NBA All-Time Scoring List: Top 10 Scorers of All-Time in NBA Playoffs History

#3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, also called (until 1971) Lew Alcindor, byname of Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, dominated the game throughout the 1970s and early ’80s.

In 1975 he was traded to Los Angeles Lakers (from the Milwaukee Bucks), who later went on to win the NBA championship in 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1988. He is the all-time regular season leading scorer in the NBA with 38,387 points, along with most games played appearing in 1,560 matchups.

By the time his career ended, he was leading the NBA in terms of most field goals made (15,837), and most minutes played (57,446) as well. With 6 rings (1 with the Bucks and 5 with the Lakers) and 6 regular season MVP awards headlining his basketball resume, Kareem has set the bar for professional basketball in the years to come.

As far as his playoffs record goes, he had 5,762 points in 237 post-season games topping it off with 2 NBA Finals MVPs twice (in 1971 and 1985).