most playoff ppg by rookie shooting guard

Michael Jordan has put up the most points per game by a rookie shooting guard in a single NBA playoff run, with 29.3 per game in 1984-85.

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	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	29.3	1984-85	CHI	4	42.8	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	8.5	19.5	43.6	0.3	2.0	12.5	12.0	14.5	82.8	56.5	1.8	4.0	3.8	171	117	23	34	11	4	15	15
2	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	25.0	1979-80	POR	3	34.7	3.3	4.0	1.7	0.3	10.3	19.7	52.5	0.7	2.3	28.6	3.7	4.7	78.6	57.6	0.7	2.7	5.0	104	75	10	12	5	1	15	13
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	24.4	2017-18	UTA	11	37.4	5.9	4.2	1.5	0.4	9.3	22.1	42.0	2.3	7.3	31.3	3.5	3.9	90.7	51.2	0.8	5.1	2.9	411	268	65	46	16	4	32	35	-25
4	Jerry West J. West	22.9	1960-61	LAL	12	38.4	8.7	5.3			8.3	16.8	49.0				6.4	8.8	72.6	55.3				461	275	104	63				39
5	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	22.0	1970-71	ATL	5	39.8	5.2	4.8			9.2	24.4	37.7				3.6	5.2	69.2	41.2				199	110	26	24				14
6	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	20.1	1988-89	GSW	8	39.3	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.1	7.8	16.9	45.9	0.4	2.0	18.8	4.3	4.8	89.5	53.1	1.3	6.0	3.0	314	161	58	35	14	1	24	25
7	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	18.7	1993-94	ORL	3	44.3	6.7	7.0	1.7	2.0	7.3	16.7	44.0	1.7	3.7	45.5	2.3	3.3	70.0	51.5	2.7	4.0	6.7	133	56	20	21	5	6	20	10
8	Ron Brewer R. Brewer	17.7	1978-79	POR	3	31.3	3.7	2.7	0.3	3.0	7.3	13.0	56.4				3.0	4.3	69.2	59.3	1.3	2.3	1.7	94	53	11	8	1	9	5	7
9	Brian Shaw B. Shaw	17.0	1988-89	BOS	3	41.3	5.7	6.3	1.0	0.0	7.3	14.3	51.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	3.0	77.8	54.3	0.7	5.0	2.0	124	51	17	19	3	0	6	11
10	Freddie Crawford F. Crawford	17.0	1966-67	NYK	4	28.0	6.0	4.0			7.8	18.3	42.5				1.5	3.0	50.0	43.4				112	68	24	16				16
11	Stan Stutz S. Stutz	16.8	1946-47	NYK	5			1.4			5.6	20.2	27.7				5.6	6.4	87.5	36.5					84		7				13
12	Jay Humphries J. Humphries	16.3	1984-85	PHX	3	30.0	1.7	5.3	0.7	0.0	6.7	10.3	64.5	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.0	75.0	67.5	0.3	1.3	2.7	90	49	5	16	2	0	8	12
13	Steve Smith S. Smith	16.0	1991-92	MIA	3	33.3	2.0	5.0	1.3	0.3	6.0	11.3	52.9	2.3	3.7	63.6	1.7	2.0	83.3	65.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	100	48	6	15	4	1	3	2
14	Tyler Herro T. Herro	16.0	2019-20	MIA	21	33.6	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	5.7	13.2	43.3	2.3	6.1	37.5	2.2	2.6	87.0	55.7	0.3	4.8	2.0	706	335	107	77	8	2	42	31	+1
15	Marquis Daniels M. Daniels	15.8	2003-04	DAL	5	36.8	6.2	3.0	2.0	0.6	6.4	15.0	42.7	0.2	1.4	14.3	2.8	4.4	63.6	46.6	2.0	4.2	3.0	184	79	31	15	10	3	15	14	+11
16	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	15.5	1977-78	ATL	2	32.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	0.5	6.0	9.5	63.2				3.5	4.0	87.5	68.8	1.0	2.0	2.5	64	31	6	6	8	1	5	10
17	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	15.5	1966-67	NYK	4	22.3	4.8	2.8			6.5	16.5	39.4				2.5	3.3	76.9	43.2				89	62	19	11				16
18	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	15.0	1985-86	DET	4	36.8	3.3	6.3	1.0	0.0	6.3	10.3	61.0	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.8	66.7	63.0	1.5	1.8	1.8	147	60	13	25	4	0	7	16
19	Bob Feerick B. Feerick	15.0	1946-47	WAS	6			1.0			5.8	18.3	31.8				3.3	4.5	74.1	36.9					90		6				22
20	Al Ferrari A. Ferrari	14.8	1955-56	STL	8	33.0	4.1	3.0			4.0	10.6	37.6				6.8	8.8	77.1	50.9				264	118	33	24				28
21	Todd Lichti T. Lichti	14.7	1989-90	DEN	3	23.3	6.0	3.0	0.3	0.0	5.0	9.7	51.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	4.7	6.3	73.7	58.9	1.7	4.3	2.7	70	44	18	9	1	0	8	6
22	John Lucas J. Lucas	14.7	1976-77	HOU	12	35.8	2.8	6.9	2.0	0.3	6.3	11.6	54.0				2.2	2.8	76.5	57.2	0.3	2.4		430	176	33	83	24	4		33
23	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	14.5	2004-05	CHI	6	25.5	2.7	2.5	0.8	0.3	5.0	12.3	40.5	1.2	3.7	31.8	3.3	4.2	80.0	51.2	1.0	1.7	2.2	153	87	16	15	5	2	13	18	+2
24	Max Morris M. Morris	14.3	1949-50	SHE	3			4.7			4.7	13.3	35.0				5.0	8.7	57.7	41.8					43		14				8
25	Fred Carter F. Carter	14.1	1969-70	BAL	7	36.1	4.4	3.4			5.9	15.3	38.3				2.4	4.0	60.7	41.5				253	99	31	24				27

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