most ppg in nba finals elimination games(5+ gp)

LeBron James has scored the most points per game in the NBA Finals when playing 5+ games, with 31.8 per game.

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most ppg by a player in NBA finals elimination games(5+ gp)

	NAME	PPG	GP	SERIES	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	LeBron James L. James	31.8	12	NBA Finals	44.1	10.4	8.4	1.7	1.3	11.9	24.5	48.6	2.3	6.6	35.4	5.6	8.2	68.4	56.5	1.9	8.5	3.8	529	381	125	101	20	15	45	27	+7
2	Jerry West J. West	30.7	12	NBA Finals	44.5	6.7	5.8			11.4	23.8	48.1				7.8	9.4	83.2	55.0				534	368	80	69				34
3	James Worthy J. Worthy	29.0	5	NBA Finals	43.2	7.8	4.4	1.4	1.0	12.4	20.4	60.8	0.4	0.8	50.0	3.8	6.0	63.3	62.9	3.2	4.6	3.0	216	145	39	22	7	5	15	14
4	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	28.4	5	NBA Finals	43.8	16.2	3.6			8.8	22.2	39.6				10.8	15.6	69.2	48.9				219	142	81	18				19
5	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	27.4	7	NBA Finals	39.4	4.1	5.0	1.3	0.6	10.4	21.1	49.3	3.0	6.6	45.7	3.6	3.7	96.2	60.2	1.4	2.7	2.6	276	192	29	35	9	4	18	19	+83
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	27.4	5	NBA Finals	46.6	25.2	3.0			11.6	19.0	61.1				4.2	13.0	32.3	55.4				233	137	126	15				17
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27.4	11	NBA Finals	43.6	14.0				10.3	25.0	41.1				6.8	8.5	79.8	47.6				480	301	154					33
8	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	24.2	5	NBA Finals	40.2	12.4	2.0			9.0	18.2	49.5				6.2	8.0	77.5	55.7				201	121	62	10				21
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	24.0	5	NBA Finals	43.3	7.8	2.8	2.4	0.0	7.4	21.4	34.6	1.6	6.0	26.7	7.6	9.0	84.4	47.3	2.4	5.4	3.8	217	120	39	14	12	0	19	13	-31
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	21.5	8	NBA Finals	39.9	7.0	3.5	0.4	1.4	8.6	17.4	49.6	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.1	69.4	53.6	2.0	5.0	3.0	319	172	56	28	3	11	18	31
11	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	21.0	5	NBA Finals	31.2	9.0				7.8	18.6	41.9				5.4	8.4	64.3	47.1				156	105	45					26
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20.2	6	NBA Finals	44.2	6.3	15.2	1.8	0.5	6.3	14.3	44.2	0.3	1.5	22.2	7.2	8.0	89.6	56.5	1.8	4.5	5.3	265	121	38	91	11	3	32	20
13	Sam Jones S. Jones	19.7	7	NBA Finals	27.6	5.1				8.9	17.0	52.1				2.0	2.6	77.8	54.4				193	138	36					21
14	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	19.3	6	NBA Finals						5.7						8.0	10.7	75.0						116						24
15	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	19.0	5	NBA Finals	41.2	5.8	4.8	1.0	1.0	6.0	17.2	34.9	0.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	7.8	89.7	46.0	3.0	2.8	3.0	206	95	29	24	5	5	15	17
16	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	18.6	5	NBA Finals	40.0	5.2	2.8	0.8	1.4	7.2	15.4	46.8				4.2	5.2	80.8	52.6	1.4	3.8	3.3	200	93	26	14	4	7	10	25
17	Bill Russell B. Russell	17.3	8	NBA Finals	46.3	26.4				5.6	13.1	42.9				6.0	8.0	75.0	51.8				370	138	211					30
18	Max Zaslofsky M. Zaslofsky	16.7	9	NBA Finals		2.9	1.6			6.1	14.0	43.7				4.4	6.0	74.1	50.1					150	20	14				19
19	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	15.6	5	NBA Finals	29.8	3.0	2.8			6.4	13.0	49.2				2.8	4.2	66.7	52.5				149	78	15	14				18
20	JR Smith	15.0	7	NBA Finals	34.3	3.1	1.4	1.0	0.6	5.0	11.0	45.5	3.7	7.3	51.0	1.3	2.0	64.3	63.1	0.1	3.0	0.6	240	105	22	10	7	4	4	24	+25
21	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	15.0	5	NBA Finals	29.0	7.4				5.2	12.8	40.6				4.6	5.6	82.1	49.1				145	75	37					25
22	Rudy LaRusso R. LaRusso	14.0	7	NBA Finals	32.7	6.7	1.3			5.3	11.0	48.1				3.4	4.3	80.0	54.3				229	98	47	9				30
23	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	13.4	5	NBA Finals	44.6	4.4	10.0			4.4	17.0	25.9				4.6	7.0	65.7	33.4				223	67	22	50				13
24	Connie Simmons C. Simmons	13.3	7	NBA Finals		6.7	1.3			5.0	12.6	39.8				3.3	5.7	57.5	44.0					93	47	9				30
25	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	13.2	6	NBA Finals	35.8	3.7	5.5	1.5	0.5	5.0	11.3	44.1	1.0	3.3	30.0	2.2	3.0	72.2	52.0	0.7	3.0	0.5	215	79	22	33	9	3	3	23

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PPG

26.7

Mitchell

RPG

7.8

Mobley

APG

6.5

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

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Wed 5/13	CLE	@	DET	8:00 PM
Fri 5/15	DET	@	CLE	7:00 PM
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Pistons

2 - 2

103

Final

112

Cavaliers

2 - 2

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29.2

Cunningham

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.2

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.5

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.2

Wembanyama

2.0

Allen

1.8

Holmgren

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.8

126.0

116.5

114.1

113.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.4

105.7

107.0

107.4

108.5

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

13.1

3.6

3.0

0.8

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

510.3

Cunningham

447.2

Wembanyama

443

Towns

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551.3

Cunningham

458

Towns

451.3

James

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44.1

Lanier

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

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44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

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2.30

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Richardson

2.00

Lanier

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2.33

Richardson

2.20

Sasser

2.00

Lanier

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54-38

50-37-1

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36-46

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0