Between the 1946-47 and 2013-14 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 2013-14

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5,640	220	39.3	25.6	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	9.2	20.5	44.8	1.3	4.0	33.1	6.0	7.4	81.6	54.1	1.0	4.0	2.9	8,641	1,119	1,040	310	144	647	660	+555
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	5,250	216	37.5	24.3	11.6	2.7	0.5	2.1	9.4	16.8	56.3	0.0	0.0		5.4	10.7	50.4	56.5	4.0	7.6	3.0	8,098	2,508	582	117	459	649	769	+638
5	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4,988	234	38.0	21.3	11.7	3.1	0.7	2.3	8.1	16.2	50.0	0.0	0.1	14.7	5.1	7.3	69.1	54.8	3.2	8.5	2.6	8,902	2,733	727	157	545	616	657	+1005
6	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
7	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
8	LeBron James L. James	4,419	158	42.5	28.0	8.4	6.4	1.7	0.9	9.6	19.9	48.2	1.5	4.4	33.3	7.3	9.7	75.5	57.8	1.5	6.9	3.4	6,717	1,332	1,019	272	138	543	362	+674
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Tony Parker T. Parker	3,705	196	35.7	18.9	3.0	5.3	0.9	0.1	7.5	16.2	46.3	0.5	1.7	31.0	3.4	4.6	72.7	51.8	0.5	2.5	2.8	7,006	597	1,034	184	17	549	388	+559
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	3,481	152	38.9	22.9	5.3	5.1	1.6	1.0	8.3	17.4	47.8	0.6	1.7	32.6	5.7	7.3	77.5	55.4	1.4	3.8	3.4	5,907	798	768	250	153	524	426	+435
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3,455	135	41.1	25.6	10.1	2.5	1.1	0.9	8.5	18.3	46.1	1.0	2.8	37.1	7.6	8.6	89.0	57.9	1.5	8.6	2.3	5,544	1,370	340	145	124	311	382	+103
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	3,007	148	39.0	20.3	6.2	3.8	1.3	0.7	6.5	15.4	42.2	1.6	4.7	34.0	5.7	6.8	83.2	55.1	0.8	5.4	3.1	5,776	923	562	194	98	460	497	+152
24	Reggie Miller R. Miller	2,972	144	36.9	20.6	2.9	2.5	1.0	0.2	6.5	14.5	44.9	2.2	5.7	39.0	5.3	6.0	89.3	60.1	0.5	2.4	1.8	5,308	416	357	146	34	257	275	+170
25	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