highest minutes played for a single game in a nba game as 16th season in the playoffs

LeBron James played the most minutes by a player in a playoff game in his 16th playoff, with 48 minutes on the court in Game 4 of the 2023 Western Conference Finals versus the Nuggets.

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highest minutes played by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 16th 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	LeBron James L. James	48	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	40	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
2	James Harden J. Harden	47	5/1/2025	LAC	vs	DEN	28	6	8	2	1	10	20	50.0	3	8	37.5	5	5	100.0	63.1	1	5	4	3	+2
3	LeBron James L. James	45	4/24/2023	LAL	vs	MEM	22	20	7	0	2	8	18	44.4	1	7	14.3	5	7	71.4	52.2	5	15	1	3	+8
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	4/24/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	34	7	3	2	0	11	22	50.0	0	0		12	14	85.7	60.4	1	6	3	2	+11
5	LeBron James L. James	43	5/12/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	30	9	9	2	1	10	14	71.4	2	3	66.7	8	11	72.7	79.6	0	9	2	2	+21
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	43	4/28/2001	UTA	@	DAL	29	13	6	1	1	11	28	39.3	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	46.0	4	9	5	4	-1
7	LeBron James L. James	43	5/8/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	27	9	6	0	1	10	25	40.0	2	9	22.2	5	5	100.0	49.6	2	7	3	3	-8
8	LeBron James L. James	43	5/20/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	23	7	12	0	0	8	19	42.1	3	9	33.3	4	7	57.1	52.1	0	7	2	2	-4
9	James Harden J. Harden	43	4/26/2025	LAC	vs	DEN	15	4	11	2	2	5	11	45.5	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	55.0	0	4	4	3	-4
10	James Harden J. Harden	43	4/19/2025	LAC	@	DEN	32	6	11	0	1	11	22	50.0	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	64.9	0	6	2	5	0
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42	5/23/1987	LAL	@	SEA	28	10	3	0	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		10	10	100.0	76.1	1	9	4	5
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	41	4/21/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	26	6	4	2	1	8	23	34.8	0	0		10	13	76.9	45.3	1	5	7	1	+9
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	41	5/11/2000	UTA	vs	POR	4	5	12	1	0	2	8	25.0	0	4	0.0	0	0		25.0	1	4	4	2	-13
14	John Stockton J. Stockton	41	5/5/2000	UTA	vs	SEA	17	7	15	1	1	6	9	66.7	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	75.9	2	5	3	4	+8
15	LeBron James L. James	40	5/18/2023	LAL	@	DEN	22	9	10	4	2	9	19	47.4	0	6	0.0	4	4	100.0	53.0	0	9	3	2	+4
16	LeBron James L. James	40	5/2/2023	LAL	@	GSW	22	11	4	0	3	9	24	37.5	1	8	12.5	3	4	75.0	42.7	2	9	4	0	+1
17	John Stockton J. Stockton	40	5/3/2000	UTA	@	SEA	13	1	12	2	1	4	9	44.4	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	60.4	0	1	1	4	-3
18	LeBron James L. James	40	5/16/2023	LAL	@	DEN	26	12	9	0	1	9	16	56.3	0	4	0.0	8	11	72.7	62.4	3	9	3	1	-6
19	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	40	5/10/2014	SAS	@	POR	19	7	4	1	0	8	18	44.4	0	0		3	3	100.0	49.2	2	5	1	3	+8
20	LeBron James L. James	39	5/10/2023	LAL	@	GSW	25	9	3	2	1	9	17	52.9	3	7	42.9	4	4	100.0	66.6	1	8	4	3	-16
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	39	5/31/2014	SAS	@	OKC	19	16	3	2	1	6	14	42.9	0	0		7	8	87.5	54.2	5	11	0	2	+10
22	James Harden J. Harden	39	4/21/2025	LAC	@	DEN	18	3	7	1	2	7	17	41.2	4	11	36.4	0	0		52.9	0	3	4	1	-1
23	LeBron James L. James	39	4/19/2023	LAL	@	MEM	28	12	3	1	1	12	23	52.2	1	8	12.5	3	4	75.0	56.5	2	10	1	1	-17
24	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	38	5/5/2012	DAL	vs	OKC	16	7	8	1	1	6	11	54.5	4	8	50.0	0	0		72.7	1	6	4	2	+6
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	38	4/29/2000	UTA	@	SEA	4	3	13	3	0	1	8	12.5	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	20.5	2	1	2	4	-7