No player's resume is complete until he's strutted his stuff in the playoffs. 

You've all heard that familiar refrain before. It was the knock on LeBron James before he won a pair of titles with the Miami Heat, and it's continued to plague Chris Paul despite his fantastic individual numbers in all portions of the NBA calendar. But have you ever seen an objective look at those playoff resumes that so many love to reference? 

That's what we're doing here, as I've analyzed the performances of all 2,379 players who have suited up after the regular season throughout NBA history. How? By examining three factors: longevity, individual performance and adjusted team success. 

Longevity is represented by games played, as that's a rather simple way to measure how long a player's postseason career lasted. Some made deeper runs over a shorter period of time, but theoretically, that's no better than early exits over a lengthy stretch. 

Individual performance is measured by looking at game scores, a John Hollinger creation that takes box-score numbers and boils them down into a singular output meant to function on the same scale as points. A game score of 10 is average, while 40 is outstanding. 

Adjusted team success is the most complicated of the three, but it's also what makes this analysis entirely unique. We'll call that the Advancement Bonus.

Players get up to 50 points for reaching the conference finals, 100 for making the NBA Finals and 250 for winning a championship, and the share of those totals that players earn is based on their minutes played. For example, Tim Duncan played 32.7 minutes per game during the San Antonio Spurs' 2014 title run, so he earns 170.3 points for the championship (32.7/48 times 250) while Jeff Ayres earns just 19.8 points for the same feat (3.8/48 times 250).

Combining these three factors—done by multiplying average game score by games played and then adding in the Advancement Bonus—gives us Playoff Score. You can rank rather well if you never experienced much team success but thrived as an individual for a long time, but you can also do the same if you were a role player on one successful squad after another. 

There are plenty of routes toward the No. 1 spot, but only one player can actually hold it. 

100. K.C. Jones

Playoff Score: 1,581.49

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (nine seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 105

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 6.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 9.2 PER

Titles: 8 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)

Advancement Bonus: 999.79

Thank you, Bill Russell. 

K.C. Jones entered the NBA as a rookie out of the University of San Francisco for the 1958-59 season but wasn't exactly a key figure for the Boston Celtics. Once the playoffs began, he spent only 9.4 minutes per game on the floor, averaging just 1.9 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists. But he won a ring. 

Eight years later, he won his eighth championship. 

He became much more heavily involved as his career progressed—especially in 1965, when he averaged 10.1 points, 3.3 boards and 6.2 dimes per contest during the postseason. But he was still always a defensive stopper who helped complement the Celtics' stars. 

Big role or not, it's rather impressive that Jones didn't come up short of a title until his final season, when he and the rest of the Celtics lost in the 1967 Eastern Division Finals to Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer, Chet Walker and the Philadelphia 76ers. 

Honorable Mentions: Nate Thurmond (1,451.78), Cedric Maxwell (1,452.02), Dwight Howard (1,471.02), Bailey Howell (1,473.04), Jerome Kersey (1,477.31), Mark Aguirre (1,513.81), Jack Sikma (1,522.26), Sam Cassell (1,525.32), Lamar Odom (1,568.93), Bill Bridges (1,575.25)

99. Ron Harper

Playoff Score: 1,586.16

Playoff Teams: Cleveland Cavaliers (two seasons), Los Angeles Clippers (two seasons), Chicago Bulls (four seasons), Los Angeles Lakers (two seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 112

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 9.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.3 steals, 0.7 blocks, 15.2 PER

Titles: 5 (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001)

Advancement Bonus: 674.48

Much like K.C. Jones, Ron Harper was never "the man" on any of his championship teams but instead fell in line behind a superstar to win multiple titles. This guard's Bill Russell, though, was Michael Jordan during the late-'90s three-peat with the Chicago Bulls. He then played with the combination of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal a few years later with the Los Angeles Lakers. 

Harper certainly deserves credit for fitting in seamlessly alongside the stars and even started nearly every game during his title runs until the 2001 postseason, when he came off the bench in each of his six appearances en route to a fifth Larry O'Brien Trophy. 

But this combo guard wasn't always in that type of role. During his four combined playoff seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Clippers, he averaged a strong 18.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 2.2 steals and 1.2 blocks while shooting 48.8 percent from the field. 

98. Charles Oakley

Playoff Score: 1,594.89

Playoff Teams: Chicago Bulls (three seasons), New York Knicks (10 seasons), Toronto Raptors (two seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 144

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 10.8 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.3 blocks, 13.6 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 121.77

Charles Oakley's most impressive playoff run came during the only season in which he suited up for the All-Star squad. Though he submitted more impressive per-game numbers earlier in his postseason career, back when he was on the Chicago Bulls, his combination of individual excellence and a deep run was unsurpassed. 

Oakley advanced to the conference finals on two separate occasions, but it was in 1994 that he made his lone trip all the way to the NBA Finals. Stepping onto the court in a league-high 25 games, he averaged 13.2 points, 11.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists per contest before falling to the Houston Rockets in Game 7. 

It's tough to blame the big man for the 90-84 loss. In the 42 minutes he played before fouling out, Oakley contributed 10 points, 14 rebounds and three dimes while helping to keep Otis Thorpe in check. Had he scored seven more and led his New York Knicks to a championship, he would have ended up ranked No. 88 in this countdown. 

97. Shawn Marion

Playoff Score: 1,596.23

Playoff Teams: Phoenix Suns (six seasons), Dallas Mavericks (four seasons), Cleveland Cavaliers (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 105

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 14.4 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.2 steals, 1.2 blocks, 16.7 PER

Titles: 1 (2011)

Advancement Bonus: 252.23

Coming in at No. 97 might not seem all that impressive, but let's put Shawn Marion's achievement in proper perspective. Throughout all of NBA history, 2,379 different players have suited up in a postseason game, which means that Marion is in the 96th percentile.

Sounds better than just being the bottom feeder here, huh? 

Marion played in over 100 postseason games while racking up a well-rounded stat line in his appearances for the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks. He advanced deep into the playoffs on numerous occasions, even if he couldn't win a ring until serving as a defensive ace and offensive role player for Dirk Nowitzki's Mavs in 2011. 

Marion never won a title in the desert but did much of the heavy lifting alongside Amar'e Stoudemire and Steve Nash. Twice (2005 and 2006) he advanced to the Western Conference Finals with the Suns, though he was knocked out of contention both times, and it wasn't until 2011 that he made it back. 

96. Dick Barnett

Playoff Score: 1,596.95

Playoff Teams: Syracuse Nationals (two seasons), Los Angeles Lakers (three seasons), New York Knicks (three seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 102

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 15.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 14.3 PER

Titles: 2 (1970, 1973)

Advancement Bonus: 587.15

Like Charles Oakley, Dick Barnett made one All-Star team for the New York Knicks, earning the honor in 1968. During the ensuing postseason, he was unstoppable as an individual, putting up 23.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game while shooting a scorching 52.1 percent from the field. Unfortunately, his Knicks were bounced in their opening-round matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers. 

That was the highest level Barnett ever reached as a one-man show, but he'd win a title two years later while still serving as a key contributor for the Madison Square Garden residents. Walt Frazier, Willis Reed and Dave DeBusschere may have been the biggest names on that roster, but Barnett's performance helped push the Knicks past the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games. 

Another three years later, Barnett won a second title with the Knicks. This time, however, he spent a total of 17 minutes on the floor during the entire postseason run, which only minimally helps his score here. 

95. Bobby Jones

Playoff Score: 1,609.07

Playoff Teams: Denver Nuggets (two seasons), Philadelphia 76ers (eight seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 125

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 11.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.2 blocks, 16.5 PER

Titles: 1 (1983)

Advancement Bonus: 305.32

Unfortunately for Bobby Jones, his playing days in the ABA don't matter here. That means his first two years with the Denver Nuggets are expunged from the record, despite his averages of 13.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game while making it to the Western Division Finals in his first season and the ABA Finals in the second. 

What does count? Among other things, his 1983 title with the Philadelphia 76ers, which was won while he averaged 27 minutes on the court. 

Jones is also at a bit of an inherent disadvantage here, though. Defense is notoriously hard to capture in box scores, as steals and blocks just don't really cut it as true measures of point-preventing excellence. As a defensive specialist, Jones is sold a bit short in the game score category, and a more impressive average would only have boosted his rank in this countdown. 

94. Bob McAdoo

Playoff Score: 1,613.46

Playoff Teams: Buffalo Braves (three seasons), New York Knicks (one season), Los Angeles Lakers (four seasons), Philadelphia 76ers (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 94

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 18.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.8 steals, 1.6 blocks, 18.5 PER

Titles: 2 (1982, 1985)

Advancement Bonus: 343.52

Bob McAdoo was always a scoring stud, but he's ultimately held back by playing in "only" 94 postseason contests. 

Each of his first three short-lived runs came on the heels of scoring titles, and he actually averaged 32 points, 13.8 rebounds and 2.2 dimes during that stretch. The problem was, his Buffalo Braves lost in the first round twice and the 1976 Eastern Conference Semifinals on the third try. 

It wasn't until he joined the Los Angeles Lakers six years later that he started making deep runs, and he was no longer the same player at that stage of his career. During his first championship-winning adventure, he averaged 16.7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game—solid numbers, but hardly ones that can hold a flickering candle to what he was producing with the Braves.

93. Willis Reed

Playoff Score: 1,621.57

Playoff Teams: New York Knicks (seven seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 78

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 17.4 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.2 steals, 17.8 PER

Titles: 2 (1970, 1973)

Advancement Bonus: 493.69

It's impossible to separate Willis Reed from the singular moment of his career. 

A torn thigh kept him out of Game 6 of the 1970 NBA Finals, and he wasn't supposed to play in the deciding contest against the Los Angeles Lakers. But Reed walked out of the tunnel at Madison Square Garden, inciting raucous and disbelieving cheers from the hometown faithful. He'd make each of his first two shots before sitting out and watching as Walt Frazier carried the New York Knicks to their first championship in franchise history, but it was Reed's presence that provided the necessary inspiration. 

That was undoubtedly one heck of a moment, but boiling Reed's entire career down to that one game would do him an injustice. Throughout his relatively short time in the playoffs, this big man was a dominant force as a scorer and rebounder and was a key part in a pair of championship runs, serving as far more than mere inspiration. 

During that march toward the 1970 title, for example, Reed averaged 23.7 points and 13.8 rebounds, including the negative effects of that inspirational four-point game.

92. Chris Bosh

Playoff Score: 1,623.65

Playoff Teams: Toronto Raptors (two seasons), Miami Heat (four seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 89

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 15.6 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.8 steals, 1.1 blocks, 18.4 PER

Titles: 2 (2012, 2013)

Advancement Bonus: 480

During the Toronto Raptors portion of his career, Chris Bosh only made the playoffs twice. But in both 2007 and 2008, despite some shows of individual brilliance from the big man, the Canadian representatives were knocked out of the proceedings in the first round. 

A few years later, Bosh joined the Miami Heat, becoming part of the Big Three at South Beach that would ultimately advance out of the Eastern Conference in four consecutive seasons. He became more of a three-point-shooting power forward, and though that adjustment took time, it was ultimately successful. 

Bosh and the Heat came up short in 2011, losing the series to the Dallas Mavericks. But the next two years, he played better basketball—even if his individual numbers declined—and ended up taking home a pair of titles, celebrating with his champagne in a way that no one will ever forget. Miami's fourth consecutive Finals venture wasn't a successful one, but it's still impressive to make it out of the Eastern Conference so many times.

The 31-year-old big man won't have a chance to add to his resume this year, as blood clots in his lungs ended his season. But the Heat will likely be back in the playoffs with him leading the charge next year (barring plenty of unforeseen events), which will give him a tremendous opportunity to move into the 80s. 

91. Gail Goodrich

Playoff Score: 1,625.44

Playoff Teams: Los Angeles Lakers (seven seasons), Phoenix Suns (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 80

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 18.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.2 blocks, 17.2 PER

Titles: 1 (1972)

Advancement Bonus: 459.04

Get used to seeing lots of players who won titles with the Los Angeles Lakers. Gail Goodrich is only the second (and the first who did so during his true prime), but with 16 championships in franchise history, there are going to be plenty more. 

This shooting guard was 28 years old when he earned his one and only title, and he couldn't be slowed down by the vast majority of players he squared off against. During the 15 games that culminated in a 4-1 series defeat of the New York Knicks, Goodrich averaged 23.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists, shooting 44.5 percent from the field and 89.8 percent from the free-throw line.  

Interestingly enough, that was actually his least effective passing playoffs during any postseason run in his career. He peaked one season earlier, dropping 7.6 dimes per game to go along with his 25.4 points, but his Lakers couldn't get past Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson and the Milwaukee Bucks. 

90. Rajon Rondo

Playoff Score: 1,650.05

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (five seasons), Dallas Mavericks (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 94

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 14.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 1.9 steals, 0.2 blocks, 18.4 PER

Titles: 1 (2008)

Advancement Bonus: 281.41

The Boston Celtics were a lottery team during Rajon Rondo's rookie season, but the offseason additions of Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett allowed him to make quite the run during his first postseason venture. The C's ultimately won a title, and Rondo spent an average of 32 minutes on the court while posting 10.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 6.6 assists per contest. 

