highest ppg in a single playoff series in the 80s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan put up the most points per game in the playoffs, with 35.4 per game.

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highest ppg by a player in a single playoff series in the 80s

	NAME	PPG	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35.4	37	42.7	6.8	6.6	2.4	1.1	12.3	24.5	50.1	0.4	1.4	28.8	10.4	12.5	83.2	58.9	1.8	5.0	3.9	1,579	1,309	253	246	90	39	144	142
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.6	43	38.7	12.4	2.1	1.8	3.4	10.6	19.4	54.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.4	9.5	67.3	58.5	4.8	7.6	2.5	1,666	1,186	533	90	79	147	109	184
3	Bernard King B. King	27.3	23	36.0	4.7	2.5	0.8	0.3	10.6	18.8	56.5	0.0	0.2	25.0	6.0	7.8	77.1	61.4	1.7	3.0	2.4	829	627	109	58	19	6	55	81
4	Chuck Person C. Person	27.0	4	39.8	8.3	5.0	1.3	0.5	9.5	18.5	51.4	0.5	2.0	25.0	7.5	9.8	76.9	59.2	1.5	6.8	3.8	159	108	33	20	5	2	15	14
5	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26.8	43	39.8	6.6	2.6	1.4	0.6	9.8	22.5	43.4	0.3	1.2	26.9	6.9	8.4	81.7	51.0	2.9	3.7	2.9	1,711	1,151	284	113	59	26	123	100
6	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	26.7	6	36.5	2.8	4.2	1.7	0.3	11.0	20.2	54.5	0.5	1.3	37.5	4.2	5.2	80.6	59.4	0.8	2.0	4.3	219	160	17	25	10	2	26	24
7	Alex English A. English	26.4	56	38.3	5.7	4.8	0.7	0.4	10.6	21.5	49.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	6.0	87.1	54.7	2.6	3.1	2.3	2,143	1,481	320	271	39	24	128	162
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	26.3	23	42.3	11.2	1.3	1.5	0.5	10.0	20.9	48.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.3	9.0	69.9	53.0	3.3	7.9	3.3	974	606	257	31	35	12	75	89
9	George Gervin G. Gervin	25.5	37	37.8	5.8	3.5	0.9	0.5	9.9	20.1	49.3	0.0	0.4	0.0	5.6	6.7	83.9	55.2	1.6	4.1	3.5	1,400	943	214	129	35	19	128	124
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.5	145	42.6	10.7	6.4	1.9	0.9	9.2	19.3	47.6	0.5	1.4	35.3	5.7	6.4	89.2	55.5	2.4	8.3	3.2	6,176	3,559	1,547	932	277	135	463	421
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	23.8	75	41.5	13.6	1.7	0.9	1.6	8.6	17.9	48.2	0.0	0.1	14.3	6.5	8.4	76.9	54.9	5.1	8.5	2.7	3,116	1,782	1,020	124	68	121	205	193
12	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	23.8	12	41.2	4.3	12.3	1.6	0.4	7.5	15.2	49.5	0.3	0.8	30.0	8.5	9.2	92.7	61.8	1.0	3.3	4.6	494	285	51	147	19	5	55	28
13	Gus Williams G. Williams	23.3	39	39.3	3.2	6.8	1.9	0.4	9.5	19.6	48.6	0.2	1.0	23.1	4.0	5.3	75.5	53.1	1.4	1.7	2.7	1,533	910	123	267	76	16	105	79
14	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	23.1	36	37.6	7.9	2.7	0.9	0.9	8.7	18.6	46.9	0.4	1.2	34.9	5.2	6.4	81.7	53.9	1.8	6.1	2.6	1,352	831	285	97	33	32	95	142
15	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	23.1	59	36.5	5.6	2.5	1.0	0.0	7.8	14.9	52.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.5	9.3	80.2	60.6	2.2	3.5	2.7	2,156	1,361	333	147	58	2	158	155
16	Campy Russell C. Russell	23.0	2	44.5	4.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	7.5	17.0	44.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	8.5	94.1	55.4	0.5	4.0	4.0	89	46	9	9	4	1	8	9
17	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	22.3	44	35.9	8.5	2.5	1.3	0.9	9.0	17.6	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	6.0	72.6	55.2	2.6	5.9	2.2	1,581	983	375	110	56	39	96	168
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	22.0	73	38.7	4.6	9.3	2.4	0.4	8.2	18.3	44.6	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.2	6.7	76.9	51.8	1.3	3.3	3.3	2,822	1,606	335	676	173	29	240	239
19	Walter Davis W. Davis	21.8	45	32.2	2.9	4.7	1.2	0.2	9.1	18.1	50.1	0.1	0.5	20.8	3.6	4.3	83.9	54.6	1.0	1.9	2.3	1,447	983	130	213	54	11	105	128
20	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	21.8	45	39.2	3.8	4.1	0.7	0.2	8.6	17.1	50.1	0.0	0.2	14.3	4.6	5.3	86.7	56.0	1.6	2.2	2.0	1,762	979	171	185	33	10	91	84
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	21.4	158	33.7	7.5	2.8	0.9	2.2	8.7	16.2	53.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.4	75.7	57.7	2.2	5.3	2.6	5,327	3,380	1,188	446	140	354	404	543
22	James Worthy J. Worthy	21.2	111	36.5	5.5	3.2	1.3	0.8	8.9	15.5	57.3	0.1	0.2	22.2	3.4	4.8	71.8	60.4	1.9	3.5	2.1	4,050	2,356	607	353	139	91	229	289
23	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	21.2	33	37.9	13.1	3.7	1.8	1.2	7.6	13.3	57.2	0.2	1.0	20.6	5.7	8.2	70.0	62.6	4.5	8.6	4.0	1,250	698	431	121	59	40	133	131
24	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	21.0	45	39.8	7.0	3.7	1.0	0.6	8.6	18.0	47.7	0.1	0.3	23.1	3.8	5.5	68.8	51.5	3.1	3.9	2.2	1,791	947	315	167	46	28	97	131
25	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	20.6	31	37.0	7.1	1.5	0.6	0.9	8.7	17.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.2	4.2	76.2	53.9	2.4	4.7	2.4	1,148	640	221	45	19	28	73	88

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