most points per game in playoffs through only 9 games same year

Michael Jordan has put up the most points per game with 9 or fewer games played in a single NBA playoff run, with 43.7 per game in 1985-86.

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most points per game by a player in playoffs through only 9 games same year

	NAME	PPG	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43.7	3	1985-86	CHI	45.0	6.3	5.7	2.3	1.3	16.0	31.7	50.5	0.3	0.3	100.0	11.3	13.0	87.2	58.4	1.7	4.7	4.7	135	131	19	17	7	4	14	13
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	37.5	4	1987-88	HOU	40.5	16.8	1.8	2.3	2.8	14.0	24.5	57.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	9.5	10.8	88.4	64.1	5.0	11.8	2.3	162	150	67	7	9	11	9	14
3	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	37.4	7	1974-75	BUF	46.7	13.4	1.4	0.9	2.7	14.9	30.9	48.1				7.7	10.4	74.0	52.8	3.6	9.9		327	262	94	10	6	19		29
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	37.4	5	2016-17	OKC	38.8	11.6	10.8	2.4	0.4	11.8	30.4	38.8	2.6	9.8	26.5	11.2	14.0	80.0	51.1	1.8	9.8	6.0	194	187	58	54	12	2	30	16	+15
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	37.0	3	1960-61	PHI	48.0	23.0	2.0			15.0	32.0	46.9				7.0	12.7	55.3	49.2				144	111	69	6				10
6	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	36.3	7	2019-20	UTA	37.7	5.0	4.9	1.0	0.3	11.9	22.4	52.9	4.7	9.1	51.6	7.9	8.3	94.8	69.6	0.9	4.1	4.1	264	254	35	34	7	2	29	11	+38
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	35.7	7	2020-21	DAL	40.1	7.9	10.3	1.3	0.4	13.7	28.0	49.0	4.4	10.9	40.8	3.9	7.3	52.9	57.2	0.6	7.3	4.6	281	250	55	72	9	3	32	17	+7
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35.7	3	1986-87	CHI	42.7	7.0	6.0	2.0	2.3	11.7	28.0	41.7	0.7	1.7	40.0	11.7	13.0	89.7	52.9	2.3	4.7	2.7	128	107	21	18	6	7	8	11
9	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	34.5	2	2022-23	LAC	40.0	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.5	12.0	22.0	54.5	3.0	5.0	60.0	7.5	8.5	88.2	67.0	1.5	5.0	3.0	80	69	13	12	4	1	6	5	-7
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	34.3	6	2020-21	POR	41.3	4.3	10.2	1.0	0.7	10.3	22.3	46.3	5.8	13.0	44.9	7.8	8.3	94.0	66.0	0.2	4.2	2.2	248	206	26	61	6	4	13	9	+27
11	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	34.0	6	2005-06	WAS	47.3	5.5	5.3	2.2	0.7	10.8	23.3	46.4	3.3	7.7	43.5	9.0	11.7	77.1	59.7	1.2	4.3	3.3	284	204	33	32	13	4	20	21	-1
12	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	33.8	4	2000-01	ORL	44.5	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	12.8	30.8	41.5	0.5	2.5	20.0	7.8	9.5	81.6	48.3	1.5	5.0	2.0	178	135	26	33	7	5	8	11	-33
13	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	33.4	9	1959-60	MIN	45.3	14.1	3.4			12.3	26.0	47.4				8.8	10.4	84.0	54.7				408	301	127	31				38
14	George Gervin G. Gervin	33.3	3	1979-80	SAS	40.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	12.3	24.7	50.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	8.7	10.0	86.7	57.3	3.0	3.7	3.0	122	100	20	12	5	3	9	8
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33.2	9	1959-60	PHI	46.1	25.8	2.1			13.9	28.0	49.6				5.4	12.2	44.5	49.8				415	299	232	19				17
16	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	33.2	5	2009-10	MIA	42.0	5.6	6.8	1.6	1.6	12.4	22.0	56.4	3.0	7.4	40.5	5.4	8.0	67.5	65.0	1.2	4.4	5.2	210	166	28	34	8	8	26	16	-36
17	George Gervin G. Gervin	33.2	6	1977-78	SAS	37.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	13.0	23.7	54.9				7.2	9.3	76.8	59.7	1.8	3.8	3.2	227	199	34	19	6	16	19	23
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	33.0	5	2024-25	MIL	37.6	15.4	6.6	1.0	1.0	12.0	19.8	60.6	0.2	1.0	20.0	8.8	12.6	69.8	65.1	3.8	11.6	4.6	188	165	77	33	5	5	23	12	-35
19	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33.0	6	2023-24	PHI	41.3	10.8	5.7	1.2	1.5	9.8	22.2	44.4	2.2	6.5	33.3	11.2	13.0	85.9	59.2	3.2	7.7	4.2	248	198	65	34	7	9	25	20	+46
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32.8	5	2006-07	LAL	43.0	5.2	4.4	1.0	0.4	12.0	26.0	46.2	2.0	5.6	35.7	6.8	7.4	91.9	56.1	0.2	5.0	4.4	215	164	26	22	5	2	22	10	-45
21	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	32.8	4	1984-85	DAL	42.3	6.5	4.8	0.5	0.5	11.8	23.0	51.1	0.3	0.5	50.0	9.0	9.5	94.7	60.2	2.8	3.8	3.5	169	131	26	19	2	2	14	8
22	Gus Williams G. Williams	32.5	2	1982-83	SEA	40.5	3.5	4.0	2.5	0.0	13.0	23.5	55.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	6.5	7.5	86.7	60.6	2.0	1.5	3.0	81	65	7	8	5	0	6	5
23	Alex Groza A. Groza	32.3	3	1950-51	IND		14.0	0.7			12.0	24.3	49.3				8.3	11.0	75.8	55.4					97	42	2				14
24	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	32.0	4	2006-07	WAS	43.3	9.8	1.3	0.5	1.0	12.3	25.8	47.6	2.3	6.5	34.6	5.3	7.0	75.0	55.5	3.3	6.5	1.8	173	128	39	5	2	4	7	13	-33
25	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	31.8	5	1965-66	CIN	44.8	7.6	7.8			9.8	24.0	40.8				12.2	13.6	89.7	53.0				224	159	38	39				20