most points by a forward in first playoff series

LeBron James has posted the most career points by a forward in the playoffs, with 8,381 points.

	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	LeBron James L. James	8,381	296	41.3	28.3	9.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.1	20.4	49.6	1.6	4.9	33.1	6.4	8.6	74.2	58.4	1.5	7.5	3.6	12,222	2,652	2,120	497	285	1,060	672	+1224
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	5,008	171	40.5	29.3	7.8	4.2	1.0	1.2	9.9	20.7	47.8	2.1	6.0	35.5	7.4	8.5	86.8	59.9	0.8	7.0	3.3	6,934	1,333	713	173	205	559	431	+641
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	4,761	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	8.1	2.8	7,907	2,062	610	258	135	550	662	+123
4	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
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	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3,623	134	41.1	27.0	12.9	4.0			10.4	23.6	43.9				6.3	8.2	77.1	49.7				5,510	1,724	541				435
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3,303	132	40.3	25.0	9.7	2.5	1.0	0.8	8.3	18.0	46.3	1.0	2.8	34.5	7.4	8.2	89.4	57.8	1.4	8.3	2.3	5,326	1,282	335	126	110	300	364	+53
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	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	3,133	146	35.6	21.5	7.8	3.0	1.8	0.7	7.7	15.0	51.3	1.7	4.3	39.9	4.4	5.2	84.1	62.1	1.8	6.0	1.9	5,193	1,142	432	256	99	278	323	+643
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	3,076	127	38.9	24.2	8.3	5.0	1.2	0.8	8.1	18.4	44.0	2.4	7.0	34.9	5.5	6.6	83.9	56.7	1.0	7.3	2.9	4,943	1,053	633	150	106	369	329	+517
11	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
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2,838	118	40.7	24.1	12.7	3.6	0.7	2.7	8.8	17.4	50.5	0.0	0.2	13.0	6.4	9.1	70.4	56.1	3.4	9.3	3.2	4,801	1,499	424	80	318	378	367	+577
13	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
14	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	2,825	135	38.1	20.9	6.2	4.3	1.1	0.3	8.1	18.8	43.2				4.7	5.6	83.4	49.2	1.5	3.8		5,148	843	583	60	16		402
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,785	124	37.7	22.5	7.3	4.3	1.8	1.8	8.6	17.6	49.2	0.0	0.2	15.8	5.1	6.6	78.0	54.8	2.6	4.7	3.3	4,675	899	527	217	217	348	352
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2,432	140	35.4	17.4	5.2	3.1	1.1	0.5	5.7	13.2	43.2	1.6	4.4	36.8	4.4	5.2	83.9	56.2	0.6	4.6	2.5	4,950	723	436	151	73	346	445	+165
17	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	2,323	105	38.2	22.1	6.5	5.1	1.7	0.6	7.4	16.0	46.4	1.1	3.3	33.0	6.2	7.5	82.9	57.4	2.0	4.6	1.9	4,010	684	539	178	61	200	180	-40
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2,270	84	36.2	27.0	12.2	5.3	1.0	1.3	10.1	19.1	53.2	0.7	2.8	25.9	6.0	9.6	62.5	58.0	2.4	9.7	3.4	3,041	1,022	446	85	110	283	271	+243
19	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	2,240	88	40.3	25.5	14.8	2.7			8.7	20.8	41.8				8.0	10.4	77.4	50.1				3,545	1,304	241				277
20	Paul George P. George	2,196	96	40.2	22.9	7.5	4.4	1.5	0.5	7.4	17.0	43.4	2.7	7.2	37.7	5.4	6.6	81.7	57.4	0.8	6.7	3.2	3,855	720	426	142	46	308	311	+46
21	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	2,058	105	38.9	19.6	11.1	3.8	1.3	1.4	8.0	16.9	47.2	0.1	0.4	29.8	3.5	4.5	78.2	51.9	2.5	8.7	2.5	4,084	1,170	404	141	146	266	324	+157
22	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	2,058	104	31.0	19.8	9.2	2.1			7.9	19.6	40.2				4.1	5.5	74.3	45.0				3,223	954	215				417
23	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	2,039	90	43.1	22.7	12.9	2.0	1.1	2.6	9.1	19.9	46.1	0.0	0.0		4.4	6.7	65.2	49.7	4.0	9.0	2.8	3,882	1,161	180	97	222	124	357
24	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	1,969	98	33.1	20.1	5.6	3.0	1.0	0.4	7.5	15.6	48.2	1.8	5.2	35.0	3.2	4.5	71.7	57.1	1.2	4.4	2.7	3,244	545	294	94	43	268	265	+215
25	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	1,967	98	39.6	20.1	7.7	3.7	1.2	0.7	8.4	17.5	48.0				3.3	4.3	76.1	51.7	2.0	5.2	3.1	3,882	754	365	69	39	116	377

