highest minutes played for a single game in a nba game as 15th season in the playoffs

Karl Malone played the most minutes by a player in a playoff game in his 15th playoff, with 46 minutes on the court in Game 3 of the 2000 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Trail Blazers.

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highest minutes played by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 15th season in the playoffs

	NAME	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	46	5/11/2000	UTA	vs	POR	28	11	1	1	2	7	17	41.2	0	0		14	18	77.8	56.2	1	10	3	4	-18
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45	5/12/2012	LAL	vs	DEN	17	1	8	0	1	7	16	43.8	2	2	100.0	1	4	25.0	47.9	1	0	3	2	+9
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	45	5/16/2000	UTA	@	POR	27	11	6	3	0	11	25	44.0	0	0		5	7	71.4	48.1	4	7	2	2	+3
4	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	44	6/18/2013	SAS	@	MIA	30	17	0	1	0	13	21	61.9	0	0		4	5	80.0	64.7	5	12	2	2	+16
5	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	44	5/25/2013	SAS	@	MEM	24	10	5	0	2	11	19	57.9	0	0		2	5	40.0	56.6	4	6	3	5	+16
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	5/5/2000	UTA	vs	SEA	27	8	3	0	1	13	24	54.2	0	0		1	3	33.3	53.3	2	6	3	2	+4
7	James Harden J. Harden	44	4/26/2024	LAC	@	DAL	21	2	5	2	1	7	13	53.8	5	8	62.5	2	3	66.7	73.3	0	2	5	2	-21
8	James Harden J. Harden	43	5/3/2024	LAC	@	DAL	16	7	13	2	1	5	16	31.3	0	6	0.0	6	7	85.7	41.9	0	7	1	1	-6
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	43	5/8/2012	LAL	vs	DEN	43	6	5	2	0	14	32	43.8	5	11	45.5	10	11	90.9	58.4	1	5	3	2	-6
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	43	6/20/2013	SAS	@	MIA	24	12	2	4	1	8	18	44.4	0	0		8	8	100.0	55.8	4	8	3	4	+2
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	43	5/14/2000	UTA	vs	POR	27	8	7	0	2	9	20	45.0	0	0		9	11	81.8	54.3	1	7	1	5	+5
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	43	4/22/2000	UTA	vs	SEA	50	12	0	3	1	18	32	56.3	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	65.5	3	9	1	2	+12
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	43	5/16/2012	LAL	@	OKC	20	3	4	4	0	9	25	36.0	0	6	0.0	2	2	100.0	38.6	1	2	2	4	+5
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	43	5/12/2013	SAS	@	GSW	19	15	1	2	2	7	22	31.8	0	0		5	9	55.6	36.6	4	11	1	4	-23
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42	5/16/1986	LAL	@	HOU	33	4	6	0	5	14	26	53.8	0	0		5	8	62.5	55.9	1	3	3	5
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42	5/6/1986	LAL	vs	DAL	34	8	9	1	1	14	21	66.7	0	0		6	8	75.0	69.3	4	4	5	4
17	James Harden J. Harden	42	4/23/2024	LAC	vs	DAL	22	6	8	1	1	6	14	42.9	2	10	20.0	8	9	88.9	61.2	0	6	1	4	-6
18	LeBron James L. James	41	6/3/2021	LAL	vs	PHX	29	9	7	2	2	11	26	42.3	3	10	30.0	4	6	66.7	50.6	2	7	3	1	-3
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	41	5/4/2012	LAL	@	DEN	22	6	6	0	0	7	23	30.4	3	10	30.0	5	6	83.3	42.9	3	3	6	4	-12
20	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	41	4/29/1998	HOU	vs	UTA	22	9	5	2	0	8	18	44.4	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	55.7	2	7	3	1	+9
21	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	41	5/23/2011	DAL	@	OKC	17	5	7	4	0	5	9	55.6	3	6	50.0	4	4	100.0	79.0	0	5	3	1	+8
22	Chris Paul C. Paul	41	4/20/2023	PHX	@	LAC	11	6	7	3	1	5	18	27.8	1	8	12.5	0	2	0.0	29.1	2	4	3	4	+1
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	41	5/21/2012	LAL	@	OKC	42	5	0	2	0	18	33	54.5	1	6	16.7	5	7	71.4	58.2	0	5	2	3	-14
24	James Harden J. Harden	40	4/28/2024	LAC	@	DAL	33	6	7	1	1	12	17	70.6	4	5	80.0	5	5	100.0	85.9	1	5	2	4	+3
25	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	40	5/13/2001	TOR	vs	PHI	11	11	1	2	3	4	12	33.3	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	42.7	5	6	3	4	-3