Since that point, Rondo has just continued to prove that he can take his game to the proverbial next level when the national spotlight is upon him. He's been a nightly triple-double threat, even if he's always functioned as a limited scorer. 

In 2009, the point guard actually averaged 16.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 9.8 assists in 14 postseason appearances before Boston ceded to the Orlando Magic. He hasn't come nearly as close to averaging a triple-double since but did lead the field in dimes during the 2012 run, dropping 11.9 during his typical outing. 

Though his ineffective two appearances for the Dallas Mavericks changed this, Rondo entered the season as one of two players in NBA history averaging at least 14 points, six boards and nine assists during a postseason career. Now, Magic Johnson stands alone.

Those numbers may drop further for the modern point guard, though. He's struggled to return to his elite level of play lately, never regaining explosiveness after his knee injuries in years past. He'll build upon his resume, but the stats may lose some of their sparkle.

89. Gus Williams

Playoff Score: 1,698.54

Playoff Teams: Golden State Warriors (two seasons), Seattle SuperSonics (6 seasons), Washington Bullets (two seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 99

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 19.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.8 steals, 0.4 blocks, 20.4 PER

Titles: 1 (1979)

Advancement Bonus: 328.38

When Gus Williams helped lead the Seattle SuperSonics to a title in 1979, he paced the entire playoff field in shots made. Shooting 47.6 percent from the field, he racked up 26.7 points per game to go along with his 4.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.0 steals.

In fact, he was pretty darn good during his whole playoff tenure with the Sonics, which accounted for 69 of his 99 postseason appearances. During those six years, he averaged 23.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 2.0 steals and 0.6 blocks while knocking down 48.5 percent of his looks. 

It's tough to complain about any of those numbers, especially when they helped him lead the field in steals per game during 1978, when his Seattle squad advanced to the NBA Finals before losing to the Washington Bullets in Game 7.

His penchant for acrobatic layups and flashy passes didn't just disappear when he was with the Bullets later in his career or during his time with the Golden State Warriors at the beginning of his NBA tenure. But his skills were never as beneficial as during his years up in the Pacific Northwest. 

88. Bill Laimbeer

Playoff Score: 1,707.67

Playoff Teams: Detroit Pistons (nine seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 113

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 12.0 points, 9.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.7 blocks, 14.4 PER

Titles: 2 (1989, 1990)

Advancement Bonus: 463.54

Bill Laimbeer's enduring legacy revolves around his status as an agitator, but let's not just overlook the skills that he brought to the basketball court on a nightly basis. He was a capable scorer who helped space out the floor for the Detroit Pistons and was always a threat on the glass. In fact, he even led the field in total rebounds during both 1988 and 1990. 

Though the big man took a back seat to Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumars during the title-winning runs put together by the Bad Boys, he was one of the biggest statistical producers earlier in his playoff career. From 1984 to 1986, he averaged 16.6 points and 11.9 rebounds, though his Pistons only advanced out of the first round once.

Laimbeer's legacy probably isn't changing at this point in NBA history. His enforcer/agitator status is just too ingrained now.

But there was so much more to him than that.  

87. Vern Mikkelsen

Playoff Score: 1,709.27

Playoff Teams: Minneapolis Lakers (nine seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 85

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 13.4 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 16.9 PER

Titles: 4 (1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)

Advancement Bonus: 862.67

It's time to go old-school. 

Back in the days when a player could thrive at Hamline University before being added to the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1949 BAA draft as a territorial selection, Vern Mikkelsen called the Association home and played a major part in the league's first dynasty. 

The 6'7" power forward won a title in four of his first five seasons, though it's worth noting that we have to approximate how important he was during his rookie season by using the average of his other years. Minutes played weren't tracked until 1951-52, so unless Mikkelsen was a rookie phenom (based on his per-game averages and shooting percentages, he wasn't as crucial as he was a few years later), this is probably a favorable approximation. 

But no matter what, it's indisputable that this man got to wear four rings on his fingers. And that, combined with his individual numbers, is enough for him to work his way into the back end of the 80s in this countdown. 

86. Hal Greer

Playoff Score: 1,751.17

Playoff Teams: Syracuse Nationals (five seasons), Philadelphia 76ers (eight seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 92

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 20.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 14.7 PER

Titles: 1 (1967)

Advancement Bonus: 404.29

Hal Greer actually made 13 trips to the postseason but still only managed to post 92 games on his resume. With the Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers, he experienced one early exit after another before finally getting over the hump.

Averaging 27.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.3 assists in 1967, Greer carried the Sixers to a championship, taking down the star-laden San Francisco Warriors in the NBA Finals. One year later, they couldn't make it past the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals; that completed the most successful portion of Greer's career. 

Ultimately, he advanced to the conference finals six times, but that's largely because there were so few teams in the league during the early days of the Association. It's a bit more telling that he was 1-of-6 in that round, though he deserves some credit for the lone Finals appearance resulting in some hardware. 

85. Bill Sharman

Playoff Score: 1,752.07

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (10 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 78

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 18.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 17.1 PER

Titles: 4 (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961)

Advancement Bonus: 795.01

From 1952 through 1956, Bill Sharman averaged 17.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists in the postseason, though he suited up only 23 times. His Boston Celtics never made it past the Eastern Division Finals. 

From 1957 through 1961, the shooting guard posted 19.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per contest during his playoff appearances, and there were 55 of them. Throughout this stretch, he and the C's won four titles in five years, only failing to hold up the Larry O'Brien Trophy in 1958, when Bob Pettit and the Atlanta Hawks captured the championship. 

What changed?

Sharman lucked out in terms of timing, as Bill Russell entered the NBA in time for the 1957 playoff venture that led to the first of 17 titles in franchise history. 

84. Rick Barry

Playoff Score: 1,754.7

Playoff Teams: San Francisco Warriors (one season), Golden State Warriors (four seasons), Houston Rockets (two seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 74

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 24.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 2.2 steals, 0.8 blocks, 20.3 PER

Titles: 1 (1975)

Advancement Bonus: 390.14

It's not easy to rank this high with less than 80 playoff games. In fact, only Barry and three forthcoming names in the top 100 fail to hit that arbitrary milestone, as this small forward spent a large portion of his prime in the ABA. 

To make it despite not spending that much time on the court, you have to win a lot or post some jaw-dropping per-game numbers. Or, in an ideal world, both. 

Barry only won a single title—1975 with the Golden State Warriors—though he made one other Finals appearance and advanced to the penultimate round of the postseason on four separate occasions. That's fairly impressive, but it's still his remarkable level of play that gets the job done. 

When he'd finished depressing his career numbers—not destroying them, but slightly lowering them—with the Houston Rockets in 1980, Barry was averaging 24.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists while making quite the impact in the defensive stats. It all added up to an average game score of 18.44, which only one player (Kevin Durant) beats before we get into the mid-50s. 

83. Tayshaun Prince

Playoff Score: 1,767.74

Playoff Teams: Detroit Pistons (seven seasons), Memphis Grizzlies (two seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 140

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 11.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.6 blocks, 13.6 PER

Titles: 1 (2004)

Advancement Bonus: 450.34

Tayshaun Prince entered the league as a late-first-rounder from Kentucky in 2002, just as the Detroit Pistons were starting to become a rather dominant squad. He quickly became a starter and was on the court for the opening tip during all 23 contests in the 2004 title run. 

However, at that stage of his career, he was still just a complementary piece. Prince averaged 9.9 points and 6.0 rebounds as the starless Pistons romped through the competition, and his player efficiency rating of 15.3 was just barely over the league-average mark. 

He'd submit better individual numbers over the next few seasons, but Detroit couldn't add to his jewelry collection. Then he joined the Memphis Grizzlies, where he often looked like a shell of his old, lanky self. Prince was a defensive asset on Beale Street, even if his offense all but disappeared. 

Still, Prince got to make many a deep run. Somehow, he's been to the conference finals seven times in only nine postseason appearances.

82. Kevin Durant

Playoff Score: 1,780.15

Playoff Teams: Oklahoma City Thunder (five seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 73

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 28.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.2 blocks, 24.4 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 175.61

Kevin Durant won't rank in the 80s for too much longer.

If he and a healthy version of the Oklahoma City Thunder don't even make it out of the first round of the 2016 playoffs, losing in seven games while he maintains his career postseason numbers, he'll already be up to No. 74. If the numbers stay the same and he lasts 18 games before bowing out in the Western Conference Finals, he'll move to No. 67. And if he wins a title in 25 games, we'll be looking at a top-40 postseason performer. 

But for now, Durant will have to be content with where he is as a 26-year-old who has already made it to the NBA Finals once and the Western Conference Finals on two other occasions. He's even led the postseason field in scoring during three of his last four postseasons. 

Only two players in the top 100 (Jim Pollard and George Mikan) have played in fewer postseason games than Durant. But even more impressively, no player until No. 49 has a higher average game score than the 2014 MVP's 21.98. And that anonymous standout is the only one who beats Durant's mark until No. 15.

It shouldn't be too surprising, as only 10 players in NBA history have a higher postseason game score than Durant, regardless of how many times they've suited up. 

81. Sam Perkins

Playoff Score: 1,782.24

Playoff Teams: Dallas Mavericks (five seasons), Los Angeles Lakers (one season), Seattle SuperSonics (six seasons), Indiana Pacers (three seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 167

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 11.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.8 blocks, 14.2 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 269.22

Outside of the random role players who found themselves on multiple title-winning squads, it's tough to find a resume as different from Kevin Durant's than the one compiled by Sam Perkins.

With the exception of his first few seasons with the Dallas Mavericks and his one playoff run with the Los Angeles Lakers, Perkins was never a dominant individual. In fact, the only counting stat he led in during the postseason was personal fouls—he recorded 69 in 1990-91 with the Purple and Gold. 

Instead, Perkins stuck around forever and always managed to be rostered by a high-quality team capable of winning at least one round after the regular season ended. He made the playoffs in 15 of his 17 professional seasons, making it to the conference finals six times and going 3-of-6 when he got there. 

The Chicago Bulls beat him twice in NBA Finals battles during the 1990s, and his Indiana Pacers failed to get past the Lakers in 2000. 

80. A.C. Green

Playoff Score: 1,782.61

Playoff Teams: Los Angeles Lakers (nine seasons), Phoenix Suns (three seasons), Miami Heat (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 153

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 8.6 points, 7.1 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.3 blocks, 13.5 PER

Titles: 3 (1987, 1988, 2000)

Advancement Bonus: 532.6

A.C. Green was never much of a scorer during the playoffs. 

Instead, once his teams moved beyond the 82nd game, the NBA's iron man kept doing what he did throughout regular seasons: play a lot and rebound ferociously. Green even led the field in rebounds per game during his short-lived run with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1993, hauling in a remarkable 14.6 boards during the average contest. 

Also propping up his resume is a trio of titles. 

Green was a central figure for the Los Angeles Lakers during the early portion of his career, teaming up with the Showtime Lakers in the late '80s and playing 19.3 minutes per game during the back-to-back championship runs. A dozen years later, he added one more trophy with the Lake Show to his mantel, though he'd suited up for Phoenix in between and was nothing more than a starter who played limited minutes in his 24 Suns playoff appearances. 

79. Terry Porter

Playoff Score: 1,784.95

Playoff Teams: Portland Trail Blazers (10 seasons), Minnesota Timberwolves (two seasons), Miami Heat (one season), San Antonio Spurs (three seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 124

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 14.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.1 blocks, 17.0 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 243.63

Terry Porter may have suited up with four different teams during the playoff portion of his championship-less career, but it's his time with the Portland Trail Blazers that gets him a featured spot here. 

Not only did Rip City advance to the NBA Finals in both 1990 and 1992, sandwiching a run that ended against the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1991 Western Conference Finals, but Porter also enjoyed the best statistical production of his postseason career. 

Porter averaged 18.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists with Portland. While he was suiting up for either the Minnesota Timberwolves, Miami Heat or San Antonio Spurs (who granted him his fourth career appearance in the penultimate round), he posted 7.5 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.4 dimes during the average outing. 

Still, it was a fantastic career for the 6'3" guard. 

78. Ben Wallace

Playoff Score: 1,801.6

Playoff Teams: Detroit Pistons (five seasons), Chicago Bulls (one season), Cleveland Cavaliers (two seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 130

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 7.2 points, 11.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.5 steals, 1.9 blocks, 16.2 PER

Titles: 1 (2004)

Advancement Bonus: 402.8

You don't have to score to fare well here. 

But still, let's focus on the points that Ben Wallace did produce, as the afro-bearing big man was always known as a dominant rebounder and a defensive force who could not be scored on when he was truly in the zone.

Wallace averaged only 5.7 points per game during his regular-season career, topping out at 9.7 in 2004-05 with the Detroit Pistons. He never broke into double figures but didn't need to in order to have an immense impact. 

But during the playoffs, Wallace posted 7.2 points per contest, an average higher than his regular-season marks in all but four of his professional go-rounds. In '04-05, he put up an even 10 during his typical outing, which is rather impressive since he played a league-high 25 games before losing in the Finals to the San Antonio Spurs. 

And one year earlier, when his Pistons won it all, Wallace actually averaged 10.3 points per game in 23 appearances. 

Weird, right?

