who has the most career points in the finals before 2003

Before 2002-03, Jerry West scored the most points in the NBA Finals, with 1,679 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	Jerry West J. West	1,679	NBA Finals	55	43.3	30.5	5.0	5.6			11.1	24.2	45.9				8.3	10.0	82.6	53.3				2,380	277	306				159
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,317	NBA Finals	56	37.2	23.5	9.1	3.2	0.9	2.2	9.7	18.6	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.0	55.6	2.4	5.9	2.7	2,082	507	181	45	116	121	196
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1,176	NBA Finals	35	43.0	33.6	6.0	6.0	1.8	0.7	12.5	26.0	48.1	1.2	3.3	36.8	7.4	9.1	80.6	55.9	1.6	4.4	2.8	1,506	211	209	62	23	99	103	+45
4	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	1,161	NBA Finals	44	42.0	26.4	13.5				10.0	23.5	42.7				6.3	8.3	75.5	48.6				1,850	593					140
5	Bill Russell B. Russell	1,151	NBA Finals	70	45.5	16.4	24.5				5.9	13.0	45.6				4.6	7.5	61.3	50.5				3,185	1,718					225
6	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,143	NBA Finals	64	29.2	17.9	4.9				7.2	15.5	46.1				3.5	4.3	82.2	51.2				1,871	312					151
7	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	1,035	NBA Finals	52	30.8	19.9	9.1				7.8	19.5	40.1				4.3	5.7	74.2	45.1				1,602	473					209
8	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	1,020	NBA Finals	47	39.8	21.7	7.4	4.1	1.2	0.2	8.3	19.7	42.1				5.1	6.0	84.8	48.5	1.7	5.0		1,872	350	195	15	3		154
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	971	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	397	584	102	16	190	147
10	James Worthy J. Worthy	754	NBA Finals	34	39.6	22.2	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.6	9.2	17.3	53.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	3.6	5.3	68.3	56.4	1.9	3.1	2.0	1,346	171	112	34	20	68	88
11	George Mikan G. Mikan	741	NBA Finals	31		23.9					7.8						8.4	10.5	79.4											145
12	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
13	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	713	NBA Finals	42	39.0	17.0	5.0	9.5			6.1	18.2	33.7				4.7	6.1	77.0	40.6				1,639	210	397				114
14	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	709	NBA Finals	25	41.5	28.4	16.6				9.6	23.0	41.8				9.1	12.0	75.4	50.0				1,037	416					77
15	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	676	NBA Finals	37	40.1	18.3	4.7	6.2	1.3	1.1	6.8	16.3	42.0	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.5	5.5	81.0	48.8	1.8	2.9	2.7	1,483	175	228	48	39	100	106
16	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	664	NBA Finals	35	42.0	19.0	8.3	5.9	1.9	1.1	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.9	3.3	25.6	4.1	5.4	74.7	50.1	2.8	5.6	3.3	1,470	292	207	67	39	117	118	+38
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	652	NBA Finals	35	47.3	18.6	24.6	3.8			7.5	13.5	55.9				3.5	9.4	37.7	52.9				1,657	862	134				101
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	650	NBA Finals	19	44.4	34.2	14.6	4.1	0.6	2.8	13.3	22.4	59.5	0.0	0.0		7.6	14.7	51.6	59.3	4.7	9.9	3.6	844	278	78	11	54	68	65	+93
19	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	634	NBA Finals	47	24.6	13.5	4.8				4.7	11.3	41.3				4.1	5.1	81.5	49.7				1,158	224					178
20	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	576	NBA Finals	25	37.0	23.0	10.8				8.0	17.9	45.0				7.0	8.4	83.3	53.4				926	269					109
21	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	574	NBA Finals	29	32.1	19.8	3.3				7.7	18.0	42.8				4.3	4.7	92.6	49.2				931	96					65
22	Julius Erving J. Erving	561	NBA Finals	22	39.8	25.5	7.5	4.5	2.0	1.8	9.8	18.7	52.6	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.8	7.6	76.6	57.9	2.2	5.3	2.8	875	166	100	44	40	45	56
23	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
24	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
25	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

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