most 40 point games by a point guard in the playoffs

Jerry West has the most games by a point guard in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 16 games.

	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	Jerry West J. West	16	705		44.1	7.1				15.6	31.9	48.8				12.9	15.1	85.9	57.2					113					51
2	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	10	425	43.3	42.5	4.0	6.4	0.7	0.2	15.1	28.6	52.8	3.1	8.0	38.8	9.2	11.0	83.6	63.5	0.4	3.6	2.9	433	40	64	7	2	29	23	+78
3	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
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	8	344	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
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7	312	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	4	172	45.0	43.0	10.3	8.3	1.3	0.3	14.0	24.5	57.1	0.3	2.3	11.1	14.8	16.0	92.2	68.2	2.3	8.0	4.8	180	41	33	5	1	19	15
10	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	4	167		41.8	9.8	10.3			13.5	23.8	56.8				14.8	16.5	89.4	67.3					39	41				12
11	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
12	James Harden J. Harden	3	128	41.2	42.7	5.7	5.7	1.3	0.3	13.0	27.0	48.1	4.7	12.7	36.8	12.0	12.3	97.3	65.8	1.3	4.3	5.0	124	17	17	4	1	15	13	-17
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2	82	39.0	41.0	6.5	9.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	1.5	5.0	30.0	11.5	13.0	88.5	69.0	2.5	4.0	4.0	78	13	18	2	0	8	8	+15
14	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
15	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
16	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	2	95	40.6	47.5	4.0	2.5	2.0	0.0	15.0	28.5	52.6	5.0	12.0	41.7	12.5	14.0	89.3	68.5	1.0	3.0	1.5	81	8	5	4	0	3	4	+13
17	Tony Parker T. Parker	2	84	40.9	42.0	5.0	7.5	3.0	0.5	17.5	27.5	63.6	1.5	4.0	37.5	5.5	7.5	73.3	68.2	0.0	5.0	3.0	82	10	15	6	1	6	5	+31
18	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	2	80	42.0	40.0	3.0	4.0	0.5	0.0	15.5	24.5	63.3	6.0	8.5	70.6	3.0	3.0	100.0	77.5	1.5	1.5	4.0	84	6	8	1	0	8	4	+16
19	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	2	83	47.5	41.5	7.5	3.0	3.0	1.5	14.0	26.5	52.8	2.5	6.0	41.7	11.0	13.0	84.6	64.4	2.0	5.5	1.0	95	15	6	6	3	2	8	+21
20	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	2	89	45.0	44.5	4.5	9.5	2.0	0.5	15.0	25.0	60.0	1.5	2.0	75.0	13.0	14.5	89.7	70.9	0.5	4.0	1.0	90	9	19	4	1	2	6
21	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	2	93	44.0	46.5	3.0	9.5	2.5	0.0	17.0	24.0	70.8	1.5	2.0	75.0	11.0	12.0	91.7	79.4	1.0	2.0	2.0	88	6	19	5	0	4	4
22	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	1	45	43.7	45.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	23.0	56.5	5.0	8.0	62.5	14.0	14.0	100.0	77.2	3.0	1.0	6.0	44	4	5	1	0	6	3	+3
23	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	1	46	51.9	46.0	5.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	30.0	56.7	7.0	12.0	58.3	5.0	8.0	62.5	68.6	0.0	5.0	3.0	52	5	9	0	0	3	5	+3
24	Trae Young T. Young	1	48	41.1	48.0	7.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	34.0	50.0	4.0	13.0	30.8	10.0	12.0	83.3	61.1	1.0	6.0	6.0	41	7	11	1	0	6	3	+10
25	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	1	44	53.0	44.0	8.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	16.0	24.0	66.7	2.0	2.0	100.0	10.0	12.0	83.3	75.1	0.0	8.0	3.0	53	8	10	3	0	3	3	-4

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Team Leaders

PPG

38.6

Dončić

RPG

10.8

Kessler

APG

7.6

Dončić

Team Rankings

ORTG

122.7

1st

DRTG

114.7

17th

NETRTG

8.0

5th

3P%

38.3

3rd

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	11	2	.846
2	Spurs	10	2	.833	0.5
3	Timberwolves	9	3	.750	1.5
4	Rockets	9	3	.750	1.5
5	Trail Blazers	8	3	.727	2.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/15	LAL	@	PHX	4:00 PM
Tue 11/17	CHA	@	LAL	11:00 PM
Wed 11/18	UTA	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Fri 11/20	SAC	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Mon 11/23	UTA	@	LAL	10:00 PM

Last Game

Lakers

11 - 2

123

Final

112

Bucks

1 - 11

Wed 11 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.6

Dončić

30.3

Wembanyama

29.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG Leaders

13.5

Towns

13.3

Sabonis

12.6

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.0

Jokić

8.8

Young

8.5

Mitchell

SPG Leaders

3.0

Daniels

2.3

Dunn

2.2

Flagg

BPG Leaders

4.4

Wembanyama

2.4

Turner

2.2

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.3

Curry

4.1

Robinson

TS% Leaders

72.6

Gafford

71.9

Curry

71.3

Spencer

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

120.4

120.0

119.3

119.2

DRtg Rankings

104.8

107.6

107.9

108.6

108.8

109.0

NetRtg Rankings

13.3

11.7

11.2

9.2

8.0

7.9

Tank Leaderboard

1-11

1-10

1-9

2-8

3-8

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

759

Wembanyama

685.6

Dončić

583.3

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

734.5

Wembanyama

723.3

Dončić

610.3

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.1

Dončić

36.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

35.9

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.4

Acuff

36.8

Wagner

36.4

Murray

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.11

Wembanyama

1.74

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.04

Wembanyama

1.83

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

11-1

9-3

9-4

8-4

7-4

Worst Record ATS

2-10

2-9

3-8

4-8

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	10	2	.833
2	76ers	10	3	.769	0.5
3	Pistons	8	3	.727	1.5
4	Hawks	7	5	.583	3.0
5	Knicks	6	5	.545	3.5
6	Cavaliers	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Heat	5	6	.455	4.5
8	Raptors	5	7	.417	5.0
9	Magic	4	7	.364	5.5
10	Hornets	4	8	.333	6.0
11	Pacers	4	8	.333	6.0
12	Wizards	4	9	.308	6.5
13	Nets	3	8	.273	6.5
14	Bulls	1	9	.100	8.0
15	Bucks	1	11	.083	9.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	11	2	.846
2	Spurs	10	2	.833	0.5
3	Timberwolves	9	3	.750	1.5
4	Rockets	9	3	.750	1.5
5	Trail Blazers	8	3	.727	2.0
6	Warriors	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Thunder	8	4	.667	2.5
8	Grizzlies	7	4	.636	3.0
9	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
10	Mavericks	7	5	.583	3.5
11	Suns	5	6	.455	5.0
12	Pelicans	4	8	.333	6.5
13	Clippers	2	8	.200	7.5
14	Kings	1	10	.091	9.0
15	Jazz	1	11	.083	9.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/13	MIL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Fri 11/13	NYK	@	IND	7:00 PM
Fri 11/13	CLE	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Fri 11/13	MEM	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Fri 11/13	ATL	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Jerry West has the most games by a point guard in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 16 games.

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7.6

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

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3.0

2.3

2.2

4.4

2.4

2.2

5.5

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NBA 2026-27 Rankings

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759

685.6

583.3

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610.3

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35.9

37.4

36.8

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