77. Frank Ramsey

Playoff Score: 1,855.99

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (nine seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 98

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 13.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 16.3 PER

Titles: 7 (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)

Advancement Bonus: 942.63

Every once in a while, you come across a player whose value is almost solely derived from the number of championships he won; normally, he plays for the Boston Celtics of the late 1950s and '60s. 

Frank Ramsey, though he was certainly no slouch and has been enshrined in the Hall of Fame, qualifies as such, as his 942.63 Advancement Bonus is actually higher than the total Playoff Score of all but 208 other players throughout NBA history. After all, he won seven titles in an eight-year stretch playing alongside Bill Russell and the rest of the big Beantown names before calling it a career. 

The swingman from Kentucky might also have had a higher score if he'd only focused on basketball. Instead, Ramsey aided his country with a year of service in the U.S. Army, declining to play during the 1955-56 season before coming back and boarding the championship train. 

76. Chet Walker

Playoff Score: 1,869.95

Playoff Teams: Syracuse Nationals (one season), Philadelphia 76ers (six seasons), Chicago Bulls (six seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 105

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 18.2 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.1 blocks, 16.4 PER

Titles: 1 (1967)

Advancement Bonus: 304.4

Even during his rookie season with the Syracuse Nationals, Chet Walker made a name for himself in the postseason. Though his team was bounced five games into the run by the Cincinnati Royals, this first-year small forward averaged 15.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists while leading the NBA in field-goal percentage. 

It was the only time he'd pace the Association in a major category, but his legend would just continue to grow. 

Walker was a huge part of the Philadelphia 76ers' success during their early years in the City of Brotherly Love, even playing nearly 37 minutes per game during the title-winning season in 1966-67. That year, he averaged 21.7 points, 7.6 boards and 2.1 dimes with a PER of 17.6. 

Though he'd fail to end another playoff run on a high note, Walker never had a bad postseason. Even during his last year in the league, which came with the Chicago Bulls at age 34, he was a high-quality contributor on a team that lost to the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. 

75. Jim Pollard

Playoff Score: 1,897.72

Playoff Teams: Minneapolis Lakers (seven seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 72

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 13.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 16.9 PER

Titles: 5 (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)

Advancement Bonus: 1,146.04

Jim Pollard is the last of the three players with fewer than 80 career postseason games to show up in the top 100. But the truly amazing part is where the next five players with fewer appearances show up and how far ahead of them he is: 

• No. 113: Allen Iverson with 71 games
• No. 121: Russell Westbrook with 64 games
• No. 128: Norm Nixon with 58 games
• No. 130: Alex English with 68 games
• No. 137: George Gervin with 59 games

Making it into the top 100 is no easy feat. It's even harder when a player doesn't have a truly elite average game score, as is the case for Pollard and his career mark of just 10.44. 

The reason is his Advancement Bonus, which is heavily boosted by the five titles with the NBA's first dynasty and another two appearances in the penultimate round of the postseason. Even if Pollard had an average game score of zero, his Advancement Bonus alone would have left him ranked No. 155 among all playoff performers in the history of the Association. 

74. Kevin Johnson

Playoff Score: 1,911.2

Playoff Teams: Phoenix Suns (11 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 105

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 19.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 1.3 steals, 0.3 blocks, 19.1 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 164

Kevin Johnson came fairly close to winning an NBA title, advancing through the Western Conference in 1993 before falling to the Chicago Bulls in six games. It's hard to blame this dynamic point guard for the failure to take down Michael Jordan, as he averaged 17.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 6.5 assists per contest against the suffocating Chicago Bulls defense. 

He had made it to the Western Conference Finals on two other occasions, but those runs came in the first two seasons of his career and led to exits at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers in 1989 and 1990, respectively. Even during those runs, he averaged 22.3 points and 11.3 assists. Never again would he get a shot at redemption.

Johnson was just a fantastic offensive contributor throughout his career, at least until undiscovered hernias slowed his lightning-quick first step and led to a premature decline and a poor set of outings after the turn of the century. 

73. Joe Dumars

Playoff Score: 1,941.36

Playoff Teams: Detroit Pistons (10 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 112

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 15.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.1 blocks, 14.4 PER

Titles: 2 (1989, 1990)

Advancement Bonus: 650

During those two seasons in which the Bad Boys from Motor City won titles, Joe Dumars averaged 17.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists while shooting 45.6 percent from the field and 86.9 percent from the charity stripe. He may not have been the true leader of the Detroit Pistons but was a two-way star who helped pave the way to the championships. 

The shooting guard was actually at his best—in scoring, at least—when going for a three-peat, as he averaged a career-high 20.1 points per game. Then, the next season, he led the NBA in minutes per game (44.2), which helped him rack up big numbers one more time before entering into the twilight of his postseason career. 

Dumars produced quite a bit during his prime. Sadly, it was a short-lived one, which prevents him from rising too much higher in the rankings.

72. Steve Nash

Playoff Score: 1,952.24

Playoff Teams: Phoenix Suns (seven seasons), Dallas Mavericks (four seasons), Los Angeles Lakers (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 120

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 17.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.1 blocks, 19.8 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 157.04

It's truly a shame that Steve Nash never managed to win a title. Untimely injuries, unfortunate suspensions and disadvantageous matchups all conspired to keep him out of the winners' circle, and he never made it any further than his four appearances in the Western Conference Finals. 

But even without winning championships, Nash won over crowds with his insane offensive abilities. He steered the ship for some of the most entertaining teams in NBA history, and his passing was just as flashy as ever. 

In both 2005 and 2006, Nash led the Association in total assists during the playoffs. Four times—once with the Dallas Mavericks and thrice with the Phoenix Suns—he paced everyone in dimes per game. And, as you might have guessed, he was at his best during his prime days with the run-and-gun desert dwellers. 

From 2005 through 2010, the point guard averaged 20 points and 10.7 assists while coming perilously close to 50/40/90 averages. He ultimately came up just short by virtue of his 38.8 percent shooting from beyond the arc.

71. Dave DeBusschere

Playoff Score: 1,952.33

Playoff Teams: Detroit Pistons (two seasons), New York Knicks (six seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 96

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 16.0 points, 12.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.3 blocks, 15.0 PER

Titles: 2 (1970, 1973)

Advancement Bonus: 579.53

Dave DeBusschere was a defensive stalwart first and foremost, but that didn't stop him from piling up box-score numbers that boost his standings in this countdown. His 14.3 game score throughout his career is only slightly under Steve Nash's 14.96, for example.

But it's how far he advanced that pushes him ahead of the Canadian point guard, even if he was less impressive on a per-game basis and didn't suit up as often.

DeBusschere was a central figure on both New York Knicks squads that won titles during the early '70s, and that wasn't the only time that he managed to advance deep into the postseason. He also made it to the 1972 NBA Finals, though he and the Knicks lost in five games to the Los Angeles Lakers, and he was a part of three more runs that ended in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Nash's Advancement Bonus pales in comparison to DeBusschere's, which is true of many other players as well. 

70. Tom Sanders

Playoff Score: 1,956.68

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (11 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 130

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 8.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 10.6 PER

Titles: 8 (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)

Advancement Bonus: 1,142.88

It's all about the titles for Tom Sanders. 

His average game score of just 6.26 beats out only K.C. Jones' 5.54 among players in the top 100, but the big man spent a lot of time playing for the Boston Celtics during postseason runs and managed to take home the title in eight of his 11 postseason go-rounds.

Sanders failed to win a championship for the first time in 1967 but already had six trophies by the time his C's lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Division Finals. He'd win two more titles in two years as redemption, then sit out of the playoffs for two campaigns before making a pair of appearances at the end of his career. 

In the first, he fell to the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals. In the second, he experienced the same result, but with a few more games under his belt. 

Think about that: eleven playoff seasons, 11 appearances in at least the penultimate round of the competition.

69. Slater Martin

Playoff Score: 1,958.35

Playoff Teams: Minneapolis Lakers (seven seasons), St. Louis Hawks (four seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 92

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 10.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 10.4 PER

Titles: 5 (1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958)

Advancement Bonus: 1,308.83

Slater Martin was one of the NBA's original stars but had already racked up a pair of championships before he was named to the All-Star squad in 1952-53 and teamed up with George Mikan to lead his troops to a third title in four years—and then a fourth in five. 

But Martin never put up huge numbers until Mikan retired after that fourth championship, letting the guard control the ball far more often than he did while working in conjunction with the league's most dominant center. 

The diminutive Martin averaged 15 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game during the next two playoff runs, neither of which led to many victories, and he soon left for the St. Louis Hawks. He won another title there, playing alongside Bob Pettit this time and still putting up good-but-not-great numbers. 

Martin didn't advance as far as Tom Sanders did and had a similarly unimpressive career game score. But the difference between the two is that while Sanders averaged 23.5 minutes per contest throughout his playoff career, this five-time champion averaged 39.4. 

68. Jo Jo White

Playoff Score: 1,971.38

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (six seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 80

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 21.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.1 blocks, 15.1 PER

Titles: 2 (1974, 1976)

Advancement Bonus: 628.98

Jo Jo White only spent six seasons in the playoffs, but he made a deep run with the Boston Celtics in each.

In 1972, White made his initial foray into the postseason and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. He'd make it at least that far each of the next four years, including the pair of titles he earned in 1974 and 1976. His final playoff run was actually his shortest one, as the 1977 Celtics swept the San Antonio Spurs before losing in seven games to the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. 

All the while, White was a force. He averaged at least 20 points per game in five of his six postseasons, led the league in both scoring and assists in 1976 and generally found a way to help his teams advance. The only real flaws here are limited time spent in the playoffs and a lack of impressive efficiency levels. 

67. Jeff Hornacek

Playoff Score: 1,972.32

Playoff Teams: Phoenix Suns (four seasons), Utah Jazz (seven seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 140

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 14.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.2 blocks, 16.5 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 282.52

It's hard to figure out which version of Jeff Hornacek was better. 

The first option is the Phoenix Suns one, as he averaged 17.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists, thriving as a featured player on teams that had trouble getting close to a title. He never played in more than 16 postseason contests in a single year while calling the desert home, topping out in 1990 when he fell to the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals. 

Second is the version that came with the Utah Jazz. Hornacek was no longer as heavily featured, taking a significant back seat to John Stockton and Karl Malone, but thrived as a standout role player who experienced one deep run after another.

During his seven seasons in Salt Lake City, the shooting guard averaged 13.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists throughout his postseason ventures. Those aren't as impressive as his Phoenix numbers, but he shot 45.7 percent from the field, 87.5 percent at the charity stripe and a scorching 46.1 percent from beyond the arc. 

Picking either version is totally justifiable. 

66. Jamaal Wilkes

Playoff Score: 2,001.88

Playoff Teams: Golden State Warriors (three seasons), Los Angeles Lakers (seven seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 113

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 16.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.5 blocks, 14.5 PER

Titles: 3 (1975, 1980, 1982)

Advancement Bonus: 731.76

Jamaal Wilkes won three titles—one during his rookie season with the Golden State Warriors and another two in his late 20s with the Los Angeles Lakers—but he actually advanced to the NBA Finals twice more. 

In 1983, the Los Angeles Lakers worked their way through the Western Conference before they were swept by the Philadelphia 76ers on the sport's biggest stage. During that four-game series, Wilkes averaged 18.5 points and 5.8 rebounds, which brought his postseason numbers down to 19.9 and 6.0.

One year later, the Lakers were unsuccessful again. This time, the Boston Celtics took them down in seven games, and Wilkes was a virtual non-factor in his 14.1 minutes per outing.

It was a bitter ending to a great postseason career.  

65. Cliff Hagan

Playoff Score: 2,014.56

Playoff Teams: St. Louis Hawks (nine seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 90

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 20.4 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 20.8 PER

Titles: 1 (1958)

Advancement Bonus: 566.46

Bob Pettit is typically the one who draws all the credit for the excellence of the Hawks during their St. Louis days, but we can't just overlook what Cliff Hagan brought to the table. It was a lot, after all. 

For example, who would have guessed that during the 1958 title run, which gave this franchise the only championship in its lengthy history, Hagan actually led the team in scoring? He averaged a league-best 27.7 points to go along with his 10.5 boards and 3.4 assists.

The 6'4" small forward actually paced the NBA in playoff scoring during the follow-up run as well, logging an even more impressive 28.5 points, 12 boards and 2.7 assists in his typical outing for the Hawks. He'd have two more runs while scoring in the 20s before declining.

But by then, he'd already left an indelible impression, even if he's historically overshadowed by his frontcourt counterpart. 

64. Gary Payton

Playoff Score: 2,024.79

Playoff Teams: Seattle SuperSonics (10 seasons), Milwaukee Bucks (one season), Los Angeles Lakers (one season), Boston Celtics (one season), Miami Heat (two seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 154

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 14.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.2 blocks, 15.4 PER

Titles: 1 (2006)

Advancement Bonus: 303.07

Gary Payton is a great example of why rings can't mean everything. 

The legendary point guard went through his entire career with the Seattle SuperSonics sans a championship, though he came close on numerous occasions. Even when he joined a stacked Los Angeles Lakers squad for one mercenary season, he failed to lift a trophy over his head. But at the very tail end of his career, he added a single ring to his finger with the Miami Heat. 

During that run in 2006, the Hall of Famer spent just 24.3 minutes per game on the court and came off the bench in every appearance. He averaged 5.8 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.6 assists with an 8.6 PER, looking very much like a shell of his old self, with the exception of a few vintage moments. 

