NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Top 10 Playoff Leaders and Records for Games
Active players are listed in bold
* Indicates member of the Hall of Fame.
Year | Lg | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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2024 | NBA | 6 tied (22) | D. Exum (21), D. Lively (21) | 8 tied (19) | |||||||
2023 | NBA | B. Adebayo (23), K. Lowry (23), C. Martin (23), D. Robinson (23), M. Strus (23) | J. Butler (22), G. Vincent (22) | C. Zeller (21) | 14 tied (20) | ||||||
2022 | NBA | J. Brown (24), P. Pritchard (24), J. Tatum (24), G. Williams (24) | A. Horford (23), D. White (23) | 6 tied (22) | |||||||
2021 | NBA | P. Connaughton (23), J. Holiday (23), B. Lopez (23), K. Middleton (23), P. Tucker (23) | 6 tied (22) | ||||||||
2020 | NBA | 12 tied (21) | |||||||||
2019 | NBA | 7 tied (24) | N. Powell (23) | S. Curry (22), D. Green (22), S. Livingston (22), A. McKinnie (22) | |||||||
2018 | NBA | J. Green (22), L. James (22), K. Korver (22), J. Smith (22) | 6 tied (21) | ||||||||
2017 | NBA | 12 tied (18) | |||||||||
2016 | NBA | H. Barnes (24), A. Iguodala (24), S. Livingston (24), M. Speights (24), K. Thompson (24) | L. Barbosa (23), F. Ezeli (23), D. Green (23) | A. Bogut (22) | 6 tied (21) | ||||||
2015 | NBA | 7 tied (21) | 7 tied (20) | ||||||||
2014 | NBA | 9 tied (23) | M. Bonner (22) | ||||||||
2013 | NBA | R. Allen* (23), C. Bosh* (23), M. Chalmers (23), L. James (23) | S. Battier (22), U. Haslem (22), D. Wade* (22) | 7 tied (21) | |||||||
2012 | NBA | S. Battier (23), M. Chalmers (23), L. James (23), M. Miller (23), D. Wade* (23) | U. Haslem (22) | 14 tied (20) | |||||||
2011 | NBA | 12 tied (21) | |||||||||
2010 | NBA | 6 tied (24) | 10 tied (23) | ||||||||
2009 | NBA | M. Gortat (24), R. Lewis (24), M. Piétrus (24), H. Türkoğlu (24) | 8 tied (23) | ||||||||
2008 | NBA | R. Allen* (26), K. Garnett* (26), P. Pierce* (26), J. Posey (26), R. Rondo (26) | P. Brown (25), K. Perkins (25) | L. Powe (23) | 10 tied (21) | ||||||
2007 | NBA | 14 tied (20) | |||||||||
2006 | NBA | 8 tied (23) | D. Diop (22), U. Haslem (22), J. Posey (22), J. Stackhouse (22), J. Terry (22) | ||||||||
2005 | NBA | 7 tied (25) | 7 tied (23) | ||||||||
2004 | NBA | 6 tied (23) | 10 tied (22) | ||||||||
2003 | NBA | 7 tied (24) | D. Robinson* (23) | 11 tied (20) | |||||||
2002 | NBA | 8 tied (20) | 9 tied (19) | ||||||||
2001 | NBA | 6 tied (23) | A. Iverson* (22) | 8 tied (18) | |||||||
2000 | NBA | 13 tied (23) | |||||||||
1999 | NBA | 7 tied (20) | C. Dudley (18) | 7 tied (17) | |||||||
1998 | NBA | 7 tied (21) | 8 tied (20) | ||||||||
1997 | NBA | 9 tied (20) | 8 tied (19) | ||||||||
1996 | NBA | F. Brickowski (21), H. Hawkins (21), G. Payton* (21), S. Perkins (21), D. Schrempf (21) | S. Kemp (20) | V. Askew (19), N. McMillan (19) | 16 tied (18) | ||||||
1995 | NBA | 6 tied (22) | 7 tied (21) | ||||||||
1994 | NBA | 6 tied (25) | 8 tied (23) | ||||||||
1993 | NBA | 6 tied (24) | R. Dumas (23), K. Johnson (23) | F. Johnson (22) | 17 tied (19) | ||||||
1992 | NBA | 8 tied (22) | 7 tied (21) | ||||||||
1991 | NBA | V. Divac* (19), A. Green (19), M. Johnson* (19), S. Perkins (19) | L. Drew (18), B. Scott (18), T. Teagle (18), J. Worthy* (18) | 9 tied (17) | |||||||
1990 | NBA | 6 tied (21) | 8 tied (20) | ||||||||
1989 | NBA | 15 tied (17) | |||||||||
1988 | NBA | 7 tied (24) | 8 tied (23) | ||||||||
1987 | NBA | L. Bird* (23), D. Daye (23), D. Johnson* (23), J. Sichting (23) | K. McHale* (21), R. Parish* (21) | D. Ainge (20), G. Kite (20), F. Roberts (20) | 7 tied (18) | ||||||
