most 40 point game in playoffs since 2015

Since 2014-15, LeBron James has the most games in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 17 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point game by a player in playoffs since 2015

	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	17	729	43.7	42.9	10.5	8.5	2.0	0.9	16.3	28.8	56.6	3.1	6.6	46.0	7.2	10.2	70.7	64.4	1.9	8.6	3.4	743	179	145	34	15	57	40	+66
2	James Harden J. Harden	11	469	39.9	42.6	5.7	7.1	1.6	0.4	13.8	24.9	55.5	5.9	11.3	52.4	9.1	9.8	92.6	72.9	1.0	4.7	3.5	439	63	78	18	4	39	34	+31
3	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	9	380	43.5	42.2	4.1	6.8	0.6	0.2	15.2	28.8	52.9	3.0	8.1	37.0	8.8	10.6	83.2	63.2	0.3	3.8	2.9	392	37	61	5	2	26	22	+68
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	9	404	45.0	44.9	7.8	5.9	1.2	1.0	14.6	26.8	54.4	4.4	9.8	45.5	11.3	12.2	92.7	69.8	0.4	7.3	2.6	405	70	53	11	9	23	27	+47
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	8	357	42.8	44.6	6.8	5.9	1.5	0.9	16.8	26.8	62.6	3.5	6.4	54.9	7.6	8.3	92.4	73.4	0.8	6.0	2.4	343	54	47	12	7	19	31	+50
6	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
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8	344	41.6	43.0	9.5	9.8	1.4	0.6	14.8	27.9	52.9	4.6	10.3	45.1	8.9	11.6	76.3	65.2	0.8	8.8	5.4	333	76	78	11	5	43	19	-29
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	8	340	40.3	42.5	13.0	4.6	0.9	2.1	14.8	25.5	57.8	1.4	4.5	30.6	11.6	15.6	74.4	65.6	2.9	10.1	3.8	322	104	37	7	17	30	25	+61
9	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	7	338	39.0	48.3	5.7	6.0	1.4	0.4	16.4	30.0	54.8	4.9	11.3	43.0	10.6	12.4	85.1	68.1	1.9	3.9	3.9	273	40	42	10	3	27	17	+46
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7	306	40.9	43.7	11.7	7.7	1.3	0.7	16.7	27.1	61.6	2.9	5.6	51.3	7.4	9.1	81.3	70.1	3.3	8.4	3.7	286	82	54	9	5	26	21	-11
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	7	300	39.5	42.9	7.4	6.3	1.1	0.1	14.3	28.7	49.8	6.6	15.0	43.8	7.7	8.9	87.1	65.7	1.7	5.7	3.3	276	52	44	8	1	23	13	+103
12	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
13	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
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5	229	41.0	45.8	8.6	5.0	1.8	1.2	15.2	28.0	54.3	5.6	11.8	47.5	9.8	11.2	87.5	69.5	0.2	8.4	2.2	205	43	25	9	6	11	12	+37
15	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	5	215	41.7	43.0	7.8	3.0	3.0	0.2	15.6	27.6	56.5	4.2	8.4	50.0	7.6	8.2	92.7	68.9	1.8	6.0	3.2	208	39	15	15	1	16	9	+43
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4	189	42.8	47.3	11.5	8.5	1.5	0.3	16.8	39.8	42.1	4.8	14.3	33.3	9.0	11.8	76.6	52.6	2.8	8.8	5.3	171	46	34	6	1	21	14	+32
17	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	4	163	41.6	40.8	5.0	4.8	0.8	0.3	15.3	24.5	62.2	5.5	9.5	57.9	4.8	5.3	90.5	76.0	1.3	3.8	4.3	166	20	19	3	1	17	14	+31
18	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	4	187	45.3	46.8	5.5	9.0	1.0	1.3	14.8	27.0	54.6	9.8	16.0	60.9	7.5	8.8	85.7	75.8	1.5	4.0	3.3	181	22	36	4	5	13	5	+2
19	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
20	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
21	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	2	80	39.2	40.0	7.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	14.0	23.5	59.6	3.5	9.5	36.8	8.5	11.5	73.9	70.0	2.0	5.0	4.5	78	14	3	2	1	9	6	+12
22	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	2	82	42.2	41.0	8.0	4.5	1.0	0.0	15.5	31.0	50.0	3.5	8.5	41.2	6.5	7.0	92.9	60.2	1.5	6.5	2.0	84	16	9	2	0	4	6	+12
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2	90	37.6	45.0	10.5	3.0	1.0	1.0	13.0	22.0	59.1	3.5	6.0	58.3	15.5	18.5	83.8	74.7	1.0	9.5	3.0	75	21	6	2	2	6	8	+30
24	Chris Paul C. Paul	2	82	36.3	41.0	5.5	9.0	2.0	0.0	14.5	23.0	63.0	7.5	9.0	83.3	4.5	5.5	81.8	80.6	0.5	5.0	0.0	73	11	18	4	0	0	3	+42
25	John Wall J. Wall	2	82	45.5	41.0	2.0	10.5	3.5	2.5	16.0	28.5	56.1	2.0	7.0	28.6	7.0	8.5	82.4	63.6	0.5	1.5	5.5	91	4	21	7	5	11	4	+16