highest points in nba playoff game by players over the age of 37

LeBron James has the most points by a player older than 37 in a playoff game, with 40 points in Game 4 of the 2023 Western Conference Finals against the Nuggets.

	NAME	PTS	Age	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	40	38-143	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
2	LeBron James L. James	38	40-116	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
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36	38-052	6/7/1985	LAL	vs	BOS	42	7	7	1	3	16	28	57.1	0	0		4	5	80.0	59.6	2	5	4	4
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	34	39-020	5/6/1986	LAL	vs	DAL	42	8	9	1	1	14	21	66.7	0	0		6	8	75.0	69.3	4	4	5	4
5	Reggie Miller R. Miller	33	39-247	4/28/2005	IND	vs	BOS	35	7	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	2	4	50.0	11	12	91.7	77.5	1	6	0	1	+23
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33	39-030	5/16/1986	LAL	@	HOU	42	4	6	0	5	14	26	53.8	0	0		5	8	62.5	55.9	1	3	3	5
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33	39-018	5/4/1986	LAL	@	DAL	39	1	2	3	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		5	5	100.0	71.1	0	1	1	2
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	32	40-059	6/14/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	29	6	1	0	4	13	18	72.2	0	0		6	10	60.0	71.4	2	4	0	5
9	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	31	38-022	5/23/1997	HOU	vs	UTA	28	2	0	1	0	12	17	70.6	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	86.7	0	2	0	3	+26
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31	39-024	5/10/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	35	6	3	1	3	13	23	56.5	0	0		5	6	83.3	60.5	2	4	2	3
11	LeBron James L. James	30	39-121	4/29/2024	LAL	@	DEN	44	9	11	4	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	5	7	71.4	62.3	1	8	1	4	+3
12	LeBron James L. James	30	39-119	4/27/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	39	5	4	3	1	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	62.8	1	4	6	0	+1
13	LeBron James L. James	30	38-133	5/12/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	43	9	9	2	1	10	14	71.4	2	3	66.7	8	11	72.7	79.6	0	9	2	2	+21
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	40-276	4/25/2004	LAL	@	HOU	47	13	1	3	0	11	17	64.7	0	0		8	11	72.7	68.7	2	11	2	4	+6
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	30	38-044	5/30/1985	LAL	@	BOS	42	17	8	1	3	15	26	57.7	0	0		0	0		57.7	4	13	3	4
16	LeBron James L. James	29	41-115	4/24/2026	LAL	@	HOU	45	13	6	3	1	10	22	45.5	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	58.8	0	13	8	1	0
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29	38-054	6/9/1985	LAL	@	BOS	35	7	4	1	0	13	21	61.9	0	0		3	4	75.0	63.7	4	3	2	6
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29	38-033	5/19/1985	LAL	@	DEN	42	12	8	0	4	13	26	50.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	53.1	4	8	3	3
19	LeBron James L. James	28	41-122	5/1/2026	LAL	@	HOU	37	7	8	0	0	10	25	40.0	2	5	40.0	6	8	75.0	49.1	1	6	3	2	+26
20	LeBron James L. James	28	41-112	4/21/2026	LAL	vs	HOU	39	8	7	1	0	8	20	40.0	2	5	40.0	10	14	71.4	53.5	1	7	3	3	+6
21	LeBron James L. James	28	38-110	4/19/2023	LAL	@	MEM	39	12	3	1	1	12	23	52.2	1	8	12.5	3	4	75.0	56.5	2	10	1	1	-17
22	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	28	38-362	4/22/2015	SAS	@	LAC	44	11	4	2	1	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	59.7	1	10	1	5	+9
23	Reggie Miller R. Miller	28	39-244	4/25/2005	IND	@	BOS	39	2	5	2	0	9	18	50.0	3	9	33.3	7	8	87.5	65.1	0	2	5	3	+8
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28	40-037	5/23/1987	LAL	@	SEA	42	10	3	0	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		10	10	100.0	76.1	1	9	4	5
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28	40-009	4/25/1987	LAL	vs	DEN	25	6	3	0	4	8	13	61.5	0	0		12	12	100.0	76.6	2	4	1	2

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2	Pistons	5	1	.833	0.5
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