highest points for a single game in a nba game as 7th season in the playoffs

Russell Westbrook had the most points by a player in a playoff game in his 7th playoff, with 51 points in Game 2 of the 2017 First Round versus the Rockets.

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highest points by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 7th 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	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	51	4/19/2017	OKC	@	HOU	41	10	13	4	1	17	43	39.5	2	11	18.2	15	18	83.3	50.1	2	8	4	3	+11
2	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	50	5/3/2024	CLE	@	ORL	42	4	4	0	1	22	36	61.1	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	64.7	1	3	4	4	-3
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	4/25/2024	PHI	vs	NYK	41	8	4	0	1	13	19	68.4	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	88.5	1	7	3	3	+16
4	Steve Nash S. Nash	48	5/15/2005	PHX	@	DAL	44	5	5	3	1	20	28	71.4	4	6	66.7	4	4	100.0	80.6	1	4	9	4	-8
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	47	6/5/2019	GSW	vs	TOR	43	8	7	2	0	14	31	45.2	6	14	42.9	13	14	92.9	63.2	2	6	3	1	-8
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	47	4/25/2017	OKC	@	HOU	42	11	9	0	0	15	34	44.1	5	18	27.8	12	17	70.6	56.7	5	6	7	5	+12
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	4/23/2000	LAL	vs	SAC	46	17	1	2	5	21	33	63.6	0	0		4	5	80.0	65.3	7	10	2	5	+16
8	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	46	5/20/1995	PHX	vs	HOU	42	3	10	1	1	12	26	46.2	1	2	50.0	21	22	95.5	64.5	1	2	1	3
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	5/10/1991	CHI	@	PHI	42	4	6	1	4	20	34	58.8	0	0		6	9	66.7	60.6	0	4	2	3
10	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	45	4/27/2019	TOR	vs	PHI	38	11	2	2	1	16	23	69.6	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	80.8	0	11	2	1	+26
11	LeBron James L. James	45	6/7/2012	MIA	@	BOS	45	15	5	0	0	19	26	73.1	2	4	50.0	5	9	55.6	75.1	2	13	4	3	+22
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	44	5/13/2025	DEN	@	OKC	44	15	5	2	0	17	25	68.0	5	7	71.4	5	5	100.0	80.9	6	9	2	4	-8
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	44	5/13/2022	MIL	vs	BOS	41	20	6	1	1	14	30	46.7	2	3	66.7	14	15	93.3	60.1	3	17	6	4	-5
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	44	6/5/1993	PHX	vs	SEA	46	24	1	1	1	12	20	60.0	1	1	100.0	19	22	86.4	74.1	10	14	1	3
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	5/3/1992	UTA	@	LAC	46	11	2	0	0	11	18	61.1	0	0		22	24	91.7	77.0	4	7	3	4
16	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	44	4/25/1973	LAL	vs	GSW	36	3	8			19	26	73.1				6	7	85.7	75.7				3
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	43	6/7/2000	LAL	vs	IND	44	19	4	0	3	21	31	67.7	0	0		1	6	16.7	63.9	6	13	2	2	+18
18	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	43	5/14/1995	PHX	@	HOU	48	6	9	3	0	18	24	75.0	2	2	100.0	5	7	71.4	79.4	0	6	1	3
19	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	43	6/1/1993	PHX	vs	SEA	47	15	10	2	2	16	22	72.7	0	0		11	11	100.0	80.1	5	10	3	2
20	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	43	4/25/1969	BOS	@	LAL	48	12	6			15	27	55.6				13	14	92.9	64.8				6
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	42	5/5/2025	DEN	@	OKC	42	22	6	1	2	15	29	51.7	2	6	33.3	10	13	76.9	60.5	5	17	7	5	+10
22	Norman Powell N. Powell	42	4/20/2023	LAC	vs	PHX	41	5	3	0	1	15	23	65.2	7	12	58.3	5	7	71.4	80.5	0	5	4	3	0
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	42	5/7/2022	MIL	vs	BOS	39	12	8	2	2	16	30	53.3	1	6	16.7	9	12	75.0	59.5	2	10	3	4	-2
24	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	42	4/17/2010	DEN	vs	UTA	38	4	5	0	0	18	25	72.0	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	78.5	1	3	0	3	+17
25	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	42	6/11/1993	PHX	vs	CHI	46	13	4	1	1	16	26	61.5	0	1	0.0	10	12	83.3	67.1	6	7	2	3