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

27.9

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

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