Relative weight of playoffs vs regular seasons, subjective

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Mike G
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Relative weight of playoffs vs regular seasons, subjective

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Did this with Win Shares in another thread (Ginobili/Parker), and it's kind of interesting. Here are ranks of players with various multiples of playoff totals added to regular season totals, for their careers.
First the most boring: minutes. First column is just regular season plus playoff minutes (times 1).

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PO*1        2         4         8
Kareem    Kareem    Kareem    Kareem
Malone    Malone    Malone    Malone
Kidd      Wilt      Kobe      Kobe
Wilt      Kobe      Wilt      Wilt
Stockton  Kidd      Erving    Shaq

Hayes     Stockton  Kidd      Duncan
Kobe      Havlicek  Shaq      Pippen
Moses     Erving    Duncan    Erving
Havlicek  Hayes     Havlicek  Havlicek
Reggie    Reggie    Pippen    Jordan

Garnett   Shaq      Stockton  Russell
Payton    Payton    Jordan    Stockton
Erving    Parish    Russell   Kidd
Parish    Garnett   Parish    Parish
Gilmore   Duncan    Payton    Magic

Shaq      Moses     Reggie    DJ
Olajuwon  Pippen    Garnett   Payton
Allen     Jordan    Olajuwon  Olajuwon
Duncan    Olajuwon  Hayes     Reggie
Pippen    Russell   Allen     Bird
Not much to see here. These are all NBA + ABA totals.

Points:

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po*1        2         4         8
Kareem    Kareem    Kareem    Kareem
Malone    Malone    Jordan    Jordan
Jordan    Jordan    Malone    Kobe
Kobe      Kobe      Kobe      Malone
Wilt      Erving    Shaq      Shaq

Erving    Shaq      Erving    Erving
Shaq      Wilt      Wilt      West
Moses     Olajuwon  West      Duncan
Olajuwon  West      Duncan    Wilt
Issel     Moses     Olajuwon  Olajuwon

Havlicek  Havlicek  Havlicek  Havlicek
West      Issel     Issel     Bird
Hayes     Duncan    Moses     Baylor
Gervin    Hayes     Nowitzki  LeBron
Oscar     Nowitzki  Baylor    Nowitzki

Duncan    Reggie    Bird      Issel
Nowitzki  Gervin    Reggie    Reggie
Reggie    Barry     Barry     Barry
Barry     Oscar     LeBron    Pippen
Nique     Ewing     Hayes     Ewing
Jordan passes Kareem at N = 28 (playoffs weighed 28 times as heavily as regular seasons).

Rebounds:

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po*1        2         4         8
Wilt      Wilt      Wilt      Wilt
Russell   Russell   Russell   Russell
Kareem    Kareem    Kareem    Kareem
Moses     Moses     Moses     Duncan
Gilmore   Malone    Duncan    Shaq

Hayes     Gilmore   Malone    Malone
Malone    Hayes     Shaq      Moses
Parish    Duncan    Parish    Parish
Duncan    Parish    Gilmore   Unseld
Shaq      Shaq      Hayes     Olajuwon

Thurmond  Unseld    Unseld    Gilmore
Unseld    Olajuwon  Olajuwon  Hayes
Olajuwon  Garnett   Garnett   Garnett
Garnett   Thurmond  Barkley   Rodman
Bellamy   Barkley   Thurmond  Baylor

Pettit    Bellamy   Rodman    Barkley
Barkley   Pettit    Silas     Silas
Buck W    Silas     Baylor    Oakley
Silas     Rodman    Pettit    Erving
J Lucas   Oakley    Oakley    Pettit
Russell passes Wilt at N = 13
"Malone" is Karl. Moses is Moses.

Assists:

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po*1        2         4         8
Stockton  Stockton  Stockton  Stockton
Kidd      Magic     Magic     Magic
Magic     Kidd      Kidd      Kidd
Nash      Nash      Nash      Nash
Jackson   Jackson   Jackson   Jackson

Oscar     Oscar     Isiah     Isiah
Isiah     Isiah     Oscar     Oscar
Payton    Payton    Payton    Payton
Cheeks    Cheeks    Cheeks    Cheeks
TPorter   Cousy     Pippen    Pippen

Wilkens   TPorter   Cousy     Kobe
Cousy     Pippen    West      Bird
Hardaway  West      Kobe      Cousy
West      Kobe      Bird      West
Pippen    Wilkens   Jordan    Jordan

DHarper   Drexler   Drexler   DJ
Drexler   Hardaway  TPorter   Drexler
Havlicek  Bird      DJ        Havlicek
Kobe      Havlicek  Havlicek  LeBron
Nixon     Jordan    LeBron    Parker
Magic passes Stock at N = 12

Steals (since 1974) :

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po*1        2         4         8
Stockton  Stockton  Stockton  Stockton
Kidd      Kidd      Jordan    Jordan
Jordan    Jordan    Kidd      Pippen
Pippen    Pippen    Pippen    Kidd
Payton    Cheeks    Cheeks    Cheeks

Cheeks    Payton    Erving    Magic
Erving    Erving    Drexler   Erving
Drexler   Drexler   Payton    Drexler
Olajuwon  Olajuwon  Magic     Kobe
Malone    Malone    Olajuwon  Payton

Blaylock  Kobe      Malone    Malone
Kobe      Magic     Kobe      Olajuwon
Iverson   Isiah     Isiah     Bird
DHarper   Blaylock  Bird      Isiah
Isiah     Iverson   Iverson   DJ
Jordan passes Stockton at R = 19; but Pippen has passed both at R = 17

Blocks (since 1974) :

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po*1        2         4         8
Olajuwon  Olajuwon  Olajuwon  Olajuwon
Kareem    Kareem    Kareem    Kareem
Mutombo   Mutombo   Duncan    Duncan
Gilmore   Duncan    Shaq      Shaq
Robinson  Shaq      Mutombo   Robinson

Ewing     Robinson  Robinson  Ewing
Shaq      Gilmore   Ewing     Mutombo
Duncan    Ewing     Gilmore   Parish
Parish    Parish    Parish    Gilmore
Ca Jones  Ca Jones  Ca Jones  Erving

Camby     B Wallace B Wallace Ca Jones
B Wallace Camby     Erving    B Wallace
Erving    Erving    Camby     McHale
Nance     Garnett   McHale    Hayes
Garnett   Nance     Garnett   Camby
Some players are likely missing from these lists. I only gathered the totals of the top 200 careers in minutes played.
Duncan takes the top spot at R = 27.

3-point FG:

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po*1        2         4         8
Allen     Allen     Allen     Allen
Reggie    Reggie    Reggie    Reggie
Kidd      Kidd      Kidd      Kobe
Terry     Billups   Billups   Billups
Billups   Terry     Kobe      Kidd

Pierce    Pierce    Pierce    Pierce
Kobe      Kobe      Terry     Terry
R Lewis   Nash      Nash      Fisher
Nash      R Lewis   Finley    Nash
D Ellis   D Ellis   Fisher    Finley

Carter    Finley    R Lewis   Horry
E Jones   Carter    Bibby     Majerle
Bibby     Bibby     Majerle   Bibby
Finley    E Jones   E Jones   R Lewis
THardaway THardaway D Ellis   R Wallace
At R = 25, Fisher and Horry are #5 and #7
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