Donovan Mitchell put up the most points in a 2020 playoff game, with 57 points against the Nuggets on August 17, 2020.

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2020 NBA playoffs most points by a player in a game

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	43	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	73.6	2	7	5	2	-11
2	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	51	8/23/2020	UTA	vs	DEN	38	4	7	0	0	15	27	55.6	4	7	57.1	17	18	94.4	73.0	1	3	4	2	+5
3	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	8/30/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	5	6	0	0	17	24	70.8	9	12	75.0	7	9	77.8	89.4	1	4	5	5	+12
4	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	8/23/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	11	7	0	1	18	31	58.1	9	15	60.0	5	5	100.0	75.3	4	7	0	2	+5
5	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	44	8/30/2020	UTA	vs	DEN	40	6	5	3	0	14	25	56.0	9	13	69.2	7	7	100.0	78.3	2	4	4	1	+2
6	Anthony Davis A. Davis	43	8/29/2020	LAL	vs	POR	36	9	4	1	0	14	18	77.8	4	6	66.7	11	13	84.6	90.6	2	7	1	2	+15
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	43	8/23/2020	DAL	vs	LAC	46	17	13	2	1	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	3	5	60.0	64.8	1	16	7	1	+11
8	Jamal Murray J. Murray	42	8/25/2020	DEN	vs	UTA	41	8	8	1	0	17	26	65.4	4	8	50.0	4	4	100.0	75.6	3	5	0	3	+20
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	42	8/17/2020	DAL	@	LAC	38	7	9	3	0	13	21	61.9	2	6	33.3	14	15	93.3	76.1	0	7	11	4	-14
10	LeBron James L. James	40	10/9/2020	LAL	vs	MIA	42	13	7	3	0	15	21	71.4	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	84.6	3	10	4	1	+7
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	40	10/4/2020	MIA	vs	LAL	45	11	13	2	2	14	20	70.0	0	0		12	14	85.7	76.5	1	10	5	0	+20
12	Jamal Murray J. Murray	40	9/15/2020	DEN	@	LAC	45	4	5	1	0	15	26	57.7	6	13	46.2	4	4	100.0	72.0	0	4	5	1	+15
13	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	40	8/31/2020	MIA	@	MIL	36	4	2	2	1	13	20	65.0	2	2	100.0	12	13	92.3	77.8	2	2	3	1	+7
14	LeBron James L. James	38	9/26/2020	LAL	vs	DEN	40	16	10	1	0	15	25	60.0	1	4	25.0	7	8	87.5	66.6	3	13	2	2	+12
15	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	38	8/30/2020	DAL	vs	LAC	42	9	9	1	0	15	28	53.6	4	9	44.4	4	8	50.0	60.3	0	9	5	4	-9
16	James Harden J. Harden	38	8/22/2020	HOU	@	OKC	38	7	8	1	0	12	27	44.4	3	13	23.1	11	15	73.3	56.5	0	7	1	6	+6
17	LeBron James L. James	38	8/22/2020	LAL	@	POR	34	12	8	2	0	11	18	61.1	4	8	50.0	12	17	70.6	74.6	1	11	8	3	+2
18	Tyler Herro T. Herro	37	9/23/2020	MIA	vs	BOS	36	6	3	0	0	14	21	66.7	5	10	50.0	4	4	100.0	81.3	0	6	1	1	-4
19	Anthony Davis A. Davis	37	9/18/2020	LAL	vs	DEN	33	10	4	0	0	12	21	57.1	1	3	33.3	12	15	80.0	67.0	3	7	3	3	+15
20	James Harden J. Harden	37	8/18/2020	HOU	vs	OKC	34	11	3	0	0	12	22	54.5	6	13	46.2	7	8	87.5	72.5	2	9	3	4	+10
21	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	36	9/11/2020	LAC	vs	DEN	39	9	4	3	0	12	24	50.0	5	12	41.7	7	7	100.0	66.5	2	7	3	2	-12
22	LeBron James L. James	36	9/8/2020	LAL	@	HOU	38	7	5	1	4	13	23	56.5	4	9	44.4	6	10	60.0	65.7	0	7	2	1	+8
23	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	36	9/6/2020	MIL	@	MIA	48	8	8	2	0	12	28	42.9	3	7	42.9	9	9	100.0	56.3	2	6	4	4	+2
24	James Harden J. Harden	36	9/4/2020	HOU	@	LAL	34	2	5	2	1	12	20	60.0	3	6	50.0	9	12	75.0	71.2	0	2	5	2	0
25	LeBron James L. James	36	8/29/2020	LAL	vs	POR	34	10	10	1	1	14	19	73.7	4	7	57.1	4	4	100.0	86.7	0	10	5	1	+20