highest playoff mpg in a season since 2000 with at least 8 games played

Since 1999-00, Michael Finley has played the most minutes per game with 8+ games played in a single NBA playoff run with 46.6 minutes per game in 2001-02.

Interpreted as:
highest playoff mpg by a player in a season since 2000 with at least 8 games played
NAMEMPGGPSEASONTMPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Finley
M. Finley
46.6
8
2001-02
24.6
6.3
2.3
1.5
0.5
8.6
18.5
46.6
1.8
4.6
37.8
5.6
6.3
90.0
57.9
1.6
4.6
1.9
373
197
50
18
12
4
15
24
+5
2LeBron James
L. James
46.5
13
2005-06
30.8
8.1
5.8
1.4
0.7
11.2
23.6
47.6
1.6
4.8
33.3
6.7
9.1
73.7
55.7
1.7
6.4
5.0
604
400
105
76
18
9
65
44
-49
3Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
46.4
12
2002-03
31.7
4.3
7.4
2.4
0.1
11.4
27.4
41.6
1.6
4.6
34.5
7.3
9.8
73.7
49.9
0.9
3.4
3.9
557
380
52
89
29
1
47
25
+4
4Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
46.2
22
2000-01
32.9
4.7
6.1
2.4
0.3
11.7
30.0
38.9
2.2
6.5
33.8
7.3
9.5
77.4
48.0
0.7
4.0
2.9
1,016
723
104
134
52
7
63
55
+1
5Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
45.0
10
2004-05
23.6
5.2
6.2
2.1
0.6
7.3
19.4
37.6
1.8
7.7
23.4
7.2
9.4
76.6
50.1
0.8
4.4
3.9
450
236
52
62
21
6
39
34
+6
6Vince Carter
V. Carter
44.9
12
2000-01
27.3
6.5
4.7
1.7
1.7
10.2
23.3
43.6
2.1
5.1
41.0
4.8
6.2
78.4
52.3
3.1
3.4
2.3
539
327
78
56
20
20
27
45
+29
7LeBron James
L. James
44.7
20
2006-07
25.1
8.1
8.0
1.7
0.5
8.3
20.0
41.6
1.1
3.8
28.0
7.4
9.8
75.5
51.6
1.3
6.8
3.3
893
501
161
159
34
10
66
40
+71
8Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
44.6
8
2001-02
28.4
13.1
2.3
2.0
0.8
9.1
20.5
44.5
2.0
3.5
57.1
8.1
9.3
87.8
57.7
2.1
11.0
2.8
357
227
105
18
16
6
22
27
-10
9Baron Davis
B. Davis
44.6
9
2001-02
22.6
7.0
7.9
3.6
0.6
7.9
20.9
37.8
2.3
6.9
33.9
4.4
7.4
59.7
46.7
1.8
5.2
3.0
401
203
63
71
32
5
27
36
+23
10Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
44.5
10
2002-03
27.1
9.0
6.7
2.1
0.8
7.7
19.3
39.9
1.6
4.5
35.6
10.1
11.7
86.3
55.4
1.1
7.9
4.4
445
271
90
67
21
8
44
38
-13
11Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
44.4
10
1999-00
26.2
4.0
4.5
1.2
0.1
9.1
23.7
38.4
1.2
3.9
30.8
6.8
9.2
73.9
47.2
1.4
2.6
3.2
444
262
40
45
12
1
32
24
-9
12Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
44.3
12
2002-03
32.1
5.1
5.2
1.2
0.1
11.4
26.4
43.2
2.1
5.2
40.3
7.2
8.7
82.7
53.1
1.3
3.8
3.5
531
385
61
62
14
1
42
35
+20
13Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
44.2
22
2003-04
24.5
4.7
5.5
1.9
0.3
8.6
20.9
41.3
1.1
4.4
24.7
6.1
7.5
81.3
50.6
0.8
3.9
2.8
973
539
104
121
42
7
61
59
+30
14Kevin Durant
K. Durant
44.1
11
2012-13
30.8
9.0
6.3
1.3
1.1
10.2
22.4
45.5
2.0
6.4
31.4
8.5
10.2
83.0
57.4
0.6
8.4
3.9
485
339
99
69
14
12
43
26
+15
15Antoine Walker
A. Walker
44.0
10
2002-03
17.3
8.7
4.3
1.7
0.4
7.3
17.6
41.5
1.6
4.5
35.6
1.1
2.2
50.0
46.6
2.0
6.7
3.7
440
173
87
43
17
4
37
44
+10
16Antoine Walker
A. Walker
43.9
16
2001-02
22.1
8.6
3.3
1.5
0.4
8.2
19.9
41.1
2.6
6.8
38.5
3.1
4.0
78.1
51.0
1.4
7.2
3.4
703
354
138
52
24
6
55
56
+50
17LeBron James
L. James
43.9
21
2010-11
23.7
8.4
5.9
1.7
1.2
8.3
17.8
46.6
1.4
4.0
35.3
5.7
7.4
76.3
56.3
1.6
6.8
3.1
922
497
176
123
35
25
66
56
+29
18Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
43.8
19
2001-02
26.6
5.8
4.6
1.4
0.9
9.8
22.7
43.4
1.2
3.1
37.9
5.8
7.6
75.9
51.1
1.5
4.4
2.8
833
506
111
87
27
17
54
65
+66
19Latrell Sprewell
L. Sprewell
43.8
16
1999-00
18.7
4.4
3.6
1.1
0.3
6.9
16.6
41.4
0.6
1.9
33.3
4.3
5.5
78.4
49.1
0.8
3.6
2.3
700
299
70
58
18
5
37
28
-4
20Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
43.5
18
2003-04
24.3
14.6
5.1
1.3
2.3
9.3
20.7
45.2
0.3
0.9
31.3
5.4
6.9
77.6
51.3
2.2
12.4
4.2
783
438
263
92
24
41
75
57
+40
21Chris Webber
C. Webber
43.5
8
2000-01
23.3
11.5
3.1
1.1
1.0
9.5
24.5
38.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.3
6.1
69.4
42.7
4.3
7.3
3.9
348
186
92
25
9
8
31
29
+23
22Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
43.5
23
1999-00
30.7
15.4
3.1
0.6
2.4
12.4
22.0
56.6
0.0
0.0
5.9
12.9
45.6
55.6
5.2
10.3
2.4
1,000
707
355
71
13
55
56
67
+115
23Michael Finley
M. Finley
43.4
10
2000-01
19.7
5.3
4.4
1.2
0.2
7.2
20.0
36.0
1.7
4.7
36.2
3.6
4.4
81.8
44.9
1.3
4.0
2.4
434
197
53
44
12
2
24
23
-51
24Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
43.4
16
2000-01
29.4
7.3
6.1
1.6
0.8
10.5
22.4
46.9
0.7
2.1
32.4
7.8
9.4
82.1
55.5
1.8
5.4
3.2
694
471
116
97
25
12
51
53
+213
25Richard Hamilton
R. Hamilton
43.2
25
2004-05
20.0
4.3
4.3
0.8
0.1
7.9
17.5
45.3
0.4
1.4
29.4
3.8
4.8
79.8
51.2
1.2
3.1
3.1
1,079
501
108
107
21
3
78
79
+114
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes per game going back to the 1952 playoffs.

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1
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56
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19
63
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17
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
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.780
2
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62
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.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
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.646
11.0
5
52
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.634
12.0
6
49
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Suns Suns - x
45
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19.0
8
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22.0
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42
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22.0
10
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27.0
11
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38.0
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26
56
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