most playoff points from 1981-82 to 2002-03

Between the 1981-82 and 2002-03 seasons, Michael Jordan scored the most points in the playoffs, with 5,987 points.

Interpreted as:

most playoff points by a player from 1981-82 to 2002-03

	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	4,519	172	41.3	26.3	10.9	3.1	1.4	0.8	9.6	20.6	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.7	7.1	9.6	74.0	52.8	2.7	8.2	2.9	7,109	1,877	538	234	133	503	597	+113
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	3,821	136	40.2	28.1	12.9	3.2	0.6	2.3	10.9	19.4	55.8	0.0	0.0		6.4	12.0	53.1	56.8	4.6	8.2	3.1	5,465	1,749	437	85	313	420	462	+511
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3,755	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	1,621	458	245	472	424	562	-29
5	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	3,642	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	1.9	0.9	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	3.7	5.1	72.4	52.4	2.2	5.4	2.9	8,105	1,583	1,048	395	185	602	686	+232
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3,357	171	39.5	19.6	7.3	12.7	1.8	0.3	6.8	13.5	50.7	0.3	1.2	24.0	5.7	6.7	84.5	59.8	1.7	5.7	3.6	6,753	1,256	2,174	301	55	620	463
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	3,332	138	41.8	24.1	9.7	6.6	1.8	0.9	8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.6	32.3	5.8	6.5	89.0	55.6	2.1	7.6	3.0	5,764	1,344	917	243	120	411	383
8	Kevin McHale K. McHale	3,037	152	35.7	20.0	7.9	1.7	0.4	1.7	7.5	13.4	56.3	0.1	0.1	38.1	4.9	6.2	79.4	62.1	2.8	5.0	2.0	5,420	1,194	260	61	256	311	520
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	2,833	123	39.4	23.0	12.9	3.9	1.6	0.9	8.2	16.0	51.3	0.5	2.0	25.5	6.1	8.5	71.7	58.4	4.1	8.7	2.9	4,849	1,582	482	193	108	353	408	+1
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,821	140	32.7	20.2	6.8	2.8	0.9	2.1	8.2	15.3	53.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.1	75.3	57.3	2.1	4.8	2.4	4,575	957	388	120	288	338	478
13	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2,813	139	37.5	20.2	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.2	7.9	16.9	46.9	0.1	0.2	34.8	4.3	6.0	71.8	51.7	2.4	7.9	2.5	5,207	1,435	275	122	303	345	522	+8
14	Reggie Miller R. Miller	2,618	115	38.5	22.8	2.9	2.5	1.0	0.3	7.3	16.0	45.3	2.4	6.0	39.9	5.9	6.6	88.8	60.2	0.6	2.3	1.8	4,423	339	292	118	30	208	224	+164
15	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
16	Robert Parish R. Parish	2,444	157	34.7	15.6	9.7	1.3	0.7	1.6	6.2	12.2	50.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.4	72.9	55.2	3.0	6.6	2.0	5,446	1,516	204	117	259	321	501	-3
17	John Stockton J. Stockton	2,436	182	35.2	13.4	3.3	10.1	1.9	0.3	4.7	9.9	47.3	0.6	1.9	32.6	3.4	4.2	81.0	56.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	6,398	608	1,839	338	50	517	539	+105
18	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
19	David Robinson D. Robinson	2,221	123	34.3	18.1	10.6	2.3	1.2	2.5	6.2	13.0	47.9	0.0	0.1	10.0	5.6	7.9	70.8	54.7	3.0	7.6	2.3	4,221	1,301	280	151	312	280	423	+362
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2,155	97	36.9	22.2	4.9	4.2	1.2	0.8	8.0	18.3	43.9	1.0	2.9	34.9	5.2	6.6	78.6	52.5	1.2	3.6	2.7	3,583	473	407	119	82	258	317	+314
21	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	2,092	140	34.0	14.9	3.8	3.8	1.2	0.2	5.3	11.3	47.0	0.9	2.0	43.3	3.5	3.9	88.6	57.5	1.0	2.8	1.7	4,766	527	525	170	25	231	384	+133
22	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	2,026	105	36.9	19.3	3.3	8.9	1.3	0.3	6.7	14.3	46.9	0.2	0.9	24.4	5.7	6.8	83.3	55.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	3,879	349	935	132	30	354	233	-96
23	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	2,012	119	39.0	16.9	4.0	6.6	1.3	0.4	6.4	14.4	44.3	0.2	0.8	22.2	4.0	4.8	83.4	51.3	1.2	2.9	2.6	4,637	479	788	160	45	311	383
24	Horace Grant H. Grant	1,907	170	36.3	11.2	8.6	2.1	1.0	1.0	4.6	8.7	53.0	0.0	0.0	12.5	2.0	2.8	71.4	56.5	3.2	5.3	1.1	6,172	1,457	360	171	173	184	515	+61
25	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

Unlock 2x data

More NBA News

Bickerstaff says Pistons will learn from their blowout loss in Game 7 against the Cavaliers

May 18, 2026

Cavs' Donovan Mitchell breaks through, reaching the conference finals for the first time

May 18, 2026

Mitchell scores 26 and the Cavaliers rout the Pistons 125-94 in Game 7 to reach the East finals

May 18, 2026

Inside the MVP numbers: Appeals paid off for Doncic and Cunningham, and Jokic's streak continues

May 18, 2026

NBA MVP of the Year Voting

May 18, 2026

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Oklahoma City becomes the 14th player to win back-to-back NBA MVPs

May 17, 2026

More Bulls Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

17.0

Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

APG

9.1

Giddey

Team Rankings

ORTG

113.0

23rd

DRTG

118.1

22nd

NETRTG

-5.1

22nd

3P%

35.6

19th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers	19	63	.232	41.0

Last Game

Bulls

31 - 51

128

Final

149

Mavericks

26 - 56

Sun 12 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.1

Cunningham

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.5

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.9

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.8

126.0

118.2

114.5

113.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.6

105.7

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

14.6

3.0

1.7

1.6

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

627.9

Cunningham

556.4

Mobley

540.1

Harden

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

560.8

Harden

550.8

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.64

Wembanyama

1.61

Towns

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

55-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-55

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0