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

Interpreted as:

most total points by a player in finals

	NAME	PTS	SERIES	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Jerry West J. West	1,679	NBA Finals	55	2,380	277	306			612	1,333	45.9				455	551	82.6	53.3				159		43.3	30.5	5.0	5.6
2	LeBron James L. James	1,562	NBA Finals	55	2,337	561	430	93	46	588	1,216	48.4	101	287	35.2	285	390	73.1	56.3	107	454	217	130	-86	42.5	28.4	10.2	7.8	1.7	0.8	3.9
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,317	NBA Finals	56	2,082	507	181	45	116	544	1,040	52.3	0	1	0.0	229	327	70.0	55.6	124	309	121	196		37.2	23.5	9.1	3.2	0.9	2.2	2.7
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1,176	NBA Finals	35	1,506	211	209	62	23	438	911	48.1	42	114	36.8	258	320	80.6	55.9	57	154	99	103	+45	43.0	33.6	6.0	6.0	1.8	0.7	2.8
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	1,161	NBA Finals	44	1,850	593				442	1,034	42.7				277	367	75.5	48.6				140		42.0	26.4	13.5
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	1,151	NBA Finals	70	3,185	1,718				415	910	45.6				321	524	61.3	50.5				225		45.5	16.4	24.5
7	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,143	NBA Finals	64	1,871	312				458	994	46.1				227	276	82.2	51.2				151		29.2	17.9	4.9
8	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	1,035	NBA Finals	52	1,602	473				407	1,016	40.1				221	298	74.2	45.1				209		30.8	19.9	9.1
9	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	1,020	NBA Finals	47	1,872	350	195	15	3	390	926	42.1				240	283	84.8	48.5	22	65		154		39.8	21.7	7.4	4.1	1.2	0.2
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	971	NBA Finals	50	2,044	397	584	102	16	339	657	51.6	9	38	23.7	284	325	87.4	60.7	89	308	190	147		40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	3.8
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	937	NBA Finals	37	1,581	211	187	65	33	333	808	41.2	48	153	31.4	223	263	84.8	50.7	39	172	123	118	+36	42.7	25.3	5.7	5.1	1.8	0.9	3.3
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	928	NBA Finals	34	1,327	196	204	55	11	300	694	43.2	152	385	39.5	176	192	91.7	59.6	35	161	120	96	+138	39.0	27.3	5.8	6.0	1.6	0.3	3.5
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	865	NBA Finals	30	1,268	393	103	16	62	340	565	60.2	0	0		185	382	48.4	59.0	119	274	101	109	+34	42.3	28.8	13.1	3.4	0.5	2.1	3.4
14	James Worthy J. Worthy	754	NBA Finals	34	1,346	171	112	34	20	314	589	53.3	3	15	20.0	123	180	68.3	56.4	66	105	68	88		39.6	22.2	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.6	2.0
15	George Mikan G. Mikan	741	NBA Finals	31						241						259	326	79.4					145			23.9
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	716	NBA Finals	31	1,326	361	187	63	24	260	568	45.8	19	45	42.2	177	203	87.2	54.5	79	282	91	80		42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	2.9
17	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	713	NBA Finals	42	1,639	210	397			258	766	33.7				197	256	77.0	40.6				114		39.0	17.0	5.0	9.5
18	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	709	NBA Finals	25	1,037	416				241	576	41.8				227	301	75.4	50.0				77		41.5	28.4	16.6
19	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	708	NBA Finals	34	1,346	452	94	27	81	267	551	48.5	0	5	0.0	174	243	71.6	53.8	125	327	96	85	+157	39.6	20.8	13.3	2.8	0.8	2.4	2.8
20	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	693	NBA Finals	29	1,125	166	125	53	30	252	529	47.6	14	45	31.1	175	234	74.8	54.8	45	121	85	75	-51	38.8	23.9	5.7	4.3	1.8	1.0	2.9
21	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	676	NBA Finals	37	1,483	175	228	48	39	253	602	42.0	4	25	16.0	166	205	81.0	48.8	66	109	100	106		40.1	18.3	4.7	6.2	1.3	1.1	2.7
22	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	664	NBA Finals	35	1,470	292	207	67	39	246	579	42.5	30	117	25.6	142	190	74.7	50.1	97	195	117	118	+38	42.0	19.0	8.3	5.9	1.9	1.1	3.3
23	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	652	NBA Finals	35	1,657	862	134			264	472	55.9				124	329	37.7	52.9				101		47.3	18.6	24.6	3.8
24	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	634	NBA Finals	47	1,158	224				220	533	41.3				194	238	81.5	49.7				178		24.6	13.5	4.8
25	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	610	NBA Finals	33	1,223	128	62	26	15	219	504	43.5	106	266	39.8	66	78	84.6	56.7	16	112	42	89	+59	37.1	18.5	3.9	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.3