highest effective shooting percentage by a player in finals history with 25 ppg with 20 games played

Shaquille O'Neal had the best eFG% in the NBA Finals when putting up 25.0+ points per game and playing 20+ games, at 60.2 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest effective shooting percentage by a player in finals history with 25 or higher ppg with 20 or more games played
NAME EFG% PPG GP SERIES 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 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
60.2
28.8
30
NBA Finals
42.3
13.1
3.4
0.5
2.1
11.3
18.8
60.2
0.0
0.0
6.2
12.7
48.4
59.0
4.0
9.1
3.4
1,268
865
393
103
16
62
101
109
+34
2 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
54.2
27.3
34
NBA Finals
39.0
5.8
6.0
1.6
0.3
8.8
20.4
43.2
4.5
11.3
39.5
5.2
5.6
91.7
59.6
1.0
4.7
3.5
1,327
928
196
204
55
11
120
96
+138
3 Julius Erving
J. Erving
52.7
25.5
22
NBA Finals
39.8
7.5
4.5
2.0
1.8
9.8
18.7
52.6
0.1
0.4
14.3
5.8
7.6
76.6
57.9
2.2
5.3
2.8
875
561
166
100
44
40
45
56
4 LeBron James
L. James
52.5
28.4
55
NBA Finals
42.5
10.2
7.8
1.7
0.8
10.7
22.1
48.4
1.8
5.2
35.2
5.2
7.1
73.1
56.3
1.9
8.3
3.9
2,337
1,562
561
430
93
46
217
130
-86
5 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
50.4
33.6
35
NBA Finals
43.0
6.0
6.0
1.8
0.7
12.5
26.0
48.1
1.2
3.3
36.8
7.4
9.1
80.6
55.9
1.6
4.4
2.8
1,506
1,176
211
209
62
23
99
103
+45
6 Jerry West
J. West
45.9
30.5
55
NBA Finals
43.3
5.0
5.6
11.1
24.2
45.9
8.3
10.0
82.6
53.3
2,380
1,679
277
306
159
7 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
44.2
25.3
37
NBA Finals
42.7
5.7
5.1
1.8
0.9
9.0
21.8
41.2
1.3
4.1
31.4
6.0
7.1
84.8
50.7
1.1
4.6
3.3
1,581
937
211
187
65
33
123
118
+36
8 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
42.7
26.4
44
NBA Finals
42.0
13.5
10.0
23.5
42.7
6.3
8.3
75.5
48.6
1,850
1,161
593
140
9 Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
41.8
28.4
25
NBA Finals
41.5
16.6
9.6
23.0
41.8
9.1
12.0
75.4
50.0
1,037
709
416
77
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1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
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50
32
.610
18.0
4
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50
32
.610
18.0
5
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50
32
.610
18.0
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
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Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
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49
33
.598
19.0
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1
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64
18
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2
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61
21
.744
3.0
3
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51
31
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13.0
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50
32
.610
14.0
5
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48
34
.585
16.0
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44
38
.537
20.0