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Team Leaders

PPG

23.0

Mitchell

RPG

8.3

Allen

APG

5.8

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.0

10th

DRTG

116.0

21st

NETRTG

1.0

17th

3P%

37.0

8th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Heat	6	6	.500	4.0
6	Knicks	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Cavaliers	6	7	.462	4.5
8	Raptors	5	7	.417	5.0
9	Magic	5	7	.417	5.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	DAL	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 11/16	CHI	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 11/18	MEM	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Fri 11/20	IND	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 11/23	CLE	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

6 - 7

121

Final

133

Heat

6 - 6

Fri 13 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.6

Dončić

30.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Wembanyama

RPG Leaders

13.7

Towns

13.2

Sabonis

12.3

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.2

Mitchell

9.0

Jokić

8.8

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.9

Daniels

2.2

Flagg

2.2

Thybulle

BPG Leaders

4.2

Wembanyama

2.2

Kessler

2.2

Turner

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.3

Curry

4.1

Bane

TS% Leaders

73.7

Spencer

72.6

Gafford

71.9

Curry

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

120.4

120.3

119.2

DRtg Rankings

104.8

107.0

107.6

107.9

108.8

109.2

NetRtg Rankings

13.3

11.7

9.1

8.0

Tank Leaderboard

1-12

1-11

2-9

3-8

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

801.4

Wembanyama

685.6

Dončić

633.1

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

777

Wembanyama

723.3

Dončić

662

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.1

Dončić

36.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

35.4

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.2

Acuff

36.8

Wagner

36.4

Murray

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.10

Wembanyama

1.74

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.04

Wembanyama

1.83

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

11-1

9-4

8-4

7-4

Worst Record ATS

3-10

3-9

3-8

4-9

4-8

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	10	2	.833
2	76ers	10	3	.769	0.5
3	Pistons	8	3	.727	1.5
4	Hawks	7	6	.538	3.5
5	Heat	6	6	.500	4.0
6	Knicks	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Cavaliers	6	7	.462	4.5
8	Raptors	5	7	.417	5.0
9	Magic	5	7	.417	5.0
10	Pacers	5	8	.385	5.5
11	Hornets	4	8	.333	6.0
12	Wizards	4	9	.308	6.5
13	Nets	3	8	.273	6.5
14	Bulls	2	9	.182	7.5
15	Bucks	1	12	.077	9.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Spurs	11	2	.846
2	Lakers	11	2	.846
3	Rockets	10	3	.769	1.0
4	Trail Blazers	9	3	.750	1.5
5	Timberwolves	9	3	.750	1.5
6	Grizzlies	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Warriors	8	5	.615	3.0
8	Thunder	8	5	.615	3.0
9	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
10	Mavericks	7	5	.583	3.5
11	Suns	5	6	.455	5.0
12	Pelicans	4	9	.308	7.0
13	Clippers	3	8	.273	7.0
14	Kings	1	11	.083	9.5
15	Jazz	1	12	.077	10.0