Should that really count the same as leading the charge as the No. 1 option during an in-your-prime championship venture? I think not, and it doesn't here. 

Fortunately, Payton's stellar play earlier in his career still carries him to a lofty position, even if that single title doesn't have an inordinately large impact. 

63. Don Nelson

Playoff Score: 2,042.78

Playoff Teams: Los Angeles Lakers (two seasons), Boston Celtics (nine seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 150

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 10.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.3 steals, 0.1 blocks, 16.4 PER

Titles: 5 (1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976)

Advancement Bonus: 688.28

Don Nelson spent 31 years as a head coach in the NBA, piling up 1,335 victories and earning Hall of Fame enshrinement for his signal-calling skills in 2012. But before he put on a suit, he wore a jersey and won quite a few championships with the Boston Celtics. 

This small forward was not a star. There's no doubt about that, as he never logged even 20 minutes per contest during a playoff run, whether he was lining up for a championship-winning C's squad or a more lackluster Los Angeles Lakers one at the start of his career. 

Nonetheless, Nelson was a big contributor because he was so efficient. 

With the Celtics, he had a lifetime PER of 16.8 in the postseason, highlighted by a 21.6 mark during the 1969 run to glory. That year, he averaged 12.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists while shooting 51.8 percent from the field and 83.3 percent at the charity stripe. 

62. Danny Ainge

Playoff Score: 2,049.19

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (seven seasons), Portland Trail Blazers (two seasons), Phoenix Suns (three seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 193

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 9.9 points, 2.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.1 blocks, 12.2 PER

Titles: 2 (1984, 1986)

Advancement Bonus: 568.88

From one suit-wearing NBA figure to another.

Danny Ainge never submitted the coaching resume compiled by Don Nelson but has found quite a bit of success as the Boston Celtics' general manager. And even more importantly, he was a slightly superior player in the postseason during his days lacing them up on the court. 

Ainge was not as efficient as Nelson, nor did he win as many titles. Instead, he played in an additional 43 games and spent a lot more time on the floor, which allowed him to earn a more impressive Advancement Bonus. 

While Nelson made it to the conference finals 10 times, he played only 21.7 minutes per game during the average run. Ainge made it that far on nine separate occasions, but his average playing time stands at 26.9 minutes. 

That subtle difference is just enough for the more contemporary player to eke out a victory. 

61. Bob Dandridge

Playoff Score: 2,057.38

Playoff Teams: Milwaukee Bucks (six seasons), Washington Bullets (two seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 98

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 20.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.7 blocks, 17.0 PER

Titles: 2 (1971, 1978)

Advancement Bonus: 654.02

Bob Dandridge deserves to be remembered quite fondly by two different franchises. 

First came the Milwaukee Bucks, with whom he won a title in 1971 while playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson. Despite having to fight those two future Hall of Famers for touches, this forward averaged 19.2 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists, essentially forming the third part of an original Big Three. 

But seven years later, Dandridge was playing third fiddle for another dominant triumvirate. With the Washington Bullets, everything revolved around Wes Unseld and Elvin Hayes, but he helped steer the team to a championship in 1978 by virtue of his 21.2 points, 6.5 boards and 3.9 dimes per contest. 

He also made another four conference finals and never spent much time on the bench. In 1973, he played "only" 34 minutes per game for the Bucks in the playoffs, the one time in his career he'd fail to hit 38. 

60. Rip Hamilton

Playoff Score: 2,077.93

Playoff Teams: Detroit Pistons (seven seasons), Chicago Bulls (two seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 130

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 19.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.2 blocks, 16.3 PER

Titles: 1 (2004)

Advancement Bonus: 463.33

Richard Hamilton should be remembered for more than his ubiquitous face mask. 

How about the fact that he averaged at least 20 points per game in each of his first four postseason runs, including the 2004 one that resulted in a title for the Detroit Pistons? Were it not for his washed-up days with the Chicago Bulls at the end of his career, he'd have retired with playoff averages of 20.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists. 

Of course, he'd also have lost out on 10 games of production, and while that may seem like a meager number, it would be enough to push him down a few rungs in this tightly packed competition. 

And it's not as if his legacy will rest anywhere other than the Motor City, even if he finished up his playing career in different threads.

59. Wes Unseld

Playoff Score: 2,127.18

Playoff Teams: Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets (12 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 119

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 10.6 points, 14.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.7 blocks, 15.0 PER

Titles: 1 (1978)

Advancement Bonus: 448.09

Wes Unseld was never a scorer. Instead, he contributed by playing hard-nosed defense, throwing some of the best outlet passes the NBA has ever witnessed and just eating up rebounding opportunities. 

The big man averaged at least 11.7 rebounds during each of his 12 playoff runs with the Bullets, including a monstrous 23.6 that led the league in 1970 and remains one of the best single-year marks. Outside of Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell, no one in NBA history has managed to touch that per-game average, and those two legends saw their numbers inflated quite a bit by the extreme pace of play in the 1960s. 

Over the course of his postseason career, Unseld put up 14.9 rebounds per contest with a total rebounding percentage of 17.5 percent (note: That stat was not tracked until 1971, so it doesn't even include the best season of his career). Again, Russell and Chamberlain are the only players to beat him in the former category, and he's just inside the top 10 in the latter among those who suited up in at least 100 career postseason games.

58. Elvin Hayes

Playoff Score: 2,137.15

Playoff Teams: San Diego/Houston Rockets (two seasons), Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets (eight seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 96

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 22.9 points, 13.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.1 steals, 2.6 blocks, 19.1 PER

Titles: 1 (1978)

Advancement Bonus: 390.91

It's only appropriate that Elvin Hayes finds himself in a spot right next to Wes Unseld, as they're quite linked throughout the course of NBA history. Though Hayes played with the San Diego and Houston Rockets at the very beginning of his career, he spent the rest of his time in the Association butting heads with Unseld in the locker room and playing beautiful basketball next to him on the court. 

Both won a title with the Bullets in 1978, and Unseld actually made the conference finals once more than his frontcourt counterpart. He also played in 23 more postseason games. 

But Hayes is pushed ahead ever so slightly ahead for two reasons: He played more during the average game (an extra 3.7 minutes per contest during the championship run) and was just better. Though Unseld's 14.11 average game score is impressive, it's not on the same level as Hayes' 18.19. 

Even factoring out the Advancement Bonus and considering the disparity in games played, Hayes emerges victorious in terms of sheer individual production. 

57. Dennis Rodman

Playoff Score: 2,145.32

Playoff Teams: Detroit Pistons (six seasons), San Antonio Spurs (two seasons), Chicago Bulls (three seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 169

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 6.4 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.6 blocks, 12.3 PER

Titles: 5 (1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998)

Advancement Bonus: 935.28

Apparently, we're in the midst of a rebounding run. 

Dennis Rodman has one of the worst scoring averages of any top-100 playoff performer in NBA history, but he made up for his lack of points by thriving on the glass and playing some stellar defense. His game score isn't all that impressive, even given the massive amounts of time he spent playing in the postseason, but it's at least somewhat respectable because he was such a monster on the boards. 

Still, Rodman fares well here because he advanced deep into the year on so many occasions, nearly always serving as one of the key cogs on his rosters. 

First, he won a pair of titles with the Detroit Pistons, operating as one of the Bad Boys who helped make that squad so tough to deal with on the defensive end. After two years with the San Antonio Spurs that often seem lost to the memories of NBA fans, Rodman teamed up with the Chicago Bulls and ended up three-peating alongside Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. 

It's tough to complain about five titles in the golden age of NBA basketball. 

56. Dolph Schayes

Playoff Score: 2,163.3

Playoff Teams: Syracuse Nationals (14 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 97

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 19.5 points, 12.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 23.3 PER

Titles: 1 (1955)

Advancement Bonus: 522.06

Dolph Schayes came oh so close to submitting an even more impressive resume, even though he won the 1955 title with the Syracuse Nationals and already ranks just outside the top 50. 

In 1950, the very first year the Nationals were around, Schayes was an NBA rookie who was already quite clearly the best player on his team. George Ratkovicz, Johnny Macknowski, Alex Hannum, Bill Gabor and Al Cervi were all quality contributors, but it was the 21-year-old from New York University who did the heavy lifting. 

Schayes and the Nationals swept the Philadelphia Warriors to open the postseason, then took down the New York Knicks in 2-1 fashion. But in the NBA Finals, the Minneapolis Lakers got the best of them in six games, despite this forward's 17.3 points per contest. 

Four years later, the Lakers ended the Nationals' run in the NBA Finals once more, this time in seven games, as Schayes averaged an unimpressive 9.3 points against the unbelievably stacked squad from Minnesota. 

Had just a few games gone the other way, he'd have three titles under his belt, not just the one. 

55. Moses Malone

Playoff Score: 2,185.21

Playoff Teams: Houston Rockets (five seasons), Philadelphia 76ers (three seasons), Washington Bullets (two seasons), Atlanta Hawks (two seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 94

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 22.1 points, 13.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.9 steals, 1.6 blocks, 21.4 PER

Titles: 1 (1983)

Advancement Bonus: 388.87

Given the length of his career, it's incredible that Moses Malone only managed to play in 94 postseason contests. 

The Hall of Fame big man entered the NBA in 1977 as a 21-year-old who already had two years of ABA experience with the Utah Stars and Spirits of St. Louis. He retired at 39, giving him an incredible 19 years in the Association. 

Unfortunately, he suited up in the playoffs during only 12 of those 19, and many of the runs were rather short-lived. Malone made it to the conference finals four times and NBA Finals twice but won only a single championship (with the 1983 Philadelphia 76ers). 

Still, he was an incredible individual performer all the while. With the exception of his 1991 campaign with the Atlanta Hawks, he was undeniably a star player and has a lifetime 19.11 game score to show for it. 

54. Dave Cowens

Playoff Score: 2,226.56

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (seven seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 89

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 18.9 points, 14.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.9 blocks, 16.6 PER

Titles: 2 (1974, 1976)

Advancement Bonus: 630.79

This redheaded center submitted one of the finest four-year peaks the NBA has witnessed when he won MVP in 1973 and then added a pair of titles and a loss to the Washington Bullets in the 1975 Eastern Conference Finals over the next three seasons. 

Dave Cowens was unbelievable during the regular season throughout that run, and it's not as though he suddenly wore down when the intensity cranked up. The ever-impassioned big man averaged 21 points, 15.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.8 blocks, though he admittedly struggled with his shot a bit and posted a field-goal percentage of just 44.8 percent. 

In Boston Celtics history, the Bill Russell era gets a lot of credit. So too does the Larry Bird tenure in the 1980s and the run of excellence when Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett joined forces with Paul Pierce. 

But Cowens' dominance in the mid-'70s is often overlooked, which won't be the case here. 

53. Rasheed Wallace

Playoff Score: 2,271.23

Playoff Teams: Portland Trail Blazers (seven seasons), Detroit Pistons (six seasons), Boston Celtics (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 177

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 13.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.8 steals, 1.3 blocks, 15.5 PER

Titles: 1 (2004)

Advancement Bonus: 467.6

Had Rasheed Wallace suited up in just one more postseason contest, he'd have doubled Dave Cowens' number of appearances. And he still only just ranks ahead of the Boston Celtics legend, as he won a single title with the Detroit Pistons in 2004 and was never quite on the level of the 1973 MVP. 

The power forward played for three different teams in the playoffs and won a championship with Detroit, but he was at his best when balling in Rip City. Wallace was simply a star for the Portland Trail Blazers—both during the Jail Blazers era and outside of it—averaging 17.3 points and 6.1 rebounds during his six postseason runs. His best set of playoff performances came during a three-game stint in 2002, when he posted 25.3 points and 12.3 rebounds per contest against the vastly superior Los Angeles Lakers. 

Individually, Wallace was never as good as many of the players directly behind him. But numbers, much like the ball, don't lie. 

52. Maurice Cheeks

Playoff Score: 2,296.26

Playoff Teams: Philadelphia 76ers (10 seasons), New York Knicks (two seasons), New Jersey Nets (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 133

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 14.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 6.9 assists, 2.2 steals, 0.3 blocks, 16.6 PER

Titles: 1 (1983)

Advancement Bonus: 424.95

Maurice Cheeks was remarkably good at making it to the Eastern Conference Finals. 

Starting in 1980, he advanced to that penultimate round of the playoffs four times in a row, then made it an even five in 1985 after falling short the previous year. Of course, he and the Philadelphia 76ers won only three of those five series and took home just the 1983 title, falling short in the other pair of NBA Finals adventures. 

Through it all, Cheeks was a consistent contributor, a guy who could lock down on the defensive end and still rack up dimes. In those five runs to the conference finals—or further—he spent 37 minutes per game on the court, which allows him to rack up quite the impressive Advancement Bonus for a player with only a single ring. 

Cheeks never experienced much success once he left Philly and went north, but he didn't need to in order to post an impressive postseason resume. 

51. Pau Gasol

Playoff Score: 2,327.26

Playoff Teams: Memphis Grizzlies (three seasons), Los Angeles Lakers (six seasons), Chicago Bulls (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 112

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 17.1 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 0.6 steals, 1.9 blocks, 20.8 PER

Titles: 2 (2009, 2010)

Advancement Bonus: 501.04

Back when he was on the Memphis Grizzlies, Pau Gasol was a star player on a team doomed to one first-round exit after another. He averaged 20 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists while a member of the bears from Beale Street but only got to play in four games during each of his three postseason appearances with the team. 

