most ppg in a playoffs season without winning the series by a player

Shaquille O'Neal has scored the most points per game in losses in a single NBA playoff run, with 44.0 per game in the 2001 NBA Finals.

	NAME	PPG	W	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	44.0	0	2000-01	LAL	1	52.0	20.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	28.0	60.7	0.0	0.0		10.0	22.0	45.5	58.4	6.0	14.0	4.0	52	44	20	5	1	0	4	3	-6
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43.7	0	1985-86	CHI	3	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
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	41.8	0	2022-23	DEN	4	40.6	10.8	9.5	0.5	0.5	15.5	25.8	60.2	2.5	4.8	52.6	8.3	10.3	80.5	69.0	3.0	7.8	5.3	162	167	43	38	2	2	21	11	-18
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41.0	0	1990-91	CHI	2	41.0	6.0	9.0	2.0	2.0	17.0	29.0	58.6	0.5	0.5	100.0	6.5	9.0	72.2	62.2	1.0	5.0	3.0	82	82	12	18	4	4	6	8
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	40.5	0	2020-21	POR	4	44.3	4.0	9.5	1.3	1.0	12.8	24.8	51.5	7.3	15.0	48.3	7.8	8.5	91.2	71.1	0.3	3.8	2.5	177	162	16	38	5	4	10	5	-31
6	LeBron James L. James	39.8	0	2008-09	CLE	4	44.4	8.0	7.8	1.3	1.5	13.0	26.8	48.6	2.5	8.0	31.3	11.3	15.8	71.4	59.0	1.3	6.8	3.8	177	159	32	31	5	6	15	13	-11
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	38.8	0	2016-17	OKC	4	39.0	11.5	10.8	2.3	0.5	12.0	32.0	37.5	3.3	12.0	27.1	11.5	14.0	82.1	50.8	2.3	9.3	6.3	156	155	46	43	9	2	25	13	+12
8	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	38.3	0	1961-62	LAL	6		17.3				13.7	32.2	42.5				11.0	14.2	77.6	49.9					230	104					22
9	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	38.3	0	2019-20	UTA	4	41.0	6.5	4.5	1.3	0.3	13.3	25.8	51.5	5.3	11.0	47.7	6.5	6.8	96.3	66.6	1.3	5.3	5.5	164	153	26	18	5	1	22	8	-9
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37.0	0	1992-93	CHI	4	45.8	6.8	4.8	2.0	0.8	14.3	32.8	43.5	2.0	6.8	29.6	6.5	8.8	74.3	50.5	2.0	4.8	2.3	183	148	27	19	8	3	9	18
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	37.0	0	1960-61	PHI	3	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
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36.5	0	2018-19	GSW	4	42.1	5.3	5.5	1.5	0.8	11.3	21.8	51.7	3.3	7.3	44.8	10.8	11.5	93.5	68.1	0.0	5.3	3.3	168	146	21	22	6	3	13	15	-2
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	36.3	0	1987-88	HOU	3	39.7	13.7	1.7	2.0	2.3	13.7	23.7	57.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	9.0	9.7	93.1	65.1	4.3	9.3	2.0	119	109	41	5	6	7	6	10
14	Jerry West J. West	36.3	0	1964-65	LAL	6		4.3	3.2			13.2	31.0	42.5				10.0	11.0	90.9	50.7					218	26	19				21
15	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	36.2	0	1960-61	LAL	6						13.5						9.2	10.2	90.2						217						24
16	Reggie Miller R. Miller	36.0	0	2000-01	IND	3	44.3	4.7	2.0	0.7	0.3	12.0	23.0	52.2	4.0	9.3	42.9	8.0	8.7	92.3	67.1	1.7	3.0	3.0	133	108	14	6	2	1	9	1	-12
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35.7	0	1986-87	CHI	3	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
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35.4	0	2020-21	BKN	5	43.7	10.4	4.0	2.0	0.8	13.0	28.6	45.5	2.8	8.8	31.8	6.6	8.2	80.5	55.0	0.2	10.2	4.4	218	177	52	20	10	4	22	10	-59
19	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	35.3	0	1965-66	CIN	3		8.3	10.3			11.7	24.7	47.3				12.0	13.3	90.0	57.9					106	25	31				13
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35.0	0	2016-17	GSW	1	39.3	4.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	9.0	22.0	40.9	2.0	9.0	22.2	15.0	16.0	93.8	60.3	2.0	2.0	1.0	39	35	4	4	0	2	1	3	-22
21	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	35.0	0	2005-06	WAS	4	47.4	5.5	5.0	1.5	0.5	11.8	24.0	49.0	3.3	7.8	41.9	8.3	10.5	78.6	61.1	1.0	4.5	3.8	190	140	22	20	6	2	15	15	-18
22	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	35.0	0	1974-75	BUF	4	46.8	12.3	1.5			13.5	31.8	42.5				8.0	10.8	74.4	48.0				187	140	49	6				18
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	34.5	0	2020-21	DAL	4	39.9	7.5	10.0	1.5	0.0	13.0	26.5	49.1	3.8	10.0	37.5	4.8	8.5	55.9	57.0	0.5	7.0	4.5	160	138	30	40	6	0	18	9	-30
24	George Gervin G. Gervin	34.3	0	1977-78	SAS	4	37.5	5.8	3.0	0.8	2.8	12.5	24.0	52.1				9.3	12.3	75.5	58.3			3.5	150	137	23	12	3	11	14	16
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	34.2	0	1969-70	MIL	5	44.4	13.6	4.8			13.6	23.8	57.1				7.0	9.8	71.4	60.8				222	171	68	24				10