the most career playoff points without a ring

Karl Malone has scored the most career points in the playoffs when winning exactly 0 championships, with 4,761 points.

Interpreted as:

the most career playoff points without a ring by a player

	NAME	PTS	CHAMPS	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	4,761	0	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	8.1	2.8	7,907	2,062	610	258	135	550	662	+123
2	James Harden J. Harden	3,895	0	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	6,268	948	1,125	282	98	590	512	+246
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3,623	0	134	41.1	27.0	12.9	4.0			10.4	23.6	43.9				6.3	8.2	77.1	49.7				5,510	1,724	541				435
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	3,035	0	135	35.5	22.5	6.7	7.1	1.7	0.3	7.8	19.3	40.5	1.4	4.6	29.9	5.5	6.7	82.0	50.5	1.8	4.9	3.7	4,787	905	955	223	42	501	391	+6
5	Chris Paul C. Paul	2,981	0	149	36.5	20.0	4.9	8.3	1.9	0.2	7.4	15.3	48.4	1.6	4.4	37.3	3.5	4.1	85.4	58.3	0.7	4.2	2.5	5,442	730	1,233	287	31	377	437	+130
6	Reggie Miller R. Miller	2,972	0	144	36.9	20.6	2.9	2.5	1.0	0.2	6.5	14.5	44.9	2.2	5.7	39.0	5.3	6.0	89.3	60.1	0.5	2.4	1.8	5,308	416	357	146	34	257	275	+170
7	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	2,833	0	123	39.4	23.0	12.9	3.9	1.6	0.9	8.2	16.0	51.3	0.5	2.0	25.5	6.1	8.5	71.7	58.4	4.1	8.7	2.9	4,849	1,582	482	193	108	353	408	+1
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2,813	0	139	37.5	20.2	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.2	7.9	16.9	46.9	0.1	0.2	34.8	4.3	6.0	71.8	51.7	2.4	7.9	2.5	5,207	1,435	275	122	303	345	522	+8
9	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	2,745	0	130	37.8	21.1	6.2	4.7	1.7	0.5	7.1	15.5	45.9	1.2	3.5	34.4	5.7	6.9	82.7	57.0	1.8	4.4	1.8	4,908	807	608	217	71	229	230	-28
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	2,436	0	182	35.2	13.4	3.3	10.1	1.9	0.3	4.7	9.9	47.3	0.6	1.9	32.6	3.4	4.2	81.0	56.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	6,398	608	1,839	338	50	517	539	+105
11	Paul George P. George	2,416	0	114	39.0	21.2	7.5	4.1	1.5	0.5	6.8	16.2	42.3	2.4	6.9	35.2	5.1	6.2	82.6	56.1	0.9	6.6	3.1	4,444	854	473	172	62	354	376	+174
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2,111	0	71	45.1	29.7	3.8	6.0	2.1	0.2	10.6	26.5	40.1	1.7	5.3	32.7	6.7	8.8	76.4	48.9	0.8	3.0	3.1	3,203	273	425	147	14	221	157	-138
13	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	2,092	0	140	34.0	14.9	3.8	3.8	1.2	0.2	5.3	11.3	47.0	0.9	2.0	43.3	3.5	3.9	88.6	57.5	1.0	2.8	1.7	4,766	527	525	170	25	231	384	+133
14	Steve Nash S. Nash	2,072	0	120	35.7	17.3	3.5	8.8	0.6	0.1	6.2	13.2	47.3	1.5	3.7	40.6	3.3	3.7	90.0	58.3	0.6	3.0	3.2	4,289	422	1,061	66	14	383	239	+210
15	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	2,026	0	105	36.9	19.3	3.3	8.9	1.3	0.3	6.7	14.3	46.9	0.2	0.9	24.4	5.7	6.8	83.3	55.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	3,879	349	935	132	30	354	233	-96
16	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	1,914	0	83	37.3	23.1	6.7	2.5	1.2	0.3	8.1	19.4	41.4	1.2	3.8	32.4	5.7	6.9	82.6	51.3	1.8	4.9	2.6	3,092	557	204	100	29	218	298	-288
17	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	1,861	0	167	28.7	11.1	5.6	1.5	0.7	0.8	3.9	8.9	44.4	0.9	2.5	36.3	2.4	3.0	78.5	54.7	1.5	4.1	1.2	4,785	936	246	118	126	207	441	+14
18	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	1,828	0	120	35.5	15.2	4.2	3.1	0.8	0.2	5.9	13.7	42.7	1.3	3.9	33.9	2.2	2.8	77.9	50.9	1.0	3.3	1.8	4,264	506	369	96	19	212	226	-270
19	Terry Porter T. Porter	1,828	0	124	31.8	14.7	3.0	5.0	1.1	0.1	5.0	10.6	47.0	1.2	3.3	37.2	3.5	4.3	82.6	58.9	0.6	2.4	1.9	3,939	371	624	137	14	236	245	-42
20	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1,783	0	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
21	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1,715	0	68	39.5	25.2	4.4	6.1	1.1	0.3	8.0	19.5	40.9	3.3	8.9	36.8	6.0	6.8	89.3	56.2	0.7	3.7	3.0	2,689	296	414	78	21	203	155	-264
22	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	1,701	0	67	35.6	25.4	3.9	5.4	0.7	0.1	9.0	19.7	46.0	2.0	5.8	34.2	5.3	6.4	82.6	56.4	0.7	3.1	2.0	2,384	260	361	48	9	136	155	+5
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1,697	0	55	39.2	30.9	9.2	7.8	1.6	0.5	10.8	23.3	46.1	3.3	9.5	34.7	6.0	8.2	73.7	57.3	0.7	8.5	4.2	2,156	504	427	89	26	232	150	+73
24	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	1,664	0	110	26.9	15.1	6.7	1.6	0.9	0.6	6.2	12.3	50.2	0.0	0.1	9.1	2.8	4.0	70.6	53.9	2.3	4.5	1.6	2,959	742	173	98	62	171	353	+57
25	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	1,662	0	108	28.3	15.4	5.3	1.7	0.6	0.6	5.6	12.8	44.0	0.3	0.8	30.3	3.9	4.7	82.7	51.8	1.3	4.0	1.9	3,061	569	183	62	68	208	359