Michael Jordan has averaged the most career points per game in game threes, with 34.2 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest points per game by a player game 3

	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	34.2	37	41.7	6.5	5.5	2.4	1.1	12.6	25.5	49.6	1.0	2.6	38.9	7.9	9.3	84.9	57.8	2.1	4.5	3.3	1,542	1,266	242	203	88	40	121	108	+94
2	Lee Shaffer L. Shaffer	32.0	2		12.0				14.0	27.0	51.9				4.0	7.0	57.1	53.2					64	24					8
3	Alex Groza A. Groza	31.3	3						10.7						10.0	12.0	83.3						94						12
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.3	31	41.1	8.2	4.3	1.3	1.0	10.4	21.4	48.5	2.2	6.4	34.5	7.3	8.4	87.0	60.3	0.8	7.5	3.0	1,273	939	255	133	39	31	94	75	+191
5	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	30.0	2	35.4	10.0	3.0	1.5	0.0	11.5	25.5	45.1	3.0	6.5	46.2	4.0	5.0	80.0	54.2	4.5	5.5	2.0	71	60	20	6	3	0	4	7	+25
6	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	30.0	2	37.0	4.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	0.5	1.5	33.3	1.5	1.5	100.0	58.5	2.0	2.0	4.5	74	60	8	7	4	0	9	8
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	29.8	10	40.2	7.3	3.7	1.0	0.5	11.3	21.6	52.3	0.0	0.6	0.0	7.2	8.5	84.7	58.8			4.0	402	298	73	37	10	5	40	36
8	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	28.9	8	40.4	7.4	5.5	1.5	0.5	10.5	21.0	50.0	3.3	8.4	38.8	4.6	6.0	77.1	61.1	1.1	6.3	3.6	323	231	59	44	12	4	29	14	+7
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	28.8	13	44.2	4.5	6.1	2.2	0.4	10.1	25.1	40.2	1.2	4.8	25.8	7.5	9.9	75.2	49.0	1.1	3.5	2.8	575	375	59	79	29	5	36	30	-23
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.7	11	35.9	11.0	2.9	0.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	50.5	1.9	3.7	51.2	9.4	11.5	81.1	64.3	2.1	8.9	3.4	395	316	121	32	10	23	37	41	+101
11	LeBron James L. James	28.3	55	41.4	8.7	7.4	1.7	1.0	10.1	20.5	49.4	1.8	5.1	34.4	6.2	8.3	74.7	58.4	1.3	7.4	3.7	2,277	1,555	478	409	93	56	202	114	+256
12	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	28.3	16						9.4	22.3	42.0				9.5	12.2	77.9	51.0					452						48
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	28.2	12	39.5	12.6	2.9	1.8	1.5	10.5	18.4	57.0	0.3	1.6	15.8	6.9	8.9	77.6	63.0	3.1	9.5	2.8	474	338	151	35	22	18	33	44	+78
14	Scotty Pippen Jr. S. Pippen Jr.	28.0	1	38.3	5.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	8.0	16.0	50.0	6.0	10.0	60.0	6.0	6.0	100.0	75.1	0.0	5.0	5.0	38	28	5	5	3	1	5	5	-5
15	Trae Young T. Young	28.0	5	38.0	2.2	8.6	1.0	0.4	9.4	19.0	49.5	3.0	7.6	39.5	6.2	7.2	86.1	63.2	0.2	2.0	3.2	190	140	11	43	5	2	16	12	-8
16	Ja Morant J. Morant	27.6	5	34.7	5.2	8.4	0.8	0.6	9.4	19.8	47.5	2.8	6.2	45.2	6.0	8.2	73.2	59.0	1.4	3.8	3.2	174	138	26	42	4	3	16	9	+11
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	27.3	27	36.8	4.9	5.7	1.5	0.4	8.7	19.8	43.9	4.2	10.5	39.8	5.7	6.4	90.1	60.4	0.9	3.9	2.8	993	738	131	153	41	11	76	72	+133
18	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	27.2	14	41.3	4.1	6.2	1.1	0.3	8.6	20.3	42.3	3.4	9.9	34.1	6.7	7.3	92.2	57.9	0.6	3.5	3.1	578	381	58	87	15	4	44	36	-60
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	27.1	9	37.9	9.8	7.1	1.8	0.6	9.1	21.7	42.1	2.9	8.8	32.9	6.0	8.9	67.5	53.0	1.3	8.4	3.9	341	244	88	64	16	5	35	26	+3
20	Steve Francis S. Francis	27.0	1	43.0	9.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	16.0	43.8	4.0	5.0	80.0	9.0	12.0	75.0	63.4	0.0	9.0	3.0	43	27	9	7	0	0	3	3	+13
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26.7	41	40.2	5.3	4.9	1.5	0.7	9.2	20.8	44.1	1.5	4.7	33.0	6.8	8.4	81.0	54.4	1.3	4.0	3.2	1,649	1,093	216	202	63	29	130	136	+148
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	26.6	16	39.9	13.4	9.0	0.9	0.8	10.3	19.2	53.7	1.8	4.7	38.7	4.2	5.4	77.0	61.7	3.4	10.1	3.9	638	426	215	144	15	13	63	50	+22
23	Jerry West J. West	26.6	28				0.0	0.0	9.7						7.3	8.9	81.5		0.0	2.0			745			0	0		78
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	26.5	15	36.2	12.3	5.7	1.2	1.3	9.7	18.0	54.1	0.7	3.1	21.7	6.4	9.9	64.9	59.4	2.2	10.1	3.7	543	398	184	86	18	20	55	49	+148
25	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	26.5	2	36.7	5.5	2.0	0.5	1.0	9.0	16.5	54.5	2.5	4.5	55.6	6.0	6.5	92.3	68.4	0.0	5.5	2.0	73	53	11	4	1	2	4	2	-14