since 1979 who has the most playoff points before turning 29

Since 1978-79, LeBron James has scored the most points by a player younger than 29 in the playoffs, with 3,871 points.

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since 1979 who has the most playoff points before turning 29 years old

	NAME	PTS	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	3,871	138	43.1	28.1	8.6	6.7	1.7	0.9	9.6	20.4	47.2	1.4	4.4	32.2	7.4	9.9	74.9	56.7	1.6	7.0	3.5	5,954	1,191	924	236	127	482	316	+614
2	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	3,076	127	38.9	24.2	8.3	5.0	1.2	0.8	8.1	18.4	44.0	2.4	7.0	34.9	5.5	6.6	83.9	56.7	1.0	7.3	2.9	4,943	1,053	633	150	106	369	329	+517
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3,053	131	38.8	23.3	4.9	4.5	1.3	0.7	8.4	19.1	43.9	1.1	3.3	33.1	5.4	6.8	79.6	52.7	1.1	3.8	2.9	5,085	647	586	174	94	374	411	+251
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3,048	106	41.0	28.8	8.0	3.8	1.0	1.2	9.7	20.7	46.8	2.1	6.1	34.4	7.3	8.6	85.3	58.8	0.9	7.1	3.3	4,348	849	404	111	126	345	263	+424
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2,741	144	39.5	19.0	7.9	12.5	2.1	0.4	6.9	13.3	52.0	0.1	0.5	16.7	5.1	6.2	81.8	59.3			3.6	5,686	1,137	1,800	297	60	518	420
6	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	2,608	135	33.5	19.3	5.7	2.6	1.0	0.4	7.2	15.0	48.2	1.9	5.5	35.4	2.9	4.0	72.7	57.6	1.1	4.6	2.4	4,523	771	346	134	56	323	380	+265
7	Tony Parker T. Parker	2,591	138	36.4	18.8	3.1	4.9	1.0	0.1	7.5	16.2	46.1	0.5	1.8	29.3	3.3	4.6	70.8	51.4	0.5	2.6	2.8	5,017	434	682	132	12	390	302	+246
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,469	89	39.7	27.7	12.2	3.2	0.7	2.2	10.8	19.0	56.9	0.0	0.0		6.1	12.3	50.0	56.8	4.6	7.6	3.0	3,532	1,085	288	61	193	266	311	+181
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,425	70	42.0	34.6	6.8	7.1	2.5	1.1	12.4	24.4	50.9	0.6	1.8	32.0	9.2	11.0	83.5	59.2	1.6	5.2	3.5	2,942	476	497	175	76	243	249
10	James Worthy J. Worthy	2,356	111	36.5	21.2	5.5	3.2	1.3	0.8	8.9	15.5	57.3	0.1	0.2	22.2	3.4	4.8	71.8	60.4	1.9	3.5	2.1	4,050	607	353	139	91	229	289
11	James Harden J. Harden	2,306	105	34.8	22.0	5.2	5.5	1.7	0.4	6.5	15.5	42.0	2.2	6.7	32.6	6.7	7.7	87.2	58.0	0.7	4.5	3.3	3,650	548	577	181	47	348	319	+213
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2,199	87	37.8	25.3	6.5	7.8	2.0	0.3	8.7	21.0	41.5	1.3	4.5	29.4	6.6	7.8	84.1	51.8	1.9	4.7	3.9	3,289	569	680	170	25	336	244	+314
13	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2,164	111	34.7	19.5	7.7	2.4	1.7	0.6	6.9	13.6	50.6	1.6	3.9	41.1	4.1	4.9	83.5	61.8	1.8	5.9	1.8	3,848	854	263	187	72	196	245	+615
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2,105	79	36.1	26.6	12.0	5.2	1.0	1.3	10.0	19.0	52.7	0.8	3.0	26.1	5.8	9.4	61.8	57.5	2.4	9.6	3.3	2,854	945	413	80	105	260	259	+278
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2,070	82	42.2	25.2	11.1	2.4	1.3	1.0	8.2	18.4	44.5	1.2	3.2	37.6	7.6	8.7	87.8	56.8	1.9	9.2	2.2	3,462	908	200	109	86	178	258	+19
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	2,054	87	41.7	23.6	11.5	5.8			9.1	19.2	47.3	0.3	0.9	30.7	5.1	5.9	87.6	54.1				3,628	998	504				266
17	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2,016	110	39.1	18.3	7.7	5.2	1.9	1.0	7.0	14.7	47.2	0.5	1.8	30.6	3.9	5.3	73.3	53.7	2.2	5.5	3.2	4,301	848	573	210	107	349	383
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,978	83	41.9	23.8	13.1	3.9	0.7	2.9	8.8	17.4	50.4	0.0	0.2	12.5	6.3	9.0	70.0	55.9	3.4	9.7	3.4	3,474	1,087	322	61	243	283	253	+441
19	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	1,937	102	36.8	19.0	3.9	2.2	0.9	0.5	7.0	16.1	43.9	3.0	7.3	40.9	1.9	2.3	83.0	55.6	0.6	3.3	1.8	3,751	400	228	91	51	182	277	+533
20	Jamal Murray J. Murray	1,876	79	39.2	23.7	4.9	6.0	1.1	0.4	8.8	19.4	45.7	2.6	6.8	38.3	3.5	3.8	90.4	56.4	0.9	4.0	2.5	3,100	386	474	89	30	200	166	+255
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1,869	68	37.6	27.5	12.1	7.3	1.0	0.9	10.5	19.9	52.8	1.8	4.4	41.2	4.7	5.6	82.6	61.4	3.1	8.9	3.2	2,556	820	496	71	62	216	234	+138
22	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1,783	63	36.8	28.3	5.0	4.8	1.4	0.3	9.8	22.3	44.0	3.2	8.9	35.5	5.6	6.7	82.5	56.1	0.8	4.2	3.0	2,320	314	303	86	21	190	156	-9
23	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	1,745	83	40.4	21.0	4.0	3.6	0.9	0.1	7.7	17.5	44.1	0.6	1.7	34.3	5.0	5.9	85.0	52.3	1.2	2.8	3.0	3,352	332	297	78	10	246	261	+392
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,743	57	45.3	30.6	4.3	5.8	2.2	0.2	10.8	27.4	39.6	1.8	5.5	32.6	7.1	9.4	75.8	48.6	1.0	3.4	3.1	2,584	247	328	126	11	178	131	-24
25	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1,736	66	40.9	26.3	5.3	6.0	1.7	1.0	9.2	19.1	48.2	0.8	2.2	34.7	7.1	9.0	79.3	57.1	1.3	4.0	4.2	2,697	349	394	109	67	280	208	+167

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.9

Mitchell

RPG

8.4

Mobley

APG

6.0

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 5/21	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Sat 5/23	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Mon 5/25	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Wed 5/27	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Fri 5/29	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

0 - 1

104

Final

115

Knicks

1 - 0

Tue 19 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.4

Brunson

28.1

Cunningham

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.9

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.8

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

124.5

124.1

117.3

113.7

113.2

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.4

104.8

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.0

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

19.3

14.5

13.8

3.0

1.7

0.8

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

627.9

Cunningham

598.7

Mobley

581.1

Mitchell

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

604.5

Mitchell

590.5

Mobley

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.68

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.66

Wembanyama

1.58

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

56-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-56

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0