since 1979 who has the most playoff points before turning 36

Since 1978-79, LeBron James has posted the most points by a player younger than 36 in the playoffs, with 7,491 points.

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since 1979 who has the most playoff points before turning 36 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	7,491	260	41.6	28.8	9.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.3	20.7	49.6	1.6	4.8	33.5	6.7	9.0	74.1	58.4	1.5	7.5	3.7	10,812	2,348	1,871	445	250	950	609	+1300
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5,987	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	1,152	1,022	376	158	546	541	+294
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5,640	220	39.3	25.6	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	9.2	20.5	44.8	1.3	4.0	33.1	6.0	7.4	81.6	54.1	1.0	4.0	2.9	8,641	1,119	1,040	310	144	647	660	+555
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	5,045	198	38.9	25.5	12.1	2.8	0.6	2.2	9.9	17.6	56.6	0.0	0.0		5.6	11.1	50.1	56.7	4.2	7.9	3.1	7,693	2,401	561	109	433	616	703	+634
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,985	170	40.5	29.3	7.8	4.2	1.0	1.2	9.9	20.8	47.7	2.2	6.1	35.6	7.4	8.5	86.8	59.9	0.8	7.0	3.2	6,892	1,327	709	172	204	550	427	+643
6	Tony Parker T. Parker	4,045	226	34.3	17.9	2.9	5.1	0.9	0.1	7.1	15.5	46.1	0.5	1.7	30.9	3.1	4.2	73.1	51.6	0.5	2.5	2.6	7,759	666	1,143	198	19	594	429	+581
7	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	3,990	176	39.5	22.7	12.4	3.4	0.7	2.6	8.5	17.0	50.2	0.0	0.2	16.7	5.6	8.3	67.8	55.0	3.4	9.0	3.0	6,951	2,177	603	122	453	527	522	+619
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	3,966	147	37.4	27.0	5.3	6.2	1.5	0.3	9.0	19.9	45.3	4.2	10.6	39.7	4.7	5.3	88.9	60.6	0.8	4.6	3.3	5,491	786	912	223	44	489	375	+945
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	3,931	148	41.7	26.6	11.4	3.1	1.4	0.8	9.7	20.8	46.5	0.0	0.2	10.0	7.2	9.8	73.5	52.9	2.9	8.5	2.9	6,170	1,680	452	209	117	426	527	+184
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	3,897	164	42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5			8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	5.5	6.2	88.9	55.1				6,886	1,683	1,062				466
11	James Harden J. Harden	3,895	173	36.2	22.5	5.5	6.5	1.6	0.6	6.8	16.0	42.5	2.5	7.4	34.0	6.4	7.4	86.9	58.6	0.7	4.8	3.4	6,266	948	1,125	282	98	590	512	+246
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	3,871	172	38.2	22.5	5.3	5.0	1.5	1.0	8.3	17.4	47.4	0.6	1.8	34.2	5.4	6.9	77.9	55.0	1.3	3.9	3.3	6,570	907	852	266	174	572	456	+427
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3,674	136	40.7	27.0	11.6	3.3	1.7	3.4	10.8	20.4	53.0	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.4	7.5	71.8	57.1	3.4	8.2	3.0	5,540	1,573	454	233	465	413	535	-1
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3,640	186	39.8	19.6	7.7	12.5	1.9	0.3	6.9	13.5	50.8	0.3	1.1	23.6	5.6	6.7	83.8	59.5			3.7	7,403	1,431	2,320	358	64	684	521
15	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	3,570	201	39.5	17.8	7.7	5.1	1.9	0.9	6.5	14.7	44.4	1.0	3.2	29.8	3.8	5.3	72.2	52.3	2.3	5.4	2.9	7,931	1,544	1,018	391	183	585	664	+271
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3,455	135	41.0	25.6	10.1	2.5	1.1	0.9	8.5	18.3	46.1	1.0	2.8	37.1	7.6	8.6	89.0	57.9	1.5	8.6	2.3	5,542	1,370	340	145	124	311	382	+103
17	Kevin McHale K. McHale	3,182	169	33.8	18.8	7.4	1.6			7.1	12.7	56.1	0.0	0.1	38.1	4.5	5.8	78.8	61.8				5,716	1,253	274				571
18	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	3,133	146	35.6	21.5	7.8	3.0	1.8	0.7	7.7	15.0	51.3	1.7	4.3	39.9	4.4	5.2	84.1	62.1	1.8	6.0	1.9	5,195	1,142	432	256	99	278	323	+643
19	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
20	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,032	158	36.9	19.2	4.0	2.2	0.9	0.5	7.1	16.4	43.6	3.2	7.8	40.5	1.8	2.1	84.5	55.5	0.5	3.5	1.7	5,829	626	351	150	85	274	411	+615
21	James Worthy J. Worthy	3,022	143	37.0	21.1	5.2	3.2	1.2	0.7	8.9	16.3	54.4	0.1	0.5	20.9	3.3	4.6	72.7	57.8	1.8	3.4	2.1	5,297	747	463	177	96	298	352
22	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2,963	145	38.4	20.4	6.9	6.1	1.9	0.7	7.4	16.6	44.7	1.0	3.4	28.8	4.6	5.9	78.7	53.2	2.5	4.4	2.7	5,572	1,002	891	278	108	397	486	+52
23	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2,883	122	36.7	23.6	7.0	7.5	1.7	0.3	8.2	20.3	40.5	1.4	4.6	29.7	5.8	7.0	82.5	50.5	1.8	5.2	3.9	4,476	857	921	211	41	471	350	+112
24	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2,843	136	39.8	20.9	6.4	4.0	1.3	0.7	6.6	15.9	41.9	1.6	4.8	33.9	6.0	7.2	83.4	54.9	0.9	5.5	3.2	5,408	869	538	180	94	440	453	+156
25	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	2,788	142	33.6	19.6	5.7	2.6	1.0	0.5	7.3	15.3	48.0	2.0	5.5	35.7	3.0	4.1	72.6	57.4	1.1	4.6	2.5	4,772	811	369	140	64	348	401	+242

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