most 38 point games in playoffs by an active player in the nba

LeBron James has the most games by an active player in the playoffs with 38+ points, with 42 games.

Interpreted as:

most 38 or more point games in playoffs by an active player in the NBA

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	LeBron James L. James	42	1,761	43.5	41.9	10.0	7.5	1.8	1.0	15.1	26.6	56.7	2.8	6.3	44.5	8.9	12.1	73.7	65.6	2.0	8.0	3.2	1,825	419	316	76	40	135	106	+228
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	26	1,069	42.2	41.1	8.3	4.8	1.1	1.0	13.6	25.2	53.8	3.5	8.2	42.3	10.5	11.6	90.7	67.8	0.7	7.6	3.0	1,097	215	126	28	27	78	76	+159
3	James Harden J. Harden	14	583	39.8	41.6	6.4	7.1	1.6	0.5	13.6	25.1	54.1	5.5	11.4	48.1	9.0	10.1	89.4	70.6	0.9	5.5	3.1	558	90	99	22	7	44	46	+56
4	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	12	496	43.8	41.3	4.4	7.8	0.5	0.2	14.7	27.8	52.9	3.2	8.2	38.8	8.8	10.7	82.8	63.7	0.4	4.0	2.7	526	53	93	6	2	32	29	+75
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	11	459	41.7	41.7	8.5	8.7	1.3	0.6	14.7	28.0	52.6	4.6	10.5	44.0	7.6	10.5	73.0	64.0	0.5	7.9	5.4	459	93	96	14	7	59	29	-38
6	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	11	492	40.2	44.7	6.1	6.0	1.5	0.5	15.1	29.1	51.9	5.1	11.5	44.4	9.5	11.3	83.9	65.7	1.5	4.5	3.4	442	67	66	16	5	37	29	+50
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	11	459	40.8	41.7	7.6	7.0	1.2	0.2	13.7	27.0	50.8	6.6	13.8	48.0	7.6	8.6	88.4	67.7	1.9	5.7	3.7	449	84	77	13	2	41	27	+154
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	10	421	40.5	42.1	11.7	7.3	1.3	1.0	16.3	27.1	60.1	2.7	5.8	46.6	6.8	8.2	82.9	68.5	3.2	8.5	3.5	405	117	73	13	10	35	29	+1
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10	417	39.9	41.7	14.0	4.4	0.8	1.8	14.7	25.3	58.1	1.3	4.3	30.2	11.0	15.8	69.6	64.6	3.2	10.8	3.9	399	140	44	8	18	39	33	+57
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	9	395	43.0	43.9	6.1	6.2	1.4	0.8	16.4	26.2	62.7	3.6	6.4	55.2	7.4	8.0	93.1	73.8	0.7	5.4	2.4	387	55	56	13	7	22	35	+65
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	8	351	42.0	43.9	7.3	5.6	2.3	1.4	14.9	24.3	61.3	2.3	5.4	41.9	11.9	13.5	88.0	72.7	2.0	5.3	2.3	336	58	45	18	11	18	8	+71
12	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	8	331	41.5	41.4	7.6	3.8	2.3	0.4	14.9	25.1	59.2	4.1	7.6	54.1	7.5	8.5	88.2	71.7	1.5	6.1	3.4	332	61	30	18	3	27	16	+59
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	8	350	44.6	43.8	8.5	7.5	2.3	0.5	15.6	33.9	46.1	2.9	9.1	31.5	9.6	11.4	84.6	56.3	1.9	6.6	4.3	357	68	60	18	4	34	29	+52
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	7	307	41.9	43.9	8.4	5.1	2.3	1.0	14.7	27.7	53.1	5.1	11.0	46.8	9.3	10.6	87.8	67.8	0.7	7.7	2.6	293	59	36	16	7	18	18	+35
15	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	7	279	41.9	39.9	6.0	4.3	1.3	0.3	14.3	24.4	58.5	4.9	9.6	50.7	6.4	6.7	95.7	72.8	1.4	4.6	3.3	293	42	30	9	2	23	27	+43
16	Jamal Murray J. Murray	6	265	41.9	44.2	6.0	6.3	1.2	0.3	16.2	25.8	62.6	7.0	12.0	58.3	4.8	5.3	90.6	78.4	1.3	4.7	2.5	251	36	38	7	2	15	16	+70
17	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5	211	42.9	42.2	6.4	4.8	1.2	1.8	14.4	24.6	58.5	5.2	9.6	54.2	8.2	9.8	83.7	73.0	2.2	4.2	1.6	215	32	24	6	9	8	11	+22
18	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	5	226	44.8	45.2	5.0	8.4	1.0	1.0	14.2	25.8	55.0	8.6	15.2	56.6	8.2	9.6	85.4	75.3	1.2	3.8	3.8	224	25	42	5	5	19	7	-4
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	4	154	39.9	38.5	5.5	6.8	2.3	0.3	13.0	26.3	49.5	1.8	4.8	36.8	10.8	12.5	86.0	60.6	1.5	4.0	2.3	160	22	27	9	1	9	14	+35
20	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	4	158	42.3	39.5	9.3	5.3	1.8	0.0	14.3	26.0	54.8	4.5	9.3	48.6	6.5	7.0	92.9	67.9	1.0	8.3	3.0	169	37	21	7	0	12	10	+45
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	4	168	38.4	42.0	10.8	3.0	1.0	1.5	12.5	22.5	55.6	2.5	5.0	50.0	14.5	16.3	89.2	70.8	2.3	8.5	3.8	154	43	12	4	6	15	18	+41
22	Trae Young T. Young	3	125	41.8	41.7	4.0	10.3	2.0	0.0	13.7	30.0	45.6	3.7	10.7	34.4	10.7	12.0	88.9	59.1	0.7	3.3	4.0	125	12	31	6	0	12	11	+9
23	Ja Morant J. Morant	3	139	41.8	46.3	7.0	9.3	1.0	0.0	14.3	27.7	51.8	4.3	9.7	44.8	13.3	15.7	85.1	67.0	2.3	4.7	3.0	125	21	28	3	0	9	7	+10
24	Anthony Davis A. Davis	3	130	38.9	43.3	9.7	2.7	1.3	1.7	14.3	21.3	67.2	2.3	3.7	63.6	12.3	13.7	90.2	79.2	2.3	7.3	1.0	117	29	8	4	5	3	9	+22
25	CJ McCollum	3	120	48.7	40.0	6.0	2.7	1.7	0.7	15.7	29.7	52.8	3.3	6.7	50.0	5.3	6.3	84.2	61.6	1.7	4.3	2.3	146	18	8	5	2	7	13	-8