most 40 point game starts in the playoffs

Michael Jordan has the most career starts in the playoffs when scoring 40+ points, with 38 starts.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point game starts by a player in the playoffs

	NAME	GS	PTS	GP	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	1,769	38	43.7	46.6	6.4	5.3	2.2	1.2	17.2	31.4	54.8	1.1	2.8	38.7	11.1	13.0	85.2	62.7	1.6	4.8	3.3	1,661	243	201	84	47	124	133	+11
2	LeBron James L. James	29	1,263	29	44.2	43.6	10.0	7.7	1.9	0.9	16.0	28.1	56.9	2.8	6.2	44.2	8.9	12.1	73.0	65.2	2.0	8.0	3.2	1,283	289	223	54	25	94	77	+137
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	14	607	14	44.6	43.4	8.1	4.9	1.3	1.1	13.8	25.9	53.3	3.7	8.9	41.6	12.1	13.4	90.4	68.3	0.5	7.6	2.8	624	113	69	18	16	39	41	+54
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	13	565	13	43.2	43.5	7.1	4.8	1.6	0.6	15.7	29.2	53.7	2.4	4.8	50.0	9.7	11.0	88.1	63.8	1.5	5.5	2.5	561	92	62	21	8	32	34	+86
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	12	510	12	44.1	42.5	16.4	3.8	0.4	3.0	16.8	27.3	61.3	0.0	0.0		9.0	16.9	53.2	61.1	5.4	11.0	2.5	529	197	45	5	36	30	35	+141
6	James Harden J. Harden	11	469	11	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
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	11	468	11	44.1	42.5	13.7	4.1	1.8	3.5	16.7	28.1	59.5	0.2	0.4	50.0	8.9	11.2	79.7	64.4	3.5	10.2	2.5	485	151	45	20	38	27	46
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	10	471	10	45.9	47.1	4.4	5.5	2.7	0.1	16.4	31.5	52.1	3.9	7.2	54.2	10.4	12.1	86.0	64.0	0.9	3.5	3.3	459	44	55	27	1	33	22	+102
9	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	8	337	8	44.3	42.1	4.5	7.0	0.6	0.3	15.3	29.3	52.1	3.3	8.4	38.8	8.4	10.1	82.7	62.5	0.4	4.1	2.4	354	36	56	5	2	19	17	+76
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	8	357	8	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
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	8	351	8	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8	344	8	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
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	8	340	8	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
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	7	344	8	41.8	43.0	7.0	6.9	1.3	0.1	14.8	29.5	50.0	6.5	14.9	43.7	7.0	8.0	87.5	65.1	1.5	5.5	3.6	334	56	55	10	1	29	16	+103
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7	312	7	44.8	44.6	9.0	7.7	2.1	0.6	16.3	35.4	46.0	3.0	9.6	31.3	9.0	10.7	84.0	55.5	2.0	7.0	4.3	313	63	54	15	4	30	26	+58
16	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	7	295	7	42.8	42.1	7.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	13.9	25.1	55.1	1.3	2.6	50.0	13.1	15.6	84.4	65.9	1.4	6.0	3.6	300	52	26	12	5	25	21	+60
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	7	312	7	44.9	44.6	10.6	2.9	1.7	1.1	13.9	22.4	61.8	2.3	3.0	76.2	14.6	16.0	91.1	75.6	1.4	9.1	2.6	314	74	20	12	8	18	16	+63
18	Bernard King B. King	7	304	7	39.3	43.4	6.0	3.0	1.1	0.4	16.9	26.3	64.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	9.7	12.3	79.1	68.5	2.3	3.7	2.9	275	42	21	8	3	20	24
19	Jamal Murray J. Murray	6	265	6	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
20	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	6	295	6	39.3	49.2	5.2	6.2	1.5	0.5	16.8	30.2	55.8	4.8	11.0	43.9	10.7	12.2	87.7	69.2	1.3	3.8	4.2	236	31	37	9	3	25	13	+11
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	6	262	6	40.4	43.7	11.2	8.2	1.2	0.8	16.7	27.5	60.6	2.5	5.3	46.9	7.8	9.8	79.7	68.6	2.8	8.3	4.0	242	67	49	7	5	24	17	-3
22	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5	211	5	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
23	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	5	215	5	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
24	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	5	232	5	45.2	46.4	15.6	4.2	1.8	1.4	16.6	25.0	66.4	1.6	2.8	57.1	11.6	13.4	86.6	75.1	5.4	10.2	2.4	226	78	21	9	7	12	15
25	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	5	223	5	41.4	44.6	5.8	3.2	0.8	0.4	16.6	30.6	54.2	0.4	1.0	40.0	11.0	13.4	82.1	61.1	2.6	3.2	3.2	207	29	16	4	2	16	11