highest ppg in a signal year conference finals

LeBron James has scored the most points per game in a Conference Finals, with 38.5 per game.

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highest ppg by a player in a signal year conference finals

	NAME	PPG	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	38.5	2008-09	Conference Finals	CLE	6	44.3	8.3	8.0	1.2	1.2	12.5	25.7	48.7	1.8	6.2	29.7	11.7	15.7	74.5	59.1	1.7	6.7	4.2	266	231	50	48	7	7	25	19	-7
2	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	37.0	2004-05	Conference Finals	PHX	5	41.4	9.8	1.4	1.0	1.6	14.2	25.8	55.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	8.6	10.2	84.3	61.1	5.0	4.8	3.4	207	185	49	7	5	8	17	17	-11
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36.5	2018-19	Conference Finals	GSW	4	39.7	8.3	7.3	0.5	0.0	11.3	24.0	46.9	6.5	15.3	42.6	7.5	8.0	93.8	66.3	1.3	7.0	3.5	159	146	33	29	2	0	14	8	+42
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	35.3	1994-95	Conference Finals	HOU	6	43.5	12.5	5.0	1.3	4.2	15.5	27.7	56.0	0.2	0.3	50.0	4.2	5.2	80.6	59.0	2.7	9.8	3.7	261	212	75	30	8	25	22	29
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	34.8	1973-74	Conference Finals	MIL	4	47.3	19.5	3.8	1.0	2.0	16.3	24.5	66.3				2.3	3.0	75.0	67.3				189	139	78	15	4	8		10
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34.0	2008-09	Conference Finals	LAL	6	42.0	5.8	5.8	0.8	0.5	10.5	21.8	48.1	1.8	5.3	34.4	11.2	12.0	93.1	62.7	1.3	4.5	2.2	252	204	35	35	5	3	13	18	+30
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33.7	2009-10	Conference Finals	LAL	6	41.6	7.2	8.3	0.8	1.2	12.2	23.3	52.1	3.2	7.3	43.2	6.2	7.0	88.1	63.7	1.7	5.5	2.5	249	202	43	50	5	7	15	13	+43
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33.7	1971-72	Conference Finals	MIL	6	45.8	17.5	4.8			15.0	32.8	45.7				3.7	4.8	75.9	48.2				275	202	105	29				26
9	LeBron James L. James	33.6	2017-18	Conference Finals	CLE	7	41.1	9.0	8.4	1.1	1.1	12.3	23.4	52.4	2.6	6.3	40.9	6.4	9.3	69.2	61.0	0.9	8.1	5.7	288	235	63	59	8	8	40	18	+11
10	LeBron James L. James	33.6	2011-12	Conference Finals	MIA	7	45.8	11.0	3.9	1.1	1.3	12.4	23.6	52.7	1.3	4.4	29.0	7.4	11.4	65.0	58.7	1.9	9.1	3.4	321	235	77	27	8	9	24	18	+57
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33.3	2000-01	Conference Finals	LAL	4	42.0	7.0	7.0	1.5	0.8	13.5	26.3	51.4	1.3	3.5	35.7	5.0	6.5	76.9	57.1	1.8	5.3	2.8	168	133	28	28	6	3	11	13	+73
12	Jamal Murray J. Murray	32.5	2022-23	Conference Finals	DEN	4	41.1	6.3	5.3	2.8	0.5	12.0	22.8	52.7	3.8	9.3	40.5	4.8	5.0	95.0	65.1	0.8	5.5	1.8	165	130	25	21	11	2	7	11	+40
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.4	2023-24	Conference Finals	DAL	5	40.1	9.6	8.2	2.2	0.4	10.6	22.4	47.3	4.6	10.6	43.4	6.6	7.8	84.6	62.7	0.8	8.8	3.6	201	162	48	41	11	2	18	10	+12
14	George Gervin G. Gervin	32.3	1981-82	Conference Finals	SAS	4	42.8	8.0	5.5	1.0	0.3	12.0	26.5	45.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	8.3	10.0	82.5	52.2			3.8	171	129	32	22	4	1	15	15
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	32.2	2010-11	Conference Finals	DAL	5	40.5	5.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	9.8	17.6	55.7	0.8	2.2	36.4	11.8	12.2	96.7	70.1	0.6	5.2	4.2	202	161	29	13	2	4	21	9	+24
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.2	1992-93	Conference Finals	CHI	6	41.5	6.2	7.0	2.5	1.0	10.3	25.8	40.0	1.7	4.2	40.0	9.8	11.3	86.8	52.2	1.2	5.0	2.3	249	193	37	42	15	6	14	20
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.1	1989-90	Conference Finals	CHI	7	42.3	7.1	6.3	2.1	0.6	11.1	23.9	46.7	0.9	3.0	28.6	9.0	10.3	87.5	56.6	1.3	5.9	2.9	296	225	50	44	15	4	20	23
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.0	2021-22	Conference Finals	DAL	5	38.2	9.2	6.0	1.6	1.0	9.8	23.6	41.5	3.6	10.6	34.0	8.8	11.4	77.2	55.9	0.2	9.0	3.8	191	160	46	30	8	5	19	12	-60
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31.8	1997-98	Conference Finals	LAL	4	39.3	9.3	1.0	0.5	1.0	12.8	22.8	56.0	0.0	0.0		6.3	13.8	45.5	55.1	4.3	5.0	3.5	157	127	37	4	2	4	14	18	-38
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.7	1997-98	Conference Finals	CHI	7	41.0	5.7	4.1	1.7	0.4	11.1	23.9	46.7	0.9	2.1	40.0	8.6	10.6	81.1	55.6	1.7	4.0	2.4	287	222	40	29	12	3	17	20	+50
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.7	1991-92	Conference Finals	CHI	6	40.8	6.5	6.3	2.5	0.5	12.2	27.7	44.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	6.8	7.5	91.1	51.1	2.5	4.0	3.3	245	190	39	38	15	3	20	16
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31.5	2016-17	Conference Finals	GSW	4	34.3	6.0	4.8	3.0	0.0	11.0	19.5	56.4	5.3	11.3	46.7	4.3	4.8	89.5	73.0	1.0	5.0	4.0	137	126	24	19	12	0	16	8	+67
23	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	2024-25	Conference Finals	OKC	5	36.2	5.2	8.2	1.8	0.2	10.6	23.2	45.7	1.4	4.4	31.8	8.8	10.2	86.3	56.7	1.2	4.0	2.8	181	157	26	41	9	1	14	14	+43
24	Anthony Davis A. Davis	31.2	2019-20	Conference Finals	LAL	5	38.0	6.2	2.6	1.4	0.6	10.0	18.4	54.3	1.2	3.6	33.3	10.0	11.0	90.9	67.1	1.2	5.0	2.2	190	156	31	13	7	3	11	16	+27
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31.2	2014-15	Conference Finals	GSW	5	36.8	4.6	5.6	2.0	0.2	10.4	20.2	51.5	5.4	11.0	49.1	5.0	6.2	80.6	68.0	1.0	3.6	2.8	184	156	23	28	10	1	14	13	+15