highest career ppg by a player in elimination games minimum 15 games played since 1979

Since 1978-79, LeBron James has averaged the most points per game in elimination games when playing 15+ games, with 32.8 per game.

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	32.8	30	44.3	10.4	7.3	1.7	0.9	11.8	23.8	49.4	2.1	5.9	35.6	7.1	9.9	72.1	58.1	1.9	8.5	3.9	1,330	983	311	220	52	28	116	67	+37
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	29.9	16	42.0	7.9	3.7	0.6	1.6	9.9	21.5	46.2	2.5	6.2	40.4	7.6	9.0	84.0	58.8	1.1	6.8	3.3	672	479	126	59	10	25	53	44	+27
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	28.9	15	41.2	6.1	7.0	1.5	0.7	10.1	22.8	44.4	4.3	11.9	36.5	4.3	4.7	90.1	58.0	0.7	5.4	3.0	619	433	92	105	22	11	45	32	+95
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	27.4	26	41.8	10.7	2.5	0.9	1.0	9.3	19.5	47.8	1.2	3.4	36.0	7.5	8.3	90.3	59.2	1.7	9.0	1.8	1,088	712	279	65	24	27	46	82	+5
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	26.5	17	41.1	8.8	5.9	1.1	1.0	9.0	20.5	43.8	3.0	7.9	37.8	5.5	6.6	83.2	56.6	0.9	7.9	3.2	699	451	149	100	18	17	54	42	+85
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	26.0	18	38.3	12.2	7.4	0.9	1.3	9.7	18.4	52.7	1.8	4.9	36.4	4.8	5.8	82.7	61.9	2.1	10.2	3.3	689	468	220	133	17	23	59	68	+51
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	25.4	34	41.6	10.2	3.4	1.4	0.8	9.6	20.5	47.1	0.0	0.1	20.0	6.1	8.9	68.2	52.0	2.6	7.6	2.6	1,413	863	348	114	46	26	88	122	+29
8	Jamal Murray J. Murray	25.3	15	40.3	4.9	5.1	0.9	0.3	9.5	20.4	46.4	2.3	6.3	36.8	4.1	4.5	91.0	56.6	1.0	3.9	2.7	605	380	74	77	13	4	40	33	+61
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25.3	18	38.1	10.9	2.0	0.6	1.9	9.6	16.8	57.1	0.0	0.0		6.1	11.9	51.4	57.4	3.8	7.1	2.8	687	456	196	36	10	35	50	75	+34
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	24.4	16	38.2	6.7	1.9	1.1	0.1	8.6	20.0	43.1	0.8	2.9	28.3	6.4	7.8	81.6	52.1	1.6	5.1	2.2	611	391	107	31	18	2	35	54	-101
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	24.4	15	38.8	10.7	3.7	0.5	1.5	8.2	19.3	42.6	1.2	4.6	26.1	6.8	8.3	81.6	53.2	2.7	8.1	4.2	582	366	161	56	8	23	63	50	+51
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	24.0	32	39.8	11.5	3.0	1.5	2.9	9.8	18.6	52.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.5	6.5	69.1	56.0	3.0	8.5	2.8	1,275	767	368	95	49	94	89	123	-19
13	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	23.4	28	39.9	13.0	2.4	0.9	2.1	9.0	18.6	48.3	0.1	0.2	33.3	5.3	7.2	73.8	53.6	3.1	9.8	2.6	1,116	655	363	68	26	58	72	102	-45
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	23.3	24	42.8	10.7	6.1	1.8	1.1	8.8	19.8	44.2	0.3	1.3	22.6	5.5	6.1	90.5	51.9			3.2	1,027	560	256	147	42	26	76	64
15	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	22.9	16	38.8	7.8	2.3	1.5	0.5	8.1	19.9	40.9	0.6	2.0	31.3	6.0	7.4	81.4	49.5	3.5	4.3	3.0	620	366	125	37	24	8	48	36
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	22.9	21	36.7	8.2	7.6	1.7	0.3	7.6	20.4	37.1	1.7	5.7	29.4	6.0	7.4	81.4	48.2	2.3	5.9	3.9	770	480	172	159	36	6	81	64	-45
17	Julius Erving J. Erving	22.8	19	38.8	5.9	4.6	1.9	2.0	8.9	18.6	48.2	0.1	0.5	12.5	4.8	6.0	80.7	53.7			3.3	738	433	113	88	37	38	62	52
18	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22.7	26	41.6	13.8	4.2	1.5	0.9	7.9	15.4	51.2	0.5	1.8	26.1	6.5	8.8	73.4	58.9	4.2	9.6	2.8	1,082	590	359	108	38	23	74	86	-3
19	Reggie Miller R. Miller	22.5	25	38.0	3.1	2.2	1.1	0.3	7.7	15.9	48.2	2.3	5.9	39.5	4.8	5.5	87.7	61.4	0.5	2.6	1.6	949	563	77	56	27	8	41	55	+28
20	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	22.3	21	39.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.0	8.3	17.2	48.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.8	8.0	72.5	54.0	3.2	8.3	2.7	823	469	241	58	17	43	56	68	-2
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	22.3	19	40.5	5.8	3.5	1.2	0.6	8.0	19.3	41.4	1.3	4.7	28.1	5.0	6.5	77.2	50.3	1.2	4.6	3.0	770	424	110	66	23	12	57	59	-69
22	Moses Malone M. Malone	21.4	21	41.0	14.6	2.1		1.7	7.6	16.3	46.5	0.1	0.1	50.0	6.2	7.9	78.3	54.1				861	449	307	44		36		56
23	CJ McCollum	21.3	15	34.4	4.1	2.3	0.5	0.4	8.6	17.5	49.2	2.1	5.2	39.7	2.0	2.5	78.9	57.2	0.9	3.2	1.8	516	319	62	35	7	6	27	41	-71
24	James Harden J. Harden	21.2	29	38.6	5.4	6.2	2.1	0.7	6.2	15.1	40.8	2.2	7.3	29.6	6.7	7.9	83.9	56.8	0.8	4.6	4.1	1,119	614	156	181	62	21	119	71	-79
25	Chris Paul C. Paul	21.2	18	40.5	5.6	8.9	2.2	0.1	7.9	16.5	48.1	1.7	4.6	36.6	3.6	4.3	84.4	57.6	0.7	4.8	2.7	730	381	100	161	39	1	48	52	-93

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0