LeBron James has the most career shot attempts in the playoffs, with 5,896 attempts.

most field goal attempt in one playoff series

Interpreted as:

most field goal attempt by a player in one playoff series

NAME	FGA	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
LeBron James	5,896	287	41.3	28.4	9.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	3.6	10.2	49.7	1.6	4.9	33.2	6.4	8.6	74.1	11,858	8,162	2,583	2,067	483	275	1,034	655	+1311
Kobe Bryant	4,499	220	39.3	25.6	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	2.9	9.2	44.8	1.3	4.0	33.1	6.0	7.4	81.6	8,641	5,640	1,119	1,040	310	144	647	660	+555
Michael Jordan	4,497	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	3.1	12.2	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	376	158	546	541	+294
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	4,422	237	37.3	24.3	10.5	3.2	1.0	2.4	2.6	9.9	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	6.0	74.0	8,851	5,762	2,481	767	189	476	447	797
Tim Duncan	3,939	251	37.3	20.6	11.4	3.0	0.7	2.3	2.5	7.9	50.1	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.8	7.0	68.9	9,370	5,172	2,859	764	168	568	633	701	+1090
Karl Malone	3,768	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	2.8	9.0	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	7,907	4,761	2,062	610	258	135	550	662	+123
Shaquille O'Neal	3,627	216	37.5	24.3	11.6	2.7	0.5	2.1	3.0	9.4	56.3	0.0	0.0		5.4	10.7	50.4	8,098	5,250	2,508	582	117	459	649	769	+638
Kevin Durant	3,528	170	40.5	29.3	7.8	4.2	1.0	1.2	3.2	9.9	47.7	2.2	6.1	35.6	7.4	8.5	86.8	6,893	4,985	1,327	709	172	204	550	427	+643
Tony Parker	3,501	226	34.3	17.9	2.9	5.1	0.9	0.1	2.6	7.1	46.1	0.5	1.7	30.9	3.1	4.2	73.1	7,758	4,045	666	1,143	198	19	594	429	+581
Jerry West	3,460	153	41.3	29.1	5.6	6.3	0.0	0.0		10.6	46.9				7.9	9.8	80.5	6,321	4,457	855	970	0	0		451
John Havlicek	3,329	172	39.9	22.0	6.9	4.8	1.1	0.3		8.4	43.6				5.1	6.1	83.6	6,860	3,776	1,186	825	60	16		527
Elgin Baylor	3,161	134	41.1	27.0	12.9	4.0				10.4	43.9				6.3	8.2	77.1	5,510	3,623	1,724	541				435
Larry Bird	3,090	164	42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	3.1	8.9	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	5.5	6.2	89.0	6,886	3,897	1,683	1,062	296	145	506	466
Dwyane Wade	3,062	177	37.8	22.3	5.2	4.9	1.5	1.0	3.3	8.2	47.4	0.6	1.7	33.8	5.4	6.9	78.0	6,697	3,954	928	870	273	175	583	467	+432
Scottie Pippen	3,009	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	1.9	0.9	2.9	6.4	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	3.7	5.1	72.4	8,105	3,642	1,583	1,048	395	185	602	686	+232
Stephen Curry	2,926	147	37.4	27.0	5.3	6.2	1.5	0.3	3.3	9.0	45.3	4.2	10.6	39.7	4.7	5.3	88.9	5,492	3,966	786	912	223	44	489	375	+945
Hakeem Olajuwon	2,847	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	2.9	10.4	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	5,749	3,755	1,621	458	245	472	424	562	-29
Wilt Chamberlain	2,728	160	47.2	22.5	24.5	4.2				8.9	52.2				4.7	10.2	46.5	7,559	3,607	3,913	673				412
Dennis Johnson	2,661	180	38.9	17.3	4.3	5.6	1.4	0.6	2.7	6.5	43.9	0.2	0.8	23.6	4.2	5.2	80.2	6,994	3,116	781	1,006	247	113	480	575
James Harden	2,659	166	36.1	22.7	5.5	6.4	1.6	0.5	3.4	6.8	42.5	2.5	7.4	34.0	6.6	7.5	87.0	5,992	3,764	910	1,061	273	91	569	496	+269
Dirk Nowitzki	2,642	145	40.7	25.3	10.0	2.5	1.0	0.9	2.3	8.4	46.2	1.0	2.8	36.5	7.4	8.3	89.2	5,895	3,663	1,446	360	149	129	328	407	+48
Klay Thompson	2,585	158	36.9	19.2	4.0	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	7.1	43.6	3.2	7.8	40.5	1.8	2.1	84.5	5,830	3,032	626	351	150	85	274	411	+615
Sam Jones	2,571	154	30.2	18.9	4.7	2.3				7.5	44.7				4.0	4.9	81.1	4,654	2,909	718	358				391
Magic Johnson	2,552	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	3.7	6.8	50.6	0.3	1.1	24.1	5.6	6.7	83.8	7,538	3,701	1,465	2,346	358	64	696	524
Russell Westbrook	2,476	122	36.7	23.6	7.0	7.5	1.7	0.3	3.9	8.2	40.5	1.4	4.6	29.7	5.8	7.0	82.5	4,474	2,883	857	921	211	41	471	350	+112