Then he joined the Los Angeles Lakers, and the runs got deeper. 

Gasol had to take a bit of a back seat to some guy named Kobe Bryant but advanced to three consecutive NBA Finals, losing the first in six games to the Boston Celtics and then winning a championship in each of the next two. He has yet to go back to that big stage, but his career isn't over yet. 

There's a strong chance this Spanish big man will pull the plug on his playing days as one of the 50 best playoff performers in the history of this sport, boosting his resume with some vintage showings for the Chicago Bulls. 

50. Paul Silas

Playoff Score: 2,328.94

Playoff Teams: St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks (five seasons), Phoenix Suns (one season), Boston Celtics (four seasons), Denver Nuggets (one season), Seattle SuperSonics (three seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 163

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 6.9 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.3 blocks, 11.7 PER

Titles: 3 (1974, 1976, 1979)

Advancement Bonus: 778.81

Paul Silas' resume is a strong one, as he played in more than a few playoff games and won three titles—two with the Boston Celtics and one with the Seattle SuperSonics at the very end of his career. But that number was almost two. 

The 1976 NBA Finals between the C's and Phoenix Suns (Silas played for both teams during his NBA life, but he was a Beantown member this time around) was tied at two games apiece heading into a triple-overtime contest in Game 5, one that would be dubbed as "The Greatest Game Ever Played."

At the very end of regulation, Silas attempted to call a timeout that his team didn't have. While the signal was seen by the officiating crew, it wasn't recognized, and the Suns didn't receive the technical free-throw attempt they should have gotten. If they had, they very well could have knocked down the attempt to break a 95-95 tie, avoiding overtime and taking a 3-2 lead into a decisive Game 6 on their home floor. 

But Silas got away with it, and his team ultimately prevailed. Now, his legacy remains entirely intact. 

49. Oscar Robertson

Playoff Score: 2,336.62

Playoff Teams: Cincinnati Royals (six seasons), Milwaukee Bucks (four seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 86

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 22.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.3 blocks, 21.0 PER

Titles: 1 (1971)

Advancement Bonus: 407.64

Oscar Robertson is one of the greatest players in NBA history but is doomed here by number of seasons that ended before the playoffs. The triple-double machine spent the first 10 campaigns of his career with the Cincinnati Royals, but only advanced to the postseason six times, and the runs often ended abruptly. 

It wasn't until he joined forces with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Milwaukee Bucks that he made it to the NBA Finals, though his squad fell one game short of a second championship in 1974 after winning its first title three years earlier. 

Only the very next player to appear in these rankings suited up in fewer postseason contests, but Robertson is saved by a 22.43 lifetime game score, one that's topped by only five members of the Top 100. Quality matters quite a bit, after all. 

48. George Mikan

Playoff Score: 2,362.06

Playoff Teams: Minneapolis Lakers (seven seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 70

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 24.0 points, 13.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 28.5 PER

Titles: 5 (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)

Advancement Bonus: 1,026.46

George Mikan was the NBA's original super-duper-star and served as the driving force behind the league's first true dynasty. Behind his unmitigated dominance in the paint—which actually had to be expanded in order to slow him down a bit—the Minneapolis Lakers managed to win five titles in a six-year stretch. 

During the one season in which they fell short of the ultimate glory (1951), Mikan's Lakers were upset in the Western Division Finals by the Rochester Royals, leaving them just two series victories shy of a clean sweep. 

That's an incredible run, one which put Mikan on pace to post monstrous numbers during his career. But he'd only play one more season before retiring at 31 years old, which limits his resume to only 70 playoff games. 

His Advancement Bonus is outstanding, especially because he spent 37.9 minutes per game on the court for the first six years (we're admittedly guessing for the first three, as minutes weren't tracked). But even with that and a stellar lifetime game score of 19.08, he can only rise so high. 

47. Reggie Miller

Playoff Score: 2,370.88

Playoff Teams: Indiana Pacers (15 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 144

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 20.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.2 blocks, 19.5 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 275.68

As you might expect, Reggie Miller was a dominant perimeter shooter after the regular season ended. Throughout his postseason career, he took 5.7 three-point attempts per game and connected on 39 percent of them. 

Due to that combination of volume and efficiency, as well as his time spent in the NBA's second season, Miller retired with 320 career postseason triples. Only Ray Allen has ever had more.

Sound familiar?

But Miller was more than a three-point marksman in the playoffs, as he put up big scoring numbers throughout his NBA life. Whether he was thriving as a young individual on lackluster Indiana Pacers teams or serving as the leader of the squads in the late '90s that consistently advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing, Miller found success. 

It's enough that he's ranked as a top-50 playoff performer, despite only making it to the NBA Finals once (in 2000). Only Charles Barkley can also claim that. 

46. David Robinson

Playoff Score: 2,424.61

Playoff Teams: San Antonio Spurs (12 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 123

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 18.1 points, 10.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.2 steals, 2.5 blocks, 23.0 PER

Titles: 2 (1999, 2003)

Advancement Bonus: 363.13

One of the biggest knocks on David Robinson's career has always been that he was incapable of winning titles without Tim Duncan lining up next to him in the San Antonio Spurs frontcourt. And it's true, as he remained ringless until the greatest power forward of all time was present and helped steer his squad to championships in both 1999 and 2003. 

Robinson did make one of his four runs to the Western Conference Finals without Duncan, though. In 1995, he carried the Spurs there, averaging an outstanding 25.3 points, 12.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.5 steals and 2.6 blocks before his squad was eliminated in six games by Hakeem Olajuwon and the Houston Rockets. 

But all of this is selling Robinson a bit short. He was undeniably great as an individual throughout his postseason career, and it's not exactly his fault that he was dealt a limited hand filled with lackluster teammates throughout the majority of his prime years. 

In the 1991 playoffs, for example, he averaged 25.8 points, 13.5 rebounds (a league high), 2.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 3.8 blocks (another league high). The big man even paced the NBA in field-goal percentage (68.6) and true shooting percentage (76 percent) with a 26.1 PER. But it still only took four games for Run TMC and the Golden State Warriors to knock him out of contention. 

Is that really his fault?

45. Patrick Ewing

Playoff Score: 2,436.82

Playoff Teams: New York Knicks (13 seasons), Orlando Magic (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 139

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 20.2 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 0.9 steals, 2.2 blocks, 19.6 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 237.84

It's not easy to rank this high and be ringless. Only six members of the top 50 have done so, none of whom are still active. 

But Patrick Ewing made a living out of getting close and then failing to get over the hump. Twice, he went to the NBA Finals and came up empty. On another two occasions, he saw his run at glory cut short in the Eastern Conference Finals. 

With the exception of his crucial missed layup in Game 7 of the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals, which was even played at Madison Square Garden, it's tough to pin the blame on him.

"I think so," Ewing said when asked if the loss was the most devastating of his career at the time by The New York Times' Clifton Brown. "I thought I made a great move to get to the hole. I couldn't have dunked it—I took off from too far. I thought it was in. I'm just very disappointed right now."

Had that layup gone in, Ewing very well could have beaten the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals and had a great shot at a ring. But it didn't, and his legacy remains that of a great individual player who never achieved much team success. 

44. Michael Cooper

Playoff Score: 2,440.22

Playoff Teams: Los Angeles Lakers (11 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 168

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 9.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.6 blocks, 13.2 PER

Titles: 5 (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)

Advancement Bonus: 911.42

Ah, to play for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s as a role player. 

Michael Cooper may not have been a consistent starter for this purple-and-gold dynasty, but he sure received a lot of run during his 11 seasons in the playoffs. He was on the floor for 29 minutes per game when the Lakers won their 1980 title, 27.4 in 1982, 26.4 in 1985, 29 in 1987 and 24.5 in 1988.

You'd never make the mistake of calling him a star, but his ability to run the show when Magic Johnson needed a breather made him quite valuable to the cause. 

Cooper's average game score (9.1) is actually the third-lowest of any player ranked in the top 50, but he racked up plenty of minutes due to both his role and the Lakers' penchant for advancing deep into the postseason year after year. In those 11 playoff appearances, only three times did he fail to suit up in the NBA Finals. 

43. Isiah Thomas

Playoff Score: 2,471.2

Playoff Teams: Detroit Pistons (nine seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 111

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 20.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 2.1 steals, 0.3 blocks, 19.8 PER

Titles: 2 (1989, 1990)

Advancement Bonus: 549.79

Isiah Thomas has plenty of memorable postseason moments, none more notable than a 25-point third quarter in Game 6 of the 1988 NBA Finals after he sprained his ankle so badly he could barely walk when the adrenaline wasn't pumping. 

Unfortunately for those who fondly remember watching this dominant point guard take center stage during the late '80s and early '90s, his resume can't quite live up to that 12-minute stretch. Thomas was fantastic as an individual (17.31 average game score), but limited time spent in the playoffs and only three Finals appearances leave him trailing plenty of notable men. 

Ultimately, a bit more efficiency would have helped him out. Thomas' career true shooting percentage in the playoffs is a good-but-not-great 52 percent, and he turned the ball over far too frequently in his prime. Had he shored up those weaknesses or played deep into his 30s, he'd move up into the 30s with room to spare. 

42. Jason Kidd

Playoff Score: 2,504.94

Playoff Teams: Phoenix Suns (five seasons), New Jersey Nets (six seasons), Dallas Mavericks (five seasons), New York Knicks (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 158

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 12.9 points, 6.7 rebounds, 8.0 assists, 1.9 steals, 0.3 blocks, 17.1 PER

Titles: 1 (2011)

Advancement Bonus: 348.24

Jason Kidd's career was not as impressive as Isiah Thomas', but his postseason resume is slightly better thanks to the simple fact that he played in 47 more games. 

Thomas has an extra ring, though Kidd averaged more time on the floor during his three runs to the NBA Finals. And while the Detroit Pistons legend also had more success making it to the penultimate round of the tournament, Kidd suited up much more often in the earlier ones. 

In these rankings, it's possible to rack up an impressive score by performing admirably in one first-round exit after another. While it's tougher to rocket up the standings without those all-important deep runs, it's theoretically doable to shine in the first few rounds for more than a decade and still look good overall. 

That's not what Kidd did, of course, but he stuck closer to that extreme strategy than Thomas. After all, he had 13 seasons that led to playoff appearances, while his fellow point guard retired after the same number of years in the league, even though four of them ended right after the regular season. 

41. Chauncey Billups

Playoff Score: 2,521.4

Playoff Teams: Minnesota Timberwolves (two seasons), Detroit Pistons (six seasons), Denver Nuggets (two seasons), New York Knicks (one season), Los Angeles Clippers (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 146

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 17.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.2 blocks, 19.1 PER

Titles: 1 (2004)

Advancement Bonus: 477.4

As Grantland's Andrew Sharp wrote in a 2012 profile of Chauncey Billups, one more title would have done wonders for his enduring reputation: 

Another championship would have cemented Billups’s case as the Walt Frazier of his generation—an elite defender and leader with a knack for coming through in big moments—only the Pistons suffered agonizing losses to the 2005 Spurs (Game 7 of the Finals) and 2007 Cavs (when LeBron James caught fire and shot them out of the Eastern finals). 

But even with only the single championship, one in which he earned Finals MVP while leading his squad to victory, Billups' resume is still a pretty spectacular one, as he checks all the boxes. Not only did he have a lengthy postseason career, but he posted strong individual numbers and experienced a lot of team success. 

He's by no means a top player in any of the areas, but a well-rounded resume can get you far. 

40. Bob Pettit

Playoff Score: 2,528.68

Playoff Teams: St. Louis Hawks (nine seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 88

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 25.5 points, 14.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 22.6 PER

Titles: 1 (1958)

Advancement Bonus: 635.8

Subjectively, I wish I could rank Bob Pettit significantly higher. Not because I grew up in Atlanta and proudly wear Hawks gear, but because he's one of the few men who ever got the best of Bill Russell in a championship series. 

While steering the St. Louis Hawks to the 1958 title, which remains the only one in franchise history, Pettit submitted one of the single greatest performances in NBA history. In Game 6 of the Finals, he scored 50 points. It remains one of the two games that sticks out most to him—along with a high school state championship. 

Pettit only stuck around until he was 32 years old, then retired rather than play out his career in declining fashion. His efficiency was already plummeting, possibly because his worn-down motor wouldn't allow him to make the second efforts he'd always relied upon. 

With just 88 playoff games under his belt—and four Finals appearances—there's only so high he can rise.

39. Ray Allen

Playoff Score: 2,553.34

Playoff Teams: Milwaukee Bucks (three seasons), Seattle SuperSonics (one season), Boston Celtics (five seasons), Miami Heat (two seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 171

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 16.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.2 blocks, 16.3 PER

Titles: 2 (2008, 2013)

Advancement Bonus: 537.25

Ray Allen will forever be the proud owner of one of the most unforgettable moments in basketball history. 

