Sports quiz
NBA playoff scoring leaders by year (total points)
For every NBA playoffs from 1980 to 2026, name the player who scored the most points in total. These are totals, not per game averages, so long runs count.
- Format
- Type them all
- Items
- 47 answers
- Limit
- 6:00
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Answers
- 47
- Time limit
- 6:00
- Order
- Any order
- Matching
- Case and accents ignored
- Type an answer; it files itself the moment it matches.
- One answer can fill several slots.
- Give up at any time to see what you missed.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name the leader in total playoff points for each year.
| Year | Player | Total and team |
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| 1981 | Not found yet | |
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| Year | Player | Total and team |
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| 1996 | Not found yet | |
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| Year | Player | Total and team |
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| 2012 | Not found yet | |
| 2013 | Not found yet | |
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| 2022 | Not found yet | |
| 2023 | Not found yet | |
| 2024 | Not found yet | |
| 2025 | Not found yet | |
| 2026 | Not found yet |
About this quiz
The leader in total points for each of the 47 postseasons from 1980 to 2026. Because these are totals, the leader almost always comes from a team that went deep. A player fills every year he led.
- Michael Jordan led eight times between 1989 and 1998, more than anyone else in the period.
- Jordan's 759 points in 1992 is the highest total on the list, ahead of LeBron James's 748 in 2018.
- LeBron James led six times with two teams: four with Cleveland and two with Miami.
- The lowest leading total is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 406 in 1983, one fewer than Latrell Sprewell's 407 in 1999.
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