most points in crunch time minutes nba

LeBron James has scored the most points when playing >0 games, with 43,162 points.

Interpreted as:
most points in crunch time minutes by a player NBA
NAMEPTSGPMINMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
43,162
1,608
60,571
37.7
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.9
19.5
50.6
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
11,992
11,904
2,397
1,179
5,614
2,843
+7399
2Karl Malone
K. Malone
36,928
1,476
54,854
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
14,968
5,248
2,087
1,145
4,524
4,577
+3010
3Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
33,643
1,346
48,638
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
4Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
32,292
1,072
41,011
38.3
30.1
6.2
5.3
2.3
0.8
11.4
22.9
49.7
0.5
1.7
32.7
6.8
8.2
83.5
56.9
1.6
4.7
2.7
6,672
5,633
2,515
892
2,924
2,783
+1438
5Kevin Durant
K. Durant
32,206
1,186
43,533
36.7
27.2
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.7
50.3
2.0
5.0
39.1
6.4
7.3
88.2
62.1
0.7
6.2
3.2
8,175
5,190
1,226
1,331
3,752
2,258
+5010
6Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
31,560
1,522
51,369
33.8
20.7
7.5
2.4
0.8
0.8
7.3
15.6
47.1
1.3
3.4
38.0
4.8
5.4
87.9
57.7
1.0
6.6
1.6
11,489
3,651
1,210
1,281
2,494
3,601
+6541
7James Harden
J. Harden
29,077
1,209
42,036
34.8
24.1
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.3
7.1
8.2
86.2
60.8
0.8
4.8
3.7
6,757
8,782
1,780
677
4,471
2,966
+4684
8Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
28,596
1,207
41,918
34.7
23.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
9Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
28,289
1,260
43,514
34.5
22.5
6.2
2.7
1.0
0.5
8.0
18.0
44.7
1.4
3.9
35.5
5.0
6.2
81.4
54.3
1.6
4.6
2.4
7,808
3,422
1,223
644
3,052
3,543
+1528
10Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
27,160
1,299
42,972
33.1
20.9
6.9
8.0
1.6
0.3
7.5
17.2
43.8
1.1
3.7
30.8
4.7
6.1
77.1
52.6
1.6
5.4
3.9
9,021
10,333
2,037
416
5,034
3,303
+2635
11Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
26,946
1,238
44,222
35.7
21.8
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
8.7
17.0
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.2
4.4
6.2
71.2
55.3
3.3
7.8
3.0
13,747
3,058
2,163
3,825
3,668
4,381
+564
12Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
26,666
1,074
38,113
35.5
24.8
6.7
2.5
9.3
20.1
46.1
0.7
5.6
6.9
81.1
53.6
7,169
2,675
2,061
-392
13DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
26,573
1,255
43,395
34.6
21.2
4.3
4.1
1.0
0.3
7.6
16.1
47.1
0.5
1.7
30.2
5.5
6.5
84.3
55.8
0.7
3.6
2.0
5,413
5,143
1,248
414
2,464
2,793
-292
14Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
26,496
1,392
47,369
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
15Stephen Curry
S. Curry
26,447
1,065
36,197
34.0
24.8
4.7
6.3
1.5
0.3
8.4
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.4
42.2
4.0
4.3
91.2
62.6
0.6
4.0
3.1
4,957
6,729
1,597
281
3,298
2,384
+6239
16Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
26,397
1,343
45,880
34.2
19.7
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.2
6.4
80.6
56.8
0.8
4.8
2.6
7,527
4,708
1,752
745
3,532
3,643
+3345
17Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
26,071
1,462
50,418
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
14,662
5,445
1,859
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
18Vince Carter
V. Carter
25,728
1,541
46,369
30.1
16.7
4.3
3.1
1.0
0.6
6.0
13.8
43.5
1.5
4.0
37.1
3.1
3.9
79.8
53.6
1.1
3.2
1.7
6,606
4,714
1,530
888
2,590
3,995
+1817
19Reggie Miller
R. Miller
25,279
1,389
47,619
34.3
18.2
3.0
3.0
1.1
0.2
5.9
12.6
47.1
1.8
4.7
39.5
4.5
5.1
88.8
61.4
0.6
2.4
1.7
4,182
4,141
1,505
299
2,409
2,730
+2015
20Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
24,815
1,183
40,594
34.3
21.0
9.8
1.9
1.0
2.4
8.2
16.3
50.4
0.0
0.1
15.2
4.6
6.2
74.0
55.3
2.3
7.5
3.0
11,607
2,215
1,136
2,894
3,534
4,034
+412
21Ray Allen
R. Allen
24,505
1,300
46,344
35.6
18.9
4.1
3.4
1.1
0.2
6.6
14.6
45.2
2.3
5.7
40.0
3.4
3.8
89.4
58.0
0.9
3.1
2.1
5,272
4,361
1,451
244
2,709
2,858
+3491
22Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
24,368
914
37,583
41.1
26.7
3.7
6.2
2.2
0.2
9.3
21.8
42.5
1.2
3.7
31.3
7.0
8.9
78.0
51.8
0.8
2.9
3.6
3,394
5,624
1,983
164
3,262
1,777
+799
23Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
23,757
1,073
39,325
36.6
22.1
11.7
3.9
1.5
0.8
7.9
14.5
54.1
0.5
1.9
26.6
5.9
8.1
73.5
61.2
4.0
7.7
3.1
12,546
4,215
1,649
888
3,374
3,286
+532
24Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
23,165
1,054
35,774
33.9
22.0
4.7
5.4
1.5
0.8
8.0
16.7
48.0
0.5
1.8
29.3
5.4
7.1
76.5
55.4
1.2
3.5
3.2
4,933
5,701
1,620
885
3,326
2,328
+2827
25Chris Paul
C. Paul
23,058
1,370
45,834
33.5
16.8
4.4
9.2
2.0
0.2
6.0
12.7
46.9
1.4
3.7
37.0
3.5
4.1
87.0
58.0
0.6
3.8
2.3
6,006
12,552
2,728
222
3,109
3,208
+6029
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