Michael Jordan averaged the most points per game in the NBA Finals when playing 15+ games, with 33.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest ppg by a player in the finals minimum 15 gp

	NAME	PPG	GP	SERIES	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	33.6	35	NBA Finals	43.0	6.0	6.0	1.8	0.7	12.5	26.0	48.1	1.2	3.3	36.8	7.4	9.1	80.6	55.9	1.6	4.4	2.8	1,506	1,176	211	209	62	23	99	103	+45
2	Jerry West J. West	30.5	55	NBA Finals	43.3	5.0	5.6			11.1	24.2	45.9				8.3	10.0	82.6	53.3				2,380	1,679	277	306				159
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.3	15	NBA Finals	39.3	7.7	4.5	1.0	1.5	10.7	19.5	54.6	2.9	6.4	44.8	6.1	6.7	91.1	67.4	1.0	6.7	2.7	589	455	116	68	15	23	40	47	+105
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.8	30	NBA Finals	42.3	13.1	3.4	0.5	2.1	11.3	18.8	60.2	0.0	0.0		6.2	12.7	48.4	59.0	4.0	9.1	3.4	1,268	865	393	103	16	62	101	109	+34
5	LeBron James L. James	28.4	55	NBA Finals	42.5	10.2	7.8	1.7	0.8	10.7	22.1	48.4	1.8	5.2	35.2	5.2	7.1	73.1	56.3	1.9	8.3	3.9	2,337	1,562	561	430	93	46	217	130	-86
6	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	28.4	25	NBA Finals	41.5	16.6				9.6	23.0	41.8				9.1	12.0	75.4	50.0				1,037	709	416					77
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.5	17	NBA Finals	42.5	10.6	3.4	1.9	3.2	11.0	22.5	48.8	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.4	7.2	74.0	53.4	3.0	7.6	3.1	722	467	181	58	33	54	52	70
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	27.3	34	NBA Finals	39.0	5.8	6.0	1.6	0.3	8.8	20.4	43.2	4.5	11.3	39.5	5.2	5.6	91.7	59.6	1.0	4.7	3.5	1,327	928	196	204	55	11	120	96	+138
9	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	26.4	44	NBA Finals	42.0	13.5				10.0	23.5	42.7				6.3	8.3	75.5	48.6				1,850	1,161	593					140
10	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	25.5	18	NBA Finals	39.6	3.8	4.4	1.5	0.4	10.1	22.1	45.5	2.1	5.8	36.2	3.3	3.5	93.7	53.9	1.1	2.7	2.4	713	459	69	80	27	8	44	51	-2
11	Julius Erving J. Erving	25.5	22	NBA Finals	39.8	7.5	4.5	2.0	1.8	9.8	18.7	52.6	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.8	7.6	76.6	57.9	2.2	5.3	2.8	875	561	166	100	44	40	45	56
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25.3	37	NBA Finals	42.7	5.7	5.1	1.8	0.9	9.0	21.8	41.2	1.3	4.1	31.4	6.0	7.1	84.8	50.7	1.1	4.6	3.3	1,581	937	211	187	65	33	123	118	+36
13	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	24.5	15	NBA Finals	40.3	8.3	6.0	1.4	0.5	8.4	18.1	46.3	0.5	3.0	15.6	7.2	8.7	82.4	55.7	2.9	5.3	2.7	604	367	124	90	21	8	41	61
14	George Mikan G. Mikan	23.9	31	NBA Finals						7.8						8.4	10.5	79.4						741						145
15	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	23.9	29	NBA Finals	38.8	5.7	4.3	1.8	1.0	8.7	18.2	47.6	0.5	1.6	31.1	6.0	8.1	74.8	54.8	1.6	4.2	2.9	1,125	693	166	125	53	30	85	75	-51
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23.5	56	NBA Finals	37.2	9.1	3.2	0.9	2.2	9.7	18.6	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.0	55.6	2.4	5.9	2.7	2,082	1,317	507	181	45	116	121	196
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	23.1	31	NBA Finals	42.8	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	91	80
18	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	23.0	25	NBA Finals	37.0	10.8				8.0	17.9	45.0				7.0	8.4	83.3	53.4				926	576	269					109
19	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	22.6	16	NBA Finals	37.2	4.2	7.9	2.1	0.3	8.3	17.3	48.0	1.1	2.4	46.2	4.8	6.1	78.6	56.4	0.9	3.3	3.8	595	361	67	127	34	5	61	55
20	James Worthy J. Worthy	22.2	34	NBA Finals	39.6	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.6	9.2	17.3	53.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	3.6	5.3	68.3	56.4	1.9	3.1	2.0	1,346	754	171	112	34	20	68	88
21	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	21.7	47	NBA Finals	39.8	7.4	4.1	1.2	0.2	8.3	19.7	42.1				5.1	6.0	84.8	48.5	1.7	5.0		1,872	1,020	350	195	15	3		154
22	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	20.8	34	NBA Finals	39.6	13.3	2.8	0.8	2.4	7.9	16.2	48.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.1	7.1	71.6	53.8	3.7	9.6	2.8	1,346	708	452	94	27	81	96	85	+157
23	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	20.5	16	NBA Finals	40.5	11.6	1.4	1.2	2.2	8.1	18.4	43.7				4.4	6.7	65.4	47.9	4.2	7.4	2.5	648	328	185	23	19	35	30	71
24	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	20.1	18	NBA Finals	37.0	9.4	2.3	1.9	0.9	6.7	13.4	49.6	1.9	4.7	40.5	4.9	5.8	84.6	62.9	2.5	6.9	1.9	665	362	169	41	34	16	34	53	+89
25	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	19.9	52	NBA Finals	30.8	9.1				7.8	19.5	40.1				4.3	5.7	74.2	45.1				1,602	1,035	473					209