highest ppg in a single nba playoffs ever center

Hakeem Olajuwon has the most points per game by a center in a single NBA playoff run, with 37.5 per game in 1987-88.

NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
37.5
1987-88
4
40.5
16.8
1.8
2.3
2.8
14.0
24.5
57.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
9.5
10.8
88.4
64.1
5.0
11.8
2.3
162
150
67
7
9
11
9
14
2Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
37.4
1974-75
7
46.7
13.4
1.4
0.9
2.7
14.9
30.9
48.1
7.7
10.4
74.0
52.8
3.6
9.9
327
262
94
10
6
19
29
3Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
37.0
1960-61
3
48.0
23.0
2.0
15.0
32.0
46.9
7.0
12.7
55.3
49.2
144
111
69
6
10
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
35.2
1969-70
10
43.5
16.8
4.1
13.9
24.5
56.7
7.4
10.1
73.3
60.8
435
352
168
41
25
5Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
35.0
1961-62
12
48.0
26.6
3.1
13.5
28.9
46.7
8.0
12.6
63.6
50.8
576
420
319
37
27
6Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34.7
1963-64
12
46.5
25.2
3.3
14.6
26.8
54.3
5.5
11.6
47.5
54.3
558
416
302
39
27
7Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
34.6
1976-77
11
42.5
17.7
4.1
1.7
3.5
13.4
22.0
60.7
7.9
10.9
72.5
64.6
4.6
13.1
467
381
195
45
19
38
42
8Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33.2
1959-60
9
46.1
25.8
2.1
13.9
28.0
49.6
5.4
12.2
44.5
49.8
415
299
232
19
17
9Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
33.0
2023-24
6
41.3
10.8
5.7
1.2
1.5
9.8
22.2
44.4
2.2
6.5
33.3
11.2
13.0
85.9
59.2
3.2
7.7
4.2
248
198
65
34
7
9
25
20
+46
10Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
33.0
1994-95
22
42.2
10.3
4.5
1.2
2.8
13.9
26.2
53.1
0.1
0.2
50.0
5.0
7.4
68.1
56.0
2.0
8.3
3.1
929
725
227
98
26
62
69
95
11Alex Groza
A. Groza
32.3
1950-51
3
14.0
0.7
12.0
24.3
49.3
8.3
11.0
75.8
55.4
97
42
2
14
12Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
32.2
1973-74
16
47.4
15.8
4.9
1.3
2.4
14.0
25.1
55.7
4.2
5.7
73.6
58.3
4.2
11.6
758
515
253
78
20
39
41
13Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
31.9
1979-80
15
41.2
12.1
3.1
1.1
3.9
13.2
23.1
57.2
0.0
0.0
5.5
7.0
79.0
61.1
3.4
8.7
3.7
618
479
181
46
17
58
55
51
14Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
31.7
1973-74
6
45.2
13.7
1.5
1.0
2.2
12.7
26.5
47.8
6.3
7.8
80.9
52.9
2.3
11.3
271
190
82
9
6
13
25
15George Mikan
G. Mikan
31.3
1949-50
12
3.0
10.1
26.3
38.3
11.2
14.2
78.8
48.1
376
36
47
16Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
31.0
2021-22
5
34.2
13.2
5.8
1.6
1.0
12.2
21.2
57.5
1.0
3.6
27.8
5.6
6.6
84.8
64.3
3.4
9.8
4.8
171
155
66
29
8
5
24
20
-44
17Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
30.7
1999-00
23
43.5
15.4
3.1
0.6
2.4
12.4
22.0
56.6
0.0
0.0
5.9
12.9
45.6
55.6
5.2
10.3
2.4
1,000
707
355
71
13
55
56
67
+115
18Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
30.5
1997-98
13
38.5
10.2
2.9
0.5
2.6
12.2
19.8
61.2
0.0
0.0
6.2
12.2
50.3
60.4
3.7
6.5
3.3
501
396
132
38
7
34
43
41
+32
19Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
30.4
2000-01
16
42.3
15.4
3.2
0.4
2.4
11.9
21.5
55.5
0.0
0.0
6.6
12.5
52.5
56.4
5.7
9.8
3.6
676
487
247
51
7
38
57
55
+186
20George Mikan
G. Mikan
30.3
1948-49
10
2.1
10.3
22.7
45.4
9.7
12.1
80.2
54.1
303
21
44
21Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
30.0
2022-23
20
39.5
13.5
9.5
1.1
1.0
11.4
20.7
54.8
1.8
3.8
46.1
5.6
7.0
79.9
63.1
3.5
10.0
3.5
789
600
269
190
21
20
70
69
+169
22Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
30.0
2019-20
4
36.3
12.3
1.3
1.5
1.3
8.5
18.5
45.9
1.0
4.0
25.0
12.0
14.8
81.4
60.0
2.8
9.5
3.8
145
120
49
5
6
5
15
18
-53
23Amar'e Stoudemire
A. Stoudemire
29.9
2004-05
15
40.1
10.7
1.2
0.7
2.0
10.2
18.9
53.9
0.0
0.2
0.0
9.5
12.2
78.1
61.6
4.0
6.7
3.1
601
449
160
18
10
30
47
59
+21
24Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
29.8
2020-21
10
34.5
11.6
5.0
0.6
0.9
11.6
22.8
50.9
2.0
5.3
37.7
4.6
5.5
83.6
59.1
3.7
7.9
2.4
345
298
116
50
6
9
24
23
-57
25Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
29.4
1989-90
10
39.5
10.5
3.1
1.3
2.0
11.4
21.9
52.1
0.1
0.2
50.0
6.5
7.9
82.3
57.9
2.1
8.4
2.7
395
294
105
31
13
20
27
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56
26
.683
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54
28
.659
10.0
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53
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52
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.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
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7
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8
42
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42
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22.0
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