highest ppg by a player in a season in the playoffs vs dwight howard

LeBron James has the most points per game in a single NBA playoff run versus Dwight Howard, with 38.5 per game in the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals.

	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	LeBron James L. James	38.5	2008-09	CLE	6	44.3	8.3	8.0	1.2	1.2	12.5	25.7	48.7	1.8	6.2	29.7	11.7	15.7	74.5	59.1	1.7	6.7	4.2	266	231	50	48	7	7	25	19	-7
2	James Harden J. Harden	33.0	2019-20	HOU	2	38.1	4.0	5.0	1.5	1.0	12.0	20.0	60.0	2.5	7.0	35.7	6.5	8.0	81.3	70.2	2.0	2.0	5.5	76	66	8	10	3	2	11	7	-29
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32.4	2008-09	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
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31.2	2014-15	GSW	5	36.8	4.6	5.6	2.0	0.2	10.4	20.2	51.5	5.4	11.0	49.1	5.0	6.2	80.6	68.0	1.0	3.6	2.8	184	156	23	28	10	1	14	13	+15
5	Bradley Beal B. Beal	30.0	2020-21	WAS	5	39.1	6.2	4.2	0.8	0.6	11.2	24.6	45.5	1.4	6.4	21.9	6.2	7.2	86.1	54.0	1.2	5.0	4.0	195	150	31	21	4	3	20	6	-61
6	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	29.8	2013-14	POR	6	41.1	11.2	2.0	0.7	2.7	11.3	23.7	47.9	0.3	0.5	66.7	6.8	8.3	82.0	54.6	3.3	7.8	1.2	247	179	67	12	4	16	7	22	+22
7	John Wall J. Wall	29.5	2016-17	WAS	6	38.7	4.0	10.3	1.7	0.7	10.5	20.0	52.5	1.5	3.2	47.4	7.0	8.3	84.0	62.3	0.2	3.8	4.5	232	177	24	62	10	4	27	12	+3
8	Trae Young T. Young	29.0	2020-21	ATL	7	39.6	2.6	10.9	1.7	0.0	8.9	22.6	39.2	2.9	8.9	32.3	8.4	9.9	85.5	53.9	0.4	2.1	3.6	277	203	18	76	12	0	25	23	-17
9	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	26.9	2014-15	LAC	7	38.5	12.3	4.9	0.6	0.6	10.9	19.6	55.5	0.1	0.6	25.0	5.0	7.4	67.3	58.8	2.7	9.6	3.7	269	188	86	34	4	4	26	25	+26
10	Jimmy Butler J. Butler	26.2	2019-20	MIA	6	43.0	8.3	9.8	2.2	0.8	8.8	16.0	55.2	0.7	2.2	30.8	7.8	8.8	88.7	65.8	2.5	5.8	3.0	258	157	50	59	13	5	18	8	-21
11	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	26.0	2014-15	DAL	5	39.4	3.2	5.2	2.0	0.6	10.4	22.2	46.8	2.2	6.0	36.7	3.0	4.0	75.0	54.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	197	130	16	26	10	3	16	18	-3
12	Bradley Beal B. Beal	25.8	2016-17	WAS	6	38.5	3.7	2.2	2.3	0.8	10.0	21.7	46.2	2.3	8.8	26.4	3.5	4.7	75.0	54.5	1.0	2.7	2.0	231	155	22	13	14	5	12	18	+46
13	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.5	2013-14	POR	6	44.7	6.3	6.7	1.3	0.2	7.3	15.7	46.8	3.8	7.8	48.9	7.0	8.0	87.5	66.5	1.3	5.0	2.3	268	153	38	40	8	1	14	20	+22
14	Jamal Murray J. Murray	25.0	2019-20	DEN	5	41.0	4.4	7.4	1.0	0.6	8.8	17.0	51.8	1.8	5.8	31.0	5.6	6.4	87.5	63.1	1.0	3.4	4.2	205	125	22	37	5	3	21	10	-15
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	24.3	2009-10	BOS	6	41.6	8.3	3.8	1.5	0.5	7.2	14.0	51.2	2.2	4.8	44.8	7.8	9.3	83.9	67.2	1.0	7.3	3.0	250	146	50	23	9	3	18	22	+24
16	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	24.3	2019-20	POR	4	35.6	3.5	4.3	0.5	0.3	6.5	16.0	40.6	3.3	8.3	39.4	8.0	8.3	97.0	61.8	0.3	3.3	3.5	143	97	14	17	2	1	14	4	-43
17	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	24.0	2007-08	TOR	5	39.8	9.0	3.6	1.6	0.4	8.4	17.8	47.2	0.2	1.4	14.3	7.0	8.4	83.3	55.8	4.0	5.0	2.6	199	120	45	18	8	2	13	19	-39
18	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	23.6	2007-08	DET	5	40.3	4.6	2.8	2.2	0.2	8.0	19.2	41.7	0.4	1.4	28.6	7.2	7.8	92.3	52.1	0.8	3.8	2.0	202	118	23	14	11	1	10	12	+13
19	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	23.4	2015-16	GSW	5	33.9	4.2	3.4	1.4	0.0	7.4	16.6	44.6	3.8	8.6	44.2	4.8	5.6	85.7	61.4	0.8	3.4	2.0	170	117	21	17	7	0	10	10	+83
20	CJ McCollum	23.2	2019-20	POR	5	39.2	5.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	8.8	19.8	44.4	2.6	7.0	37.1	3.0	4.4	68.2	53.4	1.0	4.8	3.0	196	116	29	16	6	2	15	10	-57
21	Tony Parker T. Parker	22.3	2012-13	SAS	4	31.8	3.3	6.5	1.3	0.3	8.8	17.8	49.3	0.3	1.3	20.0	4.5	5.5	81.8	55.2	0.8	2.5	1.8	127	89	13	26	5	1	7	1	+48
22	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	22.3	2006-07	DET	4	41.3	4.0	7.0	1.3	0.3	6.5	12.5	52.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	7.3	8.5	85.3	68.5	0.3	3.8	2.8	165	89	16	28	5	1	11	11	+50
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	21.8	2019-20	DEN	5	33.4	7.2	5.0	2.0	0.4	8.2	15.4	53.2	1.0	2.8	35.7	4.4	5.2	84.6	61.6	2.6	4.6	2.6	167	109	36	25	10	2	13	23	-17
24	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	21.8	2008-09	PHI	5	44.8	7.0	6.8	1.6	0.0	7.4	16.4	45.1	1.4	4.4	31.8	5.6	8.4	66.7	54.2	1.2	5.8	4.2	224	109	35	34	8	0	21	8	-17
25	Chris Paul C. Paul	21.2	2014-15	LAC	5	34.0	4.2	10.0	1.6	0.0	7.4	15.2	48.7	2.4	6.0	40.0	4.0	4.4	90.9	61.9	1.0	3.2	2.0	170	106	21	50	8	0	10	15	+19