{"id":21333,"date":"2023-04-03T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T13:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wolfgangsport.com\/?p=21333"},"modified":"2023-04-03T13:59:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T02:59:45","slug":"best-nba-playoff-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wolfgangsport.com\/best-nba-playoff-players\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Best NBA Playoff Players of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best NBA playoff players of all time have all locked in their Hall of Fame inductions because of their postseason play. Their playoff performances have also placed some of them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolfgangsport.com\/best-nba-players-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">among the best players of all time.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best NBA Playoff Players<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some greats likes Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing and Allen Iverson are among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolfgangsport.com\/best-8-players-who-never-won-an-nba-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">greatest players never to win an NBA championship<\/a> and they failed to make the list. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We took into consideration the scoring output of each player, number of titles and rosters of the teams they played on. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;ll notice the great Boston Celtics dynasty of the 1960&#8217;s is missing.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While they have more titles than anyone on the list, they had phenomenal teams and all-stars across the board. We&#8217;re looking for individual performances here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s take a look at the best NBA playoff players in history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>10. Kevin Durant<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durant has been nearly impossible to guard one-on-one during his career, and particularly in the postseason. He&#8217;s been to the postseason 11 times, leading the league in playoff scoring five times, and he&#8217;s won two NBA titles and won Finals MVP both times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u2019s averaged 29.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists over 155 career playoff games, and nearly 29 points per game in six playoff trips with the Oklahoma City Thunder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durant is worthy among the list of best NBA playoff players and is already one of the all-time leaders in 35-plus point games in NBA playoff history.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">in celebration of KD&#8217;s return, here are some of his highlights \ud83d\ude01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GDPeQoZ3eO\">pic.twitter.com\/GDPeQoZ3eO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\ude0d \ud835\ude10 \ud835\ude0a \ud835\ude1a (@hussw13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hussw13\/status\/1640556166810943488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>9. Jerry West<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are only two players in NBA history who averaged at least 40 points per game in a postseason. Michael Jordan was one, and Jerry West was the other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West accomplished this in 11 playoff games with the Lakers in 1965, racking up an average of 40.6 points per game. He also averaged at least 30 points per game in seven postseasons, and averaged 29.1 points in 153 playoff games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although he won only one NBA title, he was Finals MVP on the losing team in 1969. Only Michael Jordan and LeBron James have more 40-point playoff games than West, who also averaged 5.8 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wait, these were the plumbers and milkmen y\u2019all were talking about? \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rcLzU2uHSy\">pic.twitter.com\/rcLzU2uHSy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Slam (@slamstudios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slamstudios\/status\/1550253373257023489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>8. Larry Bird<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bird retired third on the all-time playoff scoring list behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jerry West. Over 164 career playoff games, Bird averaged 23.8 points per game. He led the Celtics to five Eastern Conference championships and three NBA titles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, Bird won the Finals MVP twice. His best postseason performance was in 1984, racking up averages of 27 points, 14 rebounds, and four assists per game. He is currently 12<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> all-time in playoff points with 3,897.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Got 3 minutes? Sure you do! Enjoy some more Larry Bird highlights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Zsy0iFm9H\">pic.twitter.com\/9Zsy0iFm9H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Honest\u2618\ufe0fLarry (@HonestLarry1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HonestLarry1\/status\/1600500745362710533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>7. Shaquille O\u2019Neal<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaq is fifth on the list of best NBA playoff players. Winner of four NBA Titles and three Finals MVP awards, O\u2019Neal won a title with the Miami Heat, and three alongside Kobe Bryant with the Lakers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 133 playoff games during that period, Shaq averaged 28.3 points per game. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaq led the league in playoff scoring in 1999-2000 and is fifth<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in career postseason points with 5,250. In addition, O\u2019Neal averaged 11.6 rebounds and 2.7 blocks in the postseason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shaquille O\u2019Neal highlights \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O9WB8diN7a\">pic.twitter.com\/O9WB8diN7a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ThrowbackHoops (@ThrowbackHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThrowbackHoops\/status\/1379459739101261825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>6. Stephen Curry<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curry led the Warriors to their fourth<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> NBA title over the last eight years by single-handedly taking down the Celtics. He&#8217;s scored 3,520 points over 134 playoff games at an average of 26.6 points per game, eighth all time in the postseason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has made the NBA Finals six times over the last eight years and is hitting over 40 percent of his three-point shots in the playoffs. Curry is a threat to score anytime he passes half court. His range and accuracy have transformed the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stephen Curry is the best ball handler in the game has ever seen <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O4imzPCthK\">pic.twitter.com\/O4imzPCthK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tamim Altamimi (@30Tamim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/30Tamim\/status\/1639308619085758477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>5. LeBron James<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only has LeBron James established himself as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolfgangsport.com\/best-nba-players-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best NBA players of all time<\/a>, he\u2019s among the best NBA playoff players in history. He led the Cavaliers to the championship in 2016-17 with one of the weakest NBA Finals teams we&#8217;ve ever seen. The title was also clinched following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolfgangsport.com\/best-blocked-shots-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best blocked shot of all time.