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You can take an average of their scoring prowess since then.

Since SGA and Luka are clearly lacking longevity compared to KD, Steph, Harden, Lebron use their average year as their scoring dominance.

Career playoff PPG and TS% per 100:

LeBron: 36.7 PPG on 59.0 TS%
Durant: 36.8 PPG on 59.9 TS%
Jokic: 36.5 PPG on 61.2 TS%
Giannis: 37.0 PPG on 58.0 TS%
Harden: 31.5 PPG on 58.6 TS%
Luka: 40.5 PPG on 57.3 TS%
SGA: 34.0 PPG on 57.7 TS%
Curry: 35.6 PPG on 60.8 TS%

I voted for Curry and Jokic. I’m not really sure who’s 3rd.

Since mathematics is not an opinion we can just look at the numbers:

Regular season PPG:
Luka 28.7
Durant 27.2
LeBron 27.0
Curry 24.8
SGA 24.7
Harden 24.1
Giannis 24.0
Jokic 21.9


Playoff PPG:
Luka 30.9
Durant 29.3
LeBron 28.4
Jokic 27.5
Giannis 27.0
Curry 26.8
SGA 25.8
Harden 22.5


The top 3 are clearly Luka, Durant and Lebron.

Curry, Joker, and Durant

Scoring only? KD, Steph, Luka

hagredionis wrote:Since mathematics is not an opinion we can just look at the numbers:

Regular season PPG:
Luka 28.7
Durant 27.2
LeBron 27.0
Curry 24.8
SGA 24.7
Harden 24.1
Giannis 24.0
Jokic 21.9


Playoff PPG:
Luka 30.9
Durant 29.3
LeBron 28.4
Jokic 27.5
Giannis 27.0
Curry 26.8
SGA 25.8
Harden 22.5


The top 3 are clearly Luka, Durant and Lebron.

That's definitely raw volume, though one may also wish to consider efficiency.

tsherkin wrote:

hagredionis wrote:Since mathematics is not an opinion we can just look at the numbers:

Regular season PPG:
Luka 28.7
Durant 27.2
LeBron 27.0
Curry 24.8
SGA 24.7
Harden 24.1
Giannis 24.0
Jokic 21.9


Playoff PPG:
Luka 30.9
Durant 29.3
LeBron 28.4
Jokic 27.5
Giannis 27.0
Curry 26.8
SGA 25.8
Harden 22.5


The top 3 are clearly Luka, Durant and Lebron.

That's definitely raw volume, though one may also wish to consider efficiency.

You will notice that when trying to defend Luka, one does not wish to consider efficiency.

tsherkin wrote:

hagredionis wrote:Since mathematics is not an opinion we can just look at the numbers:

Regular season PPG:
Luka 28.7
Durant 27.2
LeBron 27.0
Curry 24.8
SGA 24.7
Harden 24.1
Giannis 24.0
Jokic 21.9


Playoff PPG:
Luka 30.9
Durant 29.3
LeBron 28.4
Jokic 27.5
Giannis 27.0
Curry 26.8
SGA 25.8
Harden 22.5


The top 3 are clearly Luka, Durant and Lebron.

That's definitely raw volume, though one may also wish to consider efficiency.

and the obvious numbers inflation since the rule changes of 2018.

MoneyTalks41890 wrote:
You will notice that when trying to defend Luka, one does not wish to consider efficiency.

Yeah... sure

Whopper_Sr wrote:Career playoff PPG and TS% per 100:

LeBron: 36.7 PPG on 59.0 TS%
Durant: 36.8 PPG on 59.9 TS%
Jokic: 36.5 PPG on 61.2 TS%
Giannis: 37.0 PPG on 58.0 TS%
Harden: 31.5 PPG on 58.6 TS%
Luka: 40.5 PPG on 57.3 TS%
SGA: 34.0 PPG on 57.7 TS%
Curry: 35.6 PPG on 60.8 TS%

I'll take the extra points thanks.

Curry, Lebron, Jokic

Curry, LeBron, Durant

Genuinely bizarre to see Jokic votes. He didn’t even average 20 a game until the 2020-21 season! We are talking about a guy who only produced high level scoring for 5 of the 11 years in question. Also, go look up league average ORTG, league leaders in scoring, and league average TS from 2014-19. I respect the scorers from that period of time a helllll of a lot more than I do the numbers of 2021-2025. It’s not even close, at all, really. 30 a game on good efficiency in 2016 was a historic achievement, in 2025 it’s nothing special.

I’d have KD and even James Harden over Jokic.

the newer generation will always have an advantage using raw ppg and raw TS%. need to use league adjusted values for fair comparisons

hagredionis wrote:Since mathematics is not an opinion we can just look at the numbers:

Regular season PPG:
Luka 28.7
Durant 27.2
LeBron 27.0
Curry 24.8
SGA 24.7
Harden 24.1
Giannis 24.0
Jokic 21.9


Playoff PPG:
Luka 30.9
Durant 29.3
LeBron 28.4
Jokic 27.5
Giannis 27.0
Curry 26.8
SGA 25.8
Harden 22.5


The top 3 are clearly Luka, Durant and Lebron.

This is a bad way to measure it, as some of these players played playoff games in their rookie seasons (Shai) & some guys have inflated stats due to just playing 5 games in a 1st round exit against easier opposition, versus a finals run where you play for longer and against much tougher opposition.

I can't be bothered to make it, but one has to use all of these players best long playoffs runs & the opposition they faced, to better measure how they stack up against each other.

For example, Shai is averaging 30.05 pts per game on 57.6 ts % in 33 games over the last two playoffs, while Luka is averaging 29.55 pts on 56.5 ts % over the last two playoffs in 27 games.

Calvin Klein wrote:and the obvious numbers inflation since the rule changes of 2018.

Certainly the increased pace and spacing make a big difference, and more the tactical change in seeing more helio guys. You can look at relative efficiency so we stay in a context appropriate to that consideration.

I would probably go Durant and LeBron.

Curry is harder to place because his size has made him easier to limit in physical playoff games, but he also has a nuclear button that no one else comes close to.