most playoff points all-time through 1977

Before 1977-78, Jerry West dropped the most points in the playoffs, with 4,457 points.

Interpreted as:

most playoff points by a player all-time through 1977

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,073	68	44.5	30.5	16.9	4.0	1.4	2.9	12.6	24.1	52.4	5.2	7.4	70.3	55.7	4.4	12.2	3,023	1,151	272	39	77	214
9	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	2,058	104	31.0	19.8	9.2	2.1			7.9	19.6	40.2	4.1	5.5	74.3	45.0			3,223	954	215			417
10	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	2,018	109	38.5	18.5	5.0	8.6			6.3	18.5	34.2	5.9	7.3	80.1	42.6			4,120	546	937			314
11	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	1,927	93	42.5	20.7	7.2	6.4	2.1	0.3	8.2	16.1	51.1	4.2	5.6	75.1	55.7	1.6	6.1	3,953	666	599	32	4	285
12	Chet Walker C. Walker	1,916	105	35.1	18.2	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.1	6.5	14.6	44.9	5.2	6.6	78.7	52.2	1.5	3.5	3,688	737	212	23	2	286
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	1,910	86	42.7	22.2	6.7	8.9	0.9	0.3	7.8	17.0	46.0	6.5	7.6	85.5	54.4	0.9	2.4	3,673	578	769	15	4	267
14	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	1,887	97	34.0	19.5	12.2	2.6			6.0	15.4	39.0	7.5	9.0	82.5	50.3			2,687	1,051	257			371
15	Hal Greer H. Greer	1,876	92	39.6	20.4	5.5	4.3			7.7	18.0	42.5	5.1	6.2	81.2	49.1			3,642	505	393			357
16	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	1,834	90	32.9	20.4	8.3	3.4			7.8	17.2	45.4	4.8	6.0	80.0	51.5			2,965	744	305			320
17	Rick Barry R. Barry	1,776	66	39.1	26.9	6.1	4.8	2.6	0.9	10.6	24.7	42.9	5.7	6.6	87.1	48.8	1.7	4.3	2,579	404	316	105	36	213
18	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	1,720	80	42.9	21.5	4.5	5.7	1.1	0.1	9.2	20.4	44.9	3.2	3.9	82.8	48.7	1.0	3.2	3,428	358	452	63	7	241
19	George Mikan G. Mikan	1,680	70	36.6	24.0	13.9	2.2			8.0	19.9	40.4	7.9	10.1	78.6	49.3			1,500	665	155			305
20	Don Nelson D. Nelson	1,577	150	21.4	10.5	4.8	1.4	0.3	0.1	3.9	7.8	49.8	2.7	3.3	81.7	56.6	1.3	2.9	3,209	719	210	13	7	399
21	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	1,576	80	43.3	19.7	15.2	3.9	1.2	0.9	8.6	19.1	44.9	2.6	3.5	73.8	47.8	4.0	11.2	3,467	1,219	312	69	49	361
22	Dick Barnett D. Barnett	1,539	102	29.7	15.1	2.7	2.4			5.9	12.9	45.8	3.3	4.4	74.8	50.9			3,027	273	247			282
23	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	1,536	96	38.4	16.0	12.0	2.6	0.6	0.3	6.6	15.9	41.6	2.8	4.0	69.8	45.4	2.1	6.2	3,682	1,155	253	7	4	327
24	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	1,450	80	32.8	18.1	3.1	4.2	1.4	0.2	6.8	15.3	44.2	4.6	5.6	81.9	50.9	1.4	1.8	2,622	250	333	7	1	219
25	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	1,446	78	33.0	18.5	3.7	2.6			6.9	16.2	42.6	4.7	5.2	91.1	50.2			2,573	285	201			220