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

Since 1978-79, LeBron James has the most points per game in elimination games when playing 15+ games, with 33.1 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	33.1	29	44.5	10.3	7.5	1.8	0.9	11.9	24.0	49.5	2.1	5.9	35.7	7.2	10.0	72.0	58.2	1.9	8.4	3.9	1,289	959	299	217	52	27	112	66	+54
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	25.8	16	38.0	12.4	6.7	1.1	1.3	9.7	18.6	52.0	1.9	4.9	38.0	4.6	5.5	83.0	61.3	2.3	10.2	3.3	608	413	199	107	17	20	52	59	+42
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	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22.7	26	41.6	13.8	4.2	1.5	0.9	7.9	15.4	51.3	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	James Harden J. Harden	22.1	26	39.0	5.4	6.5	2.2	0.8	6.6	15.8	41.7	2.4	7.5	31.6	6.5	7.7	84.5	57.5	0.9	4.5	4.3	1,013	575	141	170	58	20	111	62	-96
21	Paul George P. George	21.5	21	40.4	8.1	3.8	1.8	0.5	7.2	16.9	42.9	2.2	7.1	30.7	4.8	5.8	82.8	55.3	1.0	7.1	3.6	848	451	171	79	37	11	76	70	-9
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	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
24	Walter Davis W. Davis	21.1	18	29.4	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.2	8.4	16.9	49.7	0.1	0.3	20.0	4.2	5.1	82.6	55.0			2.2	530	379	50	79	18	4	40	44
25	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	21.0	21	37.6	5.3	4.2	1.1	1.0	7.6	18.0	42.2	0.9	2.7	32.1	5.0	6.0	84.0	51.0	1.3	4.0	3.5	790	441	111	88	24	22	73	55	+14