most points scored in the finals in a career from 1956-57 to 1968-69

Between the 1956-57 and 1968-69 seasons, Jerry West scored the most points in the NBA Finals, with 1,254 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player scored in the finals in a career from 1956-57 to 1968-69

	NAME	PTS	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	MIN	REB	AST	PF
1	Jerry West J. West	1,254	NBA Finals	38	43.9	33.0	5.7	4.9	12.1	25.3	47.9	8.8	10.5	83.9	55.2	1,667	217	185	112
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	1,151	NBA Finals	70	45.5	16.4	24.5		5.9	13.0	45.6	4.6	7.5	61.3	50.5	3,185	1,718		225
3	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,143	NBA Finals	64	29.2	17.9	4.9		7.2	15.5	46.1	3.5	4.3	82.2	51.2	1,871	312		151
4	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	1,036	NBA Finals	37	42.4	28.0	13.9		10.5	25.1	42.1	6.9	9.2	75.3	48.1	1,570	514		118
5	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	1,035	NBA Finals	52	30.8	19.9	9.1		7.8	19.5	40.1	4.3	5.7	74.2	45.1	1,602	473		209
6	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	742	NBA Finals	34	38.1	21.8	7.7	4.0	8.3	19.6	42.4	5.2	6.1	85.4	49.0	1,296	263	135	116
7	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	713	NBA Finals	42	39.0	17.0	5.0	9.5	6.1	18.2	33.7	4.7	6.1	77.0	40.6	1,639	210	397	114
8	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	709	NBA Finals	25	41.5	28.4	16.6		9.6	23.0	41.8	9.1	12.0	75.4	50.0	1,037	416		77
9	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	634	NBA Finals	47	24.6	13.5	4.8		4.7	11.3	41.3	4.1	5.1	81.5	49.7	1,158	224		178
10	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	576	NBA Finals	25	37.0	23.0	10.8		8.0	17.9	45.0	7.0	8.4	83.3	53.4	926	269		109
11	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	574	NBA Finals	29	32.1	19.8	3.3		7.7	18.0	42.8	4.3	4.7	92.6	49.2	931	96		65
12	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	453	NBA Finals	43	26.2	10.5	6.4	1.2	4.3	9.3	46.1	1.9	2.6	73.5	50.3	1,126	277	50	179
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	334	NBA Finals	18	47.1	18.6	26.9	4.1	7.4	14.1	52.6	3.8	10.5	36.0	49.7	848	484	74	49
14	Larry Siegfried L. Siegfried	327	NBA Finals	28	23.2	11.7	2.2	2.8	4.2	10.5	40.1	3.3	3.9	82.7	47.8	650	61	77	91
15	Rudy LaRusso R. LaRusso	325	NBA Finals	25	32.3	13.0	7.9	1.8	4.2	10.4	40.5	4.6	6.3	72.8	49.5	808	198	44	97
16	K.C. Jones	287	NBA Finals	44	22.0	6.5	2.5		2.5	6.2	39.9	1.6	2.3	71.0	45.6	969	110		128
17	Don Nelson D. Nelson	256	NBA Finals	25	22.2	10.2	6.1	1.2	3.9	8.6	45.3	2.5	3.3	74.7	51.1	554	152	31	77
18	Rick Barry R. Barry	245	NBA Finals	6	43.3	40.8	8.8	3.3	15.7	39.2	40.0	9.5	12.0	79.2	45.9	260	53	20	25
19	Bailey Howell B. Howell	200	NBA Finals	13	30.6	15.4	6.3	0.8	6.3	14.1	44.8	2.8	4.1	67.9	48.5	398	82	11	62
20	Leroy Ellis L. Ellis	194	NBA Finals	18	26.9	10.8	7.8	0.6	4.2	9.8	42.4	2.4	3.7	66.7	47.1	485	140	11	53
21	Jim King J. King	182	NBA Finals	18	24.1	10.1	4.4	2.8	4.2	9.2	45.5	1.8	2.3	78.0	49.7	434	79	50	49
22	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	179	NBA Finals	16	20.8	11.2	5.9	2.1	4.6	13.2	35.1	1.9	2.4	81.6	39.3	333	95	34	54
23	Dick Barnett D. Barnett	177	NBA Finals	11	26.6	16.1	3.2	2.2	5.5	12.4	44.9	5.0	6.2	80.9	53.3	293	35	24	30
24	Slater Martin S. Martin	176	NBA Finals	13	43.3	13.5	4.2		4.2	13.2	32.0	5.1	7.1	71.7	41.4	563	54		48
25	Mel Counts M. Counts	166	NBA Finals	21	17.0	7.9	6.5	0.9	3.1	6.9	45.8	1.6	2.1	77.3	50.8	356	136	19	77