most ppg in a finals by a rookie since 1979

Since 1978-79, Magic Johnson has put up the most points per game by a rookie in an NBA Finals, with 21.5 per game.

	NAME	PPG	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21.5	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
2	Dylan Harper D. Harper	18.0	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
3	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	15.8	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	6	26.7	4.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	7.3	12.8	57.1	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.5	77.8	58.7	2.5	1.8	1.0	160	95	26	6	8	6	6	15
4	Tyler Herro T. Herro	14.7	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
5	Daniel Gibson D. Gibson	10.8	2006-07	NBA Finals	CLE	4	34.8	1.8	2.5	1.5	0.0	4.5	10.3	43.9	1.5	4.8	31.6	0.3	0.3	100.0	51.9	0.3	1.5	0.0	139	43	7	10	6	0	0	8	-6
6	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	10.5	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	6	22.6	3.5	1.8	0.0	0.2	4.0	8.5	47.1	1.5	3.8	39.1	1.0	1.0	100.0	58.7	0.5	3.0	1.3	135	63	21	11	0	1	8	10	-12
7	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	10.0	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	7	22.6	3.1	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.7	6.4	42.2	1.0	2.3	43.8	3.6	3.9	92.6	61.5	0.9	2.3	2.6	158	70	22	20	9	2	18	22
8	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	8.7	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	6	28.7	4.5	2.0	2.2	0.5	2.7	7.7	34.8	0.5	2.3	21.4	2.8	3.5	81.0	47.1	1.5	3.0	1.7	172	52	27	12	13	3	10	18	+52
9	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	7.8	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	20.0	6.5	1.2	1.0	0.5	3.3	6.5	51.3	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.5	46.7	51.5	3.2	3.3	1.8	120	47	39	7	6	3	11	21
10	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	7.7	1990-91	NBA Finals	LAL	3	11.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	0.7	3.3	5.3	62.5	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.3	75.0	64.8	0.3	1.0	0.7	33	23	4	0	3	2	2	4
11	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	6.8	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	4	24.3	4.5	1.3	1.0	0.0	2.8	5.3	52.4	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.8	45.5	52.2	0.5	4.0	0.8	97	27	18	5	4	0	3	7	-1
12	Tony Smith T. Smith	6.0	1990-91	NBA Finals	LAL	2	16.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	3.5	71.4	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.5	66.7	72.1	0.5	0.0	2.5	32	12	1	2	1	0	5	6
13	Byron Scott B. Scott	6.0	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	15.0	1.1	0.7	1.0	0.0	2.6	5.4	47.4	0.1	0.7	20.0	0.7	1.0	71.4	51.1	0.3	0.9	0.9	105	42	8	5	7	0	6	12
14	Franklin Edwards F. Edwards	6.0	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Christian Braun C. Braun	5.8	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	16.3	2.0	1.2	1.0	0.4	2.4	3.4	70.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.8	55.6	69.2	0.8	1.2	0.6	82	29	10	6	5	2	3	6	-8
16	Courtney Lee C. Lee	5.8	2008-09	NBA Finals	ORL	5	17.6	1.4	0.2	0.6	0.0	2.4	6.4	37.5	0.4	2.2	18.2	0.6	0.8	75.0	43.0	0.4	1.0	0.6	88	29	7	1	3	0	3	13	-16
17	Jordan Bell J. Bell	5.8	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	4	13.5	3.3	1.0	0.3	0.5	2.5	3.5	71.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.5	50.0	69.1	1.0	2.3	0.0	54	23	13	4	1	2	0	4	+10
18	Marc Iavaroni M. Iavaroni	5.8	1982-83	NBA Finals	PHI	4	24.8	5.5	2.0	0.3	0.8	2.5	4.3	58.8	0.0	0.0		0.8	2.0	37.5	56.0	1.8	3.8	1.3	99	23	22	8	1	3	5	15
19	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	5.6	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	5	22.8	8.2	0.4	0.8	0.2	2.4	3.4	70.6	0.2	0.2	100.0	0.6	1.4	42.9	69.7	3.2	5.0	1.0	114	28	41	2	4	1	5	11	-10
20	Oliver Miller O. Miller	5.0	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	6	17.8	4.2	1.3	0.7	2.0	2.0	4.5	44.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.3	75.0	49.1	1.7	2.5	1.2	107	30	25	8	4	12	7	20
21	Mike McGee M. McGee	5.0	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	2	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	5.5	45.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		45.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	5	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	Kevin McHale K. McHale	4.7	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	13.8	3.3	0.8	0.0	0.7	2.0	5.2	38.7	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.2	57.1	41.1	1.7	1.7	1.0	83	28	20	5	0	4	6	13
23	Jason Collins J. Collins	4.3	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	4	18.8	2.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	2.5	50.0	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.0	87.5	62.9	1.3	1.3	0.8	75	17	10	1	1	2	3	19	+6
24	Shandon Anderson S. Anderson	4.3	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	4	21.0	1.8	0.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	4.8	31.6	0.3	1.0	25.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	39.3	0.5	1.3	0.5	84	17	7	2	4	0	2	8	-10
25	Jordan McRae J. McRae	4.0	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	1	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	+8

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