Paolo Banchero has averaged the most career points per game in closeouts, with 38.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game by a player in closeout games

	NAME	PPG	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	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	38.0	1	42.0	16.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	10.0	28.0	35.7	3.0	6.0	50.0	15.0	18.0	83.3	52.9	4.0	12.0	5.0	42	38	16	2	3	1	5	3	-7
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34.2	43	42.5	5.9	5.6	2.1	0.9	12.6	26.0	48.5	0.9	2.9	31.2	8.0	9.7	82.5	56.4	1.6	4.3	3.1	1,827	1,470	254	241	90	39	132	130	+48
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	33.3	10	45.1	3.6	6.5	1.6	0.3	11.5	27.7	41.5	2.9	6.6	43.9	7.4	9.6	77.1	52.2	0.6	3.0	3.4	451	333	36	65	16	3	34	20	-14
4	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	33.1	9	38.0	5.0	4.4	1.2	0.4	12.1	23.6	51.4	3.9	8.6	45.5	5.0	5.7	88.2	63.6	0.7	4.3	3.7	342	298	45	40	11	4	33	24	+62
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	32.3	10	37.6	13.1	5.9	0.7	1.8	11.2	20.9	53.6	1.2	3.9	30.8	8.7	11.1	78.4	62.6	1.9	11.2	3.6	376	323	131	59	7	18	36	32	+90
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	31.9	8	40.4	9.5	9.4	1.8	0.4	10.9	22.3	48.9	4.0	9.8	41.0	6.1	7.3	84.5	62.6	0.5	9.0	4.1	323	255	76	75	14	3	33	27	+60
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31.6	33	40.9	7.9	4.2	0.8	1.2	10.6	21.3	49.6	2.9	7.6	37.7	7.5	8.5	89.2	63.0	0.6	7.3	2.9	1,351	1,042	260	138	25	41	95	83	+208
8	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	31.1	32						11.6						7.9	9.9	79.5						994						117
9	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	30.7	6	43.3	7.2	3.0	2.2	0.2	11.0	26.3	41.8	1.3	5.5	24.2	7.3	8.3	88.0	51.1	1.0	6.2	2.5	260	184	43	18	13	1	15	21	+30
10	Trae Young T. Young	30.3	3	41.5	4.0	10.3	1.7	0.0	9.3	27.0	34.6	3.3	10.7	31.3	8.3	10.3	80.6	48.1	0.3	3.7	4.7	124	91	12	31	5	0	14	8	+30
11	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	30.0	2	37.0	4.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	0.5	1.5	33.3	1.5	1.5	100.0	58.5	2.0	2.0	4.5	74	60	8	7	4	0	9	8
12	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	29.6	5	38.1	4.8	4.6	1.4	0.8	10.0	18.2	54.9	2.0	4.0	50.0	7.6	10.0	76.0	65.5	0.6	4.2	1.6	190	148	24	23	7	4	8	15	+25
13	Bernard King B. King	29.0	5	38.4	6.6	3.2	0.8	0.4	10.8	20.0	54.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	7.4	9.4	78.7	60.1	2.4	4.2	2.0	192	145	33	16	4	2	10	16
14	Lee Shaffer L. Shaffer	29.0	4		6.3				10.8	22.0	48.9				7.5	9.5	78.9	55.4					116	25					13
15	Jerry West J. West	28.6	34						10.4						7.7	10.0	77.4						971						96
16	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	28.5	2	45.6	2.5	4.0	1.5	0.0	6.5	19.5	33.3	3.5	9.5	36.8	12.0	12.5	96.0	57.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	91	57	5	8	3	0	4	6	+2
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	28.4	19	39.8	13.3	8.1	1.1	1.2	10.7	21.1	50.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	5.3	6.3	84.9	59.6	3.3	10.0	3.4	757	540	252	154	21	22	65	66	+16
18	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	28.4	5	43.1	7.2	6.2	2.8	0.4	9.2	20.6	44.7	5.0	10.8	46.3	5.0	5.8	86.2	61.3	1.4	5.8	2.8	216	142	36	31	14	2	14	11	+13
19	LeBron James L. James	28.3	54	41.5	9.2	7.0	1.6	1.0	9.6	19.5	49.3	1.7	5.1	33.5	7.4	9.6	77.6	59.8	1.4	7.8	3.5	2,243	1,530	498	380	89	52	189	123	+445
20	Devin Booker D. Booker	28.0	8	40.4	7.1	4.0	1.0	0.4	9.8	20.6	47.3	2.5	6.5	38.5	6.0	6.6	90.6	59.5	0.9	6.3	3.6	323	224	57	32	8	3	29	20	-7
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	27.9	37	37.9	5.6	6.7	1.4	0.5	9.0	19.8	45.4	4.5	10.9	41.5	5.4	6.1	87.2	61.8	0.7	4.9	3.2	1,401	1,031	208	249	53	20	119	98	+119
22	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	27.5	19						9.4	22.2	42.2				8.7	11.2	78.3	50.7					522						61
23	Bradley Beal B. Beal	27.3	4	39.7	3.3	3.5	2.8	0.3	8.5	16.8	50.7	2.8	5.8	47.8	7.5	8.5	88.2	66.5	1.5	1.8	2.8	159	109	13	14	11	1	11	11	+57
24	Bob Carpenter B. Carpenter	27.0	1						9.0	17.0	52.9				9.0	11.0	81.8	61.8					27						2
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26.7	26	40.7	12.5	3.8	1.6	2.9	10.8	20.8	51.7	0.0	0.2	20.0	5.1	7.8	65.8	55.0	3.5	9.0	3.2	1,057	694	324	98	41	76	84	97	-27