List of National Basketball Association career playoff scoring leaders
Scoring leaders
Table:
Rank

Player

Position(s)

Playoff team(s) played for (years)[3]

Total
points

Games
played

Points
per game
average[4]

Field goals
made

Three-point
field goals
made[5]

Free throws
made

1

LeBron James^

SF/PF

Cleveland Cavaliers (2006–2010, 2015–2018)
Miami Heat (2011–2014)

6,911

239

28.9

2,457

370

1,627

2

Michael Jordan*

SG/SF

Chicago Bulls (1985–1993, 1995–1998)

5,987

179

33.4

2,188

148

1,463

3

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*[6]

C

Milwaukee Bucks (1970–1974)
Los Angeles Lakers (1977–1989)

5,762

237

24.3

2,356

0

1,050

4

Kobe Bryant†

SG/SF

Los Angeles Lakers (1997–2004, 2006–2012)

5,640

220

25.6

2,014

292

1,320

5

Shaquille O'Neal*

C

Orlando Magic (1994–1996)
Los Angeles Lakers (1997–2004)
Miami Heat (2005–2007)
Phoenix Suns (2008)
Cleveland Cavaliers (2010)
Boston Celtics (2011)

5,250

216

24.3

2,041

0

1,168

6

Tim Duncan†

PF/C

San Antonio Spurs (1998–1999, 2001–2016)

5,172

251

20.6

1,975

5

1,217

7

Karl Malone*

PF

Utah Jazz (1986–2003)
Los Angeles Lakers (2004)

4,761

193

24.7

1,743

6

1,269

8

Jerry West*

PG/SG

Los Angeles Lakers (1961–1970, 1972–1974)

4,457

153

29.1

1,622

0

1,213

9

Tony Parker^

PG

San Antonio Spurs (2002–2018)

4,045

226

17.9

1,613

119

700

10

Dwyane Wade^

SG

Miami Heat (2004–2007, 2009–2014, 2016, 2018)
Chicago Bulls (2017)

3,954

177

22.3

1,450

103

951

11

Larry Bird*

SF/PF

Boston Celtics (1980–1988, 1990–1992)

3,897

164

23.8

1,458

80

901

12

John Havlicek*

SF/SG

Boston Celtics (1963–1969, 1972–1977)

3,776

172

22.0

1,451

0

874

13

Hakeem Olajuwon*[7]

C

Houston Rockets (1985–1991, 1993–1999)
Toronto Raptors (2002)

3,755

145

25.9

1,504

4

743

14

Magic Johnson*

PG

Los Angeles Lakers (1980–1991, 1996)

3,701

190

19.5

1,291

51

1,068

15

Dirk Nowitzki^

PF

Dallas Mavericks (2001–2012, 2014–2016)

3,663

145

25.3

1,220

149

1,074

16

Kevin Durant^

SF

Oklahoma City Thunder (2010–2014, 2016)
Golden State Warriors (2017–2018)

3,656

127

28.8

1,238

269

911

17

Scottie Pippen*

SF

Chicago Bulls (1988–1998)
Houston Rockets (1999)
Portland Trail Blazers (2000–2003)

3,642

208

17.5

1,335

200

772

18

Elgin Baylor*

SF

Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers (1959–1970)

3,623

134

27.0

1,388

0

847

19

Wilt Chamberlain*

C

Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors (1960–1962, 1964)
Philadelphia 76ers (1965–1968)
Los Angeles Lakers (1969–1973)

3,607

160

22.5

1,425

0

757

20

Kevin McHale*

PF

Boston Celtics (1981–1993)

3,182

169

18.8

1,204

8

766

21

Paul Pierce†

SF/SG

Boston Celtics (2002–2005, 2008–2013)
Brooklyn Nets (2014)
Washington Wizards (2015)
Los Angeles Clippers (2016–2017)

3,180

170

18.7

1,022

276

860

22

Dennis Johnson*

PG

Seattle SuperSonics (1978–1980)
Phoenix Suns (1981–1983)
Boston Celtics (1984–1990)

3,116

180

17.3

1,167

26

756

23

Julius Erving*

SF

Philadelphia 76ers (1977–1987)

3,088

141

21.9

1,187

7

707

24

Manu Ginóbili†

SG

San Antonio Spurs (2003–2008, 2010–2018)

3,054

218

14.0

956

324

818

25

James Worthy*

SF

Los Angeles Lakers (1984–1991, 1993)

3,022

143

21.1

1,267

14

474

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