Between the 1946-47 and 2000-01 seasons, Michael Jordan scored the most points in the playoffs, with 5,987 points.

Interpreted as:

most playoff points by a player 1946-47 to 2000-01

	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	4,341	163	41.4	26.6	11.1	3.1	1.4	0.8	9.7	20.8	46.6	0.0	0.2	17.6	7.2	9.7	74.1	53.1	2.8	8.3	2.9	6,755	1,813	500	221	128	472	571	+157
5	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
6	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
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3,727	140	40.5	26.6	11.4	3.3	1.7	3.3	10.7	20.2	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.3	7.3	71.9	56.9	3.3	8.1	3.0	5,663	1,602	456	238	468	418	553	-22
8	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
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	3,570	201	39.5	17.8	7.7	5.1	1.9	0.9	6.5	14.7	44.4	1.0	3.2	29.8	3.8	5.3	72.2	52.3	2.3	5.4	2.9	7,931	1,544	1,018	391	183	585	664	+271
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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,956	105	40.1	28.2	12.7	3.2	0.6	2.2	11.0	19.4	56.6	0.0	0.0		6.2	12.3	50.3	56.8	4.8	7.9	3.1	4,208	1,332	339	68	231	323	366	+367
18	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
19	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	2,833	123	39.4	23.0	12.9	3.9	1.6	0.9	8.2	16.0	51.3	0.5	2.0	25.5	6.1	8.5	71.7	58.4	4.1	8.7	2.9	4,849	1,582	482	193	108	353	408	+1
20	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
21	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2,787	135	38.1	20.6	10.5	2.0	0.9	2.2	8.1	17.2	47.1	0.1	0.2	36.4	4.3	6.0	72.1	51.9	2.5	8.0	2.5	5,140	1,413	271	121	299	343	510	+35
22	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
23	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
24	Reggie Miller R. Miller	2,445	104	38.9	23.5	3.0	2.5	1.0	0.3	7.5	16.4	45.6	2.5	6.1	40.7	6.1	6.9	88.8	60.6	0.7	2.3	1.8	4,049	309	264	109	28	187	205	+166
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	2,330	173	35.3	13.5	3.3	10.2	1.8	0.3	4.7	10.0	47.3	0.6	1.9	32.7	3.4	4.2	80.3	56.8	0.9	2.4	2.9	6,108	576	1,773	319	48	495	510	+138