most points per game since 2000 by a center younger than 27 years old in a single nba playoff run

Since 1999-00, Nikola Jokić has averaged the most points per game by a center younger than 27 in a single NBA playoff run, with 31.0 per game in 2021-22.

	NAME	PPG	Age	SEASON	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	31.0	26	2021-22	DEN	5	34.2	13.2	5.8	1.6	1.0	12.2	21.2	57.5	1.0	3.6	27.8	5.6	6.6	84.8	64.3	3.4	9.8	4.8	171	155	66	29	8	5	24	20	-44
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	30.0	25	2019-20	PHI	4	36.3	12.3	1.3	1.5	1.3	8.5	18.5	45.9	1.0	4.0	25.0	12.0	14.8	81.4	60.0	2.8	9.5	3.8	145	120	49	5	6	5	15	18	-53
3	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	29.9	22	2004-05	PHX	15	40.1	10.7	1.2	0.7	2.0	10.2	18.9	53.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.5	12.2	78.1	61.6	4.0	6.7	3.1	601	449	160	18	10	30	47	59	+21
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	29.8	25	2020-21	DEN	10	34.5	11.6	5.0	0.6	0.9	11.6	22.8	50.9	2.0	5.3	37.7	4.6	5.5	83.6	59.1	3.7	7.9	2.4	345	298	116	50	6	9	24	23	-57
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	28.4	23	2001-02	DAL	8	44.6	13.1	2.3	2.0	0.8	9.1	20.5	44.5	2.0	3.5	57.1	8.1	9.3	87.8	57.7	2.1	11.0	2.8	357	227	105	18	16	6	22	27	-10
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.1	26	2020-21	PHI	11	32.5	10.5	3.4	1.0	1.5	9.2	17.9	51.3	1.5	3.7	39.0	8.3	9.9	83.5	63.1	1.5	9.1	3.8	357	309	116	37	11	16	42	33	+121
7	Dwight Howard D. Howard	27.0	25	2010-11	ORL	6	43.0	15.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	8.5	13.5	63.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	10.0	14.7	68.2	67.7	4.5	11.0	5.5	258	162	93	3	4	11	33	25	+15
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	26.6	25	2003-04	DAL	5	42.4	11.8	1.4	1.4	2.6	9.0	20.0	45.0	1.4	3.0	46.7	7.2	8.4	85.7	56.1	2.6	9.2	1.2	212	133	59	7	7	13	6	16	+5
9	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	25.3	24	2006-07	PHX	10	34.3	12.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	9.1	17.4	52.3	0.1	0.3	33.3	7.0	9.1	76.9	59.1	3.0	9.1	1.9	343	253	121	6	13	19	19	39	+55
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	25.1	23	2018-19	DEN	14	39.7	13.0	8.4	1.1	0.9	9.4	18.6	50.6	1.6	4.0	39.3	4.7	5.6	84.6	59.6	3.9	9.1	2.6	556	352	182	118	16	13	36	54	+84
11	Yao Ming Y. Ming	25.1	26	2006-07	HOU	7	37.1	10.3	0.9	0.1	0.7	7.9	17.9	44.0	0.0	0.0		9.4	10.7	88.0	55.7	3.3	7.0	4.7	260	176	72	6	1	5	33	27	-27
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	24.4	24	2019-20	DEN	19	36.5	9.8	5.7	1.1	0.8	9.4	18.1	51.9	2.2	5.2	42.9	3.5	4.2	83.5	61.4	1.9	7.9	3.3	694	464	187	109	20	15	62	68	-14
13	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	24.0	23	2007-08	TOR	5	39.8	9.0	3.6	1.6	0.4	8.4	17.8	47.2	0.2	1.4	14.3	7.0	8.4	83.3	55.8	4.0	5.0	2.6	199	120	45	18	8	2	13	19	-39
14	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	23.7	24	2019-20	DAL	3	31.3	8.7	0.7	0.0	1.0	7.0	13.3	52.5	3.0	5.7	52.9	6.7	7.7	87.0	70.8	1.0	7.7	1.0	94	71	26	2	0	3	3	9	-7
15	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	23.2	25	2007-08	PHX	5	40.8	9.0	0.4	1.4	2.4	9.6	19.8	48.5	0.2	0.8	25.0	3.8	6.0	63.3	51.7	3.0	6.0	2.8	204	116	45	2	7	12	14	19	+16
16	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	22.6	26	2023-24	MIA	5	38.4	9.4	3.8	0.4	0.0	9.6	19.4	49.5	0.4	2.0	20.0	3.0	4.2	71.4	53.2	2.2	7.2	1.6	192	113	47	19	2	0	8	15	-36
17	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	22.3	24	2012-13	BKN	7	37.6	7.4	1.4	0.9	3.0	8.3	17.6	47.2	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.6	6.3	88.6	54.8	4.1	3.3	2.3	263	156	52	10	6	21	16	20	+35
18	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	21.8	26	2021-22	MIN	6	37.0	10.8	2.2	0.7	2.0	6.5	13.3	48.8	1.7	3.7	45.5	7.2	8.3	86.0	64.2	1.8	9.0	4.5	222	131	65	13	4	12	27	25	-10
19	Yao Ming Y. Ming	21.4	24	2004-05	HOU	7	31.4	7.7	0.7	0.3	2.7	7.9	12.0	65.5	0.0	0.0		5.7	7.9	72.7	69.3	3.3	4.4	2.7	220	150	54	5	2	19	19	31	-30
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	21.4	23	2017-18	PHI	8	34.8	12.6	3.0	0.9	1.8	7.5	17.3	43.5	1.0	3.6	27.6	5.4	7.6	70.5	51.9	2.9	9.8	3.6	278	171	101	24	7	14	29	31	+45
21	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	20.9	22	2024-25	HOU	7	36.6	11.9	5.3	1.9	0.4	8.4	18.7	45.0	0.4	1.1	37.5	3.6	5.7	62.5	49.1	3.0	8.9	2.1	256	146	83	37	13	3	15	26	+33
22	Dwight Howard D. Howard	20.3	23	2008-09	ORL	23	39.3	15.3	1.9	0.9	2.6	7.0	11.7	60.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.3	9.9	63.6	63.4	4.3	11.0	2.9	903	467	353	43	20	60	67	102	+1
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	20.2	24	2018-19	PHI	11	30.4	10.5	3.4	0.7	2.3	6.2	14.5	42.8	1.1	3.5	30.8	6.7	8.2	82.2	55.9	1.9	8.5	3.6	334	222	115	37	8	25	40	34	+143
24	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	19.8	26	2014-15	BKN	6	39.0	9.0	0.8	0.7	2.2	7.2	14.5	49.4	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.7	82.5	56.9	3.3	5.7	1.0	234	119	54	5	4	13	6	18	-18
25	Dwight Howard D. Howard	18.9	22	2007-08	ORL	10	42.1	15.8	0.9	0.8	3.4	7.2	12.4	58.1	0.0	0.0		4.5	8.3	54.2	58.9	6.0	9.8	3.2	421	189	158	9	8	34	32	38	+32

