Michael Jordan had the most points in the 1998 playoffs, with 680 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in 1998 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	680	1997-98	CHI	21	41.5	32.4	5.1	3.5	1.5	0.6	11.6	25.0	46.2	0.6	2.0	30.2	8.6	10.6	81.2	54.5	1.6	3.5	2.1	872	107	74	32	12	45	47	+158
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	526	1997-98	UTA	20	39.8	26.3	10.9	3.4	1.1	1.0	9.9	21.0	47.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.5	8.3	78.8	53.4	2.4	8.5	3.0	795	217	68	22	20	60	69	+48
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	396	1997-98	LAL	13	38.5	30.5	10.2	2.9	0.5	2.6	12.2	19.8	61.2	0.0	0.0		6.2	12.2	50.3	60.4	3.7	6.5	3.3	501	132	38	7	34	43	41	+32
4	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	353	1997-98	CHI	21	39.8	16.8	7.1	5.2	2.1	1.0	5.8	14.0	41.5	0.9	3.8	22.8	4.3	6.4	67.9	50.0	2.3	4.8	2.4	836	150	110	45	20	51	66	+117
5	Reggie Miller R. Miller	319	1997-98	IND	16	39.3	19.9	1.8	2.0	1.2	0.2	6.1	14.4	42.6	2.4	5.9	40.0	5.3	5.9	90.4	58.8	0.3	1.4	1.7	628	28	32	19	3	27	26	+47
6	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	275	1997-98	CHI	21	30.3	13.1	3.9	2.9	1.2	0.5	5.0	10.4	48.6	1.1	2.9	37.7	1.9	3.0	64.5	56.1	1.1	2.7	1.3	637	81	60	26	10	27	57	+137
7	Rik Smits R. Smits	265	1997-98	IND	16	29.8	16.6	5.3	1.3	0.5	0.9	6.6	13.1	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.4	4.0	85.9	55.9	1.1	4.3	1.3	476	85	20	8	14	21	67	+41
8	Gary Payton G. Payton	240	1997-98	SEA	10	42.8	24.0	3.4	7.0	1.8	0.1	8.7	18.3	47.5	1.9	5.0	38.0	4.7	5.0	94.0	58.5	0.9	2.5	2.6	428	34	70	18	1	26	31	-8
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	222	1997-98	UTA	20	29.8	11.1	3.0	7.8	1.6	0.2	4.1	8.2	49.4	0.5	1.3	34.6	2.6	3.6	71.8	56.9	0.8	2.2	2.4	596	60	155	31	3	48	54	+2
10	Eddie Jones E. Jones	221	1997-98	LAL	13	36.6	17.0	3.9	2.5	2.0	1.6	5.3	11.4	46.6	1.5	3.7	41.7	4.8	5.8	82.9	60.9	0.9	3.0	1.3	476	51	32	26	21	17	37	+14
11	Bryon Russell B. Russell	219	1997-98	UTA	20	34.9	11.0	4.7	1.1	1.1	0.3	3.5	7.4	46.9	1.2	3.2	36.5	2.9	4.1	71.6	60.0	0.6	4.1	0.9	698	93	22	21	5	17	49	+35
12	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	217	1997-98	UTA	20	31.8	10.9	2.5	3.2	1.0	0.2	3.7	8.9	41.6	0.7	1.5	46.7	2.8	3.3	84.6	52.5	0.4	2.2	1.6	636	50	64	20	4	32	51	+52
13	Allan Houston A. Houston	211	1997-98	NYK	10	40.3	21.1	3.8	2.8	0.5	0.1	7.6	17.5	43.4	0.9	2.3	39.1	5.0	5.8	86.2	52.6	0.6	3.2	3.2	403	38	28	5	1	32	27	-10
14	Glen Rice G. Rice	205	1997-98	CHA	9	41.0	22.8	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	9.1	19.2	47.4	1.2	4.0	30.6	3.3	4.0	83.3	54.3	1.2	4.4	1.4	369	51	13	5	3	13	26	-46
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	186	1997-98	SAS	9	41.6	20.7	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	8.1	15.6	52.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	6.7	66.7	55.9	2.2	6.8	2.8	374	81	17	5	23	25	24	+16
16	David Robinson D. Robinson	175	1997-98	SAS	9	39.2	19.4	14.1	2.6	1.2	3.3	6.3	14.9	42.5	0.0	0.0		6.8	10.7	63.5	49.6	4.6	9.6	2.8	353	127	23	11	30	25	28	+52
17	John Starks J. Starks	164	1997-98	NYK	10	31.4	16.4	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.1	5.9	12.5	47.2	2.5	5.9	42.4	2.1	2.4	87.5	60.5	0.4	3.6	1.1	314	40	23	16	1	11	35	+25
18	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	161	1997-98	SEA	10	37.5	16.1	7.7	3.9	0.7	0.1	6.4	12.5	51.2	0.2	1.4	14.3	3.1	3.8	81.6	56.8	1.8	5.9	2.2	375	77	39	7	1	22	21	-3
19	Vin Baker V. Baker	158	1997-98	SEA	10	37.1	15.8	9.4	1.8	1.8	1.5	7.1	13.4	53.0	0.0	0.0		1.6	3.8	42.1	52.4	4.1	5.3	2.2	371	94	18	18	15	22	38	-4
20	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	156	1997-98	SAS	9	38.0	17.3	1.4	6.1	1.0	0.0	6.8	11.2	60.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.8	5.7	66.7	63.2	0.3	1.1	2.3	342	13	55	9	0	21	27	+56
21	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	151	1997-98	LAL	13	28.2	11.6	2.5	4.2	0.6	0.1	3.8	11.6	33.1	1.7	5.4	31.4	2.2	3.1	72.5	44.8	0.7	1.8	1.7	367	32	54	8	1	22	30	-21
22	Antonio Davis A. Davis	147	1997-98	IND	16	28.7	9.2	6.8	0.9	0.8	1.1	2.6	5.7	46.2	0.0	0.0		3.9	5.9	67.0	55.5	2.3	4.4	1.6	459	108	14	12	18	25	65	+49
23	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	147	1997-98	IND	16	30.9	9.2	4.6	8.3	1.4	0.0	3.3	7.9	41.7	0.9	2.3	37.8	1.7	2.1	79.4	51.8	1.1	3.4	2.9	494	73	133	23	0	47	28	+47
24	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	143	1997-98	NYK	8	38.8	17.9	6.6	1.6	1.3	0.4	6.5	13.4	48.6	0.3	1.3	20.0	4.6	6.3	74.0	55.4	3.1	3.5	3.1	310	53	13	10	3	25	30	-7
25	Rick Fox R. Fox	142	1997-98	LAL	13	32.9	10.9	4.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	3.9	8.8	44.7	1.6	4.1	39.6	1.5	1.8	82.6	57.2	1.4	3.1	1.6	428	58	51	11	3	21	47	+48