Billy Ray Bates had the most points per game in the 1981 playoffs, with 28.3 per game.

Interpreted as:

1980-81 most ppg by a player in the playoffs

	NAME	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	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	28.3	1980-81	POR	3	38.3	2.3	4.3	1.7	0.3	11.7	20.7	56.5	0.3	0.3	100.0	4.7	5.7	82.4	61.2	1.0	1.3	3.7	115	85	7	13	5	1	11	11
2	George Gervin G. Gervin	27.1	1980-81	SAS	7	39.1	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	11.0	22.0	50.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	5.1	6.4	80.0	54.7	1.3	3.7	2.9	274	190	35	24	5	5	20	19
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	26.8	1980-81	HOU	21	45.5	14.5	1.7	0.6	1.6	9.9	20.6	47.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.0	9.9	71.2	53.7	6.0	8.6	2.8	955	562	305	35	13	34	59	54
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26.7	1980-81	LAL	3	44.7	16.7	4.0	1.0	2.7	10.0	21.7	46.2	0.0	0.0		6.7	9.3	71.4	51.7	4.3	12.3	3.7	134	80	50	12	3	8	11	14
5	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	25.0	1980-81	POR	3	44.0	7.7	1.3	1.0	3.0	10.3	17.0	60.8	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.0	72.2	63.6	1.7	6.0	2.3	132	75	23	4	3	9	7	10
6	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	24.7	1980-81	MIL	7	38.0	9.4	4.9	1.4	1.0	10.7	19.3	55.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	4.6	71.9	58.0	5.9	3.6	1.9	266	173	66	34	10	7	13	14
7	Campy Russell C. Russell	23.0	1980-81	NYK	2	44.5	4.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	7.5	17.0	44.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	8.5	94.1	55.4	0.5	4.0	4.0	89	46	9	9	4	1	8	9
8	Julius Erving J. Erving	22.9	1980-81	PHI	16	37.0	7.1	3.4	1.4	2.6	8.9	18.8	47.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.1	6.7	75.7	52.7	3.3	3.9	3.4	592	367	114	54	22	41	55	54
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.9	1980-81	BOS	17	44.1	14.0	6.1	2.3	1.0	8.6	18.4	47.0	0.2	0.5	37.5	4.5	5.0	89.4	53.2	2.9	11.1	3.6	750	373	238	103	39	17	62	53
10	Ray Williams R. Williams	21.5	1980-81	NYK	2	42.0	4.0	4.5	2.0	0.0	9.0	20.5	43.9	0.5	1.5	33.3	3.0	5.5	54.5	46.9	1.5	2.5	4.5	84	43	8	9	4	0	9	10
11	Reggie King R. King	21.3	1980-81	KCK	15	41.3	9.9	1.7	1.2	0.7	8.1	16.5	49.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.0	6.8	73.5	54.5	3.7	6.2	2.3	620	319	149	25	18	10	35	49
12	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	20.5	1980-81	KCK	15	43.8	5.8	3.9	1.2	0.5	8.6	19.8	43.4	0.6	2.1	28.1	2.7	3.7	71.4	47.7	1.1	4.7	2.6	657	307	87	58	18	8	39	51
13	Johnny Davis J. Davis	20.0	1980-81	IND	2	37.0	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.0	7.0	17.5	40.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	6.0	6.5	92.3	49.1	1.0	3.0	0.5	74	40	8	11	2	0	1	6
14	Reggie Theus R. Theus	19.8	1980-81	CHI	6	38.7	3.5	6.3	1.5	0.0	6.7	15.2	44.0	0.3	1.5	22.2	6.2	7.2	86.0	54.1	1.2	2.3	2.5	232	119	21	38	9	0	15	22
15	Mark Olberding M. Olberding	19.7	1980-81	SAS	7	36.3	5.9	4.3	0.6	0.0	8.3	15.0	55.2	0.1	0.4	33.3	3.0	3.6	84.0	59.5	1.6	4.3	2.4	254	138	41	30	4	0	17	31
16	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	19.6	1980-81	PHX	7	38.1	4.7	2.9	1.3	1.3	7.4	15.7	47.3	0.1	0.7	20.0	4.6	6.0	76.2	53.3	1.0	3.7	2.7	267	137	33	20	9	9	19	18
17	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	19.3	1980-81	LAL	3	44.3	3.7	8.7	0.3	0.3	8.3	16.3	51.0	0.0	0.0		2.7	3.3	80.0	54.3	0.3	3.3	1.7	133	58	11	26	1	1	5	9
18	Billy Knight B. Knight	18.5	1980-81	IND	2	35.5	6.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	8.0	15.0	53.3	0.0	0.0		2.5	4.0	62.5	55.2	3.0	3.0	2.5	71	37	12	5	1	0	5	5
19	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	18.1	1980-81	HOU	19	28.4	1.3	3.0	1.4	0.0	7.5	15.1	49.5	0.1	0.4	28.6	3.1	3.2	96.7	54.9	0.4	0.9	2.2	540	344	24	57	26	0	42	69
20	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	18.0	1980-81	CHI	6	41.2	11.2	2.0	1.0	2.8	5.8	9.8	59.3	0.0	0.0		6.3	9.2	69.1	64.9	4.0	7.2	2.8	247	108	67	12	6	17	17	15
21	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	18.0	1980-81	LAL	3	37.7	2.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	7.0	16.0	43.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	48.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	113	54	8	4	1	1	4	10
22	Dave Greenwood D. Greenwood	17.8	1980-81	CHI	6	35.3	7.3	1.8	1.5	0.8	8.5	14.5	58.6	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.0	41.7	58.0	2.7	4.7	1.5	212	107	44	11	9	5	9	26
23	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	17.6	1980-81	MIL	7	33.7	7.4	4.0	1.7	1.1	7.1	12.1	58.8	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.6	71.9	62.1	1.7	5.7	2.1	236	123	52	28	12	8	15	18
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17.0	1980-81	LAL	3	42.3	13.7	7.0	2.7	1.0	6.3	16.3	38.8	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.7	65.0	44.1	2.7	11.0	3.7	127	51	41	21	8	3	11	14
25	Ernie Grunfeld E. Grunfeld	16.8	1980-81	KCK	15	42.2	4.2	5.9	2.0	0.6	6.5	13.4	48.8	0.1	0.3	50.0	3.6	4.5	80.6	54.7	0.7	3.5	2.9	633	252	63	88	30	9	43	51