most playoff ppg before 1998

Before 1997-98, Michael Jordan averaged the most points per game in the playoffs, with 33.6 per game.

Interpreted as:
most playoff ppg by a player before 1998
NAMEPPGGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
33.6
158
41.8
6.6
6.0
2.2
0.9
12.3
25.1
49.0
0.9
2.6
33.5
8.1
9.8
83.1
57.1
1.7
4.9
3.2
6,602
5,307
1,045
948
344
146
501
494
+136
2Jerry West
J. West
29.1
153
41.3
5.6
6.3
0.0
0.0
10.6
22.6
46.9
7.9
9.8
80.5
54.1
0.0
2.0
6,321
4,457
855
970
0
0
451
3Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
27.3
131
40.8
11.6
3.4
1.7
3.4
10.9
20.4
53.5
0.0
0.1
23.5
5.4
7.5
71.7
57.5
3.4
8.2
3.1
5,350
3,572
1,519
442
228
449
400
517
+41
4Karl Malone
K. Malone
27.1
117
42.1
11.4
2.8
1.5
0.8
9.8
20.9
46.8
0.0
0.2
11.5
7.5
10.3
72.4
53.1
2.9
8.5
2.8
4,924
3,165
1,339
332
174
89
326
421
+102
5Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
27.0
134
41.1
12.9
4.0
10.4
23.6
43.9
6.3
8.2
77.1
49.7
5,510
3,623
1,724
541
435
6George Gervin
G. Gervin
27.0
59
37.3
5.8
3.2
1.2
0.9
10.5
20.8
50.8
0.0
0.4
0.0
5.9
7.2
82.1
56.4
1.9
3.9
3.3
2,202
1,592
341
186
69
51
187
207
7Billy 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
8Alex Groza
A. Groza
26.0
9
14.0
1.6
8.9
16.3
54.4
8.2
10.2
80.4
62.4
234
42
14
35
9Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
25.8
55
39.4
6.8
2.6
1.3
0.6
9.3
21.8
42.9
0.5
1.7
28.1
6.7
8.1
82.4
51.0
2.9
3.9
2.8
2,169
1,421
375
143
73
35
153
123
10Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
25.6
45
38.1
11.2
3.6
0.8
1.8
9.7
17.2
56.7
0.0
0.0
6.2
11.6
53.1
57.6
4.4
6.8
3.3
1,716
1,153
505
161
34
81
149
174
+32
11Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
25.5
88
40.3
14.8
2.7
8.7
20.8
41.8
8.0
10.4
77.4
50.1
3,545
2,240
1,304
241
277
12Rick Barry
R. Barry
24.8
74
36.8
5.6
4.6
2.2
0.8
9.7
22.8
42.6
0.5
2.0
25.0
5.3
6.1
87.5
48.6
1.4
3.8
1.5
2,723
1,833
418
340
106
39
12
232
13Reggie Miller
R. Miller
24.7
49
38.2
3.2
2.6
1.1
0.2
7.9
16.3
48.1
2.4
5.6
43.6
6.6
7.6
86.1
62.8
0.7
2.5
2.0
1,871
1,211
157
128
55
10
100
113
14Derrick Coleman
D. Coleman
24.7
13
43.1
13.0
4.2
1.2
1.7
8.7
18.2
47.9
0.8
2.1
40.7
6.5
8.2
78.5
56.7
3.5
9.5
3.2
560
321
169
54
15
22
42
42
15Bernard King
B. King
24.5
28
33.4
4.3
2.3
0.9
0.2
9.6
17.2
55.9
0.0
0.2
25.0
5.3
7.3
72.9
60.2
1.6
2.7
2.2
934
687
121
65
24
6
62
94
16Alex English
A. English
24.4
68
35.7
5.5
4.3
0.7
0.5
9.8
19.5
50.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.8
5.5
86.2
55.6
2.4
3.0
2.1
2,427
1,661
371
293
47
32
142
188
17Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
24.3
237
37.3
10.5
3.2
1.0
2.4
9.9
18.7
53.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.4
6.0
74.0
57.1
2.6
6.5
2.6
8,851
5,762
2,481
767
189
476
447
797
18Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
24.2
49
38.6
8.2
2.6
8.4
20.4
41.1
7.4
9.0
82.9
49.7
1,815
1,186
404
128
177
19David Robinson
D. Robinson
24.0
53
39.3
11.8
2.9
1.3
3.1
8.4
17.2
48.8
0.0
0.2
12.5
7.2
9.9
72.8
55.7
3.5
8.3
2.9
2,084
1,273
623
156
67
165
153
200
20George Mikan
G. Mikan
24.0
70
36.6
13.9
2.2
8.0
19.9
40.4
7.9
10.1
78.6
49.3
1,500
1,680
665
155
305
21Larry Bird
L. Bird
23.8
164
42.0
10.3
6.5
1.8
0.9
8.9
18.8
47.2
0.5
1.5
32.1
5.5
6.2
89.0
55.1
2.2
8.1
3.1
6,886
3,897
1,683
1,062
296
145
506
466
22Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
23.5
115
40.0
13.1
4.0
1.6
0.9
8.4
16.3
51.3
0.5
2.1
25.6
6.3
8.7
72.1
58.4
4.3
8.8
2.9
4,605
2,703
1,506
463
182
106
339
384
+25
23David Thompson
D. Thompson
22.9
27
36.0
4.3
3.7
0.9
1.0
9.2
20.0
46.2
0.2
0.6
33.3
4.4
6.0
74.5
50.8
1.6
2.7
3.0
971
619
115
101
24
27
63
83
24Bob Love
B. Love
22.9
47
43.9
7.5
1.9
1.0
0.4
9.4
21.8
43.1
4.1
5.3
77.6
47.5
2.4
4.3
2,061
1,076
352
87
24
10
144
25Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
22.9
96
43.3
13.0
1.9
1.1
2.6
9.2
19.8
46.4
0.0
0.0
4.5
6.8
65.2
50.1
4.0
9.0
2.8
4,160
2,194
1,244
185
97
222
124
378

