best shooting percentage in a playoff game while scoring more than 35 points

Dirk Nowitzki and Terry Porter are tied for the highest field-goal percentage with more than 35 points in a playoff game, at 85.7 percent.

Interpreted as:
best shooting percentage by a player in a playoff game while scoring more than 35 points
NAME FG% PTS DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
85.7
36
4/18/2010
DAL DAL
vs
SAS SAS
40
7
1
0
1
12
14
0
0
12
12
100.0
93.4
2
5
1
0
+3
2 Terry Porter
T. Porter
85.7
41
5/19/1992
POR POR
vs
UTA UTA
38
6
7
3
0
12
14
4
5
80.0
13
14
92.9
101.7
3
3
1
1
3 Sam Jones
S. Jones
83.3
38
3/21/1967
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
33
4
4
15
18
8
8
100.0
88.3
3
4 Elton Brand
E. Brand
81.8
40
5/8/2006
LAC LAC
@
PHX PHX
42
9
3
0
4
18
22
0
0
4
6
66.7
81.2
5
4
1
2
-2
5 Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
81.0
37
4/26/1985
SAS SAS
vs
DEN DEN
44
8
4
0
1
17
21
0
0
3
4
75.0
81.3
1
7
1
4
6 Devin Booker
D. Booker
80.0
47
5/5/2023
PHX PHX
vs
DEN DEN
42
6
9
3
1
20
25
5
8
62.5
2
2
100.0
90.8
0
6
3
5
+7
7 Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
80.0
48
5/17/2011
DAL DAL
vs
OKC OKC
41
6
4
0
4
12
15
0
0
24
24
100.0
93.9
0
6
2
3
+12
8 Jermaine O'Neal
J. O'Neal
80.0
37
4/27/2006
IND IND
vs
NJN NJN
41
15
2
1
4
12
15
0
0
13
14
92.9
87.4
4
11
3
3
+26
9 Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
78.9
39
4/21/2025
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
39
3
5
2
1
15
19
4
7
57.1
5
5
100.0
92.0
0
3
1
1
+6
10 Jo Jo White
J. Jo White
78.9
38
4/15/1977
BOS BOS
@
SAS SAS
45
6
4
4
0
15
19
8
8
100.0
84.4
3
11 LaMarcus Aldridge
L. Aldridge
78.3
38
4/30/2016
SAS SAS
vs
OKC OKC
30
6
1
0
2
18
23
1
1
100.0
1
1
100.0
81.1
1
5
2
1
+30
12 Devin Booker
D. Booker
77.8
36
5/7/2023
PHX PHX
vs
DEN DEN
40
6
12
1
0
14
18
3
4
75.0
5
6
83.3
87.2
3
3
5
5
-1
13 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
77.8
36
5/29/2021
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
28
8
2
3
1
14
18
3
4
75.0
5
7
71.4
85.4
0
8
2
2
+29
14 Anthony Davis
A. Davis
77.8
43
8/29/2020
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
36
9
4
1
0
14
18
4
6
66.7
11
13
84.6
90.6
2
7
1
2
+15
15 Ed Macauley
E. Macauley
77.8
36
3/23/1952
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
48
3
14
18
8
8
100.0
83.6
3
16 George Gervin
G. Gervin
77.3
42
4/26/1983
SAS SAS
vs
DEN DEN
35
10
2
1
0
17
22
0
0
8
8
100.0
82.3
5
5
2
3
17 Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
76.5
36
5/28/2021
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
42
8
3
1
2
13
17
3
5
60.0
7
7
100.0
89.6
2
6
3
2
+6
18 Gary Brokaw
G. Brokaw
76.5
36
4/13/1976
MIL MIL
vs
DET DET
36
3
5
1
1
13
17
10
11
90.9
82.4
0
3
5
19 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
76.2
36
6/13/2004
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
47
20
2
0
1
16
21
0
0
4
11
36.4
69.7
3
17
2
4
-8
20 Chris Mullin
C. Mullin
76.2
41
5/8/1991
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
47
4
5
2
1
16
21
4
4
100.0
5
6
83.3
86.7
1
3
1
5
21 Bernard King
B. King
76.2
40
4/20/1983
NYK NYK
@
NJN NJN
35
3
3
0
0
16
21
0
0
8
9
88.9
80.1
1
2
0
1
22 Paul George
P. George
75.0
41
6/28/2021
LAC LAC
@
PHX PHX
41
13
6
3
0
15
20
3
6
50.0
8
8
100.0
87.2
0
13
6
2
+14
23 Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
75.0
38
5/24/2021
DEN DEN
vs
POR POR
31
8
5
1
0
15
20
2
4
50.0
6
6
100.0
83.9
3
5
4
5
+12
24 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
75.0
38
4/29/2013
OKC OKC
@
HOU HOU
42
8
6
1
0
12
16
1
2
50.0
13
15
86.7
84.1
1
7
7
5
-3
25 Dwight Howard
D. Howard
75.0
36
4/24/2009
ORL ORL
@
PHI PHI
45
11
0
0
3
12
16
0
0
12
14
85.7
81.2
6
5
4
4
+1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal percentage going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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Rockets Rockets
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@
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@
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115-112
Fri
3/28
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Wed
5/21
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@
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8:00 PM
Thu
5/22
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5/23
IND IND
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IND IND
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