which nba player has the highest season playoff ppg at age 36

Karl Malone has put up the most points per game by a 36-year-old player in a single NBA playoff run, with 27.2 per game in 1999-00.

NAMEPPGAgeSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Karl Malone
K. Malone
27.2
36
1999-00
UTA UTA
10
38.6
8.9
3.1
0.7
0.7
10.3
19.8
52.0
0.2
0.2
100.0
6.4
7.9
81.0
58.4
1.9
7.0
2.7
386
272
89
31
7
7
27
31
-21
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
23.9
36
1983-84
LAL LAL
21
36.5
8.2
3.8
1.1
2.1
9.8
17.7
55.5
0.0
0.0
4.3
5.7
75.0
59.2
2.7
5.6
2.1
767
502
173
79
23
45
45
71
3Reggie Miller
R. Miller
23.6
36
2001-02
IND IND
5
39.6
3.2
2.8
1.6
0.2
8.4
16.6
50.6
2.6
6.2
41.9
4.2
4.8
87.5
63.1
0.0
3.2
2.8
198
118
16
14
8
1
14
10
+11
4LeBron James
L. James
23.3
36
2020-21
LAL LAL
6
37.3
7.2
8.0
1.5
0.3
9.0
19.0
47.4
3.0
8.0
37.5
2.3
3.8
60.9
56.4
1.2
6.0
4.2
224
140
43
48
9
2
25
7
+10
5Stephen Curry
S. Curry
22.6
36
2024-25
GSW GSW
8
35.1
5.3
5.1
1.0
0.8
7.8
16.3
47.7
4.0
10.0
40.0
3.1
3.5
89.3
63.6
0.3
5.0
3.4
281
181
42
41
8
6
27
13
+26
6Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
21.2
36
2014-15
DAL DAL
5
36.2
10.4
2.4
0.4
0.4
7.6
16.8
45.2
0.8
3.4
23.5
5.2
5.6
92.9
55.0
0.8
9.6
2.0
181
106
52
12
2
2
10
16
-10
7Alex English
A. English
19.7
36
1989-90
DEN DEN
3
25.3
3.0
3.0
0.7
0.3
8.3
14.7
56.8
0.0
0.0
3.0
3.7
81.8
60.4
1.0
2.0
0.7
76
59
9
9
2
1
2
6
8James Harden
J. Harden
19.2
36
2025-26
CLE CLE
18
37.3
5.1
5.5
1.7
0.7
5.7
13.8
41.0
2.1
7.1
29.9
5.7
6.9
83.1
56.8
0.7
4.4
4.7
672
345
92
99
31
12
84
46
+7
9John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
18.3
36
1976-77
BOS BOS
9
41.7
5.4
6.9
0.9
0.4
6.9
18.6
37.1
4.6
5.6
82.0
43.7
1.7
3.8
375
165
49
62
8
4
33
10Julius Erving
J. Erving
18.2
36
1986-87
PHI PHI
5
36.0
5.0
3.4
1.4
1.2
6.8
16.4
41.5
0.4
1.2
33.3
4.2
5.0
84.0
48.9
2.8
2.2
1.8
180
91
25
17
7
6
9
19
11Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
18.1
36
2012-13
SAS SAS
21
35.0
10.2
1.9
0.9
1.6
7.2
15.3
47.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.8
4.7
80.6
52.3
2.6
7.6
2.0
735
381
214
40
18
34
42
53
+97
12Sam Cassell
S. Cassell
18.0
36
2005-06
LAC LAC
12
33.7
4.0
5.8
0.7
0.2
6.1
13.9
43.7
1.3
3.6
34.9
4.6
5.7
80.9
54.8
0.8
3.3
2.3
404
216
48
69
8
2
28
35
+17
13Chris Paul
C. Paul
17.5
36
2021-22
PHX PHX
13
34.5
4.2
8.3
1.5
0.2
6.7
11.9
56.1
1.5
3.8
38.8
2.7
2.8
94.6
66.6
0.5
3.6
2.4
448
228
54
108
19
2
31
40
+7
14Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
16.6
36
2017-18
MIA MIA
5
25.4
4.2
3.6
1.4
0.2
6.2
14.0
44.3
0.0
0.8
0.0
4.2
5.2
80.8
51.0
0.6
3.6
2.2
127
83
21
18
7
1
11
11
+5
15Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
16.3
36
2001-02
POR POR
3
33.0
9.3
5.7
1.3
0.7
6.0
13.0
46.2
2.0
3.7
54.5
2.3
2.7
87.5
57.6
2.7
6.7
3.3
99
49
28
17
4
2
10
14
-7
16Robert Parish
R. Parish
15.8
36
1989-90
BOS BOS
5
34.0
10.0
2.6
1.0
1.4
6.2
10.8
57.4
0.0
0.0
3.4
3.6
94.4
63.8
4.6
5.4
2.4
170
79
50
13
5
7
12
21
17Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
15.3
36
1995-96
LAL LAL
4
33.8
8.5
6.5
0.0
0.0
3.8
9.8
38.5
0.8
2.3
33.3
7.0
8.3
84.8
57.0
2.0
6.5
3.0
135
61
34
26
0
0
12
3
18Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
14.3
36
2013-14
SAS SAS
23
25.5
3.3
4.1
1.6
0.1
4.5
10.3
43.9
1.8
4.6
39.0
3.5
4.1
86.2
59.3
0.4
2.9
2.3
586
330
75
95
36
2
52
60
+182
19Andre Miller
A. Miller
14.0
36
2012-13
DEN DEN
6
25.7
3.3
3.8
0.3
0.0
4.8
11.5
42.0
0.8
1.8
45.5
3.5
4.5
77.8
51.9
1.8
1.5
2.7
154
84
20
23
2
0
16
8
-15
20Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
14.0
36
1981-82
HOU HOU
3
41.3
10.0
1.0
0.7
3.3
5.7
16.7
34.0
0.0
0.0
2.7
5.0
53.3
37.1
2.3
7.7
2.0
124
42
30
3
2
10
6
12
21Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
13.7
36
2013-14
BKN BKN
12
30.7
4.5
2.0
1.2
0.3
5.0
10.8
46.5
1.6
4.4
35.8
2.1
2.7
78.1
57.3
0.3
4.2
1.7
368
164
54
24
14
4
20
44
-4
22Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
13.3
36
1985-86
SAS SAS
3
35.7
6.0
1.0
2.3
0.3
5.3
8.0
66.7
0.0
0.0
2.7
4.7
57.1
66.3
2.3
3.7
3.3
107
40
18
3
7
1
10
11
23Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
13.3
36
1998-99
HOU HOU
4
30.8
7.3
0.5
1.3
0.8
5.8
13.5
42.6
0.0
0.0
1.8
2.0
87.5
46.1
1.3
6.0
1.3
123
53
29
2
5
3
5
18
-21
24Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
13.1
36
1998-99
NYK NYK
11
31.5
8.7
0.5
0.6
0.7
5.3
12.3
43.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.3
77.8
47.7
1.3
7.5
0.9
347
144
96
6
7
8
10
35
+46
25Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
12.7
36
2012-13
BOS BOS
6
35.3
13.7
3.5
0.8
1.0
5.0
10.0
50.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
2.7
2.8
94.1
56.3
1.5
12.2
3.2
212
76
82
21
5
6
19
23
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