	2.9	4,692	1,527	467	187	106	345	396	+20
12	Robert Parish R. Parish	2,699	174	34.1	15.5	9.6	1.3	0.8	1.7	6.2	12.2	50.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.3	72.4	54.9	3.0	6.5	2.1	5,938	1,662	223	138	298	365	575	-3
13	Byron Scott B. Scott	2,451	183	29.3	13.4	2.9	2.1	1.2	0.2	5.1	10.6	48.2	0.7	1.9	39.5	2.5	3.0	81.9	56.3	0.7	2.2	1.5	5,365	536	390	226	30	266	445	+69
14	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2,439	110	39.4	22.2	10.8	2.4	0.9	2.5	8.8	18.4	47.8	0.1	0.2	36.4	4.5	6.3	72.1	52.4	2.6	8.1	2.8	4,332	1,184	259	98	271	306	427	-16
15	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	2,406	141	38.9	17.1	4.1	6.1	1.4	0.5	6.5	14.6	44.1	0.2	0.8	23.6	4.0	4.8	83.0	50.9	1.2	2.9	2.6	5,486	576	865	196	64	373	449
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2,261	111	38.0	20.4	4.7	8.9	2.1	0.3	7.4	16.8	44.1	0.7	2.1	34.6	4.8	6.2	76.9	52.0	1.2	3.5	3.3	4,216	524	987	234	38	369	363
17	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,123	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
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	2,047	147	35.5	13.9	3.3	10.3	1.9	0.3	4.9	10.2	48.0	0.7	2.0	33.2	3.5	4.3	81.2	57.6	0.9	2.4	2.9	5,220	482	1,521	278	42	431	429	+49
19	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	1,997	96	39.1	20.8	3.5	9.5	1.3	0.3	7.2	15.3	47.2	0.2	0.9	25.3	6.1	7.4	83.3	56.2	0.7	2.8	3.6	3,750	336	912	129	29	341	223	-83
20	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1,902	193	26.1	9.9	2.3	3.4	0.9	0.1	3.7	8.1	45.6	0.9	2.2	39.7	1.5	1.8	82.9	55.0	0.6	1.7	1.3	5,038	443	656	172	19	257	533
21	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	1,843	119	35.0	15.5	3.8	3.9	1.3	0.2	5.5	11.5	47.4	0.9	2.0	43.8	3.7	4.2	88.9	58.1	1.0	2.8	1.7	4,165	456	466	149	25	204	322	+146
22	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,803	80	40.0	22.5	13.1	1.6	0.9	1.5	8.1	17.0	47.8	0.0	0.1	14.3	6.3	8.1	77.3	54.7	5.0	8.1	2.6	3,200	1,051	127	70	122	207	197
23	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	1,747	102	29.0	17.1	5.3	2.6	0.7	0.2	6.8	14.1	48.5	0.4	1.4	31.7	3.0	4.1	74.3	54.0	1.8	3.5	1.9	2,958	537	262	71	22	198	281
24	Horace Grant H. Grant	1,742	141	37.7	12.4	9.0	2.2	1.0	1.1	5.1	9.3	55.0	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.1	3.0	71.5	58.3	3.4	5.6	1.2	5,309	1,271	317	143	152	164	441
25	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	1,741	124	36.4	14.0	3.4	6.9	2.1	0.3	5.7	11.2	50.9	0.0	0.3	9.8	2.6	3.3	79.3	55.5	0.8	2.6	2.3	4,518	418	859	258	41	289	295

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