Brunson joins some illustrious company with his performance this playoffs.

1972 Jerry West 344 pts / 22.9 ppg

1991 Michael Jordan 529 pts / 31.1 ppg

1992 Michael Jordan 759 pts / 34.5 ppg

1993 Michael Jordan 666 pts / 35.1 ppg

1995 Hakeem Olajuwon 725 pts / 33.0 ppg

1997 Michael Jordan 590 pts / 31.1 ppg

1998 Michael Jordan 680 pts / 32.4 ppg

2000 Shaquille O’Neal 707 pts / 30.7 ppg

2012 LeBron James 697 pts / 30.3 ppg

2026 Jalen Brunson 539 pts / 28.4 ppg

Brunson also has the lowest minutes per game (36.1) on the list thanks to sitting a few 4th quarters.

batman77-

82 | 11 hours ago

Do you mean just ppg? Shai had the most points last year

FKJVMMP | MIL

54 | 11 hours ago

Definitely means PPG. 2021 Giannis was only 7th in PPG but had the most points by a pretty comfortable margin. Doncic had the highest PPG but was only 19th in total points because he lost in the first round.

BritzBeef

8 | 11 hours ago

Just seems like the list is more predicated on somebody not having 30+ PPG while being eliminated in the first round then, 28.4 PPG is pretty low to lead the playoffs with.

Parallel-Quality

15 | 10 hours ago

SGA was third in PPG behind Giannis and Luka, but that really isn’t fair to him since they both only played 5 games.

He averaged 30 PPG for the playoffs while playing 23 games.

He scored 536 more points than Luka, which is the same as what Brunson scored in his entire run (539).

Ramzaa_ | OKC

7 | 9 hours ago

That last stat is a wild one lmao

EliachTCQ | Celtics

23 | 11 hours ago

Jordan ‘93 is diabolical

Dooraven | Lakers Bandwagon

31 | 11 hours ago

entire list is just MJ being half of it. He’s unquestionably the greatest scorer of all time

JigglesTheBiggles | Heat

-29 | 9 hours ago

Can’t be the greatest scorer if you can’t hit threes.

Wayne61 | Cavaliers

21 | 9 hours ago

this is a silly comment

lkn240 | Bulls

7 | 6 hours ago

MJ shot over 38% in the postseason every single year of the first threepeat.

Whoops

Also you certainly can’t be the greatest scorer if you can’t shoot from midrange.

JigglesTheBiggles | Heat

-12 | 6 hours ago

How many attemps lol

i7ive4thedrop | Nuggets

6 | 6 hours ago

Who is your greatest scorer?

Parking_Net4440

1 | 4 hours ago

Where do we go as NBA fans if we start doing “Well Ackshully” to Michael Jeffrey Jordan

Plenty-Tradition4044 | Bulls

2 | 6 hours ago

yawn

Downtown-Garbage-649

0 | 5 hours ago

“Clyde Drexler is a better three point shooter than I choose to be.”

Manymarbles

3 | 9 hours ago

I see what you did and why there lol

Tight-Inspector-2748

17 | 11 hours ago

There’s no way Kobe isn’t on that list

Pickleskennedy1

37 | 11 hours ago

He isn’t. He was second in 2009 behind LeBron, third in 2010

Dangerous_Donkey5353

8 | 11 hours ago

Damn thats crazy. Never would have thought he wasn’t number 1 in either of those years.

markmyredd | Minneapolis Lakers

8 | 10 hours ago

Lakers used him a lot as a decoy to create opportunities for others in 09 and 10. Which was very effective.

Contrary to popular belief Kobe will defer to teammates but only if they are good. haha

_Meece_ | Lakers

8 | 10 hours ago

No.. that’s not the case at all. Kobe averaged 30 ppg for both of those runs.

Dangerous_Donkey5353

2 | 10 hours ago

Oh yeah the kobe is a chucker stems from 3 yrs where he played on a jv team.

Idk but being the all time assist leader for his positions kinda disqualified any conversation around him not being a willing passer.

IRanOutOf_Names | Heat

1 | 10 hours ago

I mean 09 Bron makes sense, 10 is interesting though.

_Meece_ | Lakers

-1 | 9 hours ago

He’s Number 1 for 2010. Marking two 1 series players as higher is silly.

IRanOutOf_Names | Heat

1 | 7 hours ago

I mean yes, but then you add a ton of names to the list as the restrictions go down. Also, the Cavs lost in the 2nd round not the 1st in 2010.

