highest ppg average in a finals from from 1999-00 to 2022-23

Between the 1999-00 and 2022-23 seasons, Shaquille O'Neal scored the most points per game in an NBA Finals, with 38.0 per game.

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highest ppg by a player average in a finals from from 1999-00 to 2022-23

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	SERIES	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38.0	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	6	45.5	16.7	2.3	1.0	2.7	16.0	26.2	61.1	0.0	0.0		6.0	15.5	38.7	57.6	5.7	11.0	2.2	273	228	100	14	6	16	13	20	+8
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36.3	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	41.5	12.3	3.8	0.5	2.8	12.5	21.0	59.5	0.0	0.0		11.3	17.0	66.2	63.6	3.3	9.0	3.5	166	145	49	15	2	11	14	7	+45
3	LeBron James L. James	35.8	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	6	45.7	13.3	8.8	1.3	0.5	13.0	32.7	39.8	2.2	7.0	31.0	7.7	11.2	68.7	47.7	1.8	11.5	3.5	274	215	80	53	8	3	21	19	-25
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	35.6	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	5	47.4	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.2	13.2	32.4	40.7	2.2	7.8	28.2	7.0	9.6	72.9	48.6	1.0	4.6	2.4	237	178	28	19	9	1	12	12	-25
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35.2	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	39.7	8.2	5.4	1.0	1.6	12.0	21.6	55.6	3.6	7.6	47.4	7.6	8.2	92.7	69.8	1.4	6.8	2.2	199	176	41	27	5	8	11	13	+33
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	35.2	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	6	39.8	13.2	5.0	1.2	1.8	12.7	20.5	61.8	0.5	2.5	20.0	9.3	14.2	65.9	65.8	4.0	9.2	2.3	239	211	79	30	7	11	14	18	+30
7	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	34.7	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.5	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	208	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
8	LeBron James L. James	34.0	2017-18	NBA Finals	CLE	4	44.7	8.5	10.0	1.3	1.0	12.3	23.3	52.7	1.5	4.5	33.3	8.0	9.5	84.2	62.0	2.3	6.3	5.0	179	136	34	40	5	4	20	11	-60
9	LeBron James L. James	33.6	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	42.4	12.0	10.0	1.4	1.0	13.2	23.4	56.4	2.4	6.2	38.7	4.8	7.4	64.9	63.0	1.8	10.2	4.2	212	168	60	50	7	5	21	13	-7
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33.0	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	45.0	15.8	4.8	0.4	3.4	12.6	22.0	57.3	0.0	0.0		7.8	15.2	51.3	57.5	6.2	9.6	4.0	225	165	79	24	2	17	20	20	+40
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32.4	2008-09	NBA Finals	LAL	5	43.8	5.6	7.4	1.4	1.4	11.6	27.0	43.0	1.8	5.0	36.0	7.4	8.8	84.1	52.5	0.6	5.0	3.2	219	162	28	37	7	7	16	13	+49
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31.2	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	6	37.5	6.0	5.0	2.0	0.2	11.0	22.8	48.2	5.2	11.8	43.7	4.0	4.7	85.7	62.6	0.3	5.7	2.5	225	187	36	30	12	1	15	18	+35
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.6	2011-12	NBA Finals	OKC	5	42.6	6.0	2.2	1.4	1.0	11.4	20.8	54.8	2.6	6.6	39.4	5.2	6.2	83.9	65.0	1.2	4.8	3.8	213	153	30	11	7	5	19	20	-20
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30.5	2018-19	NBA Finals	GSW	6	41.7	5.2	6.0	1.5	0.2	8.8	21.3	41.4	3.8	11.2	34.3	9.0	9.5	94.7	59.8	1.0	4.2	2.8	250	183	31	36	9	1	17	15	-19
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	30.2	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	41.1	14.0	7.2	0.8	1.4	11.2	19.2	58.3	1.6	3.8	42.1	6.2	7.4	83.8	67.2	1.8	12.2	3.4	205	151	70	36	4	7	17	17	+39
16	LeBron James L. James	29.8	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.4	11.8	8.5	1.2	0.5	11.3	19.2	59.1	2.5	6.0	41.7	4.7	7.0	66.7	67.1	2.0	9.8	3.5	236	179	71	51	7	3	21	13	+36
17	LeBron James L. James	29.7	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	208	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	29.4	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	40.3	4.0	4.4	1.0	0.2	11.6	24.6	47.2	2.6	6.2	41.9	3.6	4.0	90.0	55.8	1.6	2.4	3.2	202	147	20	22	5	1	16	16	-32
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.8	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	4	41.3	10.8	7.5	0.8	2.3	10.0	19.0	52.6	2.3	5.5	40.9	6.5	6.8	96.3	65.4	0.5	10.3	2.3	165	115	43	30	3	9	9	12	+86
20	LeBron James L. James	28.6	2011-12	NBA Finals	MIA	5	44.1	10.2	7.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	21.6	47.2	0.6	3.2	18.8	7.6	9.2	82.6	55.8	3.0	7.2	3.8	220	143	51	37	8	2	19	10	+31
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28.6	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.2	8.0	3.9	2.1	0.7	9.4	23.3	40.5	2.1	6.7	31.9	7.6	8.6	88.3	52.8	1.7	6.3	3.9	288	200	56	27	15	5	27	27	+8
22	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	28.5	2018-19	NBA Finals	TOR	6	40.5	9.8	4.2	2.0	1.2	8.2	18.8	43.4	2.5	7.0	35.7	9.7	10.7	90.6	60.6	2.7	7.2	3.0	243	171	59	25	12	7	18	15	+15
23	LeBron James L. James	28.2	2013-14	NBA Finals	MIA	5	37.8	7.8	4.0	2.0	0.4	10.4	18.2	57.1	2.8	5.4	51.9	4.6	5.8	79.3	67.9	1.4	6.4	3.8	189	141	39	20	10	2	19	10	-47
24	Devin Booker D. Booker	28.2	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	6	40.2	3.5	4.0	0.8	0.3	10.8	23.8	45.5	1.8	6.8	26.8	4.7	5.3	87.5	53.8	1.0	2.5	3.2	241	169	21	24	5	2	19	23	+12
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	27.5	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	4	40.6	6.0	6.8	1.5	0.8	9.3	23.0	40.2	5.5	13.3	41.5	3.5	3.5	100.0	56.0	0.8	5.3	2.8	162	110	24	27	6	3	11	11	+47