Most Playoff Wins NBA : LeBron James and the players with the most playoff wins in NBA history

Amulya Shekhar | 23/08/2020
Most Playoff Wins NBA : LeBron James and the players with the most playoff wins in NBA history

Most Playoff Wins NBA : With Lakers’ win vs the Rockets in Game 3 of the Western conference semi-finals, LeBron James now has the most playoff wins in NBA history.

The following is a table of the players who’re top 10 in most playoff wins in NBA history. LeBron James is the only active player in the top 10 among players with the most playoff wins in NBA history.

Rank Player Playoff wins Playoff games played Playoff win %
1 LeBron James 162 243 65.14%
2 Derek Fisher 161 259 62.16%
2 Tim Duncan 157 251 62.55%
4 Robert Horry 155 244 63.52%
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 154 237 64.98%
6 Tony Parker 137 226 60.62%
7 Scottie Pippen 136 208 65.38%
8 Manu Ginobili 135 218 61.93%
9 Kobe Bryant 135 220 61.36%
10 Shaquille O’Neal 129 216 59.72%

This is an interesting list as it contains the Big 3 from the San Antonio Spurs. Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili won a total of 4 championships together. Duncan, who is tied for 2nd on this list with LeBron, won a 5th championship before he was joined by Parker and Ginobili in 1999.

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LeBron James is now number 1 on the lis

The King today climbed to the summit of the list, overtaking Derek Fisher with 162 playoff wins. The Lakers beat Rockets in Game 3 with a strong performance from both LeBron James and Anthony Davis. The Lakers star now has the chance to extend his lead at the top of the table with a win on Thursday

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was the dominant player of the 1970s, is 5th in this list. The greatest center of all time by common consensus has won 64.98% of his matches on the playoff stage. The other Lakers on this list are Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal and #1 Derek Fisher, in addition to Robert Horry. Bryant and Shaq both have more championships than LeBron.

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