With time running down in Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals, he backpedaled toward the right corner of the half-court set and somehow got his feet in between the arc and out-of-bounds line before catching the pass from Chris Bosh and drilling a game-saving triple. It was a play that only he could have been prepared for, thanks to the practice routine detailed in this fantastic piece by Sports Illustrated's Lee Jenkins: 

As a young player in Milwaukee, Allen invented a drill in which he lies in the key, springs to his feet and backpedals to the corner. A coach throws him a pass. He has to catch and shoot without stepping on the three-point line or the sideline. In Allen's first training session with the Heat, just after Labor Day 2012, he performed the drill. 'It was the first time I ever saw anybody do that,' Spoelstra says. 'He told me he does it for offensive rebounding purposes. He said, 'You never know when you'll be in a situation where you have to find the three-point line without looking down.''

The rest of Allen's postseason resume—another title, a career game score of 11.79 and 171 contests—isn't too shabby, but that shot with five seconds remaining will always live on. 

38. Byron Scott

Playoff Score: 2,590.06

Playoff Teams: Los Angeles Lakers (11 seasons), Indiana Pacers (two seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 183

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 13.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.2 blocks, 13.8 PER

Titles: 3 (1985, 1987, 1988)

Advancement Bonus: 829.6

Only 12 players in NBA history have suited up in more playoff games than Byron Scott, who stepped onto the floor on 183 different nights between his stints with the Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers. 

He was a fairly ineffective role player when he left Tinseltown for Indiana near the end of his career, but the same can't be said of his time alongside Magic Johnson and James Worthy on the Showtime Lakers. Scott was always a starter for that franchise when the playoffs rolled around and contributed quite a few points in his prime. 

From 1985 through 1989, he averaged 17.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists while shooting 50 percent from the field, 37.3 percent from three-point territory and 84 percent at the charity stripe.

His PER during those years? A solid 15.3, which shows just how much the end of his career dragged his overall numbers down. 

37. Paul Pierce

Playoff Score: 2,612.24

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (10 seasons), Brooklyn Nets (one season), Washington Wizards (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 153

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 20.2 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.3 steals, 0.7 blocks, 17.6 PER

Titles: 1 (2008)

Advancement Bonus: 360.08

Paul Pierce couldn't win a title until Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen joined him in Boston, but that didn't prevent him from posting impressive pre-2008 numbers. He'd appeared in 37 playoff games before the Ubuntu-themed Celtics won a title and averaged 24.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.1 blocks. 

In fact, he even did a remarkable job carrying his team during his first venture beyond the regular season. Pierce steered a 49-win Boston club past the Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons in 2002 before losing to the New Jersey Nets in a six-game Eastern Conference Finals. 

It was the first of four appearances in the second-to-last round of the playoffs, and there could still be more coming. The Washington Wizards do have a chance to make it that far, and Pierce should still have more in the tank after this season. 

36. Kevin Garnett

Playoff Score: 2,640.92

Playoff Teams: Minnesota Timberwolves (eight seasons), Boston Celtics (five seasons), Brooklyn Nets (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 143

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 18.2 points, 10.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.2 steals, 1.3 blocks, 21.1 PER

Titles: 1 (2008)

Advancement Bonus: 330.04

Anything is possible. 

Kevin Garnett might never have expected to win a title. Not after floundering with the Minnesota Timberwolves as a de facto one-man team who couldn't possibly carry his squad through the Western Conference gauntlet. The power forward recorded some of the most ridiculous individual lines in NBA history with his original team, but couldn't escape the first round until a deep run in 2004. 

Here's a taste: 

• 2000: 18.8 points, 10.0 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.8 blocks per game
• 2002: 24 points, 18.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.7 blocks per game
• 2003: 27 points, 15.7 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1.7 steals, 1.7 blocks per game
• 2004: 24.3 points, 14.6 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.3 blocks per game

Ridiculous, right? 

Thank goodness he finally got his championship out of the way after joining the Boston Celtics for the 2007-08 campaign. 

35. Walt Frazier

Playoff Score: 2,670.53

Playoff Teams: New York Knicks (eight seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 93

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 20.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 2.1 steals, 0.3 blocks, 19.8 PER

Titles: 2 (1970, 1973)

Advancement Bonus: 689.63

Given the number of achievements in his career, including the only two championships in the New York Knicks' lengthy history, it's hard to believe that Walt Frazier only suited up in the playoffs during eight different seasons. The team declined shortly after the second title, and he could never get out of the regular season while with the Cleveland Cavaliers. 

But Frazier definitely made his 93 playoff games count. 

Not only did he continuously put up gaudy point totals and finish with a lifetime scoring average on the right side of 20, but he routinely found his teammates in the right spots. He even paced the league in assists during the 1969 postseason, dishing out $0.91 worth of dimes on his average night. 

To this day, the point guard remains one of only three players in NBA history who produced at least 20 points, seven boards and six assists during his typical playoff outing. LeBron James and Larry Bird are the other two. 

34. Derek Fisher

Playoff Score: 2,709.1

Playoff Teams: Los Angeles Lakers (12 seasons), Utah Jazz (one season), Oklahoma City Thunder (three seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 259

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 8.3 points, 2.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.1 blocks, 12.0 PER

Titles: 5 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010)

Advancement Bonus: 1,012.65

As an individual, Derek Fisher can't hold a candle to nearly anyone else in the top 100. His average game score of 6.55 isn't just the third-worst mark of any player featured in this countdown, trailing only those of Tom Sanders and K.C. Jones; it's actually worse than all but 13 marks of the top-200 playoff contributors. 

Fisher stands out because he always did a remarkably good job finding his way onto highly competitive teams. Even looking beyond the five rings he won alongside Kobe Bryant while he suited up for the Los Angeles Lakers, the lefty point guard has had a distinct knack for landing on the right squads.

In 2007, Fisher played for the Utah Jazz when they advanced to the Western Conference Finals and were pummeled by the San Antonio Spurs. And starting in 2011-12, he teamed up with the Oklahoma City Thunder, providing veteran leadership off the bench during their deep runs. 

This floor general has been to the Western Conference Finals 11 times in his career and has appeared in eight championships. 

33. Tom Heinsohn

Playoff Score: 2,719.82

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (nine seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 104

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 19.8 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 17.7 PER

Titles: 8 (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)

Advancement Bonus: 1,352.22

Derek Fisher may have made plenty of deep runs while playing in more postseason games than anyone else in NBA history, but his Advancement Bonus still can't touch the one compiled by Tom Heinsohn. While the point guard won five titles with the Los Angeles Lakers, this Boston Celtics legend topped that total by three. 

Plus, he spent more time on the court during the championship runs. 

Add in significantly more impressive stats—Fisher can only dream of averaging nearly 20 points and 10 rebounds per game in the postseason—and it's not hard to see why Heinsohn comes in ahead. Only the fact that Fisher played in over twice as many games keeps this competition close. 

32. Charles Barkley

Playoff Score: 2,790.45

Playoff Teams: Philadelphia 76ers (six seasons), Phoenix Suns (four seasons), Houston Rockets (three seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 123

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 23.0 points, 12.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.6 steals, 0.9 blocks, 24.2 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 169.32

Charles Barkley never won a ring—but at least he came close on a few occasions. 

The bruising forward advanced to the conference finals three times and actually made it to the sport's biggest stage once. In 1993, at the end of his first season with the Phoenix Suns, he worked his way past the Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs and Seattle SuperSonics to win the Western Conference. But Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls were too much to handle, as they knocked Phoenix out in six games. 

During that series, Barkley averaged 27.3 points, 13.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.5 blocks while shooting 47.6 percent from the field. It's pretty hard to blame him for the loss. 

And that's consistent with the rest of his career. Factoring in his level of performance and playoff longevity, Barkley remains one of the 20 best individual performers who ever suited up in a postseason game, even if his lack of team success depresses his overall ranking.

31. Horace Grant

Playoff Score: 2,889.44

Playoff Teams: Chicago Bulls (seven seasons), Orlando Magic (four seasons), Seattle SuperSonics (one season), Los Angeles Lakers (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 170

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 11.2 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.0 steals, 1.0 blocks, 15.7 PER 

Titles: 4 (1991, 1992, 1993, 2001)

Advancement Bonus: 883.44

Horace Grant may not have scored as well as many playoff stars, but his career line is remarkably unique. 

It's rather difficult to average a steal and a block over the course of a career, and it's tougher still to do so while dishing out a pair of assists. Among the many players who have suited up over 100 times in the postseason, only nine have matched all three of those numbers:

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Vlade Divac
• Julius Erving
• Kevin Garnett
• Horace Grant
• Bobby Jones
• Hakeem Olajuwon
• David Robinson
• Dwyane Wade

That's a tough group to join. But Grant deserves to make it there, as he completely accepted his role on competitive teams with bigger stars and made the most of every minute he played. 

30. Bob Cousy

Playoff Score: 2,949.2

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (13 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 109

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 18.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 8.6 assists, 17.4 PER

Titles: 6 (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963)

Advancement Bonus: 1,328.37

Bob Cousy was one of the NBA's first superstars, revolutionizing the point guard position with his flashiness and flair for highlight-reel material. Not only did he display fundamental excellence, but he seemed determined to put on a show that would dazzle everyone in attendance. 

Averaging over eight dimes in the playoffs is no easy feat. Throughout all of NBA history, only seven players have done so with a resume that includes triple-digit games: Cousy, Kevin Johnson, Magic Johnson, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, John Stockton and Isiah Thomas. 

But what makes Cousy stand out is how ahead of his time he was. In his era, it wasn't particularly easy to rack up assists, which is why none of the other six members of that exclusive club suited up in a postseason contest before 1980. 

Cousy's final game, however, came in 1963 and secured the seventh title of his illustrious career.

29. Clyde Drexler

Playoff Score: 2,953.72

Playoff Teams: Portland Trail Blazers (11 seasons), Houston Rockets (four seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 145

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 20.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 1.9 steals, 0.7 blocks, 19.7 PER

Titles: 1 (1995)

Advancement Bonus: 449.57

It took Clyde Drexler three tries, but he did win a title in 1995 with the Houston Rockets. 

In 1990, the athletic shooting guard carried the Portland Trail Blazers through the Western Conference gauntlet, bringing them to a NBA Finals battle with the Detroit Pistons. But the Bad Boys were top dogs that year, and it only took five games for them to prove their superiority. 

Two seasons later, Rip City was back. 

This time, Drexler ran into a different juggernaut—Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls. His Blazers were defeated in six contests, though he submitted some respectable performances against the toughest matchup in NBA history. While guarding Jordan and, in turn, being slowed by him, he averaged 24.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists. 

Three years later and with a different team, Drexler finally ended his personal drought. And at that point, victory had to taste particularly sweet. 

28. John Stockton

Playoff Score: 2,955.98

Playoff Teams: Utah Jazz (19 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 182

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 13.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, 10.1 assists, 1.9 steals, 0.3 blocks, 19.8 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 251.46

Unlike Clyde Drexler, John Stockton never actually managed to win that elusive title. He advanced to the Western Conference Finals five times with the Utah Jazz, and while he emerged victoriously on that stage twice, he was turned back in the NBA Finals on both occasions. 

But Stockton remains one of the best individual playoff performers the sport has ever seen. He was the victim of a remarkably competitive era and couldn't get over the top, but it's still hard to knock the man whose assist average trails only Magic Johnson's. 

Let's put that in even more perspective. 

Fifteen players have produced at least eight dimes per game during their playoff careers. Stockton is one of only two with a double-digit average, and he did so while playing in more contests than anyone but—once more—Johnson. 

Even with his dearth of championships, it's tough to deny his postseason superiority over nearly every floor general in NBA history. 

27. Manu Ginobili

Playoff Score: 2,967,97

Playoff Teams: San Antonio Spurs (12 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 187

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 15.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.3 blocks, 19.8 PER

Titles: 4 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2014)

Advancement Bonus: 695.92

It doesn't matter that Manu Ginobili has come off the bench for the vast majority of his postseason appearances with the San Antonio Spurs—all but 52 of them, in fact. He's still been a key contributor on Gregg Popovich's squad, playing just a shade under 30 minutes per game.

The Argentine shooting guard always seems to be at his best during the NBA's second season. His hands are incredibly active on defense—he's led the league in steals per game twice—and his crafty scoring ability is on full display in the half-court set. 

It also helps that he's found so much team success. He, Tony Parker and Tim Duncan are the winningest trio in postseason history, after all. Though Ginobili is the first of the three to appear in this countdown, it's not as though he's just been riding on the coattails of the other two. 

26. Julius Erving

Playoff Score: 3,024.46

Playoff Teams: Philadelphia 76ers (11 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 141

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 21.9 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.7 steals, 1.7 blocks, 20.0 PER

Titles: 1 (1983)

Advancement Bonus: 548.5

Julius Erving's playoff resume is already superb, as he suited up in 141 games, submitted excellent individual numbers and won the 1983 championship with the Philadelphia 76ers. But that only includes what he did in the NBA, and the resume gets even more impressive if we look at the ABA portion, too. 

Though it doesn't count here, the afro-bearing small forward played in 48 games with the Virginia Squires and New York Nets, averaging 31.1 points, 12.9 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.7 blocks. He even won a pair of titles. 

If we only looked at ABA Erving, he'd have a playoff score of 1,764.29, which would rank No. 85 in NBA history, just ahead of Rick Barry. Yes, each portion of Erving's career would have been a top-100 one, and the combined product would be just inside the top 10. 

That's not how it works, but it's impressive all the same.

