which player has the most 30 point games in the finals since 1997

Since 1996-97, LeBron James has the most games in the NBA Finals with 30+ points, with 22 games.

Interpreted as:

Which player has the most 30 or more point games in the finals since 1997?

	NAME	GP	PTS	SERIES	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	22	807	NBA Finals	44.1	36.7	11.2	7.6	1.9	1.0	13.9	27.5	50.6	2.5	6.4	40.0	6.3	8.5	74.7	58.7	2.3	8.9	3.1	970	247	168	41	22	69	50	+77
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	15	551	NBA Finals	44.4	36.7	15.1	3.0	0.6	2.2	14.4	23.4	61.5	0.0	0.0		7.9	15.4	51.5	60.9	4.8	10.3	3.0	666	226	45	9	33	45	48	+51
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	14	495	NBA Finals	39.4	35.4	6.4	5.8	1.6	0.3	11.0	23.1	47.5	5.9	12.7	46.6	7.4	8.0	92.9	66.3	1.4	5.0	3.8	551	90	81	23	4	53	43	+62
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	13	432	NBA Finals	44.0	33.2	5.9	5.4	1.6	1.0	12.0	25.4	47.3	1.8	4.7	39.3	7.4	8.8	83.5	56.8	0.9	5.0	3.6	572	77	70	21	13	47	46	+73
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	9	319	NBA Finals	41.1	35.4	8.4	4.7	1.1	1.3	12.4	21.9	56.9	3.9	7.9	49.3	6.7	7.3	90.9	70.6	1.2	7.2	2.8	370	76	42	10	12	25	28	+31
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	8	295	NBA Finals	43.4	36.9	6.5	4.3	1.6	0.8	13.3	29.1	45.5	1.0	2.8	36.4	9.4	12.3	76.5	53.4	1.9	4.6	1.6	347	52	34	13	6	13	18	+41
7	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	7	257	NBA Finals	42.8	36.7	7.1	3.7	3.0	1.1	12.6	22.9	55.0	0.7	2.6	27.8	10.9	14.0	77.6	63.3	1.9	5.3	2.3	300	50	26	21	8	16	23	+33
8	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	6	218	NBA Finals	41.7	36.3	4.5	4.5	1.2	0.3	14.5	26.8	54.0	3.5	7.5	46.7	3.8	4.2	92.0	63.4	1.0	3.5	2.3	250	27	27	7	2	14	22	+28
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	4	138	NBA Finals	38.5	34.5	3.8	5.3	3.0	1.5	11.5	24.0	47.9	1.3	4.3	29.4	10.3	11.0	93.2	59.8	0.0	3.8	2.3	154	15	21	12	6	9	13	+17
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	4	165	NBA Finals	40.2	41.3	12.0	4.5	0.5	2.0	14.8	23.3	63.4	0.5	2.8	18.2	11.3	16.3	69.2	67.8	4.3	7.8	2.5	161	48	18	2	8	10	10	+26
11	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	4	131	NBA Finals	39.8	32.8	4.5	1.3	1.0	0.3	11.0	19.5	56.4	5.0	10.0	50.0	5.8	6.0	95.8	74.0	0.3	4.3	1.0	159	18	5	4	1	4	13	-14
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4	155	NBA Finals	47.5	38.8	6.0	4.0	2.0	0.3	14.0	33.3	42.1	2.0	7.3	27.6	8.8	11.0	79.5	50.9	1.3	4.8	2.3	190	24	16	8	1	9	9	-16
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4	126	NBA Finals	44.6	31.5	15.5	2.5	1.5	2.5	12.3	20.3	60.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	7.0	9.5	73.7	64.5	2.8	12.8	1.5	178	62	10	6	10	6	8	+43
14	Devin Booker D. Booker	3	113	NBA Finals	41.4	37.7	3.3	3.7	0.7	0.7	15.3	28.7	53.5	3.0	6.3	47.4	4.0	4.7	85.7	61.3	1.3	2.0	3.0	124	10	11	2	2	9	14	+22
15	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	3	100	NBA Finals	39.2	33.3	11.0	3.7	2.3	1.3	9.3	19.7	47.5	3.0	8.0	37.5	11.7	12.0	97.2	66.8	2.7	8.3	3.0	118	33	11	7	4	9	8	+5
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	3	107	NBA Finals	43.0	35.7	10.0	5.0	2.0	0.3	14.3	25.0	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	7.0	9.0	77.8	61.6	4.0	6.0	2.7	129	30	15	6	1	8	8	+15
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2	62	NBA Finals	43.4	31.0	7.0	8.0	1.5	0.0	11.0	25.0	44.0	2.5	10.0	25.0	6.5	6.5	100.0	55.6	0.5	6.5	2.0	87	14	16	3	0	4	4	+14
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	2	62	NBA Finals	40.3	31.0	10.5	6.0	3.0	0.0	12.0	23.5	51.1	4.0	10.5	38.1	3.0	6.5	46.2	58.8	0.0	10.5	6.0	81	21	12	6	0	12	2	-13
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2	73	NBA Finals	42.8	36.5	16.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	14.0	24.5	57.1	1.5	3.5	42.9	7.0	8.0	87.5	65.1	3.0	13.0	4.0	86	32	14	0	2	8	8	+4
20	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	2	64	NBA Finals	42.7	32.0	7.5	5.5	0.5	0.5	12.0	22.5	53.3	3.5	10.0	35.0	4.5	5.5	81.8	64.2	1.0	6.5	4.0	85	15	11	1	1	8	5	+14
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	2	75	NBA Finals	46.0	37.5	11.5	12.0	3.5	1.5	12.5	19.5	64.1	0.5	1.5	33.3	12.0	13.0	92.3	74.3	3.0	8.5	4.0	92	23	24	7	3	8	2	+25
22	Anthony Davis A. Davis	2	66	NBA Finals	38.8	33.0	11.5	3.0	0.5	1.5	13.0	20.5	63.4	1.5	2.5	60.0	5.5	5.5	100.0	72.0	5.5	6.0	2.0	78	23	6	1	3	4	5	+33
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	64	NBA Finals	43.4	32.0	9.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	10.0	20.5	48.8	2.5	6.0	41.7	9.5	10.5	90.5	63.7	0.5	8.5	3.0	87	18	2	1	3	6	6	+17
24	Jason Terry J. Terry	2	67	NBA Finals	43.8	33.5	4.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	13.0	20.5	63.4	4.0	8.0	50.0	3.5	3.5	100.0	76.0	0.5	4.0	2.5	88	9	2	4	0	5	4	+16
25	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2	60	NBA Finals	42.5	30.0	6.0	6.5	1.5	0.5	12.0	23.5	51.1	1.5	4.5	33.3	4.5	6.5	69.2	56.9	2.5	3.5	3.0	85	12	13	3	1	6	4	0

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