most 35 point games in the nba finals by a player

Jerry West had the most games in the NBA Finals with 35+ points, with 18 games.

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most 35 or more point games in the NBA finals by a player

	NAME	GP	PTS	SERIES	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jerry West J. West	18	723	NBA Finals	45.7	40.2	6.4	6.2			14.6	27.9	52.4				10.9	12.9	84.5	59.8				823	115	112				55
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	14	575	NBA Finals	43.6	41.1	6.9	6.4	1.6	0.5	15.2	30.3	50.2	1.9	4.4	41.9	8.8	11.1	78.8	58.4	1.9	5.0	2.7	611	97	90	23	7	38	42	+37
3	LeBron James L. James	12	488	NBA Finals	44.7	40.7	11.8	7.8	2.0	1.0	15.3	29.4	52.1	3.3	7.1	47.1	6.7	8.8	76.2	61.1	2.4	9.3	3.2	536	141	93	24	12	38	28	+39
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	10	386	NBA Finals	44.8	38.6	16.6	3.1	0.6	2.4	15.2	24.6	61.8	0.0	0.0		8.2	16.5	49.7	60.6	4.9	11.7	2.7	448	166	31	6	24	27	29	+37
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	10	408	NBA Finals	45.9	40.8	18.9	3.6			14.5	32.8	44.2				11.8	14.2	83.1	52.2				459	189	36				30
6	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	289	NBA Finals	44.0	41.3	8.0	4.1	4.0	1.5	15.7	37.3	42.1				9.9	12.0	82.1	48.5	1.0	5.5		308	56	29	8	3		28
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	6	222	NBA Finals	45.2	37.0	12.7	4.7	0.8	3.3	16.0	28.8	55.5	0.0	0.0		5.0	6.8	73.2	58.1	3.5	9.2	4.3	271	76	28	5	20	13	21
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5	202	NBA Finals	40.9	40.4	7.2	5.0	1.8	0.6	12.8	26.4	48.5	6.8	13.8	49.3	8.0	8.6	93.0	66.9	2.4	4.8	3.6	204	36	25	9	3	18	13	+55
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	5	191	NBA Finals	41.2	38.2	8.0	5.6	0.4	0.8	12.8	22.2	57.7	4.0	8.0	50.0	8.6	9.2	93.5	72.8	1.4	6.6	2.0	206	40	28	2	4	10	12	+42
10	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	5	193	NBA Finals	44.1	38.6	7.6	4.0	2.6	1.0	12.2	23.0	53.0	1.0	3.2	31.3	13.2	17.0	77.6	63.3	1.4	6.2	2.8	220	38	20	13	5	14	16	+35
11	Sam Jones S. Jones	5	179	NBA Finals	41.0	35.8	6.2	2.4			13.8	25.2	54.8				8.2	9.4	87.2	61.0				205	31	12				17
12	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	5	201	NBA Finals	48.2	40.2	18.4				14.4	29.2	49.3				11.4	13.4	85.1	57.3				241	92					14
13	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	4	154	NBA Finals	42.5	38.5	4.8	3.8	0.8	0.3	15.3	27.0	56.5	4.0	8.0	50.0	4.0	4.3	94.1	66.7	1.0	3.8	2.8	170	19	15	3	1	11	16	+15
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	150	NBA Finals	43.3	37.5	6.5	4.3	1.5	1.3	13.8	26.0	52.9	1.5	4.0	37.5	8.5	11.3	75.6	60.6	1.8	4.8	3.5	173	26	17	6	5	14	13	+22
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4	155	NBA Finals	47.5	38.8	6.0	4.0	2.0	0.3	14.0	33.3	42.1	2.0	7.3	27.6	8.8	11.0	79.5	50.9	1.3	4.8	2.3	190	24	16	8	1	9	9	-16
16	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	4	156	NBA Finals	50.3	39.0	10.8	5.3	0.0	0.0	14.3	27.5	51.8				10.5	11.3	93.3	60.1	2.0	7.0		201	43	21	0	0		15
17	George Mikan G. Mikan	4	154	NBA Finals		38.5					13.3						12.0	15.0	80.0											20
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	3	133	NBA Finals	40.1	44.3	13.0	4.0	0.7	2.7	15.0	23.3	64.3	0.7	3.3	20.0	13.7	18.0	75.9	70.9	4.0	9.0	3.3	120	39	12	2	8	10	8	+33
19	Julius Erving J. Erving	3	113	NBA Finals	43.7	37.7	8.0	7.0	2.3	1.7	14.0	26.7	52.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	9.7	12.0	80.6	59.0	2.3	5.7	2.0	131	24	21	7	5	2	8
20	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	3	113	NBA Finals	45.3	37.7	14.0	4.3			13.0	23.3	55.7				11.7	13.7	85.4	64.2				136	42	13				13
21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2	73	NBA Finals	39.9	36.5	4.0	1.5	3.0	0.5	13.0	27.0	48.1	2.0	5.0	40.0	8.5	9.0	94.4	58.9	0.0	4.0	2.0	80	8	3	6	1	4	6	+3
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	2	82	NBA Finals	40.0	41.0	2.5	2.5	1.0	1.0	17.0	30.5	55.7	1.0	3.5	28.6	6.0	7.0	85.7	61.0	1.0	1.5	3.0	80	5	5	2	2	6	10	+12
23	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	2	75	NBA Finals	46.0	37.5	11.5	12.0	3.5	1.5	12.5	19.5	64.1	0.5	1.5	33.3	12.0	13.0	92.3	74.3	3.0	8.5	4.0	92	23	24	7	3	8	2	+25
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	2	76	NBA Finals	43.0	38.0	9.5	4.0	2.5	0.5	16.0	28.0	57.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	6.0	8.0	75.0	60.3	3.5	6.0	1.5	86	19	8	5	1	3	6	+17
25	James Worthy J. Worthy	2	76	NBA Finals	45.0	38.0	9.5	6.5	1.0	1.5	16.0	24.0	66.7	1.0	1.5	66.7	5.0	8.0	62.5	69.0	2.5	7.0	3.0	90	19	13	2	3	6	5