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

LeBron James had the most points by a player in a playoff game in his 18th playoff, with 38 points in Game 3 of the 2025 First Round versus the Timberwolves.

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highest points by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 18th season in the playoffs

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	38	4/25/2025	LAL	@	MIN	41	10	4	2	2	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	7	10	70.0	74.8	3	7	1	0	-10
2	LeBron James L. James	27	4/27/2025	LAL	@	MIN	46	12	8	3	3	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	15	18	83.3	79.8	3	9	3	2	-4
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	25	4/19/2003	UTA	@	SAC	41	7	8	1	0	10	23	43.5	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	47.1	2	5	5	4	+3
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	24	4/28/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	44	8	3	1	1	6	12	50.0	0	0		12	14	85.7	66.1	3	5	4	4	-12
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24	6/11/1989	LAL	vs	DET	33	13	2	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	57.8	3	10	2	1
6	LeBron James L. James	22	4/30/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	7	6	2	0	9	21	42.9	1	5	20.0	3	6	50.0	46.5	2	5	3	2	-14
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	22	5/3/1989	LAL	@	POR	29	6	0	0	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		4	8	50.0	53.6	2	4	1	0
8	LeBron James L. James	21	4/22/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	11	7	1	1	8	19	42.1	1	5	20.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	3	8	2	4	+9
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	20	4/26/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	44	11	4	4	1	7	20	35.0	0	0		6	11	54.5	40.3	1	10	2	2	+2
10	LeBron James L. James	19	4/19/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	36	5	3	2	3	8	18	44.4	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	50.3	1	4	4	0	-22
11	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	19	5/12/2016	SAS	@	OKC	34	5	0	0	1	7	14	50.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	57.1	2	3	2	1	+12
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	16	5/7/1989	LAL	vs	SEA	28	0	1	0	1	8	14	57.1	0	0		0	0		57.1	0	0	1	2
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	15	4/21/2003	UTA	@	SAC	30	4	3	2	0	6	12	50.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	54.5	1	3	7	2	-9
14	John Stockton J. Stockton	15	4/27/2002	UTA	vs	SAC	29	5	7	4	0	5	9	55.6	1	2	50.0	4	5	80.0	67.0	1	4	1	6	+6
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	15	5/26/1989	LAL	@	PHX	25	4	1	1	1	6	14	42.9	0	0		3	4	75.0	47.6	2	2	0	1
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	14	4/30/2003	UTA	@	SAC	32	4	2	0	0	5	17	29.4	0	0		4	4	100.0	37.3	0	4	2	3	-15
17	John Stockton J. Stockton	13	4/23/2002	UTA	@	SAC	39	4	12	2	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		5	5	100.0	58.0	0	4	1	3	+9
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	13	4/30/1989	LAL	vs	POR	29	4	0	2	2	6	10	60.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	59.7	0	4	2	4
19	John Stockton J. Stockton	12	4/29/2002	UTA	vs	SAC	38	3	9	2	1	5	12	41.7	1	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	48.2	1	2	1	3	-6
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	11	6/8/1989	LAL	@	DET	28	2	2	0	1	4	12	33.3	0	0		3	4	75.0	40.0	1	1	3	3
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	11	4/27/1989	LAL	vs	POR	26	8	1	0	1	4	11	36.4	0	0		3	7	42.9	39.1	0	8	2	4
22	John Stockton J. Stockton	10	4/20/2002	UTA	@	SAC	35	4	12	3	0	4	10	40.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	46.0	1	3	5	4	0
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	10	5/10/1989	LAL	vs	SEA	19	5	1	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	74.0	1	4	0	4
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	8	4/30/2016	SAS	vs	OKC	21	2	2	0	1	4	7	57.1	0	0		0	2	0.0	50.8	0	2	0	1	+28
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	8	6/6/1989	LAL	@	DET	14	2	0	1	0	4	7	57.1	0	0		0	0		57.1	0	2	1	4