1986 | NBA | 7 tied (20) | 6 tied (18) | ||||||||
1985 | NBA | D. Ainge (21), D. Johnson* (21), K. McHale* (21), R. Parish* (21), S. Wedman (21) | L. Bird* (20), C. Maxwell (20) | 8 tied (19) | |||||||
1984 | NBA | 6 tied (23) | D. Johnson* (22) | K. Abdul-Jabbar* (21), M. Cooper* (21), M. Johnson* (21), K. Rambis (21), J. Worthy* (21) | |||||||
1983 | NBA | K. Abdul-Jabbar* (15), M. Cooper* (15), M. Johnson* (15), K. Rambis (15), J. Wilkes* (15) | N. Nixon (14) | M. Cheeks* (13), J. Erving* (13), M. Iavaroni (13), M. Malone* (13), C. Richardson (13) | |||||||
1982 | NBA | 8 tied (21) | 7 tied (14) | ||||||||
1981 | NBA | T. Henderson (21), M. Malone* (21), B. Paultz (21), R. Reid (21) | M. Dunleavy (20) | C. Murphy* (19), B. Willoughby (19) | 9 tied (17) | ||||||
1980 | NBA | 7 tied (18) | S. Mix (17) | 6 tied (16) | |||||||
1979 | NBA | 6 tied (19) | C. Johnson (18), L. Wright (18) | 7 tied (17) | |||||||
1978 | NBA | 7 tied (22) | 6 tied (21) | ||||||||
1977 | NBA | 12 tied (19) | |||||||||
1976 | NBA | 8 tied (19) | 6 tied (18) | ||||||||
1976 | ABA | 13 tied (13) | |||||||||
1975 | NBA | 14 tied (17) | |||||||||
1975 | ABA | D. Buse (18), L. Elmore (18), K. Joyce (18), B. Knight (18), G. McGinnis* (18) | D. Hillman (17), B. Keller (17) | 7 tied (15) | |||||||
1974 | NBA | 7 tied (18) | K. Abdul-Jabbar* (16), B. Dandridge* (16), C. Perry (16), O. Robertson* (16), C. Warner (16) | ||||||||
1974 | ABA | R. Boone (18), G. Govan (18), J. Jones (18), W. Wise (18) | R. Mount (16) | J. Neumann (15), B. Seals (15) | 13 tied (14) | ||||||
1973 | NBA | 14 tied (17) | |||||||||
1973 | ABA | 6 tied (19) | M. Daniels* (18), D. Freeman (18), D. Hillman (18), F. Lewis (18), G. McGinnis* (18) | ||||||||
1972 | NBA | 7 tied (16) | 6 tied (15) | ||||||||
1972 | ABA | 8 tied (20) | B. Paultz (19), O. Taylor (19) | ||||||||
1971 | NBA | F. Carter (18), J. Marin (18), E. Monroe* (18), J. Tresvant (18), W. Unseld* (18) | K. Loughery (17) | D. Murrey (16) | G. Zeller (15) | 8 tied (14) | |||||
1971 | ABA | 8 tied (19) | 6 tied (18) | ||||||||
1970 | NBA | 7 tied (19) | 6 tied (18) | ||||||||
1970 | ABA | 6 tied (17) | A. Anderson (16) | A. Becker (15), R. Brown* (15), M. Daniels* (15), B. Keller (15), B. Netolicky (15) | |||||||
1969 | NBA | 13 tied (18) | |||||||||
1969 | ABA | 6 tied (17) | 10 tied (16) | ||||||||
1968 | NBA | 6 tied (19) | T. Thacker (17) | W. Embry* (16) | 7 tied (15) | ||||||
1968 | ABA | 7 tied (17) | A. Heyman (15), J. Jarvis (15), C. Vaughn (15), T. Washington (15), C. Williams (15) | ||||||||
1967 | NBA | 14 tied (15) | |||||||||
1966 | NBA | 7 tied (17) | 6 tied (14) | ||||||||
1965 | NBA | 8 tied (12) | 13 tied (11) | ||||||||
1964 | NBA | 13 tied (12) | |||||||||
1963 | NBA | 14 tied (13) | |||||||||
1962 | NBA | 7 tied (14) | 7 tied (13) | ||||||||
1961 | NBA | 14 tied (12) | |||||||||
1960 | NBA | 6 tied (14) | 8 tied (13) | ||||||||
1959 | NBA | 9 tied (13) | 8 tied (11) | ||||||||
1958 | NBA | 14 tied (11) | |||||||||
1957 | NBA | 17 tied (10) | |||||||||
1956 | NBA | 17 tied (10) | |||||||||
1955 | NBA | 18 tied (11) | |||||||||
1954 | NBA | 15 tied (13) | |||||||||
1953 | NBA | 8 tied (12) | 8 tied (11) | ||||||||
1952 | NBA | 6 tied (14) | 7 tied (13) | ||||||||
1951 | NBA | 14 tied (14) | |||||||||
1950 | NBA | 7 tied (12) | 8 tied (11) | ||||||||
1949 | BAA | 6 tied (11) | 8 tied (10) | ||||||||
1948 | BAA | 6 tied (13) | H. Beenders (12) | 8 tied (11) | |||||||
1947 | BAA | 6 tied (11) | 8 tied (10) |
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