More Bulls Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

17.7

Giddey

Josh Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

Nikola Vučević

APG

8.4

Giddey

Josh Giddey
Team Rankings

ORTG

113.5

25th

DRTG

118.1

25th

NETRTG

-4.6

24th

3P%

36.6

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
30
31
.492
15.5
11
26
32
.448
18.0
12
Bulls Bulls
24
36
.400
21.0
13
16
43
.271
28.5
14
15
44
.254
29.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Tue
3/3
@
8:00 PM
Thu
3/5
@
9:00 PM
Sun
3/8
@
9:00 PM
Tue
3/10
@
10:00 PM
Last Game

121

Final

112

CHI Bulls

24 - 36

Thu 26 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
44
14
.759
2
39
20
.661
5.5
3
38
22
.633
7.0
4
37
24
.607
8.5
5
35
25
.583
10.0
6
33
26
.559
11.5
7
31
27
.534
13.0
8
32
29
.525
13.5
9
30
31
.492
15.5
10
30
31
.492
15.5
11
26
32
.448
18.0
12
24
36
.400
21.0
13
16
43
.271
28.5
14
15
44
.254
29.5
15
15
45
.250
30.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
46
15
.754
2
43
16
.729
2.0
3
37
22
.627
8.0
4
37
23
.617
8.5
5
37
23
.617
8.5
6
35
24
.593
10.0
7
34
26
.567
11.5
8
31
29
.517
14.5
9
29
32
.475
17.0
10
27
31
.466
17.5
11
22
36
.379
22.5
12
21
38
.356
24.0
13
19
42
.311
27.0
14
18
42
.300
27.5
15
14
47
.230
32.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
1/26
@
102-106
Mon
1/26
@
115-103
Tue
1/27
@
110-113
Tue
1/27
@
99-129
Tue
1/27
@
133-124

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Sun
3/1
@
5:00 PM
Sun
3/1
@
6:00 PM