25. Robery Horry

Playoff Score: 3,126.85

Playoff Teams: Houston Rockets (four seasons), Los Angeles Lakers (seven seasons), San Antonio Spurs (five seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 244

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 7.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.9 blocks, 14.4 PER

Titles: 7 (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007)

Advancement Bonus: 1,148.01

"If I hit it, we win; if I miss, y'all are going to blame the stars for losing the game anyway," Robert Horry explained after hitting a game-winner against the Sacramento Kings in 2002, via Slate.com's Felix Gilette. "There's no pressure on me."

Horry hit countless clutch shots during his postseason career, but none of that factors into his rank here. All that matters is the fact that he somehow found himself on seven title-winning squads over the course of nearly 1.5 decades, put together some adequate numbers throughout his career and suited up in more postseason contests than anyone but Derek Fisher.

Of course, the buckets in big moments certainly facilitated that process, though they don't factor in statistically.

Even without them, Horry is the type of player this metric was essentially designed to highlight. Role players who found themselves making significant contributions to competitive teams for well over a decade deserve just as much credit as some star players, even if they're rarely stacked up against one another. 

24. James Worthy

Playoff Score: 3,144.45

Playoff Teams: Los Angeles Lakers (nine seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 143

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 21.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.7 blocks, 18.3 PER

Titles: 3 (1985, 1987, 1988)

Advancement Bonus: 833.57

For James Worthy, the conversation has to start with one specific game, but it certainly doesn't have to end there. 

In Game 7 of the 1988 NBA Finals, Worthy recorded a timely triple-double to clinch his third championship, torching the Detroit Pistons for 36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists. It earned him the "Big Game James" moniker and led to ESPN.com's John Hollinger calling it the third greatest individual performance in playoff history during a 2012 countdown: 

Less well-known is that this game may be the greatest outlier in Finals history. In the entirety of the 1987-88 season, Worthy didn't have a single game with more than 12 rebounds. He also had only one game with more than 32 points and only one with double-digit assists. The odds of doing any one of these things against a team like the Pistons were small…but the chances of all three? Infinitesimal. In fact, it was the only triple-double of his 1,069-game career (including playoffs).

But that wasn't the only great performance of Worthy's career, even if it was a massive outlier. He was an integral part of three championship-winning teams, and it's not as if one game can help a player average 21.1 points over the course of 143 appearances. 

23. Kevin McHale

Playoff Score: 3,188.56

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (13 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 169

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 18.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.4 steals, 1.7 blocks, 19.4 PER

Titles: 3 (1981, 1984, 1986)

Advancement Bonus: 673.84

Kevin McHale may have been on the roster for three Boston Celtics championships, but was only a truly key player for the last of them. 

During the 1981 run, McHale was a rookie power forward out of Minnesota who averaged just 8.5 points and 3.5 rebounds. He was much more integral three years later, even playing more than 30 minutes during the average postseason contest, but his numbers were still lackluster—14.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per outing. 

In 1986, though, McHale was the stud we remember him as. Through 18 games, the power forward with a dizzying array of post moves averaged 24.9 points and 8.6 boards while shooting 57.9 percent from the field. It was the first of many impressive runs during the second half of his professional career, but it's also the one that led to his final championship. 

No matter how little involvement there was early on, McHale retired with a lifetime true shooting percentage of 61.8 in the playoffs. Only four players in NBA history—Reggie Miller, McHale, Cedric Maxwell and Kurt Rambis—have suited up more than 100 times and topped 60 in that category.

22. Dirk Nowitzki

Playoff Score: 3,238.56

Playoff Teams: Dallas Mavericks (14 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 140

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 25.4 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.9 blocks, 24.0 PER

Titles: 1 (2011)

Advancement Bonus: 333.56

Thank goodness Dirk Nowitzki ended up catching fire during the 2011 postseason, as it would be a travesty if a player this good ended up calling it a career without earning even a single ring. Other, better players have done so, but no one deserves that fate, even if there are a limited number of championships that can be divvied out during any one's career. 

During that magical run that ended in Nowitzki taking down the newly formed Miami Heat Big Three, he averaged 27.7 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists while shooting 48.5 percent from the field, 46 percent from beyond the arc and 94.1 percent at the stripe. 

It's the crowning jewel on his postseason resume, but it's not really the only precious stone. We can't overlook that the German 7-footer led the field in scoring back in 2004 and posted nine different playoff ventures that saw him average at least 25 points.

21. Dennis Johnson

Playoff Score: 3,281.61

Playoff Teams: Seattle SuperSonics (three seasons), Phoenix Suns (three seasons), Boston Celtics (seven seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 180

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 17.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.6 blocks, 14.4 PER

Titles: 3 (1979, 1984, 1986)

Advancement Bonus: 932.61 

Dennis Johnson, much like Kevin McHale, won three titles, and a pair of them came while the two were teammates. Johnson won the other with the Seattle SuperSonics, while the power forward was still in college.

But if McHale is universally viewed as the better player, how does Johnson rank ahead of him? Well, there are two primary reasons. 

First, the point guard spent 38.7 minutes per game on the court during title runs, while McHale was only at 29.5. That makes a big difference for the Advancement Bonus, as we're not just interested in how far players advanced but also how much they contributed to those runs. Secondly, Johnson may have had a slightly lower average game score, but he played in an additional 11 games, which very nearly makes up for the individual difference between the two. 

20. Robert Parish

Playoff Score: 3,291.79

Playoff Teams: Golden State Warriors (one season), Boston Celtics (13 seasons), Charlotte Hornets (one season), Chicago Bulls (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 184

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 15.3 points, 9.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.8 steals, 1.7 blocks, 16.6 PER

Titles: 4 (1981, 1984, 1986, 1997)

Advancement Bonus: 899.79

Sure, let's make it three Boston Celtics from the 1980s in quick succession, with only Dirk Nowitzki getting in the way of a consecutive run of Beantown green. 

As opposed to Dennis Johnson, Robert Parish won each of the first three titles in his career with the C's. His career had already progressed with the Golden State Warriors to the point that he was named an All-Star during his first season in Beantown. Then he kept up the regular-season level during the playoffs, helping lift his new team to a championship. 

Parish didn't quite average a double-double that postseason (1981) but would in each of the next four, including the 1984 title run. Throughout his time with the Celtics, he consistently used his size advantageously, throwing up respectable point totals and thriving on the glass. 

He would eventually win a fourth championship—16 years (!) after his first—but only played a total of 18 minutes during the '97 adventure with the Chicago Bulls, appearing in just a pair of games. For our purposes, that fourth ring doesn't help him out much at all. 

19. Tony Parker

Playoff Score: 3,348.53

Playoff Teams: San Antonio Spurs (14 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 203

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 18.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.1 blocks, 16.9 PER

Titles: 5 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2014)

Advancement Bonus: 837.42

Tony Parker has advanced into the postseason during each and every year of his NBA career. Even more impressively, he's only suited up in single-digit playoff games during three of those campaigns, with the rest often seeing him steer the San Antonio Spurs deep into the competition. 

With this French point guard running the show, San Antonio has advanced to the Western Conference Finals six times. It's only come up short in that round once, when the 2012 Oklahoma City Thunder ended a historic winning streak that had already seen the Spurs sweep both the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Clippers. 

Of those five appearances in the NBA Finals, Parker's squad is 4-of-5. The lone defeat came in 2013, when the Miami Heat took seven games—and a miracle shot from Ray Allen in Game 6—to earn their second consecutive title. 

Through thick and thin (though not too thin), this floor general has been an unbelievable constant at the 1. 

18. Dwyane Wade

Playoff Score: 3,452.76

Playoff Teams: Miami Heat (10 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 152

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 22.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.6 steals, 1.0 blocks, 22.7 PER

Titles: 3 (2006, 2012, 2013)

Advancement Bonus: 807.96

Dwyane Wade's march through the 2006 postseason will always remain one of the best individual accomplishments in the history of this sport. 

The Miami Heat needed six games to take down the Chicago Bulls in the first round, then dispatched the New Jersey Nets and Detroit Pistons. Six games later, they'd beaten the Dallas Mavericks in a series with a lot of whistles, giving the franchise its first championship. 

Through it all, this shooting guard averaged 28.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.7 assists with a 26.9 PER. But during the NBA Finals, he posted 34.7 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.7 steals during the typical contest, shooting 46.8 percent from the field. 

That will always be Wade's top accomplishment, but in this competition, taking a back seat to LeBron James and earning another two rings certainly matter quite a bit. 

17. Elgin Baylor

Playoff Score: 3,683.19

Playoff Teams: Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers

Playoff Games Played: 134

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 27.0 points, 12.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 21.8 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 755.29

In a strange twist of fate, the Los Angeles Lakers finally won a title just after Elgin Baylor hung up his sneakers. Despite his incredible career, he never earned the ultimate team prize, then had to look on as so many people he played with changed that right after he retired. 

Making things even weirder, Baylor advanced to the NBA Finals eight times throughout his tenure in the Association. He's one of only 13 players in NBA history who made it to the sport's biggest stage on at least eight occasions, but he and Jerry West (who won a single title) are the only ones without a literal handful of rings. 

In fact, Baylor and Larry Foust (0-of-5 in the Finals, ranked No. 177) are the only two players with at least five Finals appearances and no titles on their resume. 

But hey, getting that far and losing is better than losing in an earlier round. 

16. Sam Jones

Playoff Score: 3,686.4

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (12 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 154

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 18.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 17.5 PER

Titles: 10 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)

Advancement Bonus: 1,972.74

Bill Russell certainly doesn't think of Sam Jones as someone who just rode on his shoulders as he traveled down the path to success. He made that pretty darn clear in this passage from his autobiography Second Wind:

I never could guess what Sam was going to do or say, with one major exception: I knew exactly how would react in our huddle during the final seconds of a crucial game. I'm talking about a situation when we'd be one point behind, with five seconds to go in a game that meant not just first place or pride but a whole season, when everything was on the line. You're standing there feeling weak. The pressure weighs down on you so brutally that it crushes your heart as flat as a pizza, and you feel it thudding down around your stomach. During that time-out the question will be who'll take the shot that means the season, and Red would be looking around at faces, trying to decide what play to call. It's a moment when even the better players in the NBA will start coughing, tying their shoelaces and looking the other way. At such moments I knew what Sam would do as well as I know my own names. 'Gimme the ball,' he'd say. 'I'll make it.' And all of us would look at him, and we'd know by looking that he meant what he said. Not only that, you knew that he'd make it.

Jones' 10 titles come with the caveat that he played alongside so many legends, but let's not pretend that he wasn't one of them. 

15. Hakeem Olajuwon

Playoff Score: 3,897.23

Playoff Teams: Houston Rockets (14 seasons), Toronto Raptors (one season) 

Playoff Games Played: 145

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 25.9 points, 11.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.7 steals, 3.3 blocks, 25.7 PER

Titles: 2 (1994, 1995)

Advancement Bonus: 572.38

Subjectively, Hakeem Olajuwon's playoff resume is slightly less impressive because he won his back-to-back titles while Michael Jordan was striking out for the Chicago White Sox. 

But that doesn't matter here, as Olajuwon still dream-shook his way to a pair of championships and added plenty more deep runs to his resume. His per-game line remains one of the most unique in NBA history, as few players have ever been able to put together that set of statistics in a single game, much less over the course of a playoff career. 

In fact, care to guess how many players have averaged at least 25 points, 11 rebounds, three dimes, one steal and three blocks in a single postseason? We're not even looking at entire careers here. 

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tim Duncan and Olajuwon are the only three. And of that trio, just the Houston Rockets big man maintained the numbers throughout his professional tenure.

14. Karl Malone

Playoff Score: 4,031.57

Playoff Teams: Utah Jazz (18 seasons), Los Angeles Lakers (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 193

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 24.7 points, 10.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.3 steals, 0.7 blocks, 21.1 PER

Titles: None

Advancement Bonus: 374.22

Karl Malone may never have won a title, but that's not going to keep him from emerging as one of the 15 best playoff performers. Not only is he tied with Danny Ainge for the ninth-most postseason games in NBA history, but he did make quite a few deep runs with the Utah Jazz. 

None ended in a championship, but Malone's Jazz did advance to the Western Conference Finals on five separate occasions. They even went to the Finals twice, though Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls got the better of them in both 1997 and 1998. 

Malone also advanced to the final round with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2004, but the Detroit Pistons weren't going to be denied that year. 

No player proves this lesson better: To be a legendary playoff performer, you don't actually need to rack up championships. 

13. Jerry West

Playoff Score: 4,445.76

Playoff Teams: Los Angeles Lakers (13 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 153

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 29.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 23.1 PER

Titles: 1 (1972)

Advancement Bonus: 955.83

How good was Jerry West during the NBA Finals? 

Well, even though he only earned the one ring in 1972, he remains the only player in the history of the Association to win Finals MVP while playing for the losing team. In 1969, he and the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics, but a 30-year-old West still averaged 37.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 7.4 assists while shooting 49 percent from the field. 

Scarily enough, it wasn't a huge aberration. 

West's numbers throughout his playoff career are flat-out sensational. He might not come close to a triple-double, but he's still the proud owner of a well-rounded line that helped lead him and the Lakers to plenty of victories. 

