most 40 point games by a player in the playoffs since 2018

Since 2017-18, LeBron James has the most games in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 10 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games by a player in the playoffs since 2018

	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	10	441	43.0	44.1	9.5	8.2	1.9	0.4	16.5	26.9	61.3	3.0	6.0	50.0	8.1	10.9	74.3	69.6	2.1	7.4	3.9	430	95	82	19	4	39	21	+34
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	7	323	45.3	46.1	8.3	6.4	1.3	1.1	15.0	26.4	56.8	4.9	9.7	50.0	11.3	12.0	94.0	72.8	0.4	7.9	2.1	317	58	45	9	8	15	23	+34
10	James Harden J. Harden	7	295	40.6	42.1	5.9	7.6	1.7	0.1	14.1	25.6	55.3	6.3	11.6	54.3	7.6	8.4	89.8	72.0	1.0	4.9	2.7	284	41	53	12	1	19	19	+24
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	4	172	41.0	43.0	7.8	3.0	2.3	0.3	16.0	27.0	59.3	3.5	8.0	43.8	7.5	8.3	90.9	70.2	2.0	5.8	3.0	164	31	12	9	1	12	5	+25
15	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
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	3	140	40.5	46.7	8.7	5.7	1.0	0.0	16.0	31.7	50.5	6.7	15.3	43.5	8.0	9.3	85.7	65.2	1.7	7.0	3.0	122	26	17	3	0	9	6	+28
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	3	147	46.5	49.0	5.7	8.7	1.3	1.7	15.0	27.0	55.6	10.3	17.0	60.8	8.7	10.3	83.9	77.7	1.0	4.7	3.3	139	17	26	4	5	10	3	-5
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2	91	43.9	45.5	12.5	6.0	1.0	0.0	17.5	41.0	42.7	6.0	14.0	42.9	4.5	6.0	75.0	52.1	2.0	10.5	5.0	88	25	12	2	0	10	6	+9
24	Jalen Williams J. Williams	1	40	35.2	40.0	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	3.0	5.0	60.0	9.0	12.0	75.0	66.1	1.0	5.0	1.0	35	6	4	1	0	1	4	+14
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1	40	40.0	40.0	9.0	10.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	30.0	43.3	2.0	7.0	28.6	12.0	14.0	85.7	55.3	4.0	5.0	5.0	40	9	10	1	0	5	4	+5