highest points in nba playoff game by players over the age of 40

LeBron James has dropped the most points by a player older than 40 in a playoff game, with 29 points in Game 3 of the 2026 First Round against the Rockets.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	LeBron James L. James	27	41-126	5/5/2026	LAL	@	OKC	36	4	6	1	0	12	17	70.6	3	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	77.4	1	3	2	1	-6
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26	41-061	6/16/1988	LAL	@	DET	34	6	0	0	1	12	21	57.1	0	0		2	4	50.0	57.1	3	3	4	3
6	LeBron James L. James	25	41-120	4/29/2026	LAL	vs	HOU	39	3	7	2	0	9	20	45.0	0	6	0.0	7	10	70.0	51.2	0	3	2	1	-5
7	LeBron James L. James	24	41-132	5/11/2026	LAL	vs	OKC	40	12	3	0	1	8	18	44.4	2	6	33.3	6	8	75.0	55.8	0	12	4	1	-17
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24	42-056	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
9	LeBron James L. James	23	41-128	5/7/2026	LAL	@	OKC	38	2	6	3	0	9	18	50.0	1	4	25.0	4	4	100.0	58.2	1	1	3	1	-9
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	22	42-017	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
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	21	41-045	5/31/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	35	5	1	1	2	10	16	62.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	62.2	2	3	1	5
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	20	41-029	5/15/1988	LAL	@	UTA	35	11	1	0	3	9	16	56.3	0	0		2	4	50.0	56.3	5	6	0	5
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	20	41-015	5/1/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	31	5	3	0	1	10	15	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	2	3	1	2
14	LeBron James L. James	19	41-130	5/9/2026	LAL	vs	OKC	37	6	8	1	0	7	19	36.8	2	6	33.3	3	4	75.0	45.8	0	6	3	1	-24
15	LeBron James L. James	19	41-109	4/18/2026	LAL	vs	HOU	38	8	13	2	1	9	15	60.0	1	2	50.0	0	2	0.0	59.8	0	8	2	3	+11
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	19	41-039	5/25/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	24	7	2	1	0	8	15	53.3	0	0		3	3	100.0	58.2	3	4	2	2
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	19	41-013	4/29/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	21	4	1	0	4	8	13	61.5	0	0		3	5	60.0	62.5	2	2	2	5
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	17	41-049	6/4/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	35	7	4	2	2	8	14	57.1	0	0		1	1	100.0	58.9	1	6	0	4
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	17	41-037	5/23/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	33	5	0	0	2	7	10	70.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	72.3	3	2	2	2
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	16	42-021	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
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	16	41-043	5/29/1988	LAL	@	DAL	31	4	3	0	0	7	13	53.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	57.6	3	1	2	1
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	16	41-022	5/8/1988	LAL	vs	UTA	28	10	4	1	2	7	14	50.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	53.8	4	6	2	3
23	John Stockton J. Stockton	15	41-031	4/26/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	33	3	7	2	0	3	6	50.0	0	0		9	9	100.0	75.3	2	1	2	4	-3
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	15	42-040	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
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	15	41-054	6/9/1988	LAL	vs	DET	32	1	1	2	1	6	15	40.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	44.7	0	1	0	4

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3	Raptors	3	1	.750	0.5
4	Celtics	3	1	.750	0.5
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