most points per game by a player in their first finals series

Rick Barry averaged the most points per game by a player in the NBA Finals in his first playoff, with 40.8 per game.

	NAME	PPG	SERIES	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	Rick Barry R. Barry	40.8	NBA Finals	6	43.3	8.8	3.3			15.7	39.2	40.0				9.5	12.0	79.2	45.9				260	245	53	20				25
2	Julius Erving J. Erving	30.3	NBA Finals	6	41.3	6.8	5.0	2.7	1.2	11.7	21.5	54.3				7.0	8.2	85.7	60.4	1.7	5.2		248	182	41	30	16	7		17
3	Devin Booker D. Booker	28.2	NBA Finals	6	40.2	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	169	21	24	5	2	19	23	+12
4	George Mikan G. Mikan	27.5	NBA Finals	6						9.0						9.5	11.5	82.6						165						28
5	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	26.2	NBA Finals	5						8.8						8.6	11.6	74.1						131						15
6	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	26.0	NBA Finals	5	39.7	11.2	2.6	1.0	3.6	8.8	20.8	42.3	1.8	6.6	27.3	6.6	8.4	78.6	53.1	3.6	7.6	2.6	199	130	56	13	5	18	13	11	+8
7	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	24.0	NBA Finals	7	36.3	12.6				9.6	23.7	40.4				4.9	6.9	70.8	44.9				254	168	88					28
8	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	23.0	NBA Finals	1	43.6	7.0	6.0	4.0	2.0	10.0	22.0	45.5	2.0	8.0	25.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	51.2	2.0	5.0	1.0	44	23	7	6	4	2	1	5	+5
9	Alvan Adams A. Adams	23.0	NBA Finals	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
10	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	22.8	NBA Finals	4	42.3	11.8				8.5	25.5	33.3				5.8	8.8	65.7	38.8				169	91	47					18
11	James Worthy J. Worthy	22.1	NBA Finals	7	39.1	4.4	2.3	1.4	0.3	9.6	15.0	63.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.6	65.6	65.1	2.0	2.4	2.3	274	155	31	16	10	2	16	25
12	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	22.0	NBA Finals	4	39.5	6.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	8.8	18.8	46.7	0.3	1.3	20.0	4.3	6.5	65.4	50.9	2.0	4.5	3.5	158	88	26	10	6	4	14	15	-4
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21.5	NBA Finals	6	42.7	11.2	8.7	2.7	0.3	7.8	13.7	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	6.7	87.5	64.8	2.8	8.3	5.0	256	129	67	52	16	2	30	17
14	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	19.7	NBA Finals	6	35.5	10.7	3.5	1.8	0.7	7.2	16.3	43.9				5.3	7.5	71.1	50.1	2.5	8.2		213	118	64	21	11	4		27
15	Bill Walton B. Walton	18.5	NBA Finals	6	37.7	19.0	5.2	1.0	3.7	8.0	14.7	54.5				2.5	3.2	78.9	57.6	3.8	15.2		226	111	114	31	6	22		23
16	Dylan Harper D. Harper	18.0	NBA Finals	5	31.0	6.4	3.0	0.4	0.2	7.0	14.2	49.3	1.4	5.0	28.0	2.6	3.4	76.5	57.3	0.8	5.6	1.2	155	90	32	15	2	1	6	14	-1
17	Bob Gross B. Gross	17.3	NBA Finals	6	27.7	5.7	3.5	1.8	0.3	7.7	11.5	66.7				2.0	2.3	85.7	69.2	3.3	2.3		166	104	34	21	11	2		26
18	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	17.3	NBA Finals	6						5.0						7.3	10.0	73.3						104						24
19	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	16.6	NBA Finals	7	36.6	5.0	2.9	0.4	2.4	5.6	14.4	38.6				5.4	7.1	76.0	47.2	2.7	2.3	2.9	256	116	35	20	3	17	20	19
20	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	16.1	NBA Finals	7	31.4	11.6				5.4	12.7	42.7				5.3	7.4	71.2	50.5				220	113	81					33
21	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	16.0	NBA Finals	6	34.7	2.5	3.8	1.5	0.3	6.3	16.3	38.8				3.3	5.2	64.5	43.0	1.0	1.5		208	96	15	23	9	2		22
22	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	15.8	NBA Finals	6	26.7	4.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	7.3	12.8	57.1	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.5	77.8	58.7	2.5	1.8	1.0	160	95	26	6	8	6	6	15
23	Connie Simmons C. Simmons	15.2	NBA Finals	6			1.3			5.2	15.2	34.1				4.8	6.3	76.3	42.2					91		8				23
24	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	14.7	NBA Finals	6	37.5	12.0	1.8	1.5	1.5	5.7	10.7	53.1	0.0	0.0		3.3	3.7	90.9	59.7	2.2	9.8	1.3	225	88	72	11	9	9	8	23	+9
25	Tyler Herro T. Herro	14.7	NBA Finals	6	34.6	4.2	3.0	0.5	0.0	5.3	14.5	36.8	1.8	5.0	36.7	2.2	2.7	81.3	46.8	0.2	4.0	2.3	208	88	25	18	3	0	14	7	-46

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