oldest player to average 22 ppg in a finals

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 22.0+ points per game in an NBA Finals. He was 37 years old.

Interpreted as:

oldest player to average 22 or higher ppg 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	32	33.4	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	5	40.6	13.6	3.2	0.6	4.6	14.6	26.6	54.9	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.2	80.8	57.8	3.2	10.4	4.2	203	167	68	16	3	23	21	20
20	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	32	23.5	1970-71	NBA Finals	MIL	4	41.0	5.0	9.5			8.5	16.3	52.3				6.5	8.0	81.3	59.4				164	94	20	38				15
21	Sam Jones S. Jones	32	22.9	1965-66	NBA Finals	BOS	7	35.6	6.4	3.3			8.0	19.7	40.6				6.9	7.7	88.9	49.5				249	160	45	23				29
22	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	32	22.5	1958-59	NBA Finals	BOS	4	28.8	1.8				9.3	19.5	47.4				4.0	4.3	94.1	52.6				115	90	7					13
23	LeBron James L. James	31	29.7	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	208	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	28.6	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.2	8.0	3.9	2.1	0.7	9.4	23.3	40.5	2.1	6.7	31.9	7.6	8.6	88.3	52.8	1.7	6.3	3.9	288	200	56	27	15	5	27	27	+8
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	26.6	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	5	42.6	10.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	10.6	16.8	63.1	0.0	0.0		5.4	11.0	49.1	61.5	3.0	7.8	2.8	213	133	54	8	2	3	14	22	-31