which nba players has averaged the most ppg in game 3

Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan are tied for the most points per game in a game 3, with 56.0 per game.

	NAME	PPG	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	56.0	5/4/1994	PHX	@	GSW	41	56	14	4	3	1	23	31	74.2	3	4	75.0	7	9	77.8	80.1	5	9	2	2
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	56.0	4/29/1992	CHI	@	MIA	43	56	5	5	4	2	20	30	66.7	0	0		16	18	88.9	73.8	1	4	2	3
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	55.0	4/18/1967	SFW	vs	PHI	46	55	12	5			22	48	45.8				11	19	57.9	48.8				4
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	53.0	3/14/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	47	53	22	2			24	42	57.1				5	16	31.3	54.0				0
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50.0	4/25/2024	PHI	vs	NYK	41	50	8	4	0	1	13	19	68.4	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	88.5	1	7	3	3	+16
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	50.0	5/28/2021	BOS	vs	BKN	41	50	6	7	2	1	16	30	53.3	5	11	45.5	13	15	86.7	68.3	0	6	1	3	+1
7	Vince Carter V. Carter	50.0	5/11/2001	TOR	vs	PHI	45	50	6	7	1	4	19	29	65.5	9	13	69.2	3	3	100.0	82.5	3	3	1	3	+24
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49.0	5/11/1990	CHI	@	PHI	42	49	5	5	4	1	19	34	55.9	4	11	36.4	7	9	77.8	64.5	2	3	5	4
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48.0	5/1/1990	CHI	@	MIL	46	48	9	5	1	2	20	35	57.1	1	5	20.0	7	9	77.8	61.6	2	7	5	4
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	47.0	5/5/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	42	47	6	9	3	1	20	25	80.0	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	90.8	0	6	3	5	+7
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	47.0	6/5/2019	GSW	vs	TOR	43	47	8	7	2	0	14	31	45.2	6	14	42.9	13	14	92.9	63.2	2	6	3	1	-8
12	LeBron James L. James	47.0	5/9/2009	CLE	@	ATL	43	47	12	8	1	1	15	25	60.0	5	10	50.0	12	16	75.0	73.3	2	10	1	2	+26
13	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	47.0	5/2/1995	PHX	@	POR	46	47	12	2	2	2	16	26	61.5	4	8	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.1	1	11	4	5
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47.0	5/26/1990	CHI	vs	DET	43	47	10	4	1	0	17	32	53.1	2	2	100.0	11	13	84.6	62.3	3	7	4	3
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	46.0	5/4/2019	GSW	@	HOU	50	46	3	6	0	0	14	31	45.2	6	10	60.0	12	12	100.0	63.4	0	3	0	1	-6
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46.0	5/11/1996	CHI	@	NYK	51	46	4	2	2	0	17	35	48.6	2	5	40.0	10	13	76.9	56.5	3	1	4	2
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46.0	5/10/1991	CHI	@	PHI	42	46	4	6	1	4	20	34	58.8	0	0		6	9	66.7	60.6	0	4	2	3
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46.0	5/27/1989	CHI	vs	DET	45	46	7	5	5	0	16	26	61.5	0	3	0.0	14	15	93.3	70.6	3	4	2	2
19	Bernard King B. King	46.0	4/22/1984	NYK	vs	DET	40	46	10	4	0	1	19	27	70.4	0	0		8	12	66.7	71.3	6	4	2	5
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	46.0	4/5/1964	SFW	@	STL	48	46	23	2			19	36	52.8				8	16	50.0	53.4				5
21	Ja Morant J. Morant	45.0	4/22/2023	MEM	@	LAL	42	45	9	13	0	0	13	26	50.0	6	10	60.0	13	14	92.9	70.0	3	6	3	2	+3
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	45.0	4/20/2023	PHX	@	LAC	45	45	6	3	3	2	18	29	62.1	3	7	42.9	6	7	85.7	70.1	1	5	0	2	+3
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45.0	4/26/2007	LAL	vs	PHX	45	45	6	6	1	1	15	26	57.7	2	3	66.7	13	13	100.0	70.9	0	6	5	3	+1
24	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	45.0	5/12/1990	NYK	vs	DET	45	45	13	6	0	3	14	24	58.3	0	0		17	18	94.4	70.5	3	10	1	4
25	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	44.0	5/28/2021	DAL	vs	LAC	39	44	9	9	1	0	15	28	53.6	7	13	53.8	7	13	53.8	65.2	2	7	5	2	+3