20+ ppg in finals as a starter

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had 23.5 points per game as a starter in the NBA Finals in his career.

NAMEPPGSERIESGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
23.5
NBA Finals
56
37.2
9.1
3.2
0.9
2.2
9.7
18.6
52.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.1
5.8
70.0
55.6
2.4
5.9
2.7
2,082
1,317
507
181
45
116
121
196
2Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
23.7
NBA Finals
10
38.5
4.1
2.8
8.8
18.9
46.6
6.1
7.4
82.4
53.5
385
237
41
28
38
3Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
20.8
NBA Finals
5
46.6
9.8
6.2
9.2
18.4
50.0
2.4
3.0
80.0
52.7
233
104
49
31
21
4Jerry West
J. West
20.6
NBA Finals
10
37.8
3.6
6.7
8.0
21.2
37.7
4.6
6.3
73.0
43.0
378
206
36
67
26
5Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
21.7
NBA Finals
13
43.0
12.8
4.0
1.2
0.3
9.2
19.5
47.0
3.4
4.6
73.3
50.5
3.5
9.3
559
282
167
52
15
4
62
6John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
24.1
NBA Finals
9
47.8
7.4
4.9
1.4
0.1
9.3
22.4
41.6
5.4
6.2
87.5
47.9
1.8
5.7
430
217
67
44
13
1
28
7Rick Barry
R. Barry
29.5
NBA Finals
4
43.0
4.0
5.0
3.5
0.8
11.0
24.8
44.4
7.5
8.0
93.8
52.2
1.0
3.0
172
118
16
20
14
3
12
8Phil Chenier
P. Chenier
23.0
NBA Finals
4
43.3
5.0
4.8
2.5
0.5
7.3
17.3
42.0
8.5
9.0
94.4
54.2
1.5
3.5
173
92
20
19
10
2
10
9Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
20.5
NBA Finals
16
40.5
11.6
1.4
1.2
2.2
8.1
18.4
43.7
4.4
6.7
65.4
47.9
4.2
7.4
2.5
648
328
185
23
19
35
30
71
10Alvan Adams
A. Adams
23.0
NBA Finals
6
38.7
10.2
4.7
1.3
0.8
9.8
20.2
48.8
3.3
4.2
80.0
52.3
2.8
7.3
232
138
61
28
8
5
22
11Paul Westphal
P. Westphal
20.8
NBA Finals
6
37.8
2.7
4.8
1.5
0.2
8.0
17.7
45.3
4.8
6.7
72.5
50.6
0.8
1.8
227
125
16
29
9
1
20
12Julius Erving
J. Erving
25.5
NBA Finals
22
39.8
7.5
4.5
2.0
1.8
9.8
18.7
52.6
0.1
0.4
14.3
5.8
7.6
76.6
57.9
2.2
5.3
2.8
875
561
166
100
44
40
45
56
13Gus Williams
G. Williams
21.6
NBA Finals
12
33.9
4.2
3.6
1.6
0.7
8.2
17.3
47.1
5.3
7.8
67.7
52.0
1.5
2.7
3.4
407
259
50
43
19
8
41
29
14Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
20.2
NBA Finals
6
33.8
6.0
2.2
1.2
2.3
8.7
16.3
53.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
2.8
4.3
65.4
55.3
2.0
4.0
3.2
203
121
36
13
7
14
19
29
15Larry Bird
L. Bird
23.1
NBA Finals
31
42.8
11.6
6.0
2.0
0.8
8.4
18.3
45.8
0.6
1.5
42.2
5.7
6.5
87.2
54.5
2.5
9.1
2.9
1,326
716
361
187
63
24
91
80
16Moses Malone
M. Malone
23.7
NBA Finals
10
42.6
16.6
1.6
1.1
1.9
8.4
19.0
44.2
0.0
0.0
6.9
10.2
67.6
50.5
7.3
9.3
2.3
426
237
166
16
11
19
23
26
17Andrew Toney
A. Toney
24.4
NBA Finals
10
37.4
2.5
7.0
1.2
0.1
9.4
19.2
49.0
0.3
0.8
37.5
5.3
6.2
85.5
55.6
1.1
1.4
3.7
374
244
25
70
12
1
37
34
18James Worthy
J. Worthy
22.2
NBA Finals
34
39.6
5.0
3.3
1.0
0.6
9.2
17.3
53.3
0.1
0.4
20.0
3.6
5.3
68.3
56.4
1.9
3.1
2.0
1,346
754
171
112
34
20
68
88
19Kevin McHale
K. McHale
24.1
NBA Finals
18
39.6
9.4
1.7
0.4
1.8
9.2
15.7
58.5
0.0
0.0
5.8
7.4
77.6
63.6
3.2
6.2
2.8
712
434
169
30
8
32
51
58
20Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
27.5
NBA Finals
17
42.5
10.6
3.4
1.9
3.2
11.0
22.5
48.8
0.1
0.1
100.0
5.4
7.2
74.0
53.4
3.0
7.6
3.1
722
467
181
58
33
54
52
70
21Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
21.3
NBA Finals
7
36.4
5.0
2.3
0.6
0.1
6.7
11.7
57.3
0.0
0.0
7.9
9.1
85.9
67.6
2.0
3.0
2.6
255
149
35
16
4
1
18
18
22Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
22.6
NBA Finals
16
37.2
4.2
7.9
2.1
0.3
8.3
17.3
48.0
1.1
2.4
46.2
4.8
6.1
78.6
56.4
0.9
3.3
3.8
595
361
67
127
34
5
61
55
23Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
24.5
NBA Finals
15
40.3
8.3
6.0
1.4
0.5
8.4
18.1
46.3
0.5
3.0
15.6
7.2
8.7
82.4
55.7
2.9
5.3
2.7
604
367
124
90
21
8
41
61
24Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
33.6
NBA Finals
35
43.0
6.0
6.0
1.8
0.7
12.5
26.0
48.1
1.2
3.3
36.8
7.4
9.1
80.6
55.9
1.6
4.4
2.8
1,506
1,176
211
209
62
23
99
103
+45
25Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
27.3
NBA Finals
6
46.2
13.0
5.5
1.2
0.5
10.0
21.0
47.6
0.3
1.3
25.0
7.0
9.3
75.0
54.4
3.7
9.3
1.7
277
164
78
33
7
3
10
20
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