what is the highest ppg in a finals by a player since 2000

Since 1999-00, Shaquille O'Neal has put up the most points per game in an NBA Finals, with 38.0 per game.

	NAME	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38.0	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	6	45.5	16.7	2.3	1.0	2.7	16.0	26.2	61.1	0.0	0.0		6.0	15.5	38.7	57.6	5.7	11.0	2.2	273	228	100	14	6	16	13	20	+8
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36.3	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	41.5	12.3	3.8	0.5	2.8	12.5	21.0	59.5	0.0	0.0		11.3	17.0	66.2	63.6	3.3	9.0	3.5	166	145	49	15	2	11	14	7	+45
3	LeBron James L. James	35.8	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	6	45.7	13.3	8.8	1.3	0.5	13.0	32.7	39.8	2.2	7.0	31.0	7.7	11.2	68.7	47.7	1.8	11.5	3.5	274	215	80	53	8	3	21	19	-25
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	35.6	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	5	47.4	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.2	13.2	32.4	40.7	2.2	7.8	28.2	7.0	9.6	72.9	48.6	1.0	4.6	2.4	237	178	28	19	9	1	12	12	-25
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35.2	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	39.7	8.2	5.4	1.0	1.6	12.0	21.6	55.6	3.6	7.6	47.4	7.6	8.2	92.7	69.8	1.4	6.8	2.2	199	176	41	27	5	8	11	13	+33
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	35.2	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	6	39.8	13.2	5.0	1.2	1.8	12.7	20.5	61.8	0.5	2.5	20.0	9.3	14.2	65.9	65.8	4.0	9.2	2.3	239	211	79	30	7	11	14	18	+30
7	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	34.7	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.5	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	208	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
8	LeBron James L. James	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
9	LeBron James L. James	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
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33.0	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	45.0	15.8	4.8	0.4	3.4	12.6	22.0	57.3	0.0	0.0		7.8	15.2	51.3	57.5	6.2	9.6	4.0	225	165	79	24	2	17	20	20	+40
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32.4	2008-09	NBA Finals	LAL	5	43.8	5.6	7.4	1.4	1.4	11.6	27.0	43.0	1.8	5.0	36.0	7.4	8.8	84.1	52.5	0.6	5.0	3.2	219	162	28	37	7	7	16	13	+49
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	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	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.6	2011-12	NBA Finals	OKC	5	42.6	6.0	2.2	1.4	1.0	11.4	20.8	54.8	2.6	6.6	39.4	5.2	6.2	83.9	65.0	1.2	4.8	3.8	213	153	30	11	7	5	19	20	-20
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30.5	2018-19	NBA Finals	GSW	6	41.7	5.2	6.0	1.5	0.2	8.8	21.3	41.4	3.8	11.2	34.3	9.0	9.5	94.7	59.8	1.0	4.2	2.8	250	183	31	36	9	1	17	15	-19
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.3	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	7	38.2	4.6	5.6	1.9	1.6	10.0	22.6	44.3	1.1	4.7	24.2	9.1	10.0	91.4	56.1	0.3	4.3	3.4	267	212	32	39	13	11	24	22	+8
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	30.2	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	41.1	14.0	7.2	0.8	1.4	11.2	19.2	58.3	1.6	3.8	42.1	6.2	7.4	83.8	67.2	1.8	12.2	3.4	205	151	70	36	4	7	17	17	+39
17	LeBron James L. James	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
18	LeBron James L. James	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
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	29.4	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	40.3	4.0	4.4	1.0	0.2	11.6	24.6	47.2	2.6	6.2	41.9	3.6	4.0	90.0	55.8	1.6	2.4	3.2	202	147	20	22	5	1	16	16	-32
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	29.2	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	5	38.8	8.8	5.6	2.6	0.0	11.8	25.0	47.2	2.2	9.0	24.4	3.4	5.8	58.6	53.0	0.0	8.8	4.6	194	146	44	28	13	0	23	14	+7
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.8	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	4	41.3	10.8	7.5	0.8	2.3	10.0	19.0	52.6	2.3	5.5	40.9	6.5	6.8	96.3	65.4	0.5	10.3	2.3	165	115	43	30	3	9	9	12	+86
22	LeBron James L. James	28.6	2011-12	NBA Finals	MIA	5	44.1	10.2	7.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	21.6	47.2	0.6	3.2	18.8	7.6	9.2	82.6	55.8	3.0	7.2	3.8	220	143	51	37	8	2	19	10	+31
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	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
24	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	28.5	2018-19	NBA Finals	TOR	6	40.5	9.8	4.2	2.0	1.2	8.2	18.8	43.4	2.5	7.0	35.7	9.7	10.7	90.6	60.6	2.7	7.2	3.0	243	171	59	25	12	7	18	15	+15
25	LeBron James L. James	28.2	2013-14	NBA Finals	MIA	5	37.8	7.8	4.0	2.0	0.4	10.4	18.2	57.1	2.8	5.4	51.9	4.6	5.8	79.3	67.9	1.4	6.4	3.8	189	141	39	20	10	2	19	10	-47

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