NBA Players with the Highest Scoring Averages in Playoffs in Their 20th Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 20th NBA season, ranked by playoff points per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.
Which NBA player averaged the most points in the Playoffs in his 20th year?
Playing for the 2023 Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James averaged 24.5 points in 16 games — the highest playoff scoring average by any NBA player in his 20th season.
Points Per Game, 20th Season
24.5 ppg
LeBron James
(2023 Los Angeles Lakers)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list
Points Per Game in a Player's 20th Season - Full List
Playoffs
| Points | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2023 Lakers) |
24.5 | 392 | 16 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | (1989 Lakers) |
11.1 | 167 | 15 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 3 | (2023 Heat) |
0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |