highest finals ppg for 28 year old in nba history

Shaquille O'Neal has scored the most career points per game by a 28-year-old player in the NBA Finals, with 38.0 per game.

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highest finals ppg by a player for 28 year old in NBA history
NAMEPPGSERIESGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
38.0
NBA Finals
6
45.5
16.7
2.3
1.0
2.7
16.0
26.2
61.1
0.0
0.0
6.0
15.5
38.7
57.6
5.7
11.0
2.2
273
228
100
14
6
16
13
20
+8
2Kevin Durant
K. Durant
35.2
NBA Finals
5
39.7
8.2
5.4
1.0
1.6
12.0
21.6
55.6
3.6
7.6
47.4
7.6
8.2
92.7
69.8
1.4
6.8
2.2
199
176
41
27
5
8
11
13
+33
3Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
33.8
NBA Finals
6
45.7
15.0
4.3
12.7
27.2
46.6
8.5
10.2
83.6
53.5
274
203
90
26
21
4Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
31.2
NBA Finals
5
44.0
6.6
11.4
2.8
1.4
12.6
22.6
55.8
0.4
0.8
50.0
5.6
6.6
84.8
61.2
1.6
5.0
3.6
220
156
33
57
14
7
18
18
5Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
30.2
NBA Finals
5
41.1
14.0
7.2
0.8
1.4
11.2
19.2
58.3
1.6
3.8
42.1
6.2
7.4
83.8
67.2
1.8
12.2
3.4
205
151
70
36
4
7
17
17
+39
6Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
29.0
NBA Finals
1
47.0
15.0
2.0
0.0
2.0
10.0
22.0
45.5
1.0
2.0
50.0
8.0
8.0
100.0
56.8
3.0
12.0
1.0
47
29
15
2
0
2
1
5
-3
7Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
28.4
NBA Finals
5
41.6
16.4
3.0
9.4
23.8
39.5
9.6
12.0
80.0
48.8
208
142
82
15
18
8John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
27.3
NBA Finals
6
48.5
8.7
6.7
9.8
23.3
42.1
7.7
8.7
88.5
50.3
291
164
52
40
25
9Latrell Sprewell
L. Sprewell
26.0
NBA Finals
5
44.2
6.6
2.6
1.4
0.2
9.6
23.4
41.0
0.4
1.4
28.6
6.4
7.6
84.2
48.6
1.2
5.4
2.8
221
130
33
13
7
1
14
7
-27
10Kevin McHale
K. McHale
25.8
NBA Finals
6
40.2
8.5
1.7
0.8
2.5
9.8
17.2
57.3
0.0
0.0
6.2
7.7
80.4
62.9
3.7
4.8
3.3
241
155
51
10
5
15
20
20
11Moses Malone
M. Malone
25.8
NBA Finals
4
39.3
18.0
2.0
1.5
1.5
9.0
17.8
50.7
0.0
0.0
7.8
11.8
66.0
56.2
6.8
11.3
2.8
157
103
72
8
6
6
11
15
12James Worthy
J. Worthy
25.5
NBA Finals
4
42.5
4.3
3.5
0.5
1.5
9.8
20.3
48.1
0.5
0.8
66.7
5.5
7.8
71.0
53.9
1.8
2.5
1.8
170
102
17
14
2
6
7
10
13LeBron James
L. James
25.3
NBA Finals
7
43.0
10.9
7.0
2.3
0.9
9.6
21.4
44.7
1.7
4.9
35.3
4.4
5.6
79.5
52.9
2.4
8.4
2.6
301
177
76
49
16
6
18
10
0
14Larry Bird
L. Bird
23.8
NBA Finals
6
40.2
8.8
5.0
1.8
0.7
8.8
19.7
44.9
0.5
1.5
33.3
5.7
6.7
85.0
52.7
2.7
6.2
2.2
241
143
53
30
11
4
13
14
15Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
23.6
NBA Finals
7
37.9
10.1
2.7
8.9
20.9
42.5
5.9
6.9
85.4
49.4
265
165
71
19
28
16Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
23.3
NBA Finals
6
34.2
9.2
1.3
9.0
21.8
41.2
5.3
7.2
74.4
46.7
205
140
55
8
24
17Bill Russell
B. Russell
22.9
NBA Finals
7
48.3
27.0
5.7
8.1
15.0
54.3
6.6
8.9
74.2
60.5
338
160
189
40
21
18Stephen Curry
S. Curry
22.6
NBA Finals
7
35.1
4.9
3.7
0.9
0.7
7.1
17.7
40.3
4.6
11.4
40.0
3.7
4.0
92.9
58.0
1.1
3.7
4.3
246
158
34
26
6
5
30
25
-7
19Sam Jones
S. Jones
22.1
NBA Finals
7
35.3
6.0
3.0
9.7
19.1
50.7
2.7
3.7
73.1
53.3
247
155
42
21
18
20Jason Terry
J. Terry
22.0
NBA Finals
6
40.0
2.2
3.5
1.8
0.0
9.0
18.8
47.8
2.2
6.8
31.7
1.8
2.5
73.3
55.2
0.2
2.0
2.5
240
132
13
21
11
0
15
11
-11
21Allan Houston
A. Houston
21.6
NBA Finals
5
44.4
3.2
3.4
0.4
0.0
8.2
19.2
42.7
0.4
2.4
16.7
4.8
5.2
92.3
50.3
0.4
2.8
2.6
222
108
16
17
2
0
13
9
-4
22Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
21.3
NBA Finals
4
35.3
2.5
7.3
1.5
0.3
8.0
16.5
48.5
0.5
1.5
33.3
4.8
6.3
76.0
55.2
0.5
2.0
2.5
141
85
10
29
6
1
10
13
23Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
21.1
NBA Finals
7
41.4
5.7
13.0
2.0
0.1
6.3
11.4
55.0
0.3
0.9
33.3
8.3
9.6
86.6
67.6
0.9
4.9
2.7
290
148
40
91
14
1
19
23
24George Mikan
G. Mikan
20.8
NBA Finals
5
6.0
19.2
31.3
8.8
11.4
77.2
42.9
104
27
25Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
20.7
NBA Finals
7
46.0
6.7
9.1
6.9
21.6
31.8
7.0
8.4
83.1
41.0
322
145
47
64
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Sun
3/8
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3:30 PM
Tue
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11:00 PM
Thu
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Sat
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2
42
21
.667
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5.0
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35
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.548
11.0
7
35
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18.5
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19.5
13
16
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29.0
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29.5
15
15
48
.238
30.5
WesternWLPCTGB
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49
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.766
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46
17
.730
2.5
3
39
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.629
9.0
4
40
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.625
9.0
5
39
25
.609
10.0
6
38
25
.603
10.5
7
36
27
.571
12.5
8
32
30
.516
16.0
9
30
32
.484
18.0
10
30
34
.469
19.0
11
23
38
.377
24.5
12
21
42
.333
27.5
13
20
45
.308
29.5
14
19
44
.302
29.5
15
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