highest minutes played for a single game in a nba game as 18th season in the playoffs

LeBron James played the most minutes by a player in a playoff game in his 18th playoff, with 46 minutes on the court in Game 4 of the 2025 First Round against the Timberwolves.

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highest minutes played by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 18th 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	46	4/27/2025	LAL	@	MIN	27	12	8	3	3	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	15	18	83.3	79.8	3	9	3	2	-4
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	4/28/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	24	8	3	1	1	6	12	50.0	0	0		12	14	85.7	66.1	3	5	4	4	-12
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	4/26/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	20	11	4	4	1	7	20	35.0	0	0		6	11	54.5	40.3	1	10	2	2	+2
4	LeBron James L. James	41	4/25/2025	LAL	@	MIN	38	10	4	2	2	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	7	10	70.0	74.8	3	7	1	0	-10
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	41	4/19/2003	UTA	@	SAC	25	7	8	1	0	10	23	43.5	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	47.1	2	5	5	4	+3
6	LeBron James L. James	40	4/30/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	22	7	6	2	0	9	21	42.9	1	5	20.0	3	6	50.0	46.5	2	5	3	2	-14
7	LeBron James L. James	40	4/22/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	21	11	7	1	1	8	19	42.1	1	5	20.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	3	8	2	4	+9
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	39	4/23/2002	UTA	@	SAC	13	4	12	2	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		5	5	100.0	58.0	0	4	1	3	+9
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	38	4/29/2002	UTA	vs	SAC	12	3	9	2	1	5	12	41.7	1	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	48.2	1	2	1	3	-6
10	LeBron James L. James	36	4/19/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	19	5	3	2	3	8	18	44.4	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	50.3	1	4	4	0	-22
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	35	4/20/2002	UTA	@	SAC	10	4	12	3	0	4	10	40.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	46.0	1	3	5	4	0
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	34	5/12/2016	SAS	@	OKC	19	5	0	0	1	7	14	50.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	57.1	2	3	2	1	+12
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33	6/11/1989	LAL	vs	DET	24	13	2	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	57.8	3	10	2	1
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	32	4/30/2003	UTA	@	SAC	14	4	2	0	0	5	17	29.4	0	0		4	4	100.0	37.3	0	4	2	3	-15
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	4/21/2003	UTA	@	SAC	15	4	3	2	0	6	12	50.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	54.5	1	3	7	2	-9
16	John Stockton J. Stockton	29	4/27/2002	UTA	vs	SAC	15	5	7	4	0	5	9	55.6	1	2	50.0	4	5	80.0	67.0	1	4	1	6	+6
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29	6/13/1989	LAL	vs	DET	7	3	3	0	2	2	8	25.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	35.9	1	2	2	3
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29	5/3/1989	LAL	@	POR	22	6	0	0	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		4	8	50.0	53.6	2	4	1	0
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29	4/30/1989	LAL	vs	POR	13	4	0	2	2	6	10	60.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	59.7	0	4	2	4
20	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	28	5/10/2016	SAS	vs	OKC	5	3	1	0	2	1	6	16.7	0	0		3	4	75.0	32.2	2	1	1	3	+4
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28	6/8/1989	LAL	@	DET	11	2	2	0	1	4	12	33.3	0	0		3	4	75.0	40.0	1	1	3	3
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28	5/7/1989	LAL	vs	SEA	16	0	1	0	1	8	14	57.1	0	0		0	0		57.1	0	0	1	2
23	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	28	5/2/2016	SAS	vs	OKC	2	9	2	0	0	1	8	12.5	0	0		0	0		12.5	2	7	1	3	-2
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26	4/19/2016	SAS	vs	MEM	3	9	4	1	1	0	1	0.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	54.3	1	8	2	1	+8
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26	4/27/1989	LAL	vs	POR	11	8	1	0	1	4	11	36.4	0	0		3	7	42.9	39.1	0	8	2	4