most points by a player in regular and postseason from 1953-54 to 1955-56 to 1964-65 graph

Between the 1953-54 and 1955-56 seasons, Neil Johnston dropped the most points in the regular-season and playoffs, with 5,140 points.

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	MIN	REB	AST	PF
1	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	5,140	224	41.1	22.9	12.9	3.1	7.5	16.8	44.7	7.9	10.3	76.8	53.7	9,204	2,897	694	806
2	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	4,627	248	35.3	18.7	12.2	2.9	5.8	15.0	38.4	7.1	8.5	83.6	49.7	8,745	3,036	718	845
3	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	4,600	231	39.2	19.9	6.1	8.0	6.8	17.8	38.0	6.4	7.8	81.8	46.9	9,054	1,409	1,846	622
4	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	4,152	228	36.1	18.2	3.9	4.0	6.6	15.1	43.9	5.0	5.7	87.1	51.7	8,233	886	908	680
5	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	4,015	228	36.6	17.6	7.4	3.6	5.9	13.3	44.3	5.8	7.4	77.9	53.0	8,335	1,681	815	538
6	Larry Foust L. Foust	3,826	239	32.3	16.0	10.8	1.9	5.3	12.1	43.8	5.5	7.2	75.4	52.5	7,730	2,587	453	887
7	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	3,735	236	28.2	15.8	10.3	1.4	6.2	14.3	43.4	3.4	4.9	69.0	48.0	6,665	2,428	331	799
8	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	3,542	154	39.5	23.0	8.4	2.8	8.1	19.0	42.6	6.8	8.5	79.7	50.5	6,086	1,298	428	583
9	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	3,468	152	37.7	22.8	14.8	2.9	8.0	19.2	41.6	6.9	9.2	74.7	49.2	5,727	2,242	436	480
10	Carl Braun C. Braun	3,373	222	33.3	15.2	3.7	3.6	5.3	13.9	38.6	4.5	5.5	82.5	46.7	7,396	826	806	715
11	Vern Mikkelsen V. Mikkelsen	3,355	238	31.8	14.1	8.9	2.0	4.8	12.0	39.8	4.5	5.9	76.9	48.3	7,580	2,113	469	1,004
12	George Yardley G. Yardley	3,279	219	31.6	15.0	8.9	2.1	5.3	12.7	41.5	4.4	5.9	74.3	48.8	6,925	1,949	449	655
13	Ray Felix R. Felix	3,209	219	29.5	14.7	11.0	0.9	4.8	11.4	42.1	5.0	7.7	65.2	49.5	6,461	2,411	197	838
14	Harry Gallatin H. Gallatin	3,113	223	35.3	14.0	13.2	2.3	4.2	10.8	39.2	5.5	6.9	79.3	50.4	7,875	2,938	510	657
15	Joe Graboski J. Graboski	3,064	223	35.7	13.7	9.2	2.5	5.3	14.9	35.4	3.2	4.6	69.1	40.6	7,962	2,042	562	791
16	Paul Seymour P. Seymour	3,001	231	37.3	13.0	3.6	5.5	4.5	12.5	35.9	4.0	4.9	81.3	44.3	8,625	840	1,276	525
17	Slater Martin S. Martin	2,883	236	38.4	12.2	3.2	5.2	4.2	11.4	37.1	3.8	4.8	78.3	45.3	9,063	750	1,231	705
18	Bobby Wanzer B. Wanzer	2,799	225	32.2	12.4	4.9	3.4	4.2	10.7	38.8	4.1	5.5	75.2	47.3	7,239	1,094	760	511
19	Jack Coleman J. Coleman	2,771	235	35.1	11.8	9.3	3.1	4.9	11.6	42.6	1.9	2.9	66.5	45.8	8,257	2,187	736	703
20	Mel Hutchins M. Hutchins	2,690	235	38.3	11.4	8.8	3.0	4.6	11.5	39.6	2.3	3.5	67.5	43.9	8,990	2,070	697	719
21	Jack George J. George	2,585	221	37.9	11.7	4.7	5.3	4.3	11.5	37.2	3.1	4.6	68.4	43.2	8,373	1,048	1,180	640
22	George King G. King	2,488	240	32.1	10.4	3.6	4.8	3.8	10.0	37.6	2.9	4.5	63.3	43.3	7,702	855	1,156	556
23	Arnie Risen A. Risen	2,468	221	28.6	11.2	9.6	1.5	3.7	10.0	37.5	3.7	5.1	72.5	45.7	6,317	2,119	331	890
24	Chuck Share C. Share	2,464	217	25.2	11.4	9.6	1.4	3.6	8.6	41.3	4.2	6.1	69.8	50.2	5,467	2,086	308	842
25	Whitey Skoog W. Skoog	2,332	238	30.6	9.8	3.9	3.1	4.1	10.3	39.7	1.6	2.1	77.5	43.7	7,286	920	742	832