nba players with 30 or more points in his first nba finals game

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dropped 38 points in Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals versus the Pacers on June 5.

	NAME	DATE	PTS	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	6/5/2025	38	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	vs	IND	40	5	3	3	0	14	30	46.7	3	6	50.0	7	8	87.5	56.7	0	5	2	2	+3
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	6/6/2024	30	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	@	BOS	38	10	1	2	0	12	26	46.2	4	12	33.3	2	5	40.0	53.2	0	10	4	1	-10
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	7/6/2021	32	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	MIL	37	4	9	1	0	12	19	63.2	4	7	57.1	4	4	100.0	77.1	1	3	2	0	+17
4	Anthony Davis A. Davis	9/30/2020	34	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	MIA	38	9	5	0	3	11	21	52.4	2	4	50.0	10	10	100.0	66.9	3	6	1	1	+23
5	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	5/30/2019	32	2018-19	NBA Finals	TOR	vs	GSW	40	8	5	1	2	14	17	82.4	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	89.5	3	5	2	3	+4
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	6/12/2012	36	2011-12	NBA Finals	OKC	vs	MIA	46	8	4	0	1	12	20	60.0	4	8	50.0	8	9	88.9	75.1	1	7	2	2	+15
7	Jason Terry J. Terry	6/8/2006	32	2005-06	NBA Finals	DAL	vs	MIA	37	4	1	3	0	13	18	72.2	4	7	57.1	2	2	100.0	84.7	0	4	1	2	+12
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	6/6/2001	48	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	@	LAL	52	5	6	5	0	18	41	43.9	3	8	37.5	9	9	100.0	53.4	2	3	3	0	+6
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	6/16/1999	33	1998-99	NBA Finals	SAS	vs	NYK	44	16	2	2	2	13	21	61.9	0	0		7	10	70.0	65.0	3	13	1	3	+12
10	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	6/5/1996	32	1995-96	NBA Finals	SEA	@	CHI	41	8	2	2	1	9	14	64.3	0	0		14	16	87.5	76.0	5	3	7	6
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	6/2/1991	36	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	LAL	40	8	12	3	0	14	24	58.3	1	1	100.0	7	9	77.8	64.4	2	6	4	5
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	6/7/1988	34	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	@	LAL	43	4	4	0	0	14	16	87.5	0	0		6	7	85.7	89.1	1	3	2	3
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	5/26/1986	33	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	@	BOS	38	12	2	1	3	14	23	60.9	0	0		5	9	55.6	61.2	7	5	2	5
14	Fred Brown F. Brown	5/21/1978	30	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	vs	WAS	33	1	3	1	0	13	30	43.3				4	4	100.0	47.2	1	0	1	3
15	Doug Collins D. Collins	5/22/1977	30	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	POR	42	6	6	2	0	12	23	52.2				6	6	100.0	58.5	5	1		2
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	5/22/1977	33	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	POR	43	5	4	3	0	14	24	58.3				5	5	100.0	63.0	1	4		3
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4/21/1971	31	1970-71	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	BAL	33	17	0			13	16	81.3				5	5	100.0	85.2				5
18	Willis Reed W. Reed	4/24/1970	37	1969-70	NBA Finals	NYK	vs	LAL	45	16	5			16	30	53.3				5	7	71.4	55.9				2
19	Rick Barry R. Barry	4/14/1967	37	1966-67	NBA Finals	SFW	@	PHI	48	8	7			15	43	34.9				7	8	87.5	39.8				3
20	Hal Greer H. Greer	4/14/1967	32	1966-67	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	SFW	46	10	6			13	29	44.8				6	9	66.7	48.5				5
21	Wali Jones W. Jones	4/14/1967	30	1966-67	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	SFW	41	10	8			13	26	50.0				4	5	80.0	53.2				3
22	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	4/4/1959	34	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	@	BOS	47	11	4			14	33	42.4				6	13	46.2	43.9				5
23	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	3/30/1957	37	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	54	14				11	26	42.3				15	20	75.0	53.2				3
24	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	3/30/1957	36	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	46	4				12	31	38.7				12	13	92.3	49.0				2
25	George Mikan G. Mikan	4/4/1949	42	1948-49	NBA Finals	MIN	vs	WAS						14	21	66.7				14	17	82.4	73.7				4