most points per game by a center in a finals series

Shaquille O'Neal has put up the most points per game by a center in an NBA Finals, with 38.0 per game.

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	SERIES	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38.0	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	6	45.5	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	228	100	14	6	16	13	20	+8
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36.3	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	41.5	12.3	3.8	0.5	2.8	12.5	21.0	59.5	0.0	0.0		11.3	17.0	66.2	63.6	3.3	9.0	3.5	166	145	49	15	2	11	14	7	+45
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33.4	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	5	40.6	13.6	3.2	0.6	4.6	14.6	26.6	54.9	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.2	80.8	57.8	3.2	10.4	4.2	203	167	68	16	3	23	21	20
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33.0	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	45.0	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	165	79	24	2	17	20	20	+40
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32.8	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	4	44.8	11.5	5.5	2.0	2.0	14.0	29.0	48.3	0.3	0.3	100.0	4.5	6.5	69.2	51.4	2.8	8.8	2.8	179	131	46	22	8	8	11	18
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	32.6	1973-74	NBA Finals	MIL	7	49.3	12.1	5.4	0.6	2.1	13.9	26.4	52.4				4.9	7.0	69.4	55.2	3.1	9.0		345	228	85	38	4	15		19
7	George Mikan G. Mikan	32.2	1949-50	NBA Finals	MIN	6						10.5						11.2	14.3	77.9						193						27
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	30.2	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	41.1	14.0	7.2	0.8	1.4	11.2	19.2	58.3	1.6	3.8	42.1	6.2	7.4	83.8	67.2	1.8	12.2	3.4	205	151	70	36	4	7	17	17	+39
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	29.2	1963-64	NBA Finals	SFW	5	46.0	27.6	2.4			12.4	24.0	51.7				4.4	10.6	41.5	50.9				230	146	138	12				12
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.0	1994-95	NBA Finals	ORL	4	45.0	12.5	6.3	0.3	2.5	11.0	18.5	59.5	0.0	0.0		6.0	10.5	57.1	60.6	2.8	9.8	5.3	180	112	50	25	1	10	21	18
11	George Mikan G. Mikan	27.5	1948-49	NBA Finals	MIN	6						9.0						9.5	11.5	82.6						165						28
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27.0	1970-71	NBA Finals	MIL	4	42.0	18.5	2.8			11.5	19.0	60.5				4.0	5.3	76.2	63.4				168	108	74	11				12
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26.9	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	7	43.1	9.1	3.6	1.6	3.9	10.7	21.4	50.0	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.3	6.1	86.0	55.6	1.9	7.3	3.6	302	188	64	25	11	27	25	26
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26.6	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	5	42.6	10.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	10.6	16.8	63.1	0.0	0.0		5.4	11.0	49.1	61.5	3.0	7.8	2.8	213	133	54	8	2	3	14	22	-31
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26.6	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	38.9	8.1	4.4	1.7	2.1	10.7	22.3	48.1	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.6	67.9	51.9	3.3	4.9	3.0	272	186	57	31	12	15	21	27
16	Moses Malone M. Malone	25.8	1982-83	NBA Finals	PHI	4	39.3	18.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	9.0	17.8	50.7	0.0	0.0		7.8	11.8	66.0	56.2	6.8	11.3	2.8	157	103	72	8	6	6	11	15
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	25.7	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	35.5	9.0	5.2	1.0	1.5	11.2	18.5	60.4	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.3	76.9	62.9	2.8	6.2	2.8	213	154	54	31	6	9	17	27
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	24.7	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	6	40.2	11.8	1.8	2.3	3.2	9.3	19.5	47.9	0.0	0.0		6.0	9.0	66.7	52.6	4.5	7.3	2.7	241	148	71	11	14	19	16	26
19	Bill Russell B. Russell	23.6	1965-66	NBA Finals	BOS	7	47.9	24.3	3.7			9.1	17.0	53.8				5.3	7.1	74.0	58.5				335	165	170	26				27
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23.5	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	4	38.8	7.5	3.0	0.8	2.3	9.3	16.8	55.2	0.0	0.0		5.0	6.5	76.9	59.9	1.3	6.3	3.5	155	94	30	12	3	9	14	18
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	23.3	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	7	47.6	24.1	4.0			10.0	16.0	62.5				3.3	9.6	34.3	57.6				333	163	169	28				18
22	Alvan Adams A. Adams	23.0	1975-76	NBA Finals	PHX	6	38.7	10.2	4.7	1.3	0.8	9.8	20.2	48.8				3.3	4.2	80.0	52.3	2.8	7.3		232	138	61	28	8	5		22
23	Willis Reed W. Reed	23.0	1969-70	NBA Finals	NYK	6	37.7	10.5	2.8			9.8	20.3	48.4				3.3	5.7	58.8	50.4				226	138	63	17				15
24	Bill Russell B. Russell	22.9	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	7	48.3	27.0	5.7			8.1	15.0	54.3				6.6	8.9	74.2	60.5				338	160	189	40				21
25	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	22.7	1973-74	NBA Finals	BOS	7	43.6	9.9	4.6	1.1	0.3	9.9	22.4	43.9				3.0	4.0	75.0	47.0	2.9	7.0		305	159	69	32	8	2		34