Jerry West has put up the most career points in the NBA Finals, with 1,679 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in the finals

	NAME	PTS	SERIES	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	Jerry West J. West	1,679	NBA Finals	55	43.3	30.5	5.0	5.6			11.1	24.2	45.9				8.3	10.0	82.6	53.3				2,380	277	306				159
2	LeBron James L. James	1,562	NBA Finals	55	42.5	28.4	10.2	7.8	1.7	0.8	10.7	22.1	48.4	1.8	5.2	35.2	5.2	7.1	73.1	56.3	1.9	8.3	3.9	2,337	561	430	93	46	217	130	-86
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,317	NBA Finals	56	37.2	23.5	9.1	3.2	0.9	2.2	9.7	18.6	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.0	55.6	2.4	5.9	2.7	2,082	507	181	45	116	121	196
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1,176	NBA Finals	35	43.0	33.6	6.0	6.0	1.8	0.7	12.5	26.0	48.1	1.2	3.3	36.8	7.4	9.1	80.6	55.9	1.6	4.4	2.8	1,506	211	209	62	23	99	103	+45
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	1,161	NBA Finals	44	42.0	26.4	13.5				10.0	23.5	42.7				6.3	8.3	75.5	48.6				1,850	593					140
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	1,151	NBA Finals	70	45.5	16.4	24.5				5.9	13.0	45.6				4.6	7.5	61.3	50.5				3,185	1,718					225
7	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,143	NBA Finals	64	29.2	17.9	4.9				7.2	15.5	46.1				3.5	4.3	82.2	51.2				1,871	312					151
8	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	1,035	NBA Finals	52	30.8	19.9	9.1				7.8	19.5	40.1				4.3	5.7	74.2	45.1				1,602	473					209
9	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	1,020	NBA Finals	47	39.8	21.7	7.4	4.1	1.2	0.2	8.3	19.7	42.1				5.1	6.0	84.8	48.5	1.7	5.0		1,872	350	195	15	3		154
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	971	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	397	584	102	16	190	147
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	937	NBA Finals	37	42.7	25.3	5.7	5.1	1.8	0.9	9.0	21.8	41.2	1.3	4.1	31.4	6.0	7.1	84.8	50.7	1.1	4.6	3.3	1,581	211	187	65	33	123	118	+36
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	928	NBA Finals	34	39.0	27.3	5.8	6.0	1.6	0.3	8.8	20.4	43.2	4.5	11.3	39.5	5.2	5.6	91.7	59.6	1.0	4.7	3.5	1,327	196	204	55	11	120	96	+138
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	865	NBA Finals	30	42.3	28.8	13.1	3.4	0.5	2.1	11.3	18.8	60.2	0.0	0.0		6.2	12.7	48.4	59.0	4.0	9.1	3.4	1,268	393	103	16	62	101	109	+34
14	James Worthy J. Worthy	754	NBA Finals	34	39.6	22.2	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.6	9.2	17.3	53.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	3.6	5.3	68.3	56.4	1.9	3.1	2.0	1,346	171	112	34	20	68	88
15	George Mikan G. Mikan	741	NBA Finals	31		23.9					7.8						8.4	10.5	79.4											145
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	716	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	361	187	63	24	91	80
17	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	713	NBA Finals	42	39.0	17.0	5.0	9.5			6.1	18.2	33.7				4.7	6.1	77.0	40.6				1,639	210	397				114
18	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	709	NBA Finals	25	41.5	28.4	16.6				9.6	23.0	41.8				9.1	12.0	75.4	50.0				1,037	416					77
19	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	708	NBA Finals	34	39.6	20.8	13.3	2.8	0.8	2.4	7.9	16.2	48.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.1	7.1	71.6	53.8	3.7	9.6	2.8	1,346	452	94	27	81	96	85	+157
20	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	693	NBA Finals	29	38.8	23.9	5.7	4.3	1.8	1.0	8.7	18.2	47.6	0.5	1.6	31.1	6.0	8.1	74.8	54.8	1.6	4.2	2.9	1,125	166	125	53	30	85	75	-51
21	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	676	NBA Finals	37	40.1	18.3	4.7	6.2	1.3	1.1	6.8	16.3	42.0	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.5	5.5	81.0	48.8	1.8	2.9	2.7	1,483	175	228	48	39	100	106
22	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	664	NBA Finals	35	42.0	19.0	8.3	5.9	1.9	1.1	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.9	3.3	25.6	4.1	5.4	74.7	50.1	2.8	5.6	3.3	1,470	292	207	67	39	117	118	+38
23	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	652	NBA Finals	35	47.3	18.6	24.6	3.8			7.5	13.5	55.9				3.5	9.4	37.7	52.9				1,657	862	134				101
24	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	634	NBA Finals	47	24.6	13.5	4.8				4.7	11.3	41.3				4.1	5.1	81.5	49.7				1,158	224					178
25	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	610	NBA Finals	33	37.1	18.5	3.9	1.9	0.8	0.5	6.6	15.3	43.5	3.2	8.1	39.8	2.0	2.4	84.6	56.7	0.5	3.4	1.3	1,223	128	62	26	15	42	89	+59