most ppg in a finals by a player younger than 23

Rick Barry has averaged the most points per game by a player younger than 23 in an NBA Finals, with 40.8 per game.

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most ppg in a finals by a player younger than 23 years old

	NAME	PPG	Age	SEASON	SERIES	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	Rick Barry R. Barry	40.8	22	1966-67	NBA Finals	SFW	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.0	22	1994-95	NBA Finals	ORL	4	45.0	12.5	6.3	0.3	2.5	11.0	18.5	59.5	0.0	0.0		6.0	10.5	57.1	60.6	2.8	9.8	5.3	180	112	50	25	1	10	21	18
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	27.4	22	1998-99	NBA Finals	SAS	5	45.8	14.0	2.4	1.0	2.2	10.2	19.0	53.7	0.0	0.4	0.0	7.0	8.8	79.5	59.9	2.8	11.2	3.4	229	137	70	12	5	11	17	12	+24
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	26.0	22	2025-26	NBA Finals	SAS	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
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	24.6	22	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	46.8	7.8	5.8	1.4	1.4	8.8	21.2	41.5	0.6	1.8	33.3	6.4	7.6	84.2	50.1	1.0	6.8	3.6	234	123	39	29	7	7	18	15	+31
6	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	24.0	22	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	7	36.3	12.6				9.6	23.7	40.4				4.9	6.9	70.8	44.9				254	168	88					28
7	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	23.0	22	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	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
8	Alvan Adams A. Adams	23.0	21	1975-76	NBA Finals	PHX	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
9	James Worthy J. Worthy	22.1	22	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	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
10	LeBron James L. James	22.0	22	2006-07	NBA Finals	CLE	4	42.6	7.0	6.8	1.0	0.5	8.0	22.5	35.6	1.0	5.0	20.0	5.0	7.3	69.0	42.8	1.0	6.0	5.8	170	88	28	27	4	2	23	8	-4
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21.5	20	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	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
12	Vlade Divac V. Divac	18.2	22	1990-91	NBA Finals	LAL	5	41.6	8.8	2.0	1.8	2.4	7.8	13.8	56.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	2.6	2.6	100.0	60.9	3.4	5.4	3.0	208	91	44	10	9	12	15	18
13	Dylan Harper D. Harper	18.0	19	2025-26	NBA Finals	SAS	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
14	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	17.8	22	2013-14	NBA Finals	SAS	5	33.4	6.4	2.0	1.6	1.2	6.0	9.8	61.2	2.2	3.8	57.9	3.6	4.6	78.3	75.3	1.6	4.8	1.8	167	89	32	10	8	6	9	22	+62
15	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	17.3	21	1949-50	NBA Finals	SYR	6						5.0						7.3	10.0	73.3						104						24
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16.2	22	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	41.7	10.8	8.0	2.5	0.3	5.3	10.0	53.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	5.5	6.5	84.6	62.9	3.3	7.5	4.3	250	97	65	48	15	2	26	23
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	15.6	21	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	5	35.2	4.6	4.2	1.0	1.4	6.6	18.0	36.7	0.4	2.0	20.0	2.0	2.2	90.9	41.1	1.2	3.4	1.2	176	78	23	21	5	7	6	18	+5
18	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	15.3	22	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	4	33.7	6.3	2.5	0.3	0.8	5.8	10.8	53.5	0.0	0.0		3.8	6.0	62.5	56.9	1.5	4.8	2.0	135	61	25	10	1	3	8	11	-28
19	Connie Simmons C. Simmons	15.2	22	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	6			1.3			5.2	15.2	34.1				4.8	6.3	76.3	42.2					91		8				23
20	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	14.7	22	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	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
21	Tyler Herro T. Herro	14.7	20	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	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
22	Stephon Castle S. Castle	14.6	21	2025-26	NBA Finals	SAS	5	31.6	5.4	4.2	0.6	0.2	4.6	12.2	37.7	1.2	4.0	30.0	4.2	5.2	80.8	50.4	1.4	4.0	2.8	158	73	27	21	3	1	14	20	-21
23	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	14.6	21	2012-13	NBA Finals	SAS	7	36.5	11.1	0.9	2.0	0.4	5.9	11.4	51.2	1.1	3.3	34.8	1.7	2.4	70.6	58.3	3.0	8.1	1.0	255	102	78	6	14	3	7	16	+12
24	Jack Nichols J. Nichols	14.2	22	1948-49	NBA Finals	WAS	6						5.8						2.5	4.0	62.5						85						22
25	Tony Parker T. Parker	14.0	20	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	6	35.3	3.2	4.2	0.3	0.2	5.3	13.8	38.6	1.0	2.3	42.9	2.3	3.8	60.9	45.1	0.3	2.8	1.8	212	84	19	25	2	1	11	9	-7

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