which player scored the most points in the nba finals in the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar posted the most points in the NBA Finals, with 981 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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	981	NBA Finals	45	34.9	21.8	7.7	2.9	0.9	2.2	8.9	17.3	51.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.7	69.6	55.0	2.3	5.5	2.7	1,569	348	132	41	101	121	165
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	878	NBA Finals	45	40.4	19.5	7.9	11.6	2.1	0.4	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.1	0.5	20.8	5.4	6.3	86.3	60.6	1.8	6.1	3.7	1,816	357	522	96	16	168	137
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	716	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	361	187	63	24	91	80
4	James Worthy J. Worthy	677	NBA Finals	30	39.4	22.6	5.3	3.5	1.0	0.7	9.3	17.2	54.1	0.1	0.3	22.2	3.9	5.7	68.4	57.3	2.1	3.2	2.0	1,182	159	104	30	20	61	82
5	Kevin McHale K. McHale	556	NBA Finals	31	32.5	17.9	7.4	1.4	0.3	1.4	6.8	12.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	5.7	76.8	59.9	2.7	4.7	2.3	1,009	230	43	10	44	70	95
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	477	NBA Finals	31	32.9	15.4	8.4	1.3	1.0	1.7	6.3	13.1	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.4	63.0	51.2	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,020	260	40	32	54	65	108
7	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	474	NBA Finals	46	30.6	10.3	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.7	44.7	0.8	2.0	38.0	1.8	2.2	80.6	53.5	0.8	2.2	1.3	1,406	135	178	59	20	60	159
8	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	447	NBA Finals	25	40.1	17.9	4.4	7.1	1.4	0.4	6.8	16.1	41.9	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.2	4.9	85.4	48.9	1.5	2.9	2.6	1,003	110	178	36	11	65	68
9	Julius Erving J. Erving	379	NBA Finals	16	39.2	23.7	7.8	4.4	1.8	2.1	9.1	17.6	51.8	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.4	7.4	72.9	56.8	2.4	5.4	2.8	627	125	70	28	33	45	39
10	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	352	NBA Finals	23	32.3	15.3	5.1	2.0	1.0	0.3	6.7	14.9	45.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.4	75.0	48.0	2.7	2.4	2.0	742	117	46	24	6	45	73
11	Byron Scott B. Scott	312	NBA Finals	26	29.8	12.0	3.2	1.8	1.2	0.2	4.9	10.8	45.6	0.3	1.3	25.7	1.8	2.4	75.8	50.6	0.9	2.3	1.3	775	82	46	32	5	35	66
12	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	270	NBA Finals	25	29.9	10.8	2.6	4.8	1.6	0.1	4.6	9.6	47.7	0.6	1.4	41.7	1.1	1.4	77.1	53.1	0.6	2.0	1.7	748	65	120	39	3	42	76
13	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	244	NBA Finals	20	23.5	12.2	4.8	0.8	0.7	1.4	5.0	10.7	46.9	0.1	0.2	50.0	2.1	3.1	67.7	50.8	1.2	3.6	2.2	470	95	15	13	27	44	75
14	Andrew Toney A. Toney	244	NBA Finals	10	37.4	24.4	2.5	7.0	1.2	0.1	9.4	19.2	49.0	0.3	0.8	37.5	5.3	6.2	85.5	55.6	1.1	1.4	3.7	374	25	70	12	1	37	34
15	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	240	NBA Finals	15	40.0	16.0	3.5	7.7	1.8	0.2	6.6	15.3	43.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.8	3.9	72.4	47.1	1.2	2.3	3.1	600	52	116	27	3	47	49
16	Moses Malone M. Malone	237	NBA Finals	10	42.6	23.7	16.6	1.6	1.1	1.9	8.4	19.0	44.2	0.0	0.0		6.9	10.2	67.6	50.5	7.3	9.3	2.3	426	166	16	11	19	23	26
17	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	237	NBA Finals	16	36.7	14.8	2.7	7.3	2.4	0.1	6.4	12.6	51.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.9	2.8	68.9	53.4	0.7	2.0	2.5	587	43	117	38	2	40	36
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	223	NBA Finals	11	36.6	20.3	3.7	8.4	2.4	0.3	7.4	16.5	44.8	0.6	2.1	30.4	4.9	6.1	80.6	53.0	0.6	3.1	3.3	403	41	92	26	3	36	36
19	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	210	NBA Finals	18	29.1	11.7	5.6	2.3	0.6	0.4	3.7	7.1	52.3	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.2	80.9	62.0	2.9	2.7	1.9	523	101	41	11	8	34	49
20	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	203	NBA Finals	11	34.5	18.5	2.1	5.1	0.5	0.1	7.1	13.1	54.2	0.1	0.4	25.0	4.2	4.7	88.5	60.8	0.6	1.5	1.4	380	23	56	6	1	15	19
21	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	194	NBA Finals	12	27.0	16.2	5.5	1.2	0.8	2.2	6.9	12.8	54.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.3	3.8	60.9	56.0	1.8	3.8	2.7	324	66	14	9	26	32	55
22	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	190	NBA Finals	34	17.1	5.6	5.2	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.3	4.3	53.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	57.6	54.9	1.7	3.4	1.1	582	176	22	19	14	36	92
23	Bobby Jones B. Jones	183	NBA Finals	16	28.4	11.4	5.6	2.4	1.0	1.6	4.8	8.9	53.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.4	74.4	57.1	2.0	3.6	1.5	454	90	39	16	26	24	52
24	Robert Reid R. Reid	174	NBA Finals	12	40.4	14.5	5.9	5.9	1.7	0.4	6.1	15.3	39.7	0.1	0.8	11.1	2.3	2.9	77.1	43.6	2.4	3.5	1.9	485	71	71	20	5	23	41
25	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	156	NBA Finals	17	25.0	9.2	4.4	0.5	0.4	0.7	3.4	6.6	50.4	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.9	63.6	54.9	1.8	2.6	0.9	425	75	9	6	12	15	48