highest points in a nba playoff finals by a player in his first game

Allen Iverson posted the most points in an NBA Finals in his first game, with 48 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	48	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	1	52.0	48.0	5.0	6.0	5.0	0.0	18.0	41.0	43.9	3.0	8.0	37.5	9.0	9.0	100.0	53.4	2.0	3.0	3.0	52	5	6	5	0	3	0	+6
2	George Mikan G. Mikan	42	1948-49	NBA Finals	MIN	1		42.0					14.0	21.0	66.7				14.0	17.0	82.4	73.7										4
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	38	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	1	39.6	38.0	5.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	30.0	46.7	3.0	6.0	50.0	7.0	8.0	87.5	56.7	0.0	5.0	2.0	40	5	3	3	0	2	2	+3
4	Willis Reed W. Reed	37	1969-70	NBA Finals	NYK	1	45.0	37.0	16.0	5.0			16.0	30.0	53.3				5.0	7.0	71.4	55.9				45	16	5				2
5	Rick Barry R. Barry	37	1966-67	NBA Finals	SFW	1	48.0	37.0	8.0	7.0			15.0	43.0	34.9				7.0	8.0	87.5	39.8				48	8	7				3
6	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	37	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	1	54.0	37.0	14.0				11.0	26.0	42.3				15.0	20.0	75.0	53.2				54	14					3
7	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	37	1946-47	NBA Finals	PHI	1		37.0		0.0			13.0	31.0	41.9				11.0	14.0	78.6	49.8						0				3
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36	2011-12	NBA Finals	OKC	1	45.8	36.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	12.0	20.0	60.0	4.0	8.0	50.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	75.1	1.0	7.0	2.0	46	8	4	0	1	2	2	+15
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	1	40.0	36.0	8.0	12.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	1.0	1.0	100.0	7.0	9.0	77.8	64.4	2.0	6.0	4.0	40	8	12	3	0	4	5
10	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	36	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	1	46.0	36.0	4.0				12.0	31.0	38.7				12.0	13.0	92.3	49.0				46	4					2
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	34	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	1	38.1	34.0	9.0	5.0	0.0	3.0	11.0	21.0	52.4	2.0	4.0	50.0	10.0	10.0	100.0	66.9	3.0	6.0	1.0	38	9	5	0	3	1	1	+23
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	34	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	1	43.0	34.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	16.0	87.5	0.0	0.0		6.0	7.0	85.7	89.1	1.0	3.0	2.0	43	4	4	0	0	2	3
13	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	34	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	1	47.0	34.0	11.0	4.0			14.0	33.0	42.4				6.0	13.0	46.2	43.9				47	11	4				5
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	33	1998-99	NBA Finals	SAS	1	44.0	33.0	16.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	0.0	0.0		7.0	10.0	70.0	65.0	3.0	13.0	1.0	44	16	2	2	2	1	3	+12
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	1	38.0	33.0	12.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	14.0	23.0	60.9	0.0	0.0		5.0	9.0	55.6	61.2	7.0	5.0	2.0	38	12	2	1	3	2	5
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	33	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	1	43.0	33.0	5.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	24.0	58.3				5.0	5.0	100.0	63.0	1.0	4.0		43	5	4	3	0		3
17	Chris Paul C. Paul	32	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	1	37.4	32.0	4.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	19.0	63.2	4.0	7.0	57.1	4.0	4.0	100.0	77.1	1.0	3.0	2.0	37	4	9	1	0	2	0	+17
18	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	32	2018-19	NBA Finals	TOR	1	39.7	32.0	8.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	14.0	17.0	82.4	2.0	3.0	66.7	2.0	2.0	100.0	89.5	3.0	5.0	2.0	40	8	5	1	2	2	3	+4
19	Jason Terry J. Terry	32	2005-06	NBA Finals	DAL	1	37.2	32.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	18.0	72.2	4.0	7.0	57.1	2.0	2.0	100.0	84.7	0.0	4.0	1.0	37	4	1	3	0	1	2	+12
20	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	32	1995-96	NBA Finals	SEA	1	41.0	32.0	8.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	9.0	14.0	64.3	0.0	0.0		14.0	16.0	87.5	76.0	5.0	3.0	7.0	41	8	2	2	1	7	6
21	Hal Greer H. Greer	32	1966-67	NBA Finals	PHI	1	46.0	32.0	10.0	6.0			13.0	29.0	44.8				6.0	9.0	66.7	48.5				46	10	6				5
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31	1970-71	NBA Finals	MIL	1	33.0	31.0	17.0	0.0			13.0	16.0	81.3				5.0	5.0	100.0	85.2				33	17	0				5
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	1	38.2	30.0	10.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	12.0	26.0	46.2	4.0	12.0	33.3	2.0	5.0	40.0	53.2	0.0	10.0	4.0	38	10	1	2	0	4	1	-10
24	Fred Brown F. Brown	30	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	1	33.0	30.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	30.0	43.3				4.0	4.0	100.0	47.2	1.0	0.0	1.0	33	1	3	1	0	1	3
25	Doug Collins D. Collins	30	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	1	42.0	30.0	6.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	12.0	23.0	52.2				6.0	6.0	100.0	58.5	5.0	1.0		42	6	6	2	0		2