highest career ppg by a player in elimination games minimum 20 games played since 1979

Since 1978-79, LeBron James has averaged the most points per game in elimination games when playing 20+ 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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	20.0	26	38.7	7.1	5.3	1.8	0.8	6.8	15.9	42.9	0.9	3.0	30.8	5.4	6.9	78.3	52.7	2.2	4.9	2.8	1,005	519	185	137	46	22	74	93	-12
16	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	19.7	20	37.9	4.7	2.8	0.7	0.4	8.0	17.6	45.6	0.6	2.1	26.2	3.2	3.5	90.0	51.6	1.6	3.1	2.2	759	394	93	56	14	8	44	59	+89
17	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	19.7	25	39.5	5.2	5.7	1.4	0.8	7.4	16.5	44.8	0.3	0.9	30.0	4.6	5.5	84.1	51.9			2.9	988	492	131	143	34	19	73	84
18	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	19.6	20	35.2	2.5	7.5	1.3	0.4	6.9	15.5	44.7	0.2	0.8	25.0	5.6	6.5	86.0	53.5	0.6	2.0	2.4	703	391	50	149	26	7	48	38	-43
19	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	19.4	20	35.2	5.7	3.1	1.4	0.3	7.3	15.5	47.2	2.0	6.1	32.2	2.9	4.1	70.4	56.3	1.2	4.5	2.9	703	388	113	62	28	6	57	47	+41
20	Kevin McHale K. McHale	18.3	25	32.2	7.9	1.4		1.4	6.9	12.3	56.0	0.1	0.2	40.0	4.5	5.9	75.7	61.5				804	458	197	34		36		86
21	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	18.0	24	37.6	6.0	3.1	1.2	0.8	6.0	14.8	40.4	1.9	5.0	37.5	4.1	4.8	85.3	53.1	0.7	5.3	2.8	903	432	143	75	29	18	66	83	-4
22	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	18.0	24	35.6	10.0	2.0	1.3	1.3	6.0	12.0	50.2	0.0	0.3	16.7	5.9	7.2	82.0	59.2	3.0	7.1	3.1	855	432	241	49	31	30	75	96	+54
23	Gary Payton G. Payton	17.4	32	39.8	4.9	6.9	1.7	0.2	6.6	15.2	43.2	1.1	3.2	34.0	3.2	4.3	74.1	51.0	1.3	3.7	2.2	1,272	558	158	222	54	7	70	98	+10
24	Tony Parker T. Parker	17.4	21	35.3	2.7	4.8	0.8	0.2	7.2	16.3	44.0	0.3	1.5	21.9	2.7	3.4	78.9	48.8	0.3	2.4	2.6	742	365	56	100	17	4	55	48	-38
25	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	17.3	24	39.1	11.9	3.8	1.2	1.2	6.8	14.5	47.0	0.1	0.5	25.0	3.6	5.0	71.7	51.9	2.3	9.7	2.8	938	415	286	90	28	28	66	74	+15