most points in elimination games nba

LeBron James has the most career points in elimination games, with 959 points.

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most points by a player in elimination games NBA
NAMEPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
959
29
44.5
33.1
10.3
7.5
1.8
0.9
11.9
24.0
49.5
2.1
5.9
35.7
7.2
10.0
72.0
58.2
1.9
8.4
3.9
1,289
299
217
52
27
112
66
+54
2Karl Malone
K. Malone
863
34
41.6
25.4
10.2
3.4
1.4
0.8
9.6
20.5
47.1
0.0
0.1
20.0
6.1
8.9
68.2
52.0
2.6
7.6
2.6
1,413
348
114
46
26
88
122
+29
3Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
767
32
39.8
24.0
11.5
3.0
1.5
2.9
9.8
18.6
52.5
0.0
0.2
0.0
4.5
6.5
69.1
56.0
3.0
8.5
2.8
1,275
368
95
49
94
89
123
-19
4Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
715
23
47.2
31.1
25.7
3.5
12.5
22.9
54.6
6.1
13.4
45.8
54.0
1,085
590
80
64
5Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
712
26
41.8
27.4
10.7
2.5
0.9
1.0
9.3
19.5
47.8
1.2
3.4
36.0
7.5
8.3
90.3
59.2
1.7
9.0
1.8
1,088
279
65
24
27
46
82
+5
6Jerry West
J. West
704
24
29.3
6.4
11.2
22.3
50.2
7.0
8.8
79.6
56.2
154
68
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
667
24
27.8
13.3
10.5
24.6
42.5
6.9
8.2
83.8
49.3
319
78
8Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
655
28
39.9
23.4
13.0
2.4
0.9
2.1
9.0
18.6
48.3
0.1
0.2
33.3
5.3
7.2
73.8
53.6
3.1
9.8
2.6
1,116
363
68
26
58
72
102
-45
9Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
590
26
41.6
22.7
13.8
4.2
1.5
0.9
7.9
15.4
51.3
0.5
1.8
26.1
6.5
8.8
73.4
58.9
4.2
9.6
2.8
1,082
359
108
38
23
74
86
-3
10Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
583
23
41.4
25.3
12.2
3.8
1.1
2.4
10.5
20.3
51.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.4
6.0
73.7
55.2
3.3
8.3
3.8
953
281
87
22
48
61
93
11Dolph Schayes
D. Schayes
581
27
21.5
7.0
7.6
9.5
80.1
99
12James Harden
J. Harden
575
26
39.0
22.1
5.4
6.5
2.2
0.8
6.6
15.8
41.7
2.4
7.5
31.6
6.5
7.7
84.5
57.5
0.9
4.5
4.3
1,013
141
170
58
20
111
62
-96
13Reggie Miller
R. Miller
563
25
38.0
22.5
3.1
2.2
1.1
0.3
7.7
15.9
48.2
2.3
5.9
39.5
4.8
5.5
87.7
61.4
0.5
2.6
1.6
949
77
56
27
8
41
55
+28
14Larry Bird
L. Bird
560
24
42.8
23.3
10.7
6.1
1.8
1.1
8.8
19.8
44.2
0.3
1.3
22.6
5.5
6.1
90.5
51.9
3.2
1,027
256
147
42
26
76
64
15Gary Payton
G. Payton
558
32
39.8
17.4
4.9
6.9
1.7
0.2
6.6
15.2
43.2
1.1
3.2
34.0
3.2
4.3
74.1
51.0
1.3
3.7
2.2
1,272
158
222
54
7
70
98
+10
16Julius Erving
J. Erving
533
23
38.7
23.2
6.1
4.5
9.3
19.1
48.5
0.1
0.5
12.5
4.6
5.7
80.3
53.6
3.2
891
141
103
67
64
17Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
519
26
38.7
20.0
7.1
5.3
1.8
0.8
6.8
15.9
42.9
0.9
3.0
30.8
5.4
6.9
78.3
52.7
2.2
4.9
2.8
1,005
185
137
46
22
74
93
-12
18Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
505
27
39.1
18.7
5.1
5.6
1.3
0.9
7.0
16.1
43.2
0.3
0.9
30.0
4.6
5.5
83.1
50.5
2.9
1,056
138
152
36
23
78
90
19Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
484
18
26.9
9.1
21.2
42.8
8.8
11.8
74.2
51.0
68
20Moses Malone
M. Malone
483
23
41.0
21.0
14.9
2.0
1.8
7.3
15.8
46.4
0.1
0.1
50.0
6.3
8.0
77.8
54.2
943
342
45
41
63
21Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
482
21
23.0
13.0
2.2
9.6
20.7
46.3
0.0
0.0
3.8
6.1
62.5
49.2
273
47
81
22Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
480
21
36.7
22.9
8.2
7.6
1.7
0.3
7.6
20.4
37.1
1.7
5.7
29.4
6.0
7.4
81.4
48.2
2.3
5.9
3.9
770
172
159
36
6
81
64
-45
23Kevin Durant
K. Durant
479
16
42.0
29.9
7.9
3.7
0.6
1.6
9.9
21.5
46.2
2.5
6.2
40.4
7.6
9.0
84.0
58.8
1.1
6.8
3.3
672
126
59
10
25
53
44
+27
24Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
469
21
39.2
22.3
11.5
2.8
0.8
2.0
8.3
17.2
48.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
5.8
8.0
72.5
54.0
3.2
8.3
2.7
823
241
58
17
43
56
68
-2
25Sam Jones
S. Jones
465
18
25.8
4.7
10.8
21.3
50.9
4.2
5.4
76.5
54.6
84
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Team Leaders

PPG

28.5

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

8.6

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.8

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

118.4

5th

DRTG

113.9

12th

NETRTG

4.4

8th

3P%

35.9

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
38
19
.667
4.5
3
37
22
.627
6.5
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
37
22
.627
6.5
5
34
24
.586
9.0
6
32
26
.552
11.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
2/25
@
8:00 PM
Fri
2/27
@
7:00 PM
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:00 PM
Sun
3/8
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
NYK Knicks

37 - 22

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Final

109

CLE Cavaliers

37 - 22

Tue 24 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
42
14
.750
2
38
19
.667
4.5
3
37
22
.627
6.5
4
37
22
.627
6.5
5
34
24
.586
9.0
6
32
26
.552
11.0
7
31
26
.544
11.5
8
31
28
.525
12.5
9
29
31
.483
15.0
10
28
31
.475
15.5
11
25
31
.446
17.0
12
24
35
.407
19.5
13
16
41
.281
26.5
14
15
42
.263
27.5
15
15
44
.254
28.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
45
14
.763
2
41
16
.719
3.0
3
35
21
.625
8.5
4
36
22
.621
8.5
5
36
23
.610
9.0
6
34
23
.596
10.0
7
33
26
.559
12.0
8
30
28
.517
14.5
9
28
31
.475
17.0
10
27
30
.474
17.0
11
21
35
.375
22.5
12
21
36
.368
23.0
13
18
40
.310
26.5
14
17
42
.288
28.0
15
13
46
.220
32.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
1/22
@
117-114
Thu
1/22
@
110-98
Fri
1/23
@
115-119
Fri
1/23
@
112-109
Fri
1/23
@
119-105

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
2/25
@
7:30 PM
Wed
2/25
@
7:30 PM
Wed
2/25
@
7:30 PM
Wed
2/25
@
8:00 PM
Wed
2/25
@
8:00 PM