nba most 30 point games in finals since 1980

Since 1979-80, Michael Jordan has the most games with 30+ points in the NBA Finals, with 23 games.

	NAME	GP	PTS	SERIES	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23	865	NBA Finals	43.4	37.6	6.4	6.4	1.8	0.7	14.3	28.3	50.5	1.5	3.5	42.5	7.5	9.6	78.3	57.7	1.7	4.7	2.8	999	147	147	42	15	65	66	+41
2	LeBron James L. James	22	807	NBA Finals	44.1	36.7	11.2	7.6	1.9	1.0	13.9	27.5	50.6	2.5	6.4	40.0	6.3	8.5	74.7	58.7	2.3	8.9	3.1	970	247	168	41	22	69	50	+77
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	16	584	NBA Finals	44.4	36.5	14.9	3.3	0.6	2.1	14.3	23.3	61.1	0.0	0.0		8.0	15.3	52.2	60.7	4.7	10.2	3.1	711	238	52	9	33	49	53	+51
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	14	495	NBA Finals	39.4	35.4	6.4	5.8	1.6	0.3	11.0	23.1	47.5	5.9	12.7	46.6	7.4	8.0	92.9	66.3	1.4	5.0	3.8	551	90	81	23	4	53	43	+62
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	13	432	NBA Finals	44.0	33.2	5.9	5.4	1.6	1.0	12.0	25.4	47.3	1.8	4.7	39.3	7.4	8.8	83.5	56.8	0.9	5.0	3.6	572	77	70	21	13	47	46	+73
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	10	336	NBA Finals	39.1	33.6	11.3	4.4	1.0	3.4	14.4	24.6	58.5	0.0	0.0		4.8	6.6	72.7	61.1	3.1	8.2	3.2	391	113	44	10	34	32	44
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	9	319	NBA Finals	41.1	35.4	8.4	4.7	1.1	1.3	12.4	21.9	56.9	3.9	7.9	49.3	6.7	7.3	90.9	70.6	1.2	7.2	2.8	370	76	42	10	12	25	28	+31
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	8	258	NBA Finals	43.8	32.3	11.3	4.0	1.5	3.5	13.5	25.6	52.7	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.1	7.0	73.2	56.2	3.4	7.9	2.6	350	90	32	12	28	21	35
9	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	7	257	NBA Finals	42.8	36.7	7.1	3.7	3.0	1.1	12.6	22.9	55.0	0.7	2.6	27.8	10.9	14.0	77.6	63.3	1.9	5.3	2.3	300	50	26	21	8	16	23	+33
10	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	6	218	NBA Finals	41.7	36.3	4.5	4.5	1.2	0.3	14.5	26.8	54.0	3.5	7.5	46.7	3.8	4.2	92.0	63.4	1.0	3.5	2.3	250	27	27	7	2	14	22	+28
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	6	187	NBA Finals	41.8	31.2	10.5	4.0	2.0	1.2	11.5	20.8	55.2	1.0	1.8	54.5	7.2	8.2	87.8	63.8	2.0	8.5	3.2	251	63	24	12	7	19	11
12	James Worthy J. Worthy	5	172	NBA Finals	43.6	34.4	8.2	5.2	1.2	0.8	15.0	21.0	71.4	0.4	1.0	40.0	4.0	6.8	58.8	71.7	2.4	5.8	2.4	218	41	26	6	4	12	11
13	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	4	143	NBA Finals	39.5	35.8	4.0	4.3	1.3	0.0	12.3	27.0	45.4	3.0	7.0	42.9	8.3	9.5	86.8	57.3	1.0	3.0	3.8	158	16	17	5	0	15	9	+18
14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	4	138	NBA Finals	38.5	34.5	3.8	5.3	3.0	1.5	11.5	24.0	47.9	1.3	4.3	29.4	10.3	11.0	93.2	59.8	0.0	3.8	2.3	154	15	21	12	6	9	13	+17
15	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	4	165	NBA Finals	40.2	41.3	12.0	4.5	0.5	2.0	14.8	23.3	63.4	0.5	2.8	18.2	11.3	16.3	69.2	67.8	4.3	7.8	2.5	161	48	18	2	8	10	10	+26
16	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	4	131	NBA Finals	39.8	32.8	4.5	1.3	1.0	0.3	11.0	19.5	56.4	5.0	10.0	50.0	5.8	6.0	95.8	74.0	0.3	4.3	1.0	159	18	5	4	1	4	13	-14
17	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4	155	NBA Finals	47.5	38.8	6.0	4.0	2.0	0.3	14.0	33.3	42.1	2.0	7.3	27.6	8.8	11.0	79.5	50.9	1.3	4.8	2.3	190	24	16	8	1	9	9	-16
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4	126	NBA Finals	44.6	31.5	15.5	2.5	1.5	2.5	12.3	20.3	60.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	7.0	9.5	73.7	64.5	2.8	12.8	1.5	178	62	10	6	10	6	8	+43
19	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	4	129	NBA Finals	41.8	32.3	7.5	4.8	1.0	0.3	11.3	19.3	58.4	0.8	2.5	30.0	9.0	10.8	83.7	67.2	2.3	5.3	4.0	167	30	19	4	1	16	15
20	Devin Booker D. Booker	3	113	NBA Finals	41.4	37.7	3.3	3.7	0.7	0.7	15.3	28.7	53.5	3.0	6.3	47.4	4.0	4.7	85.7	61.3	1.3	2.0	3.0	124	10	11	2	2	9	14	+22
21	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	3	100	NBA Finals	39.2	33.3	11.0	3.7	2.3	1.3	9.3	19.7	47.5	3.0	8.0	37.5	11.7	12.0	97.2	66.8	2.7	8.3	3.0	118	33	11	7	4	9	8	+5
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	3	107	NBA Finals	43.0	35.7	10.0	5.0	2.0	0.3	14.3	25.0	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	7.0	9.0	77.8	61.6	4.0	6.0	2.7	129	30	15	6	1	8	8	+15
23	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	3	97	NBA Finals	38.0	32.3	1.7	5.3	0.7	0.3	11.0	19.7	55.9	0.7	1.7	40.0	9.7	10.0	96.7	67.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	114	5	16	2	1	7	6
24	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	3	108	NBA Finals	38.7	36.0	4.7	6.3	3.3	0.3	14.0	26.3	53.2	2.7	3.7	72.7	5.3	6.3	84.2	61.8	1.0	3.7	3.3	116	14	19	10	1	10	10
25	Kevin McHale K. McHale	3	96	NBA Finals	40.7	32.0	11.3	1.3	0.7	1.7	11.0	18.0	61.1	0.0	0.0		10.0	11.7	85.7	69.2	3.0	8.3	2.7	122	34	4	2	5	8	13

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PPG

17.0

Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

APG

9.1

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Team Rankings

ORTG

113.0

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DRTG

118.1

22nd

NETRTG

-5.1

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35.6

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers	19	63	.232	41.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

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Bulls

31 - 51

128

Final

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Mavericks

26 - 56

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PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

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17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

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FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

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33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

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1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

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1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

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61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0