Between the 1946-47 and 2003-04 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 2003-04

	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	4,761	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	8.1	2.8	7,907	2,062	610	258	135	550	662	+123
4	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
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4,294	158	40.4	27.2	12.9	3.1	0.6	2.4	10.5	18.7	56.2	0.0	0.0		6.2	12.0	51.8	56.8	4.6	8.3	3.0	6,382	2,040	492	92	374	475	552	+602
6	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
7	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
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3,755	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	1,621	458	245	472	424	562	-29
9	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
10	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	3,642	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	1.9	0.9	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	3.7	5.1	72.4	52.4	2.2	5.4	2.9	8,105	1,583	1,048	395	185	602	686	+232
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
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	2,813	139	37.5	20.2	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.2	7.9	16.9	46.9	0.1	0.2	34.8	4.3	6.0	71.8	51.7	2.4	7.9	2.5	5,207	1,435	275	122	303	345	522	+8
22	Reggie Miller R. Miller	2,779	131	37.2	21.2	2.9	2.6	1.0	0.3	6.7	14.9	45.0	2.3	5.8	39.7	5.5	6.2	89.0	60.2	0.6	2.3	1.8	4,878	376	337	136	33	236	247	+219
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2,694	119	38.3	22.6	4.8	4.4	1.4	0.7	8.1	18.8	43.4	1.0	3.2	32.3	5.3	6.7	79.2	52.1	1.2	3.7	2.7	4,556	577	528	161	89	319	376	+344
24	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
25	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