most points per game in an elimination game between 1979-80 to 1999-00

Between the 1979-80 and 1999-00 seasons, Sleepy Floyd scored the most points per game in an elimination game, with 51.0 per game in Game 4 of the 1987 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Lakers.

Interpreted as:

most points per game by a player in an elimination game between 1979-80 to 1999-00

	NAME	PPG	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	51.0	5/10/1987	GSW	vs	LAL	44	51	3	10	4	0	18	26	69.2	2	3	66.7	13	14	92.9	79.3	1	2	2	2
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	49.0	5/14/1987	HOU	@	SEA	53	49	25	2	2	6	19	33	57.6	0	0		11	13	84.6	63.3	11	14	2	4
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47.0	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	43	47	5	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	2	3	0	0
4	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	46.0	5/20/1995	PHX	vs	HOU	42	46	3	10	1	1	12	26	46.2	1	2	50.0	21	22	95.5	64.5	1	2	1	3
5	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	46.0	5/8/1984	UTA	vs	PHX	41	46	6	4	2	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		14	14	100.0	69.4	1	5	6	2
6	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	44.0	6/5/1993	PHX	vs	SEA	46	44	24	1	1	1	12	20	60.0	1	1	100.0	19	22	86.4	74.1	10	14	1	3
7	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	44.0	5/4/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	40	44	13	5	7	2	18	24	75.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	78.7	2	11	3	3
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44.0	5/7/1989	CHI	@	CLE	44	44	9	6	1	0	17	32	53.1	1	1	100.0	9	13	69.2	58.3	3	6	2	3
9	Bernard King B. King	44.0	5/11/1984	NYK	vs	BOS	41	44	2	2	3	0	16	25	64.0	0	0		12	15	80.0	69.6	0	2	4	3
10	Bernard King B. King	44.0	4/27/1984	NYK	@	DET	41	44	12	1	0	1	17	26	65.4	0	0		10	13	76.9	69.4	3	9	1	5
11	George Gervin G. Gervin	44.0	4/4/1980	SAS	vs	HOU	43	44	7	2	2	2	19	29	65.5	0	0		6	7	85.7	68.6			2	2
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	43.0	5/15/1990	LAL	vs	PHX	44	43	8	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	0	2	0.0	13	16	81.3	65.1	2	6	6	4
13	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	42.0	4/29/1997	ORL	vs	MIA	47	42	8	2	2	0	16	30	53.3	1	4	25.0	9	10	90.0	61.0	1	7	1	4	+13
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42.0	5/17/1992	CHI	vs	NYK	42	42	6	4	2	3	15	29	51.7	0	0		12	13	92.3	60.5	3	3	5	3
15	Alex English A. English	42.0	5/8/1986	DEN	vs	HOU	50	42	7	2	0	2	15	30	50.0	0	0		12	13	92.3	58.8	4	3	3	4
16	Alex English A. English	42.0	4/24/1983	DEN	@	PHX	48	42	9	4	1	3	16	29	55.2	0	0		10	12	83.3	61.3	4	5	2	2
17	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	42.0	4/17/1981	HOU	@	SAS	42	42	1	3	0	0	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	70.6			5	2
18	Reggie Miller R. Miller	41.0	5/4/2000	IND	vs	MIL	39	41	5	1	1	0	15	25	60.0	3	7	42.9	8	10	80.0	69.7	0	5	2	4	+8
19	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	41.0	5/1/1997	ORL	vs	MIA	48	41	7	4	4	3	12	23	52.2	4	8	50.0	13	16	81.3	68.2	3	4	1	4	+8
20	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	41.0	5/5/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	41	41	9	6	1	0	12	18	66.7	4	8	50.0	13	14	92.9	84.9	3	6	1	3
21	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	41.0	5/28/1989	PHX	vs	LAL	45	41	13	6	0	2	17	28	60.7	0	2	0.0	7	8	87.5	65.0	3	10	4	4
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40.0	5/5/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	38	40	8	3	0	1	14	22	63.6	0	0		12	15	80.0	69.9	2	6	2	5
23	James Worthy J. Worthy	40.0	6/13/1989	LAL	vs	DET	46	40	3	3	0	3	17	26	65.4	2	3	66.7	4	6	66.7	69.8	0	3	1	3
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40.0	5/5/1988	HOU	vs	DAL	44	40	15	3	2	1	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	72.7	3	12	1	3
25	Chuck Person C. Person	40.0	5/1/1987	IND	vs	ATL	44	40	7	6	1	0	14	27	51.9	0	3	0.0	12	15	80.0	59.5	0	7	4	3