who has the most points in the final five minutes

Jerry West has the most career points in the NBA Finals when playing 5+ minutes, with 1,679 points.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most points in the final five or more minutes?
NAMEPTSMINSERIESGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jerry West
J. West
1,679
2,380
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
277
306
159
2LeBron James
L. James
1,562
2,337
NBA Finals
55
42.5
28.4
10.2
7.8
1.7
0.8
10.7
22.1
48.4
1.8
5.2
35.2
5.2
7.1
73.1
56.3
1.9
8.3
3.9
561
430
93
46
217
130
-86
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1,317
2,082
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
507
181
45
116
121
196
4Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1,176
1,506
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
211
209
62
23
99
103
+45
5Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
1,161
1,850
NBA Finals
44
42.0
26.4
13.5
10.0
23.5
42.7
6.3
8.3
75.5
48.6
593
140
6Bill Russell
B. Russell
1,151
3,185
NBA Finals
70
45.5
16.4
24.5
5.9
13.0
45.6
4.6
7.5
61.3
50.5
1,718
225
7Sam Jones
S. Jones
1,143
1,871
NBA Finals
64
29.2
17.9
4.9
7.2
15.5
46.1
3.5
4.3
82.2
51.2
312
151
8Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
1,035
1,602
NBA Finals
52
30.8
19.9
9.1
7.8
19.5
40.1
4.3
5.7
74.2
45.1
473
209
9John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
1,020
1,872
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
350
195
15
3
154
10Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
971
2,044
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
397
584
102
16
190
147
11Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
937
1,581
NBA Finals
37
42.7
25.3
5.7
5.1
1.8
0.9
9.0
21.8
41.2
1.3
4.1
31.4
6.0
7.1
84.8
50.7
1.1
4.6
3.3
211
187
65
33
123
118
+36
12Stephen Curry
S. Curry
928
1,327
NBA Finals
34
39.0
27.3
5.8
6.0
1.6
0.3
8.8
20.4
43.2
4.5
11.3
39.5
5.2
5.6
91.7
59.6
1.0
4.7
3.5
196
204
55
11
120
96
+138
13Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
865
1,268
NBA Finals
30
42.3
28.8
13.1
3.4
0.5
2.1
11.3
18.8
60.2
0.0
0.0
6.2
12.7
48.4
59.0
4.0
9.1
3.4
393
103
16
62
101
109
+34
14James Worthy
J. Worthy
754
1,346
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
171
112
34
20
68
88
15Larry Bird
L. Bird
716
1,326
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
361
187
63
24
91
80
16Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
713
1,639
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
210
397
114
17Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
709
1,037
NBA Finals
25
41.5
28.4
16.6
9.6
23.0
41.8
9.1
12.0
75.4
50.0
416
77
18Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
708
1,346
NBA Finals
34
39.6
20.8
13.3
2.8
0.8
2.4
7.9
16.2
48.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
5.1
7.1
71.6
53.8
3.7
9.6
2.8
452
94
27
81
96
85
+157
19Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
693
1,125
NBA Finals
29
38.8
23.9
5.7
4.3
1.8
1.0
8.7
18.2
47.6
0.5
1.6
31.1
6.0
8.1
74.8
54.8
1.6
4.2
2.9
166
125
53
30
85
75
-51
20Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
676
1,483
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
175
228
48
39
100
106
21Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
664
1,470
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
292
207
67
39
117
118
+38
22Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
652
1,657
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
862
134
101
23Frank Ramsey
F. Ramsey
634
1,158
NBA Finals
47
24.6
13.5
4.8
4.7
11.3
41.3
4.1
5.1
81.5
49.7
224
178
24Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
610
1,223
NBA Finals
33
37.1
18.5
3.9
1.9
0.8
0.5
6.6
15.3
43.5
3.2
8.1
39.8
2.0
2.4
84.6
56.7
0.5
3.4
1.3
128
62
26
15
42
89
+59
25Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
576
926
NBA Finals
25
37.0
23.0
10.8
8.0
17.9
45.0
7.0
8.4
83.3
53.4
269
109
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Sun
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