highest field goal attempt for a single game in a nba game as 9th season in the playoffs

Michael Jordan had the most attempted shots by a player in a playoff game in his 9th playoff, with 43 attempts in Game 3 of the 1993 NBA Finals against the Suns.

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highest field goal attempt by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 9th season in the playoffs
NAME FGA DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
43
6/13/1993
CHI CHI
vs
PHX PHX
57
44
9
6
2
1
19
44.2
3
9
33.3
3
6
50.0
48.2
3
6
3
5
2 Jerry West
J. West
41
4/23/1969
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
46
53
3
10
21
51.2
11
13
84.6
56.7
3
3 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
38
4/30/2023
GSW GSW
@
SAC SAC
38
50
8
6
1
0
20
52.6
7
18
38.9
3
5
60.0
62.2
1
7
1
2
+25
4 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
37
6/16/1993
CHI CHI
vs
PHX PHX
46
55
8
4
0
0
21
56.8
0
1
0.0
13
18
72.2
61.2
1
7
1
3
5 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
36
6/11/1993
CHI CHI
@
PHX PHX
40
42
12
9
2
0
18
50.0
2
2
100.0
4
5
80.0
55.0
5
7
5
2
6 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
36
4/1/1973
BOS BOS
vs
ATL ATL
48
54
9
6
24
66.7
6
6
100.0
69.9
2
7 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
35
5/4/2006
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
52
50
8
5
3
0
20
57.1
5
8
62.5
5
6
83.3
66.4
1
7
7
4
-6
8 Hal Greer
H. Greer
35
4/20/1967
PHI PHI
@
SFW SFW
46
38
9
4
15
42.9
8
9
88.9
48.8
3
9 Hal Greer
H. Greer
35
3/31/1967
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
39
3
6
17
48.6
5
5
100.0
52.4
1
10 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
33
5/21/1994
HOU HOU
vs
PHX PHX
44
37
17
5
0
3
18
54.5
0
0
1
1
100.0
55.3
1
16
3
4
11 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
33
3/26/1967
LAL LAL
@
SFW SFW
37
18
4
16
48.5
5
6
83.3
51.9
3
12 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
32
5/25/1993
CHI CHI
@
NYK NYK
39
36
9
1
2
0
12
37.5
1
7
14.3
11
13
84.6
47.7
3
6
3
3
13 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
31
5/4/2019
GSW GSW
@
HOU HOU
50
46
3
6
0
0
14
45.2
6
10
60.0
12
12
100.0
63.4
0
3
0
1
-6
14 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
31
4/23/2019
OKC OKC
@
POR POR
45
29
12
14
4
2
11
35.5
4
11
36.4
3
3
100.0
44.9
2
10
5
5
-4
15 Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
31
5/9/2012
NYK NYK
@
MIA MIA
42
35
8
1
2
0
15
48.4
2
5
40.0
3
4
75.0
53.4
2
6
1
5
-6
16 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
31
5/7/1980
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
41
38
14
3
2
5
19
61.3
0
0
0
2
0.0
59.6
4
10
4
4
17 Jerry West
J. West
31
5/1/1969
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
46
39
3
9
16
51.6
7
8
87.5
56.5
3
18 Hal Greer
H. Greer
31
3/24/1967
PHI PHI
vs
CIN CIN
33
7
5
15
48.4
3
4
75.0
50.4
4
19 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
30
5/8/2023
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
42
31
10
14
3
0
12
40.0
3
14
21.4
4
4
100.0
48.8
3
7
2
5
+1
20 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
30
5/1/1994
HOU HOU
vs
POR POR
40
46
8
4
4
6
16
53.3
1
2
50.0
13
18
72.2
60.7
2
6
3
3
21 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
30
5/31/1993
CHI CHI
vs
NYK NYK
39
54
6
2
2
1
18
60.0
6
9
66.7
12
14
85.7
74.7
0
6
2
5
22 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
30
5/11/1993
CHI CHI
vs
CLE CLE
42
43
0
4
3
1
16
53.3
0
4
0.0
11
11
100.0
61.7
0
0
3
3
23 Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
30
5/9/1992
POR POR
@
PHX PHX
39
37
7
1
2
0
15
50.0
2
6
33.3
5
7
71.4
55.9
6
1
3
4
24 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
30
5/10/1980
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
41
33
14
3
0
4
13
43.3
0
0
7
9
77.8
48.6
5
9
3
4
25 Jerry West
J. West
30
4/29/1969
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
45
40
6
4
15
50.0
10
10
100.0
58.1
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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Rockets Rockets
52
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Lakers Lakers
50
32
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