youngest player to average 26 ppg in a playoff season while reaching the second round

John Drew is the youngest 2nd round pick with 26.0+ points per game in a single NBA playoff run. He was 23 years old in 1977-78.

	NAME	Age	PPG	SEASON	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	John Drew J. Drew	23	26.0	1977-78	ATL	2	39.5	7.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	10.5	24.5	42.9				5.0	8.0	62.5	46.4	4.5	3.0	2.0	79	52	15	3	1	1	4	9
2	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	24	34.0	2005-06	WAS	6	47.3	5.5	5.3	2.2	0.7	10.8	23.3	46.4	3.3	7.7	43.5	9.0	11.7	77.1	59.7	1.2	4.3	3.3	284	204	33	32	13	4	20	21	-1
3	Willis Reed W. Reed	24	27.5	1966-67	NYK	4	37.0	13.8	1.8			10.8	20.0	53.8				6.0	6.3	96.0	60.4				148	110	55	7				19
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	25	29.8	2020-21	DEN	10	34.5	11.6	5.0	0.6	0.9	11.6	22.8	50.9	2.0	5.3	37.7	4.6	5.5	83.6	59.1	3.7	7.9	2.4	345	298	116	50	6	9	24	23	-57
5	Gus Williams G. Williams	25	26.7	1978-79	SEA	17	36.4	4.1	3.7	2.0	0.6	10.7	22.5	47.6				5.3	7.5	70.9	51.8	2.1	2.0	2.5	619	454	70	63	34	11	42	42
6	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	26	27.8	2022-23	NYK	11	40.3	4.9	5.6	1.5	0.1	9.9	20.9	47.4	2.4	7.3	32.5	5.6	6.2	91.2	58.9	0.8	4.1	2.1	443	306	54	62	16	1	23	26	+37
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	26	31.0	2021-22	DEN	5	34.2	13.2	5.8	1.6	1.0	12.2	21.2	57.5	1.0	3.6	27.8	5.6	6.6	84.8	64.3	3.4	9.8	4.8	171	155	66	29	8	5	24	20	-44
8	Michael Redd M. Redd	26	27.2	2005-06	MIL	5	37.0	5.4	1.6	0.8	0.0	8.8	16.8	52.4	1.4	3.0	46.7	8.2	9.2	89.1	65.2	3.2	2.2	2.0	185	136	27	8	4	0	10	11	-38
9	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	27	32.4	2023-24	NYK	13	39.8	3.3	7.5	0.8	0.2	11.6	26.2	44.4	2.0	6.5	31.0	7.2	9.2	77.5	53.6	0.6	2.7	2.7	518	421	43	97	10	2	35	26	+12
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	27	30.0	2022-23	DEN	20	39.5	13.5	9.5	1.1	1.0	11.4	20.7	54.8	1.8	3.8	46.1	5.6	7.0	79.9	63.1	3.5	10.0	3.5	789	600	269	190	21	20	70	69	+169
11	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	28	29.4	2024-25	NYK	18	37.8	3.4	7.0	0.4	0.3	10.1	21.8	46.1	2.7	7.4	35.8	6.7	7.8	85.1	58.2	0.7	2.8	3.1	680	530	62	126	8	5	55	59	+2
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	28	28.7	2023-24	DEN	12	40.2	13.4	8.7	1.4	0.7	11.1	20.3	54.5	1.2	4.4	26.4	5.3	5.9	90.1	62.5	3.6	9.8	3.3	482	344	161	104	17	8	40	32	+11
13	Gus Williams G. Williams	28	26.3	1981-82	SEA	8	39.4	3.3	8.1	1.6	0.6	10.3	23.3	44.1	0.3	0.8	33.3	5.5	7.0	78.6	49.8	1.5	1.8	2.3	315	210	26	65	13	5	18	13
14	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	29	28.4	2025-26	NYK	19	36.9	3.2	6.1	1.2	0.0	10.1	21.7	46.5	2.4	6.5	36.3	5.8	6.8	84.6	57.3	0.6	2.6	2.7	702	539	60	115	23	0	51	40	+234
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	29	26.2	2024-25	DEN	14	40.2	12.7	8.0	2.0	0.9	9.4	19.1	48.9	1.9	5.1	38.0	5.6	7.2	77.2	58.7	2.1	10.6	3.9	563	367	178	112	28	12	55	48	-11
16	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	29	26.0	2014-15	DAL	5	39.4	3.2	5.2	2.0	0.6	10.4	22.2	46.8	2.2	6.0	36.7	3.0	4.0	75.0	54.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	197	130	16	26	10	3	16	18	-3
17	Gus Williams G. Williams	29	32.5	1982-83	SEA	2	40.5	3.5	4.0	2.5	0.0	13.0	23.5	55.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	6.5	7.5	86.7	60.6	2.0	1.5	3.0	81	65	7	8	5	0	6	5
18	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	30	26.0	2025-26	PHX	4	37.3	6.0	1.8	0.3	0.3	9.8	21.3	45.9	3.5	8.0	43.8	3.0	3.0	100.0	57.6	1.3	4.8	1.5	149	104	24	7	1	1	6	18	-30
19	Alex English A. English	30	29.0	1983-84	DEN	5	40.6	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	12.0	20.4	58.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.0	5.6	89.3	63.4	3.2	4.8	1.4	203	145	40	28	3	2	7	17
20	Hal Greer H. Greer	30	27.7	1966-67	PHI	15	45.9	5.9	5.3			10.7	25.0	42.9				6.3	7.9	79.7	48.7				688	416	88	79				55
21	Alex English A. English	31	30.2	1984-85	DEN	14	38.3	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	11.6	21.7	53.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	7.8	89.0	60.1	2.6	4.0	2.1	536	423	92	63	17	5	30	40
22	World B. Free W. B. Free	31	26.3	1984-85	CLE	4	37.5	2.5	7.8	1.5	0.0	10.3	23.3	44.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	5.8	6.3	92.0	50.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	150	105	10	31	6	0	6	12
23	Alex English A. English	32	27.3	1985-86	DEN	10	39.4	3.5	5.2	0.4	0.4	10.6	22.9	46.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.1	7.1	85.9	52.5	1.8	1.7	2.8	394	273	35	52	4	4	28	29
24	Alex English A. English	35	26.0	1988-89	DEN	3	36.0	4.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	10.7	20.7	51.6	0.0	0.0		4.7	5.3	87.5	56.5	2.7	1.7	4.7	108	78	13	11	1	0	14	6

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Team Leaders

PPG

22.5

Johnson

RPG

10.3

Johnson

APG

7.9

Johnson

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.1

14th

DRTG

113.7

9th

NETRTG

2.4

12th

3P%

37.1

5th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 10/28	MIA	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 2

140

Final

Hawks

2 - 4

Thu 30 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

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Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0