which nba player had the most points in the playoffs after 2003

Since 2003-04, LeBron James has posted the most points in the playoffs, with 8,521 points.

	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	8,521	302	41.2	28.2	8.9	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.1	20.4	49.5	1.6	5.0	33.2	6.3	8.5	74.1	58.3	1.5	7.4	3.6	12,446	2,695	2,168	506	287	1,085	679	+1234
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	5,008	171	40.5	29.3	7.8	4.2	1.0	1.2	9.9	20.7	47.8	2.1	6.0	35.5	7.4	8.5	86.8	59.9	0.8	7.0	3.3	6,934	1,333	713	173	205	559	431	+641
3	James Harden J. Harden	4,240	191	36.3	22.2	5.4	6.4	1.6	0.6	6.7	15.8	42.4	2.5	7.3	33.7	6.4	7.4	86.6	58.4	0.7	4.7	3.5	6,940	1,040	1,224	313	110	674	558	+253
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	4,147	155	37.2	26.8	5.3	6.1	1.5	0.3	9.0	19.7	45.4	4.2	10.6	39.7	4.7	5.2	88.9	60.8	0.7	4.6	3.3	5,772	828	953	231	50	516	388	+971
5	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	3,954	177	37.8	22.3	5.2	4.9	1.5	1.0	8.2	17.3	47.4	0.6	1.7	33.8	5.4	6.9	78.0	54.9	1.3	3.9	3.3	6,697	928	870	273	175	583	467	+432
6	Tony Parker T. Parker	3,538	192	34.4	18.4	3.0	5.3	0.9	0.1	7.4	15.8	46.7	0.5	1.6	31.1	3.2	4.4	73.2	52.1	0.5	2.5	2.7	6,603	571	1,018	167	15	525	356	+509
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3,485	123	41.1	28.3	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.5	10.0	22.2	45.3	1.6	4.9	32.3	6.7	8.0	83.6	55.2	0.9	4.4	3.2	5,058	646	633	191	62	389	343	+241
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	3,433	179	35.4	19.2	10.6	2.7	0.6	1.9	7.5	15.0	50.0	0.0	0.1	15.0	4.2	6.2	67.9	54.2	2.9	7.7	2.2	6,336	1,896	478	115	347	393	484	+670
9	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	5,193	1,142	432	256	99	278	323	+643
10	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
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	3,035	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
12	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	5,830	626	351	150	85	274	411	+615
13	Chris Paul C. Paul	2,981	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
14	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	2,828	194	27.9	14.6	4.0	3.9	1.3	0.3	4.6	10.4	43.7	1.5	4.3	35.6	3.9	4.8	82.2	58.1	0.6	3.4	2.3	5,415	782	757	251	52	445	526	+760
15	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	4,773	811	369	140	64	348	401	+242
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2,772	110	40.2	25.2	9.7	2.6	0.9	0.9	8.4	18.2	46.4	0.8	2.5	34.1	7.5	8.4	89.2	57.6	1.5	8.2	2.3	4,417	1,064	291	101	99	252	291	+88
17	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	2,745	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
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,735	100	38.4	27.4	12.4	7.7	1.2	0.9	10.3	19.9	52.0	1.7	4.6	37.3	5.0	6.0	83.3	60.8	3.0	9.4	3.3	3,837	1,238	769	122	87	334	335	+124
19	Paul George P. George	2,596	125	38.7	20.8	7.2	4.0	1.5	0.5	6.8	15.9	42.5	2.5	6.8	36.4	4.8	5.8	82.3	56.4	0.9	6.3	3.0	4,838	897	506	186	67	376	403	+107
20	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2,515	144	35.5	17.5	5.3	3.1	1.1	0.5	5.7	13.3	42.9	1.6	4.4	36.6	4.4	5.3	83.9	55.8	0.6	4.7	2.6	5,112	758	446	156	77	371	457	+110
21	Al Horford A. Horford	2,353	197	33.7	11.9	7.9	3.2	0.8	1.2	4.8	9.7	49.3	1.0	2.6	39.1	1.4	1.8	77.5	57.0	1.8	6.1	1.3	6,642	1,561	625	159	243	260	483	+50
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2,270	84	36.2	27.0	12.2	5.3	1.0	1.3	10.1	19.1	53.2	0.7	2.8	25.9	6.0	9.6	62.5	58.0	2.4	9.7	3.4	3,041	1,022	446	85	110	283	271	+243
23	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	2,251	81	36.7	27.8	5.0	4.4	1.3	0.3	9.7	22.0	44.2	3.1	8.9	34.9	5.2	6.4	82.4	56.0	0.8	4.1	2.9	2,972	401	358	107	26	237	211	-61
24	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	2,240	86	35.9	26.0	3.7	5.5	0.8	0.1	9.3	20.1	46.1	2.1	5.9	34.7	5.4	6.5	83.1	56.6	0.7	3.0	2.2	3,086	320	476	71	9	187	195	+239
25	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	2,211	96	37.4	23.0	3.7	4.9	1.3	0.6	8.5	18.6	45.8	2.3	6.0	39.2	3.7	4.2	88.3	56.5	0.9	2.8	2.2	3,595	353	471	128	53	215	233	+517

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2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
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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
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6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
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