highest career ppg by a player in elimination games minimum 5 games before 1990

Before 1989-90, Michael Jordan scored the most points per game in elimination games when playing 5+ games, with 31.6 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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.6	8	41.8	7.6	7.6	2.3	1.3	10.9	24.0	45.3	0.5	1.3	40.0	9.4	12.9	72.8	53.3	2.6	5.0	4.3	334	253	61	61	18	10	34	33
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31.1	23	47.2	25.7	3.5			12.5	22.9	54.6				6.1	13.4	45.8	54.0				1,085	715	590	80				64
3	Jerry West J. West	29.3	24		6.4				11.2	22.3	50.2				7.0	8.8	79.6	56.2					704	154					68
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	28.8	9	43.1	14.3	2.3	1.7	4.1	11.2	19.9	56.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.3	9.4	67.1	59.8	4.9	9.4	3.0	388	259	129	21	15	37	27	34
5	Bernard King B. King	28.8	8	40.4	4.9	2.8	1.0	0.1	10.9	19.5	55.8	0.1	0.4	33.3	6.9	9.1	75.3	61.1	1.6	3.3	2.6	323	230	39	22	8	1	21	31
6	George Gervin G. Gervin	27.9	14	39.9	5.6	3.4	1.1	1.1	10.9	22.2	49.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.0	7.3	82.4	54.8			3.3	559	390	79	48	15	16	43	49
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27.8	24		13.3				10.5	24.6	42.5				6.9	8.2	83.8	49.3					667	319					78
8	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	26.9	18						9.1	21.2	42.8				8.8	11.8	74.2	51.0					484						68
9	James Worthy J. Worthy	26.9	8	42.8	7.3	4.4	1.6	1.1	11.4	19.4	58.7	0.3	0.6	40.0	3.9	5.8	67.4	61.3	2.8	4.5	2.6	342	215	58	35	13	9	21	19
10	Sam Jones S. Jones	25.8	18		4.7				10.8	21.3	50.9				4.2	5.4	76.5	54.6					465	84					59
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	25.3	23	41.4	12.2	3.8	1.1	2.4	10.5	20.3	51.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	6.0	73.7	55.2	3.3	8.3	3.8	953	583	281	87	22	48	61	93
12	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	25.2	15		7.7	8.9	0.0	0.0	8.5	19.9	43.0				8.1	9.7	84.1	52.2	1.0	2.5			378	115	134	0	0		42
13	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	24.9	9	36.1	11.2	2.3			9.1	20.7	44.1	0.0	0.0		6.7	8.3	80.0	51.1			1.8	325	224	101	21			7	32
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	24.5	6	38.2	9.7	1.8	1.5	0.2	9.8	18.8	52.2	0.0	0.0		4.8	8.7	55.8	54.1	2.2	7.5	2.2	229	147	58	11	9	1	13	30
15	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	24.1	7	42.7	14.1	2.6			9.4	21.9	43.1				5.3	7.6	69.8	47.9				299	169	99	18				30
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.1	19	43.8	11.7	5.9	1.9	1.3	8.9	20.5	43.3	0.3	1.0	31.6	5.9	6.5	91.9	51.5			3.6	833	457	223	113	37	24	68	52
17	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	24.0	8	40.4	2.6	9.5	2.3	0.1	8.5	16.4	51.9	1.8	3.5	50.0	5.3	5.9	89.4	63.3	0.5	2.1	3.4	323	192	21	76	18	1	27	15
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	24.0	9	39.2	5.6	10.7	2.0	0.6	9.2	20.2	45.6	0.2	1.0	22.2	5.3	7.4	71.6	51.1	2.0	3.6	2.8	353	216	50	96	18	5	25	34
19	Alex English A. English	24.0	15	36.0	6.4	4.7	0.7	0.7	9.7	19.7	49.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.7	5.7	82.4	54.0	2.4	4.0	2.1	540	360	96	70	10	10	31	41
20	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	23.8	8	35.0	7.5	3.1	0.8	0.3	9.5	19.1	49.7	0.1	0.9	14.3	4.6	6.3	74.0	54.3	2.6	4.9	2.0	280	190	60	25	6	2	16	23
21	David Thompson D. Thompson	23.8	8	36.6	4.5	4.0	1.3	1.3	9.6	19.5	49.4	0.0	0.0		4.5	6.6	67.9	53.0	1.8	2.8	3.0	293	190	36	32	10	10	18	27
22	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	23.6	5	36.2	7.6	2.0	0.4	1.0	9.2	18.8	48.9	0.0	0.6	0.0	5.2	6.2	83.9	54.8	3.0	4.6	2.8	181	118	38	10	2	5	14	23
23	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	23.6	16		8.1	2.1			8.4	19.4	43.2				6.8	7.9	86.5	51.6					377	130	34				58
24	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	23.4	12	38.9	7.3	2.3	1.4	0.5	8.4	20.2	41.7	0.6	1.4	41.2	6.0	7.4	80.9	50.0	3.4	3.8	2.6	467	281	87	28	17	6	31	27
25	Mark Price M. Price	23.2	5	42.8	3.6	6.8	0.4	0.0	8.4	13.6	61.8	1.4	2.6	53.8	5.0	5.2	96.2	73.0	1.0	2.6	3.4	214	116	18	34	2	0	17	7