oldest player to average 20 points per game in a finals

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 20.0+ points per game in an NBA Finals. He was 39 years old.

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oldest player to average 20 or higher points per game in a finals

	NAME	Age	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	39	21.7	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	6	33.8	7.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	8.3	16.3	51.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.0	7.5	66.7	55.2	2.5	4.8	1.7	203	130	44	5	3	15	10	19
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37	25.7	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	35.5	9.0	5.2	1.0	1.5	11.2	18.5	60.4	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.3	76.9	62.9	2.8	6.2	2.8	213	154	54	31	6	9	17	27
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36	26.6	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	38.9	8.1	4.4	1.7	2.1	10.7	22.3	48.1	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.6	67.9	51.9	3.3	4.9	3.0	272	186	57	31	12	15	21	27
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	35	21.8	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	6	37.3	2.7	8.2	0.7	0.2	9.2	16.7	55.0	2.0	3.8	52.2	1.5	2.0	75.0	62.2	0.7	2.0	3.5	224	131	16	49	4	1	21	19	-11
5	LeBron James L. James	35	29.8	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.4	11.8	8.5	1.2	0.5	11.3	19.2	59.1	2.5	6.0	41.7	4.7	7.0	66.7	67.1	2.0	9.8	3.5	236	179	71	51	7	3	21	13	+36
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	35	23.5	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	4	38.8	7.5	3.0	0.8	2.3	9.3	16.8	55.2	0.0	0.0		5.0	6.5	76.9	59.9	1.3	6.3	3.5	155	94	30	12	3	9	14	18
7	Reggie Miller R. Miller	34	24.3	1999-00	NBA Finals	IND	6	42.0	2.7	3.7	0.8	0.3	7.2	17.3	41.3	2.5	6.7	37.5	7.5	7.7	97.8	58.8	0.0	2.7	1.3	252	146	16	22	5	2	8	8	+23
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	33.5	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	6	41.7	4.0	2.3	1.8	0.7	11.7	27.3	42.7	0.7	2.2	30.8	9.5	11.7	81.4	51.6	1.5	2.5	1.7	250	201	24	14	11	4	10	13	+39
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	25.0	1997-98	NBA Finals	UTA	6	40.5	10.5	3.8	1.0	1.2	10.0	19.8	50.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.0	6.3	78.9	55.3	3.5	7.0	3.8	243	150	63	23	6	7	23	19	-23
10	Jerry West J. West	34	21.4	1972-73	NBA Finals	LAL	5	34.4	3.2	4.6			8.4	19.0	44.2				4.6	6.8	67.6	48.7				172	107	16	23				14
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	33	21.6	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	5	41.1	4.6	6.4	1.0	0.6	7.6	18.4	41.3	1.4	3.8	36.8	5.0	6.2	80.6	51.1	1.8	2.8	1.2	205	108	23	32	5	3	6	6	-37
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	33	31.2	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	6	37.5	6.0	5.0	2.0	0.2	11.0	22.8	48.2	5.2	11.8	43.7	4.0	4.7	85.7	62.6	0.3	5.7	2.5	225	187	36	30	12	1	15	18	+35
13	LeBron James L. James	33	34.0	2017-18	NBA Finals	CLE	4	44.7	8.5	10.0	1.3	1.0	12.3	23.3	52.7	1.5	4.5	33.3	8.0	9.5	84.2	62.0	2.3	6.3	5.0	179	136	34	40	5	4	20	11	-60
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33	32.3	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.7	7.0	6.0	1.2	0.8	12.0	26.3	45.6	1.3	4.2	32.0	7.0	9.2	76.4	53.2	1.5	5.5	2.2	256	194	42	36	7	5	13	14	+6
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	23.8	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	40.8	10.3	3.5	1.7	0.3	9.0	20.3	44.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.8	9.7	60.3	48.5	3.2	7.2	2.3	245	143	62	21	10	2	14	19	+12
16	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	33	20.0	1978-79	NBA Finals	WAS	5	40.6	11.8	1.2	0.4	2.0	7.2	18.2	39.6				5.6	8.8	63.6	45.3	4.2	7.6	3.0	203	100	59	6	2	10	15	24
17	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	33	26.4	1973-74	NBA Finals	BOS	7	47.1	7.7	4.7	1.9	0.0	10.3	24.0	42.9				5.9	6.7	87.2	49.0	1.6	6.1		330	185	54	33	13	0		22
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33	23.3	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	7	47.6	24.1	4.0			10.0	16.0	62.5				3.3	9.6	34.3	57.6				333	163	169	28				18
19	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	33	26.2	1967-68	NBA Finals	LAL	6	41.7	12.5	4.3			11.0	23.7	46.5				4.2	6.5	64.1	49.3				250	157	75	26				15
20	LeBron James L. James	32	33.6	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	42.4	12.0	10.0	1.4	1.0	13.2	23.4	56.4	2.4	6.2	38.7	4.8	7.4	64.9	63.0	1.8	10.2	4.2	212	168	60	50	7	5	21	13	-7
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	32	26.0	2010-11	NBA Finals	DAL	6	40.4	9.7	2.0	0.7	0.7	8.7	20.8	41.6	1.2	3.2	36.8	7.5	7.7	97.8	53.7	0.3	9.3	2.8	242	156	58	12	4	4	17	15	+40
22	Ray Allen R. Allen	32	20.3	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	41.0	5.0	2.5	1.3	0.7	6.2	12.2	50.7	3.7	7.0	52.4	4.3	5.0	86.7	70.8	1.3	3.7	1.8	246	122	30	15	8	4	11	16	+18
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	27.3	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.0	5.3	4.2	1.7	0.2	8.5	20.5	41.5	1.0	3.2	31.6	9.3	11.2	83.6	53.8	1.7	3.7	3.0	252	164	32	25	10	1	18	17
24	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	32	21.5	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	4	40.5	9.5	6.8	1.0	0.3	6.8	15.0	45.0	0.5	3.3	15.4	7.5	9.5	78.9	56.0	3.3	6.3	1.5	162	86	38	27	4	1	6	14
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32	32.8	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	4	44.8	11.5	5.5	2.0	2.0	14.0	29.0	48.3	0.3	0.3	100.0	4.5	6.5	69.2	51.4	2.8	8.8	2.8	179	131	46	22	8	8	11	18

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 20.0+ points per game in an NBA Finals. He was 39 years old.

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