fewest minutes to score 20 points in a game in the nba playoff

Bennedict Mathurin has played the fewest minutes with 20+ points in a playoff game, with 12 minutes on the court in Game 4 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals versus the Knicks.

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fewest minutes by a player to score 20 or more points in a game in the NBA playoff

	NAME	MIN	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	12	20	5/27/2025	IND	vs	NYK	2	2	0	0	5	8	62.5	0	2	0.0	10	11	90.9	77.9	0	2	0	1	-2
2	Leon Powe L. Powe	15	21	6/8/2008	BOS	vs	LAL	2	0	0	0	6	7	85.7	0	0		9	13	69.2	82.5	1	1	0	4	+6
3	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson R. Hollis-Jefferson	15	21	4/23/2019	BKN	@	PHI	2	1	0	2	9	13	69.2	1	1	100.0	2	2	100.0	75.6	0	2	1	4	+6
4	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	16	21	4/26/2005	MIA	vs	NJN	9	0	0	1	6	8	75.0	0	0		9	12	75.0	79.1	4	5	3	6	+7
5	Junior Bridgeman J. Bridgeman	16	22	4/23/1978	MIL	vs	DEN	2	2	2	1	11	14	78.6				0	0		78.6	0	2	0	5
6	J.J. Barea	16	21	5/17/2011	DAL	vs	OKC	3	1	0	0	8	12	66.7	2	3	66.7	3	3	100.0	78.8	1	2	2	0	-2
7	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	17	24	5/6/2012	BOS	vs	ATL	4	0	0	2	10	13	76.9	4	6	66.7	0	1	0.0	89.3	0	4	2	2	+33
8	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	17	26	5/7/2010	PHX	@	SAS	3	2	1	1	10	13	76.9	5	5	100.0	1	3	33.3	90.8	1	2	0	0	+10
9	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	18	21	5/20/2017	SAS	vs	GSW	1	2	1	0	7	9	77.8	2	3	66.7	5	8	62.5	83.9	0	1	0	3	-6
10	Mo Williams M. Williams	18	20	4/29/2006	MIL	vs	DET	0	2	0	0	9	10	90.0	2	3	66.7	0	0		100.0	0	0	0	4	-3
11	Sarunas Marciulionis S. Marciulionis	18	20	5/12/1991	GSW	vs	LAL	1	1	1	0	7	10	70.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	79.1	1	0	0	6
12	Dan Issel D. Issel	18	21	4/27/1983	DEN	@	SAS	2	2	1	2	9	16	56.3	0	0		3	4	75.0	59.1	0	2	1	0
13	World B. Free W. B. Free	18	22	4/22/1977	PHI	@	BOS	2	1			9	13	69.2				4	7	57.1	68.4				4
14	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	18	21	5/26/2010	BOS	@	ORL	2	0	1	2	7	9	77.8	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	97.6	0	2	1	6	-18
15	Marreese Speights M. Speights	18	22	4/21/2016	GSW	@	HOU	4	0	0	1	7	11	63.6	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	80.6	0	4	1	2	+17
16	Ray Allen R. Allen	19	21	5/8/2013	MIA	vs	CHI	3	1	1	1	5	7	71.4	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	92.1	1	2	0	2	+24
17	Bonzi Wells B. Wells	19	20	6/2/2000	POR	vs	LAL	4	2	0	0	8	13	61.5	0	0		4	4	100.0	67.8	3	1	0	4	+1
18	Scott Williams S. Williams	19	21	4/29/1994	CHI	vs	CLE	4	0	0	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		5	6	83.3	63.1	2	2	0	3
19	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	19	25	4/8/1980	PHX	@	LAL	4	2	3	0	9	17	52.9	5	10	50.0	2	2	100.0	69.9	0	4	2	2
20	Don Nelson D. Nelson	19	21	4/15/1973	BOS	vs	NYK	5	2			8	12	66.7				5	5	100.0	73.9				2
21	Bill Bradley B. Bradley	19	21	4/21/1972	NYK	vs	BOS	3	3			9	11	81.8				3	3	100.0	85.2				5
22	Bailey Howell B. Howell	19	22	4/2/1967	BOS	vs	PHI	5	0			11	15	73.3				0	1	0.0	71.2				5
23	Larry Siegfried L. Siegfried	19	20	4/19/1966	BOS	vs	LAL	4	2			8	13	61.5				4	4	100.0	67.8				3
24	Al Bianchi A. Bianchi	19	20	4/10/1966	PHI	@	BOS	3	1			7	13	53.8				6	8	75.0	60.5				5
25	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	19	20	4/7/1959	BOS	@	MIN	1				7	8	87.5				6	6	100.0	94.0				4