Who has the most points in an NBA playoff game?

Michael Jordan scores 63 points against the Celtics in Game 2 of the first round, breaking Elgin Baylor's record for most points in a playoff game.

NAME DATE TM OPP PTS MIN REB AST STL BLK 3PM FG% FT% TOV FGM FGA 3PA 3P% FTM FTA PF
1 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
4/20/1986
CHI CHI
@ BOS @ BOS
63
53
5
6
3
2
0
53.7
90.5
4
22
41
0
19
21
4
2 Elgin Baylor
Elgin Baylor
4/14/1962
LAL LAL
@ BOS @ BOS
61
48
22
1
47.8
89.5
22
46
17
19
3
3 Charles Barkley
Charles Barkley
5/4/1994
PHX PHX
@ GSW @ GSW
56
41
14
4
3
1
3
74.2
77.8
2
23
31
4
75.0
7
9
2
4 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
4/29/1992
CHI CHI
@ MIA @ MIA
56
43
5
5
4
2
0
66.7
88.9
2
20
30
0
16
18
3
5 Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain
3/22/1962
PHI PHI
vs. SYR vs. SYR
56
48
35
1
45.8
54.5
22
48
12
22
2
6 Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson
4/20/2003
PHI PHI
vs. NOH vs. NOH
55
47
4
8
2
0
3
65.6
90.9
4
21
32
5
60.0
10
11
2
7 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
4/27/1997
CHI CHI
vs. WAS vs. WAS
55
44
7
2
2
0
1
62.9
100.0
2
22
35
2
50.0
10
10
3
8 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
6/16/1993
CHI CHI
vs. PHX vs. PHX
55
46
8
4
0
0
0
56.8
72.2
1
21
37
1
0.0
13
18
3
9 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
5/1/1988
CHI CHI
vs. CLE vs. CLE
55
44
6
3
4
1
0
53.3
100.0
1
24
45
0
7
7
4
10 Rick Barry
Rick Barry
4/18/1967
SFW SFW
vs. PHI vs. PHI
55
46
12
5
45.8
57.9
22
48
11
19
4
11 Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson
5/9/2001
PHI PHI
vs. TOR vs. TOR
54
47
5
4
1
0
3
53.8
100.0
4
21
39
5
60.0
9
9
3
12 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
5/31/1993
CHI CHI
vs. NYK vs. NYK
54
39
6
2
2
1
6
60.0
85.7
2
18
30
9
66.7
12
14
5
13 John Havlicek
John Havlicek
4/1/1973
BOS BOS
vs. ATL vs. ATL
54
48
9
6
66.7
100.0
24
36
6
6
2
14 Isaiah Thomas
Isaiah Thomas
5/2/2017
BOS BOS
vs. WAS vs. WAS
53
45
4
4
3
0
5
54.5
92.3
2
18
33
12
41.7
12
13
2
15 Jerry West
Jerry West
4/23/1969
LAL LAL
vs. BOS vs. BOS
53
46
3
10
51.2
84.6
21
41
11
13
3
16 Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain
3/14/1960
PHI PHI
vs. SYR vs. SYR
53
47
22
2
57.1
31.3
24
42
5
16
0
17 Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson
5/16/2001
PHI PHI
vs. TOR vs. TOR
52
43
2
7
4
0
8
65.6
100.0
1
21
32
14
57.1
2
2
3
18 Jerry West
Jerry West
4/5/1965
LAL LAL
vs. BAL vs. BAL
52
5
9
42.1
95.2
16
38
20
21
4
19 LeBron James
LeBron James
5/31/2018
CLE CLE
@ GSW @ GSW
51
48
8
8
1
1
3
59.4
90.9
5
19
32
7
42.9
10
11
2
20 Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook
4/19/2017
OKC OKC
@ HOU @ HOU
51
41
10
13
4
1
2
39.5
83.3
4
17
43
11
18.2
15
18
3
21 Ray Allen
Ray Allen
4/30/2009
BOS BOS
@ CHI @ CHI
51
59
5
3
3
0
9
56.3
85.7
3
18
32
18
50.0
6
7
1
22 Sleepy Floyd
Sleepy Floyd
5/10/1987
GSW GSW
vs. LAL vs. LAL
51
44
3
10
4
0
2
69.2
92.9
2
18
26
3
66.7
13
14
2
23 Sam Jones
Sam Jones
3/28/1967
BOS BOS
@ NYK @ NYK
51
43
4
1
63.3
76.5
19
30
13
17
3
24 Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki
6/1/2006
DAL DAL
vs. PHX vs. PHX
50
43
12
3
1
0
5
53.8
94.4
1
14
26
6
83.3
17
18
2
25 Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant
5/4/2006
LAL LAL
vs. PHX vs. PHX
50
52
8
5
3
0
5
57.1
83.3
7
20
35
8
62.5
5
6
4

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68
14
.829
2
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52
30
.634
16.0
3
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50
32
.610
18.0
4
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50
32
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50
32
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49
33
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64
18
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2
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61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
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50
32
.610
14.0
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Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
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44
38
.537
20.0