1978 NBA Playoffs: Total Points Leaders
Information about which players led the NBA with more total points in the 1978 Playoffs, including leaders, average, totals and games played.
Who had the most total points in the 1978 Playoffs?
Playing for the Washington Bullets, Elvin Hayes led the NBA with a total of 457 points in 21 games.
Total Points Leaders - TOP 50
1978 Playoffs
| Points | ||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 1 | (Bullets) |
457 | 21.8 | 21 |
| 2 | (Supersonics) |
403 | 18.3 | 22 |
| 3 | (Bullets) |
402 | 21.2 | 19 |
| 4 | (Supersonics) |
381 | 17.3 | 22 |
| 5 | (Supersonics) |
355 | 16.1 | 22 |
| 6 | (Supersonics) |
354 | 16.1 | 22 |
| 7 | (Nuggets) |
328 | 25.2 | 13 |
| 8 | (Bullets) |
325 | 15.5 | 21 |
| 9 | (Supersonics) |
301 | 13.7 | 22 |
| 10 | (Nuggets) |
262 | 20.2 | 13 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 11 | (Supersonics) |
222 | 10.1 | 22 |
| 12 | (76ers) |
218 | 21.8 | 10 |
| 13 | (Bucks) |
216 | 24.0 | 9 |
| 14 | (Bullets) |
215 | 10.2 | 21 |
| 15 | (Bullets) |
213 | 10.1 | 21 |
| 16 | (Nuggets) |
212 | 16.3 | 13 |
| 17 | (76ers) |
204 | 20.4 | 10 |
| 18 | (Bullets) |
202 | 9.6 | 21 |
| 19 | (Spurs) |
199 | 33.2 | 6 |
| 20 | (Bucks) |
184 | 20.4 | 9 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 21 | (Bullets) |
171 | 8.1 | 21 |
| 22 | (Bullets) |
169 | 9.4 | 18 |
| 23 | (Nuggets) |
166 | 12.8 | 13 |
| 24 | (76ers) |
161 | 16.1 | 10 |
| 25 | (76ers) |
147 | 14.7 | 10 |
| 26 | (Knicks) |
143 | 23.8 | 6 |
| 27 | (76ers) |
136 | 13.6 | 10 |
| 28 | (Bucks) |
121 | 13.4 | 9 |
| 29 | (Nuggets) |
120 | 9.2 | 13 |
| 30 | (Bucks) |
116 | 12.9 | 9 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 31 | (Supersonics) |
107 | 4.9 | 22 |
| 32 | (Spurs) |
106 | 17.7 | 6 |
| 33 | (Knicks) |
105 | 17.5 | 6 |
| 34 | (Trail Blazers) |
103 | 17.2 | 6 |
| 35 | (Nuggets) |
102 | 7.8 | 13 |
| 36 | (Bucks) |
101 | 11.2 | 9 |
| 37 | (Trail Blazers) |
100 | 16.7 | 6 |
| 38 | (Knicks) |
97 | 16.2 | 6 |
| 39 | (Bucks) |
94 | 10.4 | 9 |
| 40 | (Supersonics) |
93 | 4.7 | 20 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 41 | (Trail Blazers) |
91 | 15.2 | 6 |
| 42 | (76ers) |
86 | 8.6 | 10 |
(Trail Blazers) |
86 | 14.3 | 6 | |
| 44 | (Lakers) |
81 | 27.0 | 3 |
| 45 | (Bullets) |
74 | 3.9 | 19 |
| 46 | (Nuggets) |
73 | 5.6 | 13 |
| 47 | (Bucks) |
70 | 7.8 | 9 |
| 48 | (Spurs) |
69 | 11.5 | 6 |
(Trail Blazers) |
69 | 11.5 | 6 | |
| 50 | (Knicks) |
66 | 11.0 | 6 |