nba most single season playoff ppg 1995-96 to 1997-98

Between the 1995-96 and 1997-98 seasons, Michael Jordan put up the most points per game in a single NBA playoff run, with 32.4 per game in 1997-98.

	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	32.4	1997-98	CHI	21	41.5	5.1	3.5	1.5	0.6	11.6	25.0	46.2	0.6	2.0	30.2	8.6	10.6	81.2	54.5	1.6	3.5	2.1	872	680	107	74	32	12	45	47	+158
2	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
3	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
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.7	1995-96	CHI	18	40.7	4.9	4.1	1.8	0.3	10.4	22.6	45.9	1.4	3.4	40.3	8.5	10.4	81.8	56.4	1.7	3.2	2.3	733	552	89	74	33	6	42	49
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	30.5	1997-98	LAL	13	38.5	10.2	2.9	0.5	2.6	12.2	19.8	61.2	0.0	0.0		6.2	12.2	50.3	60.4	3.7	6.5	3.3	501	396	132	38	7	34	43	41	+32
6	Reggie Miller R. Miller	29.0	1995-96	IND	1	31.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	17.0	41.2	2.0	6.0	33.3	13.0	15.0	86.7	61.4	1.0	0.0	0.0	31	29	1	1	1	0	0	1
7	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
8	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
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	26.5	1995-96	UTA	18	40.3	10.3	4.4	1.9	0.6	10.4	22.3	46.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.6	9.8	57.4	49.8	2.6	7.7	2.5	725	477	186	79	34	10	45	61
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	26.3	1997-98	UTA	20	39.8	10.9	3.4	1.1	1.0	9.9	21.0	47.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.5	8.3	78.8	53.4	2.4	8.5	3.0	795	526	217	68	22	20	60	69	+48
11	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	26.0	1997-98	MIA	5	44.4	3.4	6.6	1.2	0.0	8.4	18.8	44.7	3.4	7.8	43.6	5.8	7.4	78.4	58.9	0.6	2.8	3.6	222	130	17	33	6	0	18	9	-12
12	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	26.0	1997-98	CLE	4	38.0	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	8.3	17.8	46.5	0.0	0.0		9.5	11.3	84.4	57.3	4.0	6.3	4.0	152	104	41	8	5	4	16	12	-20
13	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
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25.8	1995-96	ORL	12	38.3	10.0	4.6	0.8	1.3	10.9	18.0	60.6	0.0	0.0		4.0	10.2	39.3	57.5	4.1	5.9	3.7	459	310	120	55	9	15	44	40
15	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	25.5	1995-96	PHX	4	41.0	13.5	3.8	1.0	1.0	7.8	17.5	44.3	0.8	3.0	25.0	9.3	11.8	78.7	56.2	4.5	9.0	1.5	164	102	54	15	4	4	6	15
16	Allan Houston A. Houston	25.0	1995-96	DET	3	45.3	2.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	8.3	19.3	43.1	2.3	7.0	33.3	6.0	6.7	90.0	56.1	0.3	2.3	3.7	136	75	8	6	0	1	11	11
17	Steve Smith S. Smith	24.8	1997-98	ATL	4	40.0	2.8	2.3	0.5	0.8	9.8	17.0	57.4	2.5	5.0	50.0	2.8	4.0	68.8	66.0	0.5	2.3	1.3	160	99	11	9	2	3	5	17	+5
18	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
19	Gary Payton G. Payton	24.0	1997-98	SEA	10	42.8	3.4	7.0	1.8	0.1	8.7	18.3	47.5	1.9	5.0	38.0	4.7	5.0	94.0	58.5	0.9	2.5	2.6	428	240	34	70	18	1	26	31	-8
20	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
21	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
22	David Robinson D. Robinson	23.6	1995-96	SAS	10	35.3	10.1	2.4	1.5	2.5	8.3	16.1	51.6	0.0	0.0		7.0	10.5	66.7	56.9	3.7	6.4	2.4	353	236	101	24	15	25	24	38
23	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	23.6	1995-96	POR	5	35.4	10.2	1.8	0.8	0.6	7.0	16.2	43.2	1.0	1.8	55.6	8.6	12.0	71.7	54.9	2.4	7.8	2.0	177	118	51	9	4	3	10	17
24	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	23.3	1995-96	ORL	12	39.4	4.7	6.0	1.7	0.3	8.4	18.1	46.5	1.7	4.6	36.4	4.8	6.5	74.4	55.7	1.7	3.0	2.2	473	280	56	72	20	4	26	27
25	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

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