who had the highest ppg in a season in the playoffs before 1971

Before 1970-71, Jerry West scored the most points per game in a single NBA playoff run, with 40.6 per game in 1964-65.

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	PF
1	Jerry West J. West	40.6	1964-65	LAL	11	42.7	5.7	5.3	14.1	31.9	44.2	12.5	14.0	89.0	53.4	470	447	63	58	37
2	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	38.6	1961-62	LAL	13	43.9	17.7	3.6	14.3	32.7	43.8	10.0	12.9	77.4	50.3	571	502	230	47	45
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	38.1	1960-61	LAL	12	45.0	15.3	4.6	14.2	30.2	47.0	9.8	11.8	82.4	53.8	540	457	183	55	44
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	37.0	1960-61	PHI	3	48.0	23.0	2.0	15.0	32.0	46.9	7.0	12.7	55.3	49.2	144	111	69	6	10
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	35.2	1969-70	MIL	10	43.5	16.8	4.1	13.9	24.5	56.7	7.4	10.1	73.3	60.8	435	352	168	41	25
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35.0	1961-62	PHI	12	48.0	26.6	3.1	13.5	28.9	46.7	8.0	12.6	63.6	50.8	576	420	319	37	27
7	Rick Barry R. Barry	34.7	1966-67	SFW	15	40.9	7.5	3.9	13.1	32.6	40.3	8.5	10.5	80.9	46.7	614	521	113	58	49
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34.7	1963-64	SFW	12	46.5	25.2	3.3	14.6	26.8	54.3	5.5	11.6	47.5	54.3	558	416	302	39	27
9	Jerry West J. West	34.2	1965-66	LAL	14	44.2	6.3	5.6	13.2	25.5	51.8	7.8	8.9	87.2	58.1	619	479	88	79	40
10	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	33.4	1959-60	MIN	9	45.3	14.1	3.4	12.3	26.0	47.4	8.8	10.4	84.0	54.7	408	301	127	31	38
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33.2	1959-60	PHI	9	46.1	25.8	2.1	13.9	28.0	49.6	5.4	12.2	44.5	49.8	415	299	232	19	17
12	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	32.6	1962-63	LAL	13	43.2	13.6	4.5	12.3	27.8	44.2	8.0	9.7	82.5	50.8	562	424	177	58	48
13	Alex Groza A. Groza	32.3	1950-51	IND	3		14.0	0.7	12.0	24.3	49.3	8.3	11.0	75.8	55.4		97	42	2	14
14	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	31.8	1962-63	STL	11	42.1	15.1	3.0	10.8	23.5	45.9	10.2	13.1	77.8	54.3	463	350	166	33	34
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	31.8	1965-66	CIN	5	44.8	7.6	7.8	9.8	24.0	40.8	12.2	13.6	89.7	53.0	224	159	38	39	20
16	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	31.8	1962-63	CIN	12	47.5	13.0	9.0	10.3	22.0	47.0	11.1	12.8	86.4	57.4	570	381	156	108	41
17	Jerry West J. West	31.5	1961-62	LAL	13	42.8	6.8	4.4	11.1	23.8	46.5	9.3	11.5	80.7	54.4	557	409	88	57	38
18	George Mikan G. Mikan	31.3	1949-50	MIN	12			3.0	10.1	26.3	38.3	11.2	14.2	78.8	48.1		376		36	47
19	Jerry West J. West	31.2	1969-70	LAL	18	46.1	3.7	8.4	10.9	23.2	46.9	9.4	11.8	80.2	55.0	830	562	66	151	55
20	Jerry West J. West	31.2	1963-64	LAL	5	41.2	7.2	3.4	11.4	23.0	49.6	8.4	10.6	79.2	56.4	206	156	36	17	20
21	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	31.0	1951-52	BOS	3	46.0	4.0	6.3	8.7	21.7	40.0	13.7	14.7	93.2	55.1	138	93	12	19	13
22	Jerry West J. West	30.9	1968-69	LAL	18	42.1	3.9	7.5	10.9	23.5	46.3	9.1	11.3	80.4	54.2	757	556	71	135	52
23	Jerry West J. West	30.8	1967-68	LAL	15	41.5	5.4	5.5	11.0	20.9	52.7	8.8	11.3	78.1	59.6	622	462	81	82	47
24	George Mikan G. Mikan	30.3	1948-49	MIN	10			2.1	10.3	22.7	45.4	9.7	12.1	80.2	54.1		303		21	44
25	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	29.8	1956-57	STL	10	43.0	16.8	2.5	9.8	23.7	41.4	10.2	13.3	76.7	50.4	430	298	168	25	33

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