Michael Jordan had the most points per game in the 1997 playoffs, with 31.1 per game.

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.1	1996-97	CHI	19	42.3	7.9	4.8	1.6	0.9	11.9	26.2	45.6	0.7	3.5	19.4	6.5	7.8	83.1	52.4	2.2	5.7	2.6	804	590	150	91	30	17	49	46	+136
2	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	31.0	1996-97	ORL	5	44.0	6.0	3.4	2.4	1.4	10.4	22.2	46.8	2.2	6.0	36.7	8.0	10.8	74.1	57.5	1.4	4.6	1.8	220	155	30	17	12	7	9	14	-27
3	Glen Rice G. Rice	27.7	1996-97	CHA	3	45.7	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	9.3	19.0	49.1	2.0	5.3	37.5	7.0	7.7	91.3	61.8	0.3	3.3	1.3	137	83	11	11	4	1	4	11	-10
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26.9	1996-97	LAL	9	36.2	10.6	3.2	0.6	1.9	9.9	19.2	51.4	0.0	0.0		7.1	11.7	61.0	55.2	4.2	6.3	2.4	326	242	95	29	5	17	22	37	+32
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	26.0	1996-97	UTA	20	40.8	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	9.4	21.5	43.5	0.1	0.1	50.0	7.2	10.0	72.0	50.1	3.0	8.4	2.7	816	519	228	57	27	15	54	59	+102
6	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	24.2	1996-97	PHX	5	38.2	3.2	2.6	0.4	0.0	8.2	16.6	49.4	4.4	9.6	45.8	3.4	5.0	68.0	64.4	0.4	2.8	3.0	191	121	16	13	2	0	15	14	-35
7	Gary Payton G. Payton	23.8	1996-97	SEA	12	45.5	5.4	8.7	2.2	0.3	8.8	21.3	41.2	2.1	6.3	33.3	4.2	5.1	82.0	50.6	1.7	3.8	2.9	546	285	65	104	26	4	35	26	+52
8	Grant Hill G. Hill	23.6	1996-97	DET	5	40.6	6.8	5.4	0.8	1.0	9.0	20.6	43.7	0.0	0.0		5.6	7.8	71.8	49.1	2.6	4.2	3.8	203	118	34	27	4	5	19	14	-15
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.1	1996-97	HOU	16	39.3	10.9	3.4	2.1	2.6	9.2	15.6	59.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.8	6.5	73.1	62.8	2.9	8.0	2.9	629	370	174	54	33	41	46	61	+41
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	22.6	1996-97	NYK	9	39.7	10.6	1.9	0.3	2.4	9.8	18.6	52.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.7	64.3	54.7	2.9	7.7	3.0	357	203	95	17	3	22	27	30	+27
11	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	21.6	1996-97	SEA	12	36.8	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	7.1	14.6	48.6	0.2	0.8	20.0	7.3	8.8	82.9	58.5	4.3	8.0	3.9	442	259	148	36	14	16	47	55	+25
12	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	21.3	1996-97	MIN	3	39.0	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	8.7	21.7	40.0	2.0	6.7	30.0	2.0	3.3	60.0	46.1	0.7	3.3	3.0	117	64	12	23	2	0	9	9	-41
13	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	19.8	1996-97	POR	4	37.0	6.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	8.3	14.0	58.9	0.5	1.3	40.0	2.8	5.0	55.0	61.0	2.0	4.0	1.5	148	79	24	6	2	2	6	17	-7
14	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	19.7	1996-97	WAS	3	41.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.0	7.3	17.3	42.3	0.3	0.7	50.0	4.7	6.3	73.7	48.9	1.7	4.3	3.7	124	59	18	25	3	0	11	8	-20
15	Allan Houston A. Houston	19.2	1996-97	NYK	9	40.0	2.6	2.3	0.7	0.3	6.4	14.8	43.6	2.9	5.8	50.0	3.4	3.9	88.6	58.3	0.3	2.2	2.7	360	173	23	21	6	3	24	14	+21
16	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	19.2	1996-97	CHI	19	39.6	6.8	3.8	1.5	0.9	6.8	16.3	41.7	2.1	5.9	34.5	3.6	4.5	79.1	52.6	1.9	4.9	2.9	753	365	129	72	28	18	55	49	+122
17	Steve Smith S. Smith	18.9	1996-97	ATL	10	42.1	3.9	1.7	0.4	0.1	5.5	13.9	39.6	1.8	5.5	32.7	6.1	7.4	82.4	55.1	1.2	2.7	2.8	421	189	39	17	4	1	28	38	-17
18	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	18.7	1996-97	MIA	17	41.2	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.1	6.1	16.9	35.9	2.5	7.9	31.3	4.1	5.2	79.5	48.8	0.8	3.3	3.1	701	318	69	119	27	1	53	37	+34
19	Juwan Howard J. Howard	18.7	1996-97	WAS	3	43.0	6.0	1.7	0.7	0.7	6.7	14.3	46.5	0.0	0.0		5.3	6.0	88.9	55.0	3.3	2.7	1.0	129	56	18	5	2	2	3	9	-21
20	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	18.3	1996-97	MIN	3	40.3	5.3	4.3	2.3	0.7	7.7	17.3	44.2	1.0	1.3	75.0	2.0	3.3	60.0	48.8	0.7	4.7	2.0	121	55	16	13	7	2	6	13	-40
21	Tracy Murray T. Murray	18.3	1996-97	WAS	3	29.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	0.7	5.7	10.0	56.7	1.7	3.3	50.0	5.3	5.7	94.1	73.4	1.0	2.0	0.0	87	55	9	2	4	2	0	10	-2
22	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	18.1	1996-97	HOU	16	38.9	5.6	4.8	1.6	0.4	6.6	15.1	43.6	2.4	6.4	37.3	2.6	3.4	77.8	54.8	1.6	4.0	2.3	623	290	89	77	26	7	36	52	+64
23	Vlade Divac V. Divac	18.0	1996-97	CHA	3	38.7	8.7	3.3	1.0	2.0	7.0	15.3	45.7	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	5.0	80.0	51.3	4.3	4.3	2.0	116	54	26	10	3	6	6	11	+5
24	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	17.9	1996-97	HOU	16	37.8	12.0	3.4	1.2	0.4	5.4	12.4	43.4	0.7	2.4	28.9	6.4	8.4	76.9	55.7	4.0	8.0	2.7	605	286	192	54	19	7	43	52	+25
25	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	17.8	1996-97	MIA	17	37.1	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.7	6.3	12.8	49.1	0.2	0.5	37.5	5.1	9.1	55.5	52.9	2.6	7.6	4.1	630	303	173	18	11	46	70	73	+44