Chris Paul’s Playoff Record

Chris Paul is a basketball point guard for the San Antonio Spurs as of October 2024. He was born on May 6, 1985, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and attended West Forsyth High School. In 2003, he enrolled at Wake Forest University and entered the NBA Draft after his sophomore year in 2005. He was drafted as the fourth overall pick by the New Orleans Hornets (Pelicans) in the 2005 NBA draft. As of October 2024, he has played with six more teams, including LA Clippers (2011-17), Houston Rockets (2017-19), Oklahoma City Thunder (2019-20), Phoenix Suns(2020-23) and Golden State Warriors (2023-24). The latter let him go in June 2024, and the Spurs signed him the following month.

Paul has already won two gold medals at the Olympics, been awarded the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player and NBA Rookie of the Year, led the NBA in assists five times and established six records. Also, he was chosen for nine NBA All-Defensive teams, 12 NBA All-Star teams, and 11 All-NBA teams. As of October 25, 2024, he has played in 1,273 games and started 1,233 of them, earning an average of 17.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 9.3 assists, 2.1 steals, and an 87% free throw percentage.

What is Chris Paul’s playoff record?

As per Basketball Reference, Chris Paul has played 149 playoff games, winning 76 and losing 73 with 56 double-doubles and 3 triple-doubles as of October 2024. He has averaged 20 points, 8.3 assists, and 4.9 rebounds, shooting 48.4% from the field and 37.3% from three.

Paul has been to the conference finals twice, the first in 2018 with the Houston Rockets against the Golden State Warriors, but lost. He averaged 19.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 4.6 assists. He reached his first NBA Finals in 2021 with the Phoenix Suns but lost to the Milwaukee Bucks. He averaged 19.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 8.6 assists.

Chris Paul’s playoff record is as follows:

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008	New Orleans	12	12	40.5	0.502	0	1	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	24.1
2009	New Orleans	5	5	40.2	0	0	1	4.4	10.4	1.6	0	16.6
2011	New Orleans	6	6	41.7	1	0	1	6.7	11.5	2	0	22
2012	L.A. Clippers	11	11	38.5	0.427	0.333	0.872	5.1	7.9	2.7	0.1	17.6
2013	L.A. Clippers	6	6	37.3	0.533	0	0.892	4	6.3	1.8	0	22.8
2014	L.A. Clippers	13	13	36	0	0	1	4	10	3	0	20
2015	L.A. Clippers	12	12	37.1	0.503	0.415	0.941	4.4	8.8	1.8	0.3	22.1
2016	L.A. Clippers	4	4	31.3	0.487	0.3	1	4	7.3	2.3	0	23.8
2017	L.A. Clippers	7	7	37.1	0.496	0.368	0.879	5	9.9	1.7	0.1	25.3
2018	Houston	15	15	34.5	0.459	0.374	0.83	5.9	5.8	2	0.3	21.1
2019	Houston	11	11	36.1	0.446	0.27	0.844	6.4	5.5	2.2	0.6	17
2020	Oklahoma City	7	7	37	0	0.372	0.885	7.4	5.3	1.6	0.4	21.3
2021	Phoenix	20	20	34.2	0.497	0.446	0.877	3.5	8.6	1.2	0.2	19.2
2022	Phoenix	13	13	34.5	0.561	0.388	0.946	4.2	8.3	1.5	0.2	17.5
2023	Phoenix	7	7	35.8	0.418	0.321	0.5	5	7.4	1.7	0.7	12.4
Career		149	149	36.5	0.484	0.373	0.854	4.9	8.3	1.9	0.2	20

Paul's career highs in the playoffs were several, including in 2011 with the Hornets, when he averaged 41.7 minutes per game, 11.5 assists, and a 3-point shooting average of 47.4%. In 2014, his career-high steals were 2.8 with the Clippers, and in 2016, he had a 100% free-throw percentage. The following year, with the Clippers again, he had his career-high points of 25.3 average. In 2021, with the Suns, he played and started 20 games, and in 2022 and 2023, he had a field goal percentage of 56.1 in the former and 0.7 blocks in the latter, both career highs.