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.9

Jokić

RPG

12.1

Jokić

APG

10.8

Jokić

Team Rankings

ORTG

125.4

1st

DRTG

116.3

17th

NETRTG

9.1

2nd

3P%

40.3

2nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	26	3	.897
2	Spurs	21	7	.750	4.5
3	Nuggets	21	7	.750	4.5
4	Lakers	19	8	.704	6.0
5	Timberwolves	19	10	.655	7.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 12/23	DEN	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Thu 12/25	MIN	@	DEN	10:30 PM
Sat 12/27	DEN	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Mon 12/29	DEN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Wed 12/31	DEN	@	TOR	7:30 PM

Last Game

Jazz

10 - 18

112

Final

135

Nuggets

21 - 7

Mon 22 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

34.1

Dončić

32.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.7

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.1

Jokić

11.6

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.2

Cunningham

8.9

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.4

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Suggs

BPG Leaders

2.4

Huff

2.0

Stewart

1.8

Kalkbrenner

3PM Leaders

4.9

Curry

4.1

Mitchell

3.8

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.1

Jokić

71.0

Ayton

70.2

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.4

122.6

122.4

121.2

120.4

119.1

DRtg Rankings

104.5

110.3

112.3

112.6

112.8

113.0

NetRtg Rankings

15.8

9.1

8.9

7.9

6.7

6.3

Tank Leaderboard

5-22

6-23

7-22

7-21

8-22

8-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,757

Jokić

1,487.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,371.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,869

Jokić

1,492.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,450.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.2

Brown

33.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.9

Reaves

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.81

Jokić

1.63

Dončić

1.60

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.93

Jokić

1.73

Dončić

1.60

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

20-10

17-9-1

18-10

17-11

17-12

17-11

Worst Record ATS

8-22

9-19

10-19

10-17

11-18

12-18

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	23	6	.793
2	Knicks	20	8	.714	2.5
3	Celtics	18	11	.621	5.0
4	76ers	16	11	.593	6.0
5	Raptors	17	13	.567	6.5
6	Magic	16	13	.552	7.0
7	Cavaliers	16	14	.533	7.5
8	Heat	15	14	.517	8.0
9	Hawks	15	15	.500	8.5
10	Bulls	13	15	.464	9.5
11	Bucks	11	18	.379	12.0
12	Hornets	9	20	.310	14.0
13	Nets	8	19	.296	14.0
14	Pacers	6	23	.207	17.0
15	Wizards	5	22	.185	17.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	26	3	.897
2	Spurs	21	7	.750	4.5
3	Nuggets	21	7	.750	4.5
4	Lakers	19	8	.704	6.0
5	Timberwolves	19	10	.655	7.0
6	Rockets	17	9	.654	7.5
7	Suns	15	13	.536	10.5
8	Warriors	15	15	.500	11.5
9	Grizzlies	13	16	.448	13.0
10	Trail Blazers	12	17	.414	14.0
11	Mavericks	11	19	.367	15.5
12	Jazz	10	18	.357	15.5
13	Pelicans	8	22	.267	18.5
14	Clippers	7	21	.250	18.5
15	Kings	7	22	.241	19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 11/20	NOP	@	DAL	115-118
Thu 11/20	MIN	@	PHX	113-114
Thu 11/20	DEN	@	HOU	112-109
Thu 11/20	POR	@	GSW	127-123
Thu 11/20	OKC	@	UTA	144-112

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 12/23	BKN	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Tue 12/23	WAS	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Tue 12/23	MIL	@	IND	7:30 PM
Tue 12/23	CHI	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Tue 12/23	NOP	@	CLE	7:30 PM

Since 1999-00, Nikola Jokić has averaged the most points per game by a center younger than 27 in a single NBA playoff run, with 31.0 per game in 2021-22.

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10.8

9.2

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2.0

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

1,757

1,487.4

1,371.3

1,869

1,492.8

1,450.5

37.9

36.2

33.4

39.8

37.1

36.9

1.81

1.63

1.60

1.93

1.73

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Scores

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