_Meece_ | Lakers

3 | 10 hours ago

Not really 3rd. Wade and Melo played 1 series worth of 5 games, Wade with 33 ppg in 5 games and Melo with 30ppg in 6 games.

Kobe had 29.8 ppg in 23 games.

valgatiag [OP] | Knicks

6 | 11 hours ago

Good call - he led in total points in 09 and 10, but LeBron and Wade led in ppg.

Tight-Inspector-2748

5 | 11 hours ago

Yeah it seemed like your list was showing who led in total points, then what their ppg happened to be

_Meece_ | Lakers

1 | 10 hours ago

Kobe led in PPG in 2010 too. Wade and Melo, not Bron. They played 5 and 6 games. Kobe played 23.

alaspoorbidlol

6 | 11 hours ago

Yea something about this list just feels off

Awanderingleaf

-1 | 11 hours ago

Kobe didn’t score a shit ton of points in the 2010 finals due to it being an overall low scoring series with absurd defense. LeBron was basically a one man offensive show that entire playoff run.

_Meece_ | Lakers

5 | 10 hours ago

Lebron was below Kobe in 2010 and that’s not really the case at all

Dymatizeee | Knicks

13 | 10 hours ago

MJ and Hakeem WTF are those numbers

sorendiz | HOU

6 | 9 hours ago

Hakeem doing that while being at worst a top 3 defender of all time

MumrikDK

3 | 6 hours ago

31PPG and up is just 5 Jordans and a Hakeem wrecking the 90s.

p_pio

9 | 11 hours ago

You missed quite a few. There’s at least 5 examples, I found just checking quickly:

- Joe Fulks did it in literally first season when it was still BAA.

- Mikan did it 3-5 times (per game - total).

- Arizin did it in 1956.

spaceshiploser | Bucks

6 | 11 hours ago

Missing a lot of runs on here. Is it total points scored or highest PPG?

_Meece_ | Lakers

4 | 10 hours ago

Using PPG for this stat was just bad.

Should be total points, as the varying amount of games played makes the stat pointless to compare.

Kobe is the leading scorer of the 2010 playoffs. But basing it under PPG has him 3rd, behind 2 guys bounced in the first round.

lkn240 | Bulls

5 | 6 hours ago

Total points is bad since teams can play pretty different numbers of games.

PPG with some kind of minimum number of games is probably a decent compromise

i7ive4thedrop | Nuggets

3 | 10 hours ago

For those curious about Kobe:

2001: 471 pts // 29.4 ppg (T-Mac 33.8 - 4 games)
2009: 695 pts // 30.2 ppg (LeBron 35.3 - 14 games)
2010: 671 pts // 29.2 ppg (Wade 33.2 - 5 games)

Manymarbles

3 | 9 hours ago

I am surprised Jordan isnt there 6 times

LeonidasSpacemanMD

2 | 9 hours ago

I’m kinda shocked 22.9 ppg led the league

Altruistic_Knee2044 | Celtics

1 | 11 hours ago

Isn’t this just a list of championship winners who took the most shot attempts in a playoff run?

I guess the Shaq/jordan/bron ones were probably not the most attempts because they were pretty efficient.

Awanderingleaf

2 | 11 hours ago

Definitely the case with Brunson. He had a 7-25 and 12-31 shooting game in two of their finals games lol. He played more games and took more shots in those games than anyone else so by default he had a good chance of doing it.

Kapedcrusader69

1 | 11 hours ago

Surprised that KD or Kawhi didn’t do this in their title years

mathis4losers | Knicks

1 | 11 hours ago

Brunson’s play and the Knicks performance really is starting some interesting conversations we weren’t thinking we would have.

Mr_E_Nigma_Solver | Tampa Bay Raptors

1 | 10 hours ago

Rarified air.

MumrikDK

1 | 6 hours ago

One of those many times where you see Jordan listed and the actual details have to make you chuckle.

VanGrants | Knicks

1 | 4 hours ago

um yeah ill take Brunson over all those bums

ExleyPearce | LAL

1 | 3 hours ago

1995 Hakeem was just unstoppable on both ends.

Gryll79 | Lakers

1 | 32 minutes ago

1996, MJ led as well

Players who won a championship while leading the playoffs in scoring: Jerry West, MJ, Hakeem, Shaq, LeBron, Jalen Brunson