Between the 1979-80 and 1987-88 seasons, Wayne Gretzky recorded the most points in the playoffs, with 252 points.

most playoff points by a player from 1979-80 to 1987-88

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	252	120	81	171	+89	56	23	51	10	14	16	2	462	17.5
2	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	169	117	79	90	+88	77	16	28	6	7	10	2	341	23.2
3	Mark Messier M. Messier	157	119	66	91	+55	131	14	31	10	1	6	0	348	19.0
4	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	148	112	77	71	+26	34	33	40	0	0	15	1	382	20.2
5	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	145	117	64	81	+37	245	16	23	0	0	10	3	349	18.3
6	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	141	129	58	83	+31	189	18	34	4	4	9	1	329	17.6
7	Bobby Smith B. Smith	115	122	43	72	-13	134	16	33	0	0	7	1	325	13.2
8	Ken Linseman K. Linseman	111	103	41	70	+47	303	9	18	2	2	10	1	241	17.0
9	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	106	126	34	72	+41	157	21	40	1	5	5	1	372	9.1
10	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	103	94	36	67	+65	167	11	22	3	1	6	0	288	12.5
11	John Tonelli J. Tonelli	99	134	36	63	+30	174	4	7	0	0	7	1	248	14.5
12	Brian Propp B. Propp	89	98	38	51	+21	107	13	17	2	1	6	0	313	12.1
13	Bernie Federko B. Federko	87	77	30	57	-17	81	11	22	0	0	4	1	153	19.6
14	Denis Savard D. Savard	81	63	38	43	+3	136	13	17	1	0	4	0	204	18.6
15	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	81	64	24	57	+3	96	11	19	1	0	5	3	118	20.3
16	Bob Bourne B. Bourne	81	105	34	47	+23	92	9	11	5	4	5	1	215	15.8
17	Mats Naslund M. Naslund	74	73	29	45	+8	27	15	19	1	0	8	2	154	18.8
18	Paul Reinhart P. Reinhart	72	76	21	51	-21	38	10	30	2	1	0	0	163	12.9
19	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	72	72	31	41	+10	17	7	7	3	4	4	0	143	21.7
20	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	70	77	15	55	+35	85	2	20	0	2	3	0	285	5.3
21	Butch Goring B. Goring	70	104	29	41	+30	26	7	6	2	4	5	0	157	18.5
22	Steve Payne S. Payne	70	71	35	35	-17	60	13	13	0	0	9	3	236	14.8
23	Clark Gillies C. Gillies	69	105	34	35	+13	194	11	13	0	0	5	1	216	15.7
24	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	64	66	34	30	-12	98	14	9	2	0	2	0	201	16.9
25	Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	61	79	12	49	-19	178	6	25	0	1	0	0	211	5.7