Between the 1946-47 and 1997-98 seasons, Michael Jordan put up the most points in the playoffs, with 5,987 points.

Interpreted as:

most playoff points by a player 1946-47 to 1997-98

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5,987	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	1,152	1,022	376	158	546	541	+294
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	5,762	237	37.3	24.3	10.5	3.2	1.0	2.4	9.9	18.7	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	6.0	74.0	57.1	2.6	6.5	2.6	8,851	2,481	767	189	476	447	797
3	Jerry West J. West	4,457	153	41.3	29.1	5.6	6.3	0.0	0.0	10.6	22.6	46.9				7.9	9.8	80.5	54.1	0.0	2.0		6,321	855	970	0	0		451
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	3,897	164	42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	5.5	6.2	89.0	55.1	2.2	8.1	3.1	6,886	1,683	1,062	296	145	506	466
5	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	3,776	172	39.9	22.0	6.9	4.8	1.1	0.3	8.4	19.4	43.6				5.1	6.1	83.6	49.8	1.5	3.8		6,860	1,186	825	60	16		527
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3,701	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	6.8	13.4	50.6	0.3	1.1	24.1	5.6	6.7	83.8	59.5	1.8	5.9	3.7	7,538	1,465	2,346	358	64	696	524
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	3,691	137	41.7	26.9	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	9.8	20.9	46.8	0.0	0.2	10.3	7.3	10.0	73.2	53.2	2.9	8.5	2.8	5,719	1,556	400	196	109	386	490	+150
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3,674	136	40.7	27.0	11.6	3.3	1.7	3.4	10.8	20.4	53.0	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.4	7.5	71.8	57.1	3.4	8.2	3.0	5,540	1,573	454	233	465	413	535	-1
9	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3,623	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
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3,607	160	47.2	22.5	24.5	4.2			8.9	17.1	52.2				4.7	10.2	46.5	52.4				7,559	3,913	673				412
11	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	3,217	178	39.5	18.1	7.7	5.2	1.9	1.0	6.7	14.8	44.9	0.9	3.0	30.3	3.8	5.3	71.8	52.6	2.3	5.4	2.9	7,028	1,366	920	344	171	523	589	+239
12	Kevin McHale K. McHale	3,182	169	33.8	18.8	7.4	1.6	0.4	1.7	7.1	12.7	56.1	0.0	0.1	38.1	4.5	5.8	78.8	61.8	2.7	4.7	1.9	5,716	1,253	274	65	281	326	571
13	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	3,116	180	38.9	17.3	4.3	5.6	1.4	0.6	6.5	14.8	43.9	0.2	0.8	23.6	4.2	5.2	80.2	50.7	1.5	2.9	2.7	6,994	781	1,006	247	113	480	575
14	Julius Erving J. Erving	3,088	141	37.5	21.9	7.0	4.2	1.7	1.7	8.4	17.3	48.6	0.1	0.3	19.4	5.0	6.4	77.9	54.4	2.6	4.5	3.2	5,288	994	594	235	239	396	403
15	James Worthy J. Worthy	3,022	143	37.0	21.1	5.2	3.2	1.2	0.7	8.9	16.3	54.4	0.1	0.5	20.9	3.3	4.6	72.7	57.8	1.8	3.4	2.1	5,297	747	463	177	96	298	352
16	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2,963	145	38.4	20.4	6.9	6.1	1.9	0.7	7.4	16.6	44.7	1.0	3.4	28.8	4.6	5.9	78.7	53.2	2.5	4.4	2.7	5,572	1,002	891	278	108	397	486	+52
17	Sam Jones S. Jones	2,909	154	30.2	18.9	4.7	2.3			7.5	16.7	44.7				4.0	4.9	81.1	50.1				4,654	718	358				391
18	Robert Parish R. Parish	2,820	184	33.6	15.3	9.6	1.3	0.8	1.7	6.2	12.2	50.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.2	72.2	54.7	3.1	6.5	2.1	6,177	1,765	234	145	309	365	617	-3
19	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	2,739	119	39.4	23.0	12.8	3.9	1.6	0.9	8.2	15.9	51.3	0.5	2.1	25.4	6.1	8.6	71.8	58.4	4.2	8.7	2.9	4,692	1,527	467	187	106	345	396	+20
20	Bill Russell B. Russell	2,673	165	45.4	16.2	24.9	4.7			6.1	14.2	43.0				4.0	6.7	60.3	47.4				7,497	4,104	770				546
21	Byron Scott B. Scott	2,451	183	29.3	13.4	2.9	2.1	1.2	0.2	5.1	10.6	48.2	0.7	1.9	39.5	2.5	3.0	81.9	56.3	0.7	2.2	1.5	5,365	536	390	226	30	266	445	+69
22	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2,439	110	39.4	22.2	10.8	2.4	0.9	2.5	8.8	18.4	47.8	0.1	0.2	36.4	4.5	6.3	72.1	52.4	2.6	8.1	2.8	4,332	1,184	259	98	271	306	427	-16
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2,261	111	38.0	20.4	4.7	8.9	2.1	0.3	7.4	16.8	44.1	0.7	2.1	34.6	4.8	6.2	76.9	52.0	1.2	3.5	3.3	4,216	524	987	234	38	369	363
24	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	2,240	88	40.3	25.5	14.8	2.7			8.7	20.8	41.8				8.0	10.4	77.4	50.1				3,545	1,304	241				277
25	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	2,194	96	43.3	22.9	13.0	1.9	1.1	2.6	9.2	19.8	46.4	0.0	0.0		4.5	6.8	65.2	50.1	4.0	9.0	2.8	4,160	1,244	185	97	222	124	378