most points in a single nba finals in nba history since 2000

Since 1999-00, Shaquille O'Neal has posted the most points in an NBA Finals, with 228 points.

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most points by a player in a single NBA finals in NBA history since 2000

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	228	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	6	45.5	38.0	16.7	2.3	1.0	2.7	16.0	26.2	61.1	0.0	0.0		6.0	15.5	38.7	57.6	5.7	11.0	2.2	273	100	14	6	16	13	20	+8
2	LeBron James L. James	215	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	6	45.7	35.8	13.3	8.8	1.3	0.5	13.0	32.7	39.8	2.2	7.0	31.0	7.7	11.2	68.7	47.7	1.8	11.5	3.5	274	80	53	8	3	21	19	-25
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	212	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	7	38.2	30.3	4.6	5.6	1.9	1.6	10.0	22.6	44.3	1.1	4.7	24.2	9.1	10.0	91.4	56.1	0.3	4.3	3.4	267	32	39	13	11	24	22	+8
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	211	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	6	39.8	35.2	13.2	5.0	1.2	1.8	12.7	20.5	61.8	0.5	2.5	20.0	9.3	14.2	65.9	65.8	4.0	9.2	2.3	239	79	30	7	11	14	18	+30
5	LeBron James L. James	208	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26
6	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	208	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.5	34.7	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	200	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.2	28.6	8.0	3.9	2.1	0.7	9.4	23.3	40.5	2.1	6.7	31.9	7.6	8.6	88.3	52.8	1.7	6.3	3.9	288	56	27	15	5	27	27	+8
8	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	190	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	39.0	27.1	3.9	3.9	2.1	0.7	10.3	22.0	46.8	2.1	5.3	40.5	4.4	4.7	93.9	56.4	1.1	2.7	2.6	273	27	27	15	5	18	18	+33
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	187	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	6	37.5	31.2	6.0	5.0	2.0	0.2	11.0	22.8	48.2	5.2	11.8	43.7	4.0	4.7	85.7	62.6	0.3	5.7	2.5	225	36	30	12	1	15	18	+35
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	183	2018-19	NBA Finals	GSW	6	41.7	30.5	5.2	6.0	1.5	0.2	8.8	21.3	41.4	3.8	11.2	34.3	9.0	9.5	94.7	59.8	1.0	4.2	2.8	250	31	36	9	1	17	15	-19
11	LeBron James L. James	179	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.4	29.8	11.8	8.5	1.2	0.5	11.3	19.2	59.1	2.5	6.0	41.7	4.7	7.0	66.7	67.1	2.0	9.8	3.5	236	71	51	7	3	21	13	+36
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	178	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	5	47.4	35.6	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.2	13.2	32.4	40.7	2.2	7.8	28.2	7.0	9.6	72.9	48.6	1.0	4.6	2.4	237	28	19	9	1	12	12	-25
13	LeBron James L. James	177	2012-13	NBA Finals	MIA	7	43.0	25.3	10.9	7.0	2.3	0.9	9.6	21.4	44.7	1.7	4.9	35.3	4.4	5.6	79.5	52.9	2.4	8.4	2.6	301	76	49	16	6	18	10	0
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	176	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	39.7	35.2	8.2	5.4	1.0	1.6	12.0	21.6	55.6	3.6	7.6	47.4	7.6	8.2	92.7	69.8	1.4	6.8	2.2	199	41	27	5	8	11	13	+33
15	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	171	2018-19	NBA Finals	TOR	6	40.5	28.5	9.8	4.2	2.0	1.2	8.2	18.8	43.4	2.5	7.0	35.7	9.7	10.7	90.6	60.6	2.7	7.2	3.0	243	59	25	12	7	18	15	+15
16	Devin Booker D. Booker	169	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	6	40.2	28.2	3.5	4.0	0.8	0.3	10.8	23.8	45.5	1.8	6.8	26.8	4.7	5.3	87.5	53.8	1.0	2.5	3.2	241	21	24	5	2	19	23	+12
17	LeBron James L. James	168	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	42.4	33.6	12.0	10.0	1.4	1.0	13.2	23.4	56.4	2.4	6.2	38.7	4.8	7.4	64.9	63.0	1.8	10.2	4.2	212	60	50	7	5	21	13	-7
18	Jalen Williams J. Williams	165	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	7	34.7	23.6	5.0	3.7	0.9	0.0	7.9	18.1	43.3	1.1	4.3	26.7	6.7	8.3	81.0	54.1	1.0	4.0	2.1	243	35	26	6	0	15	23	-21
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	165	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	45.0	33.0	15.8	4.8	0.4	3.4	12.6	22.0	57.3	0.0	0.0		7.8	15.2	51.3	57.5	6.2	9.6	4.0	225	79	24	2	17	20	20	+40
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	162	2008-09	NBA Finals	LAL	5	43.8	32.4	5.6	7.4	1.4	1.4	11.6	27.0	43.0	1.8	5.0	36.0	7.4	8.8	84.1	52.5	0.6	5.0	3.2	219	28	37	7	7	16	13	+49
21	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	159	2010-11	NBA Finals	MIA	6	39.0	26.5	7.0	5.2	1.5	1.5	9.8	18.0	54.6	1.2	3.8	30.4	5.7	8.2	69.4	61.4	2.5	4.5	2.5	234	42	31	9	9	15	14	-6
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	158	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	7	35.1	22.6	4.9	3.7	0.9	0.7	7.1	17.7	40.3	4.6	11.4	40.0	3.7	4.0	92.9	58.0	1.1	3.7	4.3	246	34	26	6	5	30	25	-7
23	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	157	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.0	26.2	8.3	9.8	2.2	0.8	8.8	16.0	55.2	0.7	2.2	30.8	7.8	8.8	88.7	65.8	2.5	5.8	3.0	258	50	59	13	5	18	8	-21
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	156	2014-15	NBA Finals	GSW	6	42.5	26.0	5.2	6.3	1.8	0.2	9.0	20.3	44.3	4.2	10.8	38.5	3.8	4.3	88.5	58.5	0.8	4.3	4.7	255	31	38	11	1	28	13	+52
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	156	2010-11	NBA Finals	DAL	6	40.4	26.0	9.7	2.0	0.7	0.7	8.7	20.8	41.6	1.2	3.2	36.8	7.5	7.7	97.8	53.7	0.3	9.3	2.8	242	58	12	4	4	17	15	+40

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