last time a player scored more than 40 points in a playoff game

Jamal Murray had 43 points in Game 5 of the 2025 First Round versus the Clippers on Tuesday.

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jamal Murray J. Murray	4/29/2025	43	DEN	vs	LAC	40	5	7	3	1	17	26	65.4	8	14	57.1	1	1	100.0	81.3	0	5	1	2	+17
2	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	4/27/2025	43	MIN	vs	LAL	44	9	6	0	1	12	23	52.2	5	10	50.0	14	17	82.4	70.5	4	5	1	2	+3
3	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/14/2024	44	NYK	vs	IND	43	4	7	0	0	18	35	51.4	2	6	33.3	6	7	85.7	57.8	0	4	3	2	+31
4	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5/12/2024	44	MIN	vs	DEN	45	5	5	2	1	16	25	64.0	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	77.1	0	5	3	2	+5
5	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/6/2024	43	NYK	vs	IND	44	6	6	0	1	14	26	53.8	1	4	25.0	14	14	100.0	66.9	1	5	4	2	+12
6	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5/4/2024	43	MIN	@	DEN	42	7	3	1	2	17	29	58.6	3	7	42.9	6	6	100.0	68.0	2	5	1	1	+10
7	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5/3/2024	50	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
8	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/2/2024	41	NYK	@	PHI	44	3	12	0	0	13	27	48.1	3	8	37.5	12	16	75.0	60.2	0	3	2	2	+9
9	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	4/30/2024	46	PHI	@	NYK	52	5	9	0	0	17	30	56.7	7	12	58.3	5	8	62.5	68.6	0	5	3	5	+3
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	4/28/2024	49	PHX	vs	MIN	45	5	6	2	1	13	21	61.9	3	5	60.0	20	21	95.2	81.0	0	5	2	5	+1
11	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	4/28/2024	47	NYK	@	PHI	44	4	10	0	1	18	34	52.9	2	8	25.0	9	11	81.8	60.5	0	4	1	2	+10
12	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	4/26/2024	42	MIL	@	IND	41	10	5	0	0	16	29	55.2	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	66.4	3	7	3	5	+2
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	4/25/2024	50	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
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	6/4/2023	41	DEN	vs	MIA	42	11	4	0	0	16	28	57.1	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	65.0	3	8	5	3	-11
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/14/2023	51	BOS	vs	PHI	42	13	5	2	0	17	28	60.7	6	10	60.0	11	14	78.6	74.6	0	13	0	1	+33
16	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/12/2023	41	NYK	@	MIA	45	4	3	0	0	14	22	63.6	5	10	50.0	8	9	88.9	79.0	0	4	3	4	+3
17	James Harden J. Harden	5/7/2023	42	PHI	vs	BOS	47	8	9	4	1	16	23	69.6	6	9	66.7	4	4	100.0	84.8	0	8	1	2	-6
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/7/2023	53	DEN	@	PHX	39	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
19	Devin Booker D. Booker	5/5/2023	47	PHX	vs	DEN	42	6	9	3	1	20	25	80.0	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	90.8	0	6	3	5	+7
20	James Harden J. Harden	5/1/2023	45	PHI	@	BOS	39	1	6	2	0	17	30	56.7	7	14	50.0	4	4	100.0	70.8	0	1	3	4	+8
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	4/30/2023	50	GSW	@	SAC	38	8	6	1	0	20	38	52.6	7	18	38.9	3	5	60.0	62.2	1	7	1	2	+25
22	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	4/26/2023	42	MIA	@	MIL	46	8	4	2	1	17	33	51.5	3	10	30.0	5	9	55.6	56.8	1	7	5	2	-10
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	4/25/2023	47	PHX	vs	LAC	42	8	10	2	0	19	27	70.4	4	7	57.1	5	6	83.3	79.3	2	6	3	4	+11
24	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	4/24/2023	56	MIA	vs	MIL	41	9	2	0	1	19	28	67.9	3	8	37.5	15	18	83.3	78.0	4	5	1	0	+4
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/23/2023	43	DEN	@	MIN	39	11	6	2	0	15	26	57.7	5	8	62.5	8	12	66.7	68.7	2	9	4	3	-14