players most nba finals points in 1996-97 to 2016-17

Between the 1996-97 and 2016-17 seasons, LeBron James posted the most points in the NBA Finals, with 1,247 points.

	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	LeBron James L. James	1,247	NBA Finals	45	42.7	27.7	10.1	7.5	1.8	0.9	10.5	22.4	46.7	1.8	5.2	34.3	5.0	6.9	72.6	54.5	1.9	8.2	3.9	1,922	456	339	81	39	176	106	-62
2	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
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	753	NBA Finals	26	41.8	29.0	13.2	3.0	0.6	2.0	11.4	18.9	60.3	0.0	0.0		6.2	13.1	47.4	58.8	4.2	9.0	3.1	1,088	343	78	15	52	80	91	+34
4	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
5	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
6	Tony Parker T. Parker	479	NBA Finals	29	36.3	16.5	2.4	4.5	0.6	0.1	6.7	14.8	45.6	0.7	1.9	35.2	2.4	3.8	63.1	50.2	0.3	2.1	2.4	1,053	71	130	18	3	70	54	+50
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	448	NBA Finals	18	38.3	24.9	5.8	6.2	1.6	0.3	8.0	18.7	42.7	4.2	10.8	39.2	4.7	5.2	90.3	59.3	1.3	4.5	4.3	689	105	111	28	6	77	52	+75
8	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	407	NBA Finals	29	30.5	14.0	4.2	3.5	1.3	0.2	4.3	9.9	43.8	1.4	4.1	35.0	3.9	4.7	83.1	58.5	0.7	3.5	2.6	884	121	102	37	5	76	95	+177
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	395	NBA Finals	12	42.2	32.9	5.5	4.2	1.5	0.8	11.8	26.8	44.1	1.0	3.2	31.6	8.3	10.4	79.2	52.4	1.5	4.0	1.9	506	66	50	18	9	23	27	+45
10	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	376	NBA Finals	43	28.2	8.7	2.2	2.4	1.0	0.0	3.0	6.9	42.9	1.1	2.7	41.7	1.7	2.1	81.3	55.9	0.4	1.7	1.0	1,212	94	103	45	1	41	127	+110
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	360	NBA Finals	13	39.8	27.7	4.2	4.2	1.8	0.6	10.8	23.0	46.8	2.3	5.8	39.5	3.8	4.2	92.6	55.8	1.4	2.8	2.7	518	54	55	24	8	35	39	+6
12	Ray Allen R. Allen	347	NBA Finals	25	34.8	13.9	3.2	1.9	0.9	0.2	4.5	10.0	44.8	2.2	5.1	43.3	2.7	3.0	90.7	61.3	0.8	2.4	1.6	869	80	47	22	5	40	71	-13
13	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	337	NBA Finals	23	36.6	14.7	7.8	1.2	0.9	0.9	5.7	12.3	45.9	0.3	1.1	28.0	3.0	3.8	79.5	52.4	2.3	5.5	1.3	841	179	27	21	21	29	55	-79
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	329	NBA Finals	10	41.2	32.9	7.1	3.8	1.2	1.3	11.7	21.2	55.2	3.1	7.1	43.7	6.4	7.2	88.9	67.5	1.3	5.8	3.0	412	71	38	12	13	30	33	+13
15	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	314	NBA Finals	18	36.5	17.4	3.9	1.9	0.7	0.6	6.3	14.9	42.2	2.8	7.8	35.7	2.1	2.6	80.9	54.4	0.6	3.4	1.3	657	71	34	12	11	24	49	+10
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	313	NBA Finals	16	38.1	19.6	9.6	3.3	1.1	0.6	7.6	16.6	46.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.3	6.4	67.6	50.5	3.0	6.6	2.6	610	154	53	17	10	41	46	-31
17	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	311	NBA Finals	18	41.1	17.3	10.4	3.2	0.7	1.7	6.2	11.8	52.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.8	6.8	71.3	58.5	3.2	7.3	1.7	739	188	57	12	30	31	56	+28
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	293	NBA Finals	12	42.0	24.4	10.3	2.3	0.7	0.7	7.8	19.2	40.4	1.1	3.6	30.2	7.8	8.4	93.1	53.4	0.9	9.3	2.5	504	123	27	8	8	30	35	+48
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	257	NBA Finals	13	39.3	19.8	4.9	4.5	0.9	0.6	6.2	14.3	43.5	1.5	3.7	39.6	5.8	6.9	84.4	57.0	0.5	4.4	3.1	511	64	59	12	8	40	49	+21
20	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	248	NBA Finals	12	39.4	20.7	4.3	5.8	1.1	0.1	6.3	13.6	46.0	1.6	4.5	35.2	6.6	7.2	91.9	61.7	1.0	3.3	1.8	473	51	70	13	1	22	28	+60
21	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	247	NBA Finals	16	41.1	15.4	5.8	7.8	1.4	0.6	5.8	14.8	39.2	1.8	5.3	32.9	2.1	2.7	76.7	48.3	1.8	4.1	3.2	658	93	124	23	9	51	28	-4
22	Jason Terry J. Terry	240	NBA Finals	12	36.3	20.0	2.1	3.3	1.6	0.0	7.7	15.8	48.4	2.0	5.8	34.8	2.7	3.6	74.4	57.4	0.3	1.8	1.9	436	25	40	19	0	23	21	+11
23	Draymond Green D. Green	232	NBA Finals	17	37.6	13.6	9.6	5.4	1.8	0.9	4.5	11.1	41.0	1.5	4.5	32.9	3.1	4.2	73.6	52.8	1.4	8.2	2.2	639	163	92	31	16	37	69	+98
24	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	224	NBA Finals	12	43.0	18.7	5.3	3.2	0.7	0.1	7.2	18.3	39.3	0.4	1.3	31.3	3.9	4.8	81.0	45.8	1.8	3.5	3.1	516	63	38	8	1	37	32	+57
25	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	219	NBA Finals	23	30.1	9.5	2.4	3.0	1.3	0.1	3.1	7.7	40.4	1.6	4.2	37.1	1.7	2.3	75.0	54.5	0.2	2.2	2.1	693	55	70	29	3	48	61	+56

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