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also made four-straight NBA Finals appearances with the Heat and Cavaliers. James has four NBA titles, winning the Finals MVP each time. He\u2019s led the league in postseason scoring three times and has averaged 28.7 points, 9 rebounds and 7.2 assists in 266 playoff games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although James is only 3-6 in the NBA Finals, it\u2019s hardly due to his production as one of the very best playoff performers ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LeBron James\u2019 best chase down blocks of his career! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c7ur6rhXeW\">pic.twitter.com\/c7ur6rhXeW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ThrowbackHoops (@ThrowbackHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThrowbackHoops\/status\/1324080650106728448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>4. Kobe Bryant<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over an NBA career that spanned two decades, Bryant played in 220 postseason games, ranking in the top ten in NBA history. He won five NBA titles and was Finals MVP twice. Bryant is fourth all-time with 5,640 playoff points and averaging 25.6 points per game in the postseason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He led the league in postseason scoring three times and also averaged 5.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. Only LeBron James and Michael Jordan have more postseasons with at least 450 points than Bryant\u2019s seven.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kobe Bryant\u2019s top 40 dunks!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBADunkWeek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBADunkWeek<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iGU3yGTMG7\">pic.twitter.com\/iGU3yGTMG7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ballislife\/status\/1153398167771197445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Tim Duncan<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A winner of five NBA titles and three NBA Finals MVP honors, Duncan was the main reason the Spurs became an NBA dynasty for nearly 20 seasons. Duncan was hardly flashy, but his consistency was unmatched.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is currently sixth all time in postseason points with 5,172 and averaged nearly 21 points and 11.4 rebounds in 251 postseason games. He averaged over 20 points and 10 rebounds per postseason in nine consecutive playoff runs.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I feel like the timeline could use some Tim Duncan highlights right now <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x3Pwaluf9X\">pic.twitter.com\/x3Pwaluf9X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc6a\ud835\udc90\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc86 \ud83c\udf29 (@Three_Cone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Three_Cone\/status\/1340837484889042946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA titles and played in an incredible 237 playoff games, the equivalent of nearly three full NBA seasons. He averaged 24.3 points per game and if you exclude his last three playoff years when he was 39 to 41 years old, the numbers increased to 27.3 points per contest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdul-Jabbar\u2019s trademark sky hook was devastating and he retired as the all-time leading playoff scorer with 5,762 points. In addition, he averaged 10.5 rebounds and 2.4 blocked shots in postseason play.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">O gancho do Kareem Abdul-Jabbar era lindo demais \ud83e\udd24\ud83e\udd24\ud83e\udd24\ud83e\udd24\ud83e\udd24<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a4AFkkMVT2\">pic.twitter.com\/a4AFkkMVT2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Camisa 23 | NBA (@camisa_23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/camisa_23\/status\/1641802531985842176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>1. Michael Jordan<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordan simply dominated the postseason like no other player in NBA history. Not only is he the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolfgangsport.com\/best-nba-players-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best NBA player of all time<\/a>. Jordan won six titles with the Chicago Bulls, winning Finals MVP each time and is the best NBA playoff player of all time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a habit of delivering when it mattered most, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolfgangsport.com\/the-10-best-plays-in-nba-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the best play in NBA history<\/a> belongs to Michael Jordan. His final shot for the Chicago Bulls was a clutch game-winner to clinch the 1998 NBA Finals, after stealing the ball from Utah&#8217;s Karl Malone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordan averaged at least 30 points per game in the playoffs 11 times, and retired with the NBA leader in playoff points scored with 5,987. LeBron James now holds that mark, but Jordan\u2019s scoring average in the postseason of 33.4 points per game is second to none. A complete player, Jordan also averaged 6.4 rebounds, 5.7 assists, and 2.1 steals per game in the playoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"sv\">Michael Jordan | Rim attack \ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BullsNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BullsNation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C6ISpUQZnV\">pic.twitter.com\/C6ISpUQZnV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Jordan Rules (@Rules23Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rules23Jordan\/status\/1639216372415893505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best NBA playoff players of all time have all locked in their Hall of Fame inductions because of their postseason play. Their playoff performances have also placed some of them among the best players of all time.\u00a0 Best NBA Playoff Players Some greats likes Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing and Allen Iverson are&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolfgangsport.com\/best-nba-playoff-players\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">10 Best NBA Playoff Players of All Time<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>10 Best NBA Playoff Players of All Time - WOLFGANGSPORT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolfgangsport.com\/best-nba-playoff-players\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 Best NBA Playoff Players of All Time - WOLFGANGSPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The best NBA playoff players of all time have all locked in their Hall of Fame inductions because of their postseason play. 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