Michael Jordan has scored the most points per game in an NBA Finals, with 41.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest ppg by a player average in a finals series

NAME	PPG	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Michael Jordan	41.0	1992-93	NBA Finals	CHI	6	45.7	8.5	6.3	1.7	0.7	2.7	16.8	33.2	50.8	1.7	4.2	40.0	5.7	8.2	69.4	274	246	51	38	10	4	16	20
Rick Barry	40.8	1966-67	NBA Finals	SFW	6	43.3	8.8	3.3				15.7	39.2	40.0				9.5	12.0	79.2	260	245	53	20				25
Elgin Baylor	40.6	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	7	45.9	17.9	3.7				14.4	33.6	43.0				11.7	14.1	82.8	321	284	125	26				22
Shaquille O'Neal	38.0	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	6	45.5	16.7	2.3	1.0	2.7	2.2	16.0	26.2	61.1	0.0	0.0		6.0	15.5	38.7	273	228	100	14	6	16	13	20	+8
Jerry West	37.9	1968-69	NBA Finals	LAL	7	43.9	4.7	7.4				13.7	28.0	49.0				10.4	12.4	83.9	307	265	33	52				20
Shaquille O'Neal	36.3	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	41.5	12.3	3.8	0.5	2.8	3.5	12.5	21.0	59.5	0.0	0.0		11.3	17.0	66.2	166	145	49	15	2	11	14	7	+45
LeBron James	35.8	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	6	45.7	13.3	8.8	1.3	0.5	3.5	13.0	32.7	39.8	2.2	7.0	31.0	7.7	11.2	68.7	274	215	80	53	8	3	21	19	-25
Michael Jordan	35.8	1991-92	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.3	4.8	6.5	1.7	0.3	4.0	13.5	25.7	52.6	2.0	4.7	42.9	6.8	7.7	89.1	254	215	29	39	10	2	24	21
Allen Iverson	35.6	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	5	47.4	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.2	2.4	13.2	32.4	40.7	2.2	7.8	28.2	7.0	9.6	72.9	237	178	28	19	9	1	12	12	-25
Kevin Durant	35.2	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	39.7	8.2	5.4	1.0	1.6	2.2	12.0	21.6	55.6	3.6	7.6	47.4	7.6	8.2	92.7	199	176	41	27	5	8	11	13	+33
Giannis Antetokounmpo	35.2	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	6	39.8	13.2	5.0	1.2	1.8	2.3	12.7	20.5	61.8	0.5	2.5	20.0	9.3	14.2	65.9	239	211	79	30	7	11	14	18	+30
Dwyane Wade	34.7	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.5	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	3.7	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	261	208	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
LeBron James	34.0	2017-18	NBA Finals	CLE	4	44.7	8.5	10.0	1.3	1.0	5.0	12.3	23.3	52.7	1.5	4.5	33.3	8.0	9.5	84.2	179	136	34	40	5	4	20	11	-60
Jerry West	33.9	1965-66	NBA Finals	LAL	7	45.3	6.4	5.1				12.6	24.4	51.5				8.7	10.0	87.1	317	237	45	36				20
Elgin Baylor	33.8	1962-63	NBA Finals	LAL	6	45.7	15.0	4.3				12.7	27.2	46.6				8.5	10.2	83.6	274	203	90	26				21
Jerry West	33.8	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	5	42.0	5.6	3.4				11.8	27.8	42.4				10.2	11.8	86.4	210	169	28	17				13
LeBron James	33.6	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	42.4	12.0	10.0	1.4	1.0	4.2	13.2	23.4	56.4	2.4	6.2	38.7	4.8	7.4	64.9	212	168	60	50	7	5	21	13	-7
Michael Jordan	33.5	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	6	41.7	4.0	2.3	1.8	0.7	1.7	11.7	27.3	42.7	0.7	2.2	30.8	9.5	11.7	81.4	250	201	24	14	11	4	10	13	+39
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	33.4	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	5	40.6	13.6	3.2	0.6	4.6	4.2	14.6	26.6	54.9	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.2	80.8	203	167	68	16	3	23	21	20
Shaquille O'Neal	33.0	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	45.0	15.8	4.8	0.4	3.4	4.0	12.6	22.0	57.3	0.0	0.0		7.8	15.2	51.3	225	165	79	24	2	17	20	20	+40
Hakeem Olajuwon	32.8	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	4	44.8	11.5	5.5	2.0	2.0	2.8	14.0	29.0	48.3	0.3	0.3	100.0	4.5	6.5	69.2	179	131	46	22	8	8	11	18
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	32.6	1973-74	NBA Finals	MIL	7	49.3	12.1	5.4	0.6	2.1		13.9	26.4	52.4				4.9	7.0	69.4	345	228	85	38	4	15		19
Kobe Bryant	32.4	2008-09	NBA Finals	LAL	5	43.8	5.6	7.4	1.4	1.4	3.2	11.6	27.0	43.0	1.8	5.0	36.0	7.4	8.8	84.1	219	162	28	37	7	7	16	13	+49
Michael Jordan	32.3	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.7	7.0	6.0	1.2	0.8	2.2	12.0	26.3	45.6	1.3	4.2	32.0	7.0	9.2	76.4	256	194	42	36	7	5	13	14	+6
George Mikan	32.2	1949-50	NBA Finals	MIN	6							10.5						11.2	14.3	77.9		193						27