12. Scottie Pippen

Playoff Score: 4,509.19

Playoff Teams: Chicago Bulls (11 seasons), Houston Rockets (one season), Portland Trail Blazers (four seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 208

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 17.5 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.9 steals, 0.9 blocks, 18.4 PER

Titles: 6 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)

Advancement Bonus: 1,397.51

Let's pretend that Scottie Pippen never played in the conference finals, failed to advance to the championship round even once and thus retired without a single ring adorning one of his fingers. Looking solely at his individual level of performance and the number of games he played (bear with me, even though 208 games played wouldn't be humanly possible without deep runs), he'd still be one of the top playoff performers in NBA history. 

In fact, he'd fit in just between Robert Horry and Julius Erving, leaving him as the No. 25 postseason player once both those bookends moved up a spot.

Pippen simply can't be viewed as a product of Michael Jordan's excellence. He was an integral part of the Chicago Bulls' dominance in the 1990s and remains one of the best beta dogs the Association has ever played witness to. 

Once those six titles—and three additional trips to the penultimate round—are factored in, there shouldn't be any doubt about that. 

11. Larry Bird

Playoff Score: 4,559.79

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (12 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 164

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 23.8 points, 10.3 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.8 steals, 0.9 blocks, 21.4 PER

Titles: 3 (1981, 1984, 1986)

Advancement Bonus: 979.67

You've seen plenty of Boston Celtics from the 1980s pop up throughout these rankings, but now we finally come to the leader of that dynastic squad. Larry Bird was Mr. Everything for the C's as they won three titles in a six-year stretch. He scored in volume, dominated on the boards, locked down on the defensive end, showed off his shooting stroke and still managed to find plenty of open teammates. 

Among players with 100 postseason games under their belts, only 11 have averaged at least 20 points and 10 rebounds. Wilt Chamberlain has the second-highest per-game assist average of that collection, as he dished out 4.2 dimes per contest. 

Bird was at 6.5. 

If only his back injuries hadn't forced him into an early decline and retirement...

10. LeBron James

Playoff Score: 4,582.96

Playoff Teams: Cleveland Cavaliers (six seasons), Miami Heat (four seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 163

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 27.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.9 blocks, 27.6 PER

Titles: 2 (2012, 2013)

Advancement Bonus: 747.57

LeBron James is only 30 years old, but has already suited up in more postseason contests than all but 27 NBA players throughout history. He's also been better in a one-game setting than the vast majority of them. 

The four-time MVP's average postseason game score is a sparkling 23.64, which is a mark better than all but those posted by Alex Groza (23.91 in just nine games, ranked No. 746), Michael Jordan (25.65), Wilt Chamberlain (26.04) and Anthony Davis (26.76 in four games this year, ranked No. 1,033). Even at this stage of his ongoing career, the combination of longevity and sheer excellence is already tough to top. 

Throw in a pair of titles and three more Finals appearances, and there's no doubt that James is already a postseason legend with plenty of time to keep moving up the leaderboard. If he maintains his numbers and takes 24 games to win the 2015 title, he'd elevate to the No. 9 spot in these rankings. 

And that's with only one more completed year of production. Imagine how high he'll be when he retires. 

9. John Havlicek

Playoff Score: 4,937.46

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (13 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 172

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 22.0 points, 6.9 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.3 blocks, 17.5 PER

Titles: 8 (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976)

Advancement Bonus: 1,796.74

Much as was the case for Larry Bird, versatility defined the career of John Havlicek. The small forward was capable of contributing in plenty of ways and routinely did so while helping the Boston Celtics rack up eight titles during his career. 

Plenty of them came while he was playing alongside Bill Russell, but not all of them. After all, the big man retired after winning the 1969 championship, and Havlicek only had six fingers adorned with rings at that stage of his career. 

During the 1974 run, Havlicek averaged 27.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 6.0 assists while leading the league in minutes played. Two years later, he was posting only 13.2 points, 3.7 boards and 3.4 dimes during his typical contest but still spent nearly 34 minutes per game on the floor. 

Longevity and consistent excellence are the names of the games here. 

8. Kobe Bryant

Playoff Score: 5,249.2

Playoff Teams: Los Angeles Lakers (15 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 220

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 25.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.7 blocks, 22.4 PER

Titles: 5 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010)

Advancement Bonus: 1,289.2

There's a rather large leap up to Kobe Bryant, who essentially kicks off a new tier of the rankings. His Playoff Score is nearly 312 points higher than John Havlicek's, but the standings are tightly packed with small incremental jumps until we move up to No. 3. 

Whether or not Bryant makes it back into the postseason before hanging up his sneakers for good or plays out his career on lottery teams, he's already compiled a remarkable resume. He's been a central figure on a three-peating squad and was the unquestioned star when the Los Angeles Lakers won back-to-back titles nearly a decade later. 

And all the while, he's been quite good as an individual. Three times—admittedly, never during a title run—he even paced the Association in postseason scoring, breaking past the 30-point barrier during his average contest. 

7. Shaquille O'Neal

Playoff Score: 5,304.02 

Playoff Teams: Orlando Magic (three seasons), Los Angeles Lakers (eight seasons), Miami Heat (three seasons), Phoenix Suns (one season), Cleveland Cavaliers (one season), Boston Celtics (one season)

Playoff Games Played: 216

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 24.3 points, 11.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 0.5 steals, 2.1 blocks, 26.1 PER

Titles: 4 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006)

Advancement Bonus: 1,113.62

Shaquille O'Neal needed some appearances in the postseason while past his prime in order to get to 216 games played, and while those may have dragged down his overall numbers, they still can't put a significant damper on how ridiculous his best years were.

During the Los Angeles Lakers' three-peat at the turn of the century, the Big Diesel actually averaged 29.9 points, 14.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.4 blocks while shooting 55.2 percent from the field. He led the league in scoring once and rebounding twice during that three-season stretch and also posted the NBA's best PER on two occasions.

The overall PER for those three years? A scorching 29.3, and he even led the league with a mark of 30.6 during the very next postseason. 

O'Neal's prime didn't last forever, and he spent plenty of time in the playoffs as more of a supporting-cast member than an unquestioned superstar. But when he was at his best, he was, without a shadow of a doubt, the league's best. 

6. Wilt Chamberlain

Playoff Score: 5,346.48

Playoff Teams: Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors (four seasons), Philadelphia 76ers (four seasons), Los Angeles Lakers (five seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 160

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 22.5 points, 24.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 22.7 PER

Titles: 2 (1967, 1972)

Advancement Bonus: 1,180.08

As an individual, Wilt Chamberlain was unstoppable. Ahead of his time with a ridiculous combination of size, skill and athleticism, he torched one team after another en route to some record numbers that likely won't ever be topped. 

During the postseason, he's the proud owner of a career 26.04 game score, which remains the No. 2 mark of all time. In fact, it wasn't until this season that he was dethroned in that department, as Anthony Davis' 26.76 average game score while his New Orleans Pelicans were swept by the Golden State Warriors is now the placeholder. Chamberlain led the NBA in rebounds per game during eight of his 13 playoff ventures, and it's not as if he was some slouch in the scoring department, either. 

Nevertheless, there are two main flaws on his resume, though it's worth noting I use "flaws" hesitantly, because his work in the postseason is still pretty darn complete.

First, he played "only" 160 games, which is the least of any player ranked in the top 10. Second, he didn't win many championships, earning rings in 1967 with the Philadelphia 76ers and five years later with the Los Angeles Lakers. Each of his other 10 trips to the conference finals ended unsuccessfully, and he was only 6-of-12 in that penultimate round throughout his entire professional life. 

5. Magic Johnson

Playoff Score: 5,593.48

Playoff Teams: Los Angeles Lakers (13 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 190

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 19.5 points, 7.7 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 1.9 steals, 0.3 blocks, 23.0 PER

Titles: 5 (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)

Advancement Bonus: 1,384.98

What Magic Johnson did in a relatively short amount of time is absolutely unbelievable. Though he made one return after he was diagnosed HIV positive, that 1996 run with the Los Angeles Lakers lasted only four postseason games and saw Johnson perform at a level far lower than the one he was at during his age-31 season. 

Just imagine what Johnson could have done if he'd remained fully healthy and played until he was 36 years old. He'd be among the all-time leaders in postseason contests and may even have found himself at the very top of this countdown. 

But of course, the magical point guard didn't need much time to rack up the accolades. By virtue of making one deep run after another—nine of his 13 playoff appearances resulted in his playing on the Finals stage—he still put together a loaded resume. 

Perhaps the biggest testimony to Johnson's playoff dominance, though, is the playoff score he earned on a per-season basis. Among members of the top 10, only LeBron James, Bill Russell and Michael Jordan have been more impressive. 

4. Tim Duncan

Playoff Score: 5,752.42

Playoff Teams: San Antonio Spurs (17 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 241

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 21.2 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 0.7 steals, 2.3 blocks, 24.6 PER

Titles: 5 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014)

Advancement Bonus: 1,197.52

Tim Duncan is already No. 4 on the career leaderboard for postseason appearances, and he's still an active player. The same isn't true for either of the two ahead of him, Robert Horry and Derek Fisher.

And if he chooses not to retire and leads the San Antonio Spurs back into the 2016 playoffs after a heartbreaking first-round defeat to Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers, he'll only need to play four games to move up into a spot that leaves him behind only Fisher. In order to pass the lefty point guard, though, he'd need 25 more games under his belt, which basically means making one more lengthy run to the NBA Finals or sticking around for at least two more seasons.

But Duncan hasn't just hung around as a role-playing backup. He's been a central figure ever since leaving Wake Forest, even averaging 20.7 points and 9.0 rebounds during the postseason run that immediately followed his rookie go-round in 1998. 

Also notable is that Duncan became the closest player in NBA history to posting at least five per game in points, rebounds, assists and blocks during a single playoff run. He was only 0.7 shy of the blocks mark in 2002, but, unlike Hakeem Olajuwon in 1993, he hit the required number in three of four categories. 

3. Michael Jordan

Playof Score: 5,971.31

Playoff Teams: Chicago Bulls (13 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 179

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 33.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 2.1 steals, 0.9 blocks, 28.6 PER

Titles: 6 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)

Advancement Bonus: 1,379.96

Surprised to see Michael Jordan before we get to the top spot? 

The Chicago Bulls legend racked up six titles—earned by three-peating, retiring and then three-peating again. He has the No. 3 average game score in playoff history, trailing only the marks earned by Wilt Chamberlain and Anthony Davis (admittedly in a four-game sample). He's also widely viewed as the greatest basketball player of all time, and his exploits in the biggest moments are nothing short of legendary. 

But Jordan's retirements and inability to escape the opening rounds earlier in his career ultimately keep him out of the top two spots. Playing baseball and losing out on one postseason in his prime hurts, as does only returning right before the 1995 playoffs and dealing with some matchups that were tougher than necessary.

Plus, Jordan called it quits once more after the 1998 title, and though he'd return with the Washington Wizards four years later, he'd never make it back to the sport's second season.

It's nearly impossible to be more successful as an individual. But without nearly as many games played as some of the other top playoff performers in NBA history and his team's failure to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals until he was 25 years old, he's doomed to No. 3. 

2. Bill Russell

Playoff Score: 6,410.32

Playoff Teams: Boston Celtics (13 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 165

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 16.2 points, 24.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 19.4 PER

Titles: 11 (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)

Advancement Bonus: 2,773.72

Bill Russell may be the sport's greatest champion, but that doesn't make him the top playoff performer. 

That's largely because Russell retired at 34 years old, pulling the plug on his remarkable career right after winning his 11th title. He remains the man in possession of more rings than anyone else in NBA history, but it's tough to avoid imagining what he could have done if he kept playing. 

After all, he'd racked up 11 of them in just 13 years. The only times he lost came during his sophomore season, when Russell's foot injury kept him out of some crucial games against the St. Louis Hawks during the NBA Finals, and in 1967—the big man's first season as a player-coach. 

From a per-season standpoint, no player has ever been better at earning postseason accolades than this man. 

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Playoff Score: 6,436.35

Playoff Teams: Milwaukee Bucks (five seasons), Los Angeles Lakers (13 seasons)

Playoff Games Played: 237

Playoff Per-Game Stats: 24.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.0 steals, 2.4 blocks, 23.0 PER

Titles: 6 (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)

Advancement Bonus: 1,520.97

Not a single resume in NBA history is more complete than that of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who dominates in all three of the categories that we've looked at throughout this countdown. 

Longevity? The big man with the sweeping skyhook suited up in 237 postseason contests, which leaves him trailing only Tim Duncan, Robert Horry and Derek Fisher throughout all of NBA history. 

Individual excellence? By averaging 24.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.0 steals and 2.4 blocks, he earned a career game score of 20.74 in the playoffs. That's the No. 18 mark of all time, which looks awfully good in conjunction with his games played. 

Advancement Bonus? His mark of 1,520.97—boosted by six titles in which he served as a central figure and another eight appearances in the conference finals—stands out on its own. Only three players have ever posted higher scores in that category: Bill Russell, John Havlicek and Sam Jones.

Abdul-Jabbar isn't at the very top of any individual portion of these rankings. But the combination is all that matters, and it leaves him reigning supreme.  

Note: All stats, unless otherwise indicated, come from Basketball-Reference.com and are current heading into May 5's games. 

Adam Fromal covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter: @fromal09.