highest ppg average in elimination games in nba finals

Rick Barry has scored the most career points per game in the NBA Finals, with 40.0 per game.

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highest ppg by a player average in elimination games in NBA finals

	NAME	PPG	SERIES	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	Rick Barry R. Barry	40.0	NBA Finals	2	41.0	8.0	2.0			15.0	37.5	40.0				10.0	10.5	95.2	47.5				82	80	16	4				9
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	37.0	NBA Finals	1	45.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	32.0	43.8	3.0	11.0	27.3	6.0	8.0	75.0	52.1	0.0	3.0	3.0	45	37	3	2	2	0	3	5	-4
3	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	35.0	NBA Finals	1	43.0	10.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	13.0	27.0	48.1	1.0	1.0	100.0	8.0	10.0	80.0	55.7	2.0	8.0	3.0	43	35	10	2	2	0	3	1	-5
4	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	34.0	NBA Finals	1	44.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	23.0	52.2	5.0	11.0	45.5	5.0	6.0	83.3	66.3	1.0	6.0	5.0	44	34	7	3	1	0	5	2	+1
5	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	33.5	NBA Finals	2	45.5	7.0	14.5			13.0	20.5	63.4				7.5	9.0	83.3	68.5				91	67	14	29				6
6	LeBron James L. James	31.8	NBA Finals	12	44.1	10.4	8.4	1.7	1.3	11.9	24.5	48.6	2.3	6.6	35.4	5.6	8.2	68.4	56.5	1.9	8.5	3.8	529	381	125	101	20	15	45	27	+7
7	Jerry West J. West	30.7	NBA Finals	12	44.5	6.7	5.8			11.4	23.8	48.1				7.8	9.4	83.2	55.0				534	368	80	69				34
8	Jalen Rose J. Rose	30.5	NBA Finals	2	43.0	3.5	4.0	1.0	0.5	10.5	19.0	55.3	3.0	4.0	75.0	6.5	7.5	86.7	68.4	0.5	3.0	3.5	86	61	7	8	2	1	7	7	+26
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	30.3	NBA Finals	3	43.7	9.0	4.7	2.0	0.3	11.7	20.3	57.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	7.0	10.7	65.6	60.6	4.0	5.0	2.7	131	91	27	14	6	1	8	7	-6
10	Andrew Toney A. Toney	30.0	NBA Finals	2	42.0	2.5	7.0	1.5	0.0	13.0	20.5	63.4	0.0	0.0		4.0	4.5	88.9	66.7	0.5	2.0	3.5	84	60	5	14	3	0	7	7
11	Julius Erving J. Erving	30.0	NBA Finals	4	41.8	8.3	4.5	2.8	1.3	12.8	23.8	53.7	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.5	6.0	75.0	56.8	3.0	5.3	3.3	167	120	33	18	11	5	10	7
12	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	29.0	NBA Finals	1	40.2	5.0	12.0	1.0	2.0	8.0	27.0	29.6	2.0	12.0	16.7	11.0	12.0	91.7	44.9	0.0	5.0	1.0	40	29	5	12	1	2	1	5	+11
13	Dirk 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
14	James Worthy J. Worthy	29.0	NBA Finals	5	43.2	7.8	4.4	1.4	1.0	12.4	20.4	60.8	0.4	0.8	50.0	3.8	6.0	63.3	62.9	3.2	4.6	3.0	216	145	39	22	7	5	15	14
15	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.5	NBA Finals	2	38.0	8.5	5.0	3.0	0.0	12.0	25.5	47.1	1.0	8.5	11.8	3.5	6.0	58.3	50.6	0.0	8.5	4.0	76	57	17	10	6	0	8	6	+11
16	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	28.4	NBA Finals	5	43.8	16.2	3.6			8.8	22.2	39.6				10.8	15.6	69.2	48.9				219	142	81	18				19
17	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	28.0	NBA Finals	1	41.0	16.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	12.0	23.0	52.2				4.0	7.0	57.1	53.7	7.0	9.0		41	28	16	2	4	1		5
18	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	28.0	NBA Finals	1	47.0	14.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	13.0	25.0	52.0				2.0	2.0	100.0	54.1	5.0	9.0		47	28	14	4	2	1		5
19	Fred Carter F. Carter	28.0	NBA Finals	1	44.0	2.0	3.0			14.0	24.0	58.3				0.0	0.0		58.3				44	28	2	3				3
20	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	27.4	NBA Finals	7	39.4	4.1	5.0	1.3	0.6	10.4	21.1	49.3	3.0	6.6	45.7	3.6	3.7	96.2	60.2	1.4	2.7	2.6	276	192	29	35	9	4	18	19	+83
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	27.4	NBA Finals	5	46.6	25.2	3.0			11.6	19.0	61.1				4.2	13.0	32.3	55.4				233	137	126	15				17
22	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27.4	NBA Finals	11	43.6	14.0				10.3	25.0	41.1				6.8	8.5	79.8	47.6				480	301	154					33
23	Marvin Webster M. Webster	27.0	NBA Finals	1	42.0	19.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	8.0	12.0	66.7				11.0	16.0	68.8	70.9	10.0	9.0	2.0	42	27	19	0	1	4	2	5
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26.5	NBA Finals	4	43.3	11.8	3.0	2.0	3.8	10.0	21.3	47.1	0.0	0.0		6.5	8.5	76.5	53.0	3.3	8.5	3.3	173	106	47	12	8	15	13	18
25	Chris Paul C. Paul	26.0	NBA Finals	1	39.2	2.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	19.0	57.9	1.0	2.0	50.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	62.6	1.0	1.0	3.0	39	26	2	5	1	0	3	5	-8

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11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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Rick Barry has scored the most career points per game in the NBA Finals, with 40.0 per game.

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