Michael Jordan put up the most points in the 1997 playoffs, with 590 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in 1997 playoff

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	590	1996-97	CHI	19	42.3	31.1	7.9	4.8	1.6	0.9	11.9	26.2	45.6	0.7	3.5	19.4	6.5	7.8	83.1	52.4	2.2	5.7	2.6	804	150	91	30	17	49	46	+136
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	519	1996-97	UTA	20	40.8	26.0	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	9.4	21.5	43.5	0.1	0.1	50.0	7.2	10.0	72.0	50.1	3.0	8.4	2.7	816	228	57	27	15	54	59	+102
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	370	1996-97	HOU	16	39.3	23.1	10.9	3.4	2.1	2.6	9.2	15.6	59.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.8	6.5	73.1	62.8	2.9	8.0	2.9	629	174	54	33	41	46	61	+41
4	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	365	1996-97	CHI	19	39.6	19.2	6.8	3.8	1.5	0.9	6.8	16.3	41.7	2.1	5.9	34.5	3.6	4.5	79.1	52.6	1.9	4.9	2.9	753	129	72	28	18	55	49	+122
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	322	1996-97	UTA	20	37.0	16.1	3.9	9.6	1.7	0.3	5.7	10.9	52.1	1.0	2.5	38.0	3.9	4.5	85.6	62.7	0.9	3.0	3.1	739	78	191	33	5	62	52	+47
6	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	318	1996-97	MIA	17	41.2	18.7	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.1	6.1	16.9	35.9	2.5	7.9	31.3	4.1	5.2	79.5	48.8	0.8	3.3	3.1	701	69	119	27	1	53	37	+34
7	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	303	1996-97	MIA	17	37.1	17.8	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.7	6.3	12.8	49.1	0.2	0.5	37.5	5.1	9.1	55.5	52.9	2.6	7.6	4.1	630	173	18	11	46	70	73	+44
8	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	291	1996-97	UTA	20	35.2	14.6	4.5	3.7	1.1	0.2	4.5	10.4	43.3	1.0	2.7	35.8	4.6	5.3	87.6	57.2	1.1	3.4	1.8	704	89	73	21	4	36	53	+94
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	290	1996-97	HOU	16	38.9	18.1	5.6	4.8	1.6	0.4	6.6	15.1	43.6	2.4	6.4	37.3	2.6	3.4	77.8	54.8	1.6	4.0	2.3	623	89	77	26	7	36	52	+64
10	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	286	1996-97	HOU	16	37.8	17.9	12.0	3.4	1.2	0.4	5.4	12.4	43.4	0.7	2.4	28.9	6.4	8.4	76.9	55.7	4.0	8.0	2.7	605	192	54	19	7	43	52	+25
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	285	1996-97	SEA	12	45.5	23.8	5.4	8.7	2.2	0.3	8.8	21.3	41.2	2.1	6.3	33.3	4.2	5.1	82.0	50.6	1.7	3.8	2.9	546	65	104	26	4	35	26	+52
12	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	259	1996-97	SEA	12	36.8	21.6	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	7.1	14.6	48.6	0.2	0.8	20.0	7.3	8.8	82.9	58.5	4.3	8.0	3.9	442	148	36	14	16	47	55	+25
13	Bryon Russell B. Russell	245	1996-97	UTA	20	37.9	12.3	4.6	1.4	1.1	0.3	4.5	9.7	46.1	1.8	5.1	35.6	1.6	2.2	72.1	57.8	0.9	3.7	1.0	758	92	27	21	6	20	59	+56
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	242	1996-97	LAL	9	36.2	26.9	10.6	3.2	0.6	1.9	9.9	19.2	51.4	0.0	0.0		7.1	11.7	61.0	55.2	4.2	6.3	2.4	326	95	29	5	17	22	37	+32
15	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	203	1996-97	NYK	9	39.7	22.6	10.6	1.9	0.3	2.4	9.8	18.6	52.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.7	64.3	54.7	2.9	7.7	3.0	357	95	17	3	22	27	30	+27
16	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	203	1996-97	SEA	12	38.3	16.9	5.8	3.4	1.1	0.1	5.6	11.8	47.2	1.3	2.4	55.2	4.4	5.4	81.5	59.5	1.7	4.1	1.5	459	69	41	13	1	18	40	+37
17	Voshon Lenard V. Lenard	194	1996-97	MIA	17	32.2	11.4	2.9	2.1	0.6	0.2	3.7	9.1	40.6	2.1	5.4	39.6	1.9	2.2	86.5	56.6	0.7	2.2	1.8	548	50	36	11	3	30	49	-31
18	Steve Smith S. Smith	189	1996-97	ATL	10	42.1	18.9	3.9	1.7	0.4	0.1	5.5	13.9	39.6	1.8	5.5	32.7	6.1	7.4	82.4	55.1	1.2	2.7	2.8	421	39	17	4	1	28	38	-17
19	Mario Elie M. Elie	184	1996-97	HOU	16	37.4	11.5	3.5	3.8	0.9	0.3	3.4	7.3	46.6	1.5	3.8	40.0	3.3	3.9	83.9	64.2	1.2	2.3	1.9	598	56	61	14	4	30	52	+23
20	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	183	1996-97	SEA	12	40.3	15.3	4.5	2.8	2.5	0.3	5.2	11.0	47.0	2.3	4.9	45.8	2.7	2.9	91.4	62.1	1.4	3.1	1.8	483	54	34	30	4	21	32	+64
21	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	179	1996-97	HOU	16	32.9	11.2	1.2	3.1	0.6	0.2	3.8	9.6	39.9	2.7	6.8	39.8	0.9	1.3	66.7	55.2	0.1	1.1	2.4	526	19	50	10	3	38	31	+27
22	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	178	1996-97	MIA	17	32.6	10.5	4.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	3.8	9.9	38.7	1.3	3.6	35.5	1.5	2.4	65.0	48.0	1.3	3.6	1.8	554	84	35	17	2	30	58	-29
23	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	176	1996-97	ATL	10	40.3	17.6	7.2	2.6	1.0	0.8	6.2	15.3	40.5	0.4	2.1	19.0	4.8	5.6	85.7	49.5	1.9	5.3	3.1	403	72	26	10	8	31	32	+3
24	Allan Houston A. Houston	173	1996-97	NYK	9	40.0	19.2	2.6	2.3	0.7	0.3	6.4	14.8	43.6	2.9	5.8	50.0	3.4	3.9	88.6	58.3	0.3	2.2	2.7	360	23	21	6	3	24	14	+21
25	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	164	1996-97	ATL	10	44.1	16.4	7.0	6.5	2.1	0.2	6.1	15.4	39.6	2.8	8.5	32.9	1.4	2.1	66.7	50.2	1.2	5.8	3.5	441	70	65	21	2	35	15	+7