Between the 1979-80 and 2012-13 seasons, Michael Jordan scored the most points per game in the playoffs, with 33.4 per game.

Interpreted as:

most playoff ppg by a player 1979-80 to 2012-13

	NAME	PPG	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	33.4	179	41.8	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	376	158	546	541	+294
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	29.7	71	45.1	3.8	6.0	2.1	0.2	10.6	26.5	40.1	1.7	5.3	32.7	6.7	8.8	76.4	48.9	0.8	3.0	3.1	3,203	2,111	273	425	147	14	221	157	-138
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.6	54	42.1	8.0	3.8	1.1	1.2	9.4	20.3	46.3	2.0	6.0	34.0	7.8	9.2	84.8	58.8	0.9	7.1	3.1	2,275	1,546	432	205	62	63	170	146	+135
4	LeBron James L. James	28.1	138	43.1	8.6	6.7	1.7	0.9	9.6	20.4	47.2	1.4	4.4	32.2	7.4	9.9	74.9	56.7	1.6	7.0	3.5	5,954	3,871	1,191	924	236	127	482	316	+614
5	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	26.7	6	36.5	2.8	4.2	1.7	0.3	11.0	20.2	54.5	0.5	1.3	37.5	4.2	5.2	80.6	59.4	0.8	2.0	4.3	219	160	17	25	10	2	26	24
6	Alex English A. English	26.1	59	37.6	5.6	4.7	0.7	0.4	10.5	21.2	49.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.1	5.8	87.0	54.9	2.5	3.0	2.2	2,219	1,540	329	280	41	25	130	168
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25.9	128	41.3	10.3	2.6	1.1	0.9	8.5	18.4	46.3	1.1	2.9	38.0	7.9	8.8	89.3	58.4	1.6	8.7	2.3	5,281	3,321	1,314	329	139	118	296	362	+134
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25.9	145	39.6	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	3,755	1,621	458	245	472	424	562	-29
9	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	25.7	66	39.1	7.3	2.8	1.3	0.3	8.9	21.4	41.7	1.1	3.5	32.0	6.7	8.1	82.6	51.3	2.2	5.0	2.9	2,579	1,693	479	183	83	22	192	249	-115
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25.6	220	39.3	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	9.2	20.5	44.8	1.3	4.0	33.1	6.0	7.4	81.6	54.1	1.0	4.0	2.9	8,641	5,640	1,119	1,040	310	144	647	660	+555
11	George Gervin G. Gervin	25.5	37	37.8	5.8	3.5	0.9	0.5	9.9	20.1	49.3	0.0	0.4	0.0	5.6	6.7	83.9	55.2	1.6	4.1	3.5	1,400	943	214	129	35	19	128	124
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	25.4	56	38.8	6.7	2.6	1.3	0.6	9.2	21.4	42.9	0.5	1.7	28.1	6.5	7.9	82.4	51.0	2.8	3.9	2.7	2,172	1,423	375	143	73	35	153	123	-6
13	Derrick Rose D. Rose	25.1	29	41.8	4.8	7.3	1.1	0.6	9.4	22.2	42.5	1.0	4.0	25.6	5.2	6.3	82.5	50.3	1.3	3.4	3.9	1,211	729	139	213	31	17	112	67	+2
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	24.7	193	41.0	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	8.1	2.8	7,907	4,761	2,062	610	258	135	550	662	+123
15	Bernard King B. King	24.4	26	32.8	4.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	9.5	16.9	56.5	0.0	0.2	25.0	5.3	6.9	77.1	61.3	1.5	2.7	2.2	853	635	110	58	20	6	56	84
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	24.3	216	37.5	11.6	2.7	0.5	2.1	9.4	16.8	56.3	0.0	0.0		5.4	10.7	50.4	56.5	4.0	7.6	3.0	8,098	5,250	2,508	582	117	459	649	769	+638
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	23.8	164	42.0	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	5.5	6.2	89.0	55.1	2.2	8.1	3.1	6,886	3,897	1,683	1,062	296	145	506	466
18	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	23.7	132	39.5	5.5	5.2	1.7	1.1	8.6	18.0	47.6	0.6	1.8	32.1	6.0	7.7	77.6	55.4	1.5	4.0	3.6	5,214	3,125	721	691	220	148	470	371	+433
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	23.4	12	41.4	3.8	8.1	1.7	0.2	8.5	19.6	43.4	3.5	8.8	39.6	2.9	3.2	92.1	55.8	0.4	3.4	3.3	497	281	46	97	20	2	40	35	+52
20	Gus Williams G. Williams	23.3	39	39.3	3.2	6.8	1.9	0.4	9.5	19.6	48.6	0.2	1.0	23.1	4.0	5.3	75.5	53.1	1.4	1.7	2.7	1,533	910	123	267	76	16	105	79
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	23.0	45	37.4	5.5	6.1	1.6	0.3	8.3	19.6	42.2	0.9	3.0	29.1	5.6	6.8	83.3	51.0	1.5	4.0	3.2	1,685	1,037	249	275	71	15	145	123	+139
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23.0	123	39.4	12.9	3.9	1.6	0.9	8.2	16.0	51.3	0.5	2.0	25.5	6.1	8.5	71.7	58.4	4.1	8.7	2.9	4,849	2,833	1,582	482	193	108	353	408	+1
23	Campy Russell C. Russell	23.0	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
24	Moses Malone M. Malone	22.5	80	40.0	13.1	1.6	0.9	1.5	8.1	17.0	47.8	0.0	0.1	14.3	6.3	8.1	77.3	54.7	5.0	8.1	2.6	3,200	1,803	1,051	127	70	122	207	197
25	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	22.3	7	37.6	7.4	1.4	0.9	3.0	8.3	17.6	47.2	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.6	6.3	88.6	54.8	4.1	3.3	2.3	263	156	52	10	6	21	16	20	+35