highest ppg by a player who did not win finals mvp since 1970

Since 1969-70, LeBron James has averaged the most points per game with exactly 0 Finals MVP awards in an NBA Finals, with 35.8 per game.

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highest ppg by a player who did not win finals mvp in a season since 1970

	NAME	PPG	FMVP	SEASON	SERIES	TM	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	LeBron James L. James	35.8	0	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	6	45.7	13.3	8.8	1.3	0.5	13.0	32.7	39.8	2.2	7.0	31.0	7.7	11.2	68.7	47.7	1.8	11.5	3.5	274	215	80	53	8	3	21	19	-25
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	35.6	0	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	5	47.4	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.2	13.2	32.4	40.7	2.2	7.8	28.2	7.0	9.6	72.9	48.6	1.0	4.6	2.4	237	178	28	19	9	1	12	12	-25
3	LeBron James L. James	34.0	0	2017-18	NBA Finals	CLE	4	44.7	8.5	10.0	1.3	1.0	12.3	23.3	52.7	1.5	4.5	33.3	8.0	9.5	84.2	62.0	2.3	6.3	5.0	179	136	34	40	5	4	20	11	-60
4	LeBron James L. James	33.6	0	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	42.4	12.0	10.0	1.4	1.0	13.2	23.4	56.4	2.4	6.2	38.7	4.8	7.4	64.9	63.0	1.8	10.2	4.2	212	168	60	50	7	5	21	13	-7
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33.4	0	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	5	40.6	13.6	3.2	0.6	4.6	14.6	26.6	54.9	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.2	80.8	57.8	3.2	10.4	4.2	203	167	68	16	3	23	21	20
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	32.6	0	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	55.2	3.1	9.0		345	228	85	38	4	15		19
7	Jerry West J. West	31.3	0	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	7	47.9	3.4	7.7			10.3	22.9	45.0				10.7	12.9	83.3	54.9				335	219	24	54				21
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.6	0	2011-12	NBA Finals	OKC	5	42.6	6.0	2.2	1.4	1.0	11.4	20.8	54.8	2.6	6.6	39.4	5.2	6.2	83.9	65.0	1.2	4.8	3.8	213	153	30	11	7	5	19	20	-20
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30.5	0	2018-19	NBA Finals	GSW	6	41.7	5.2	6.0	1.5	0.2	8.8	21.3	41.4	3.8	11.2	34.3	9.0	9.5	94.7	59.8	1.0	4.2	2.8	250	183	31	36	9	1	17	15	-19
10	Julius Erving J. Erving	30.3	0	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	6	41.3	6.8	5.0	2.7	1.2	11.7	21.5	54.3				7.0	8.2	85.7	60.4	1.7	5.2		248	182	41	30	16	7		17
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	29.4	0	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	40.3	4.0	4.4	1.0	0.2	11.6	24.6	47.2	2.6	6.2	41.9	3.6	4.0	90.0	55.8	1.6	2.4	3.2	202	147	20	22	5	1	16	16	-32
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	29.2	0	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	5	38.8	8.8	5.6	2.6	0.0	11.8	25.0	47.2	2.2	9.0	24.4	3.4	5.8	58.6	53.0	0.0	8.8	4.6	194	146	44	28	13	0	23	14	+7
13	Gus Williams G. Williams	29.0	0	1978-79	NBA Finals	SEA	5	36.6	3.6	3.6	1.0	0.6	11.4	22.8	50.0				6.2	9.8	63.3	53.5	2.0	1.6	3.0	183	145	18	18	5	3	15	8
14	LeBron James L. James	28.2	0	2013-14	NBA Finals	MIA	5	37.8	7.8	4.0	2.0	0.4	10.4	18.2	57.1	2.8	5.4	51.9	4.6	5.8	79.3	67.9	1.4	6.4	3.8	189	141	39	20	10	2	19	10	-47
15	Devin Booker D. Booker	28.2	0	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	6	40.2	3.5	4.0	0.8	0.3	10.8	23.8	45.5	1.8	6.8	26.8	4.7	5.3	87.5	53.8	1.0	2.5	3.2	241	169	21	24	5	2	19	23	+12
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.0	0	1994-95	NBA Finals	ORL	4	45.0	12.5	6.3	0.3	2.5	11.0	18.5	59.5	0.0	0.0		6.0	10.5	57.1	60.6	2.8	9.8	5.3	180	112	50	25	1	10	21	18
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	27.5	0	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	4	40.6	6.0	6.8	1.5	0.8	9.3	23.0	40.2	5.5	13.3	41.5	3.5	3.5	100.0	56.0	0.8	5.3	2.8	162	110	24	27	6	3	11	11	+47
18	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	27.3	0	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	6	46.2	13.0	5.5	1.2	0.5	10.0	21.0	47.6	0.3	1.3	25.0	7.0	9.3	75.0	54.4	3.7	9.3	1.7	277	164	78	33	7	3	10	20
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	27.1	0	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	39.0	3.9	3.9	2.1	0.7	10.3	22.0	46.8	2.1	5.3	40.5	4.4	4.7	93.9	56.4	1.1	2.7	2.6	273	190	27	27	15	5	18	18	+33
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	27.0	0	2011-12	NBA Finals	OKC	5	42.3	6.4	6.6	1.0	0.4	10.4	24.0	43.3	0.6	4.4	13.6	5.6	6.8	82.4	50.0	0.8	5.6	2.2	211	135	32	33	5	2	11	12	-17
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	26.8	0	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	37.7	8.0	9.4	2.2	0.0	8.0	18.2	44.0	3.8	9.8	38.8	7.0	7.8	89.7	61.9	2.2	5.8	3.8	189	134	40	47	11	0	19	14	+30
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26.8	0	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	43.8	5.8	5.3	1.5	0.8	9.0	17.5	51.4	1.5	2.8	54.5	7.3	9.0	80.6	62.3	0.8	5.0	3.8	175	107	23	21	6	3	15	11	+34
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26.6	0	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	5	42.6	10.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	10.6	16.8	63.1	0.0	0.0		5.4	11.0	49.1	61.5	3.0	7.8	2.8	213	133	54	8	2	3	14	22	-31
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26.6	0	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	38.9	8.1	4.4	1.7	2.1	10.7	22.3	48.1	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.6	67.9	51.9	3.3	4.9	3.0	272	186	57	31	12	15	21	27
25	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	26.5	0	2010-11	NBA Finals	MIA	6	39.0	7.0	5.2	1.5	1.5	9.8	18.0	54.6	1.2	3.8	30.4	5.7	8.2	69.4	61.4	2.5	4.5	2.5	234	159	42	31	9	9	15	14	-6