most 40 point games in playoff history by a player below age 27 since 1977

Since 1976-77, Michael Jordan has the most games by a player younger than 27 in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 13 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games in playoff history by a player below age 27 since 1977

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	13	614	43.7	47.2	6.8	5.5	2.8	1.5	16.9	30.5	55.6	0.5	1.2	40.0	12.9	15.0	86.2	63.7	1.5	5.3	3.7	568	88	71	36	20	48	47
2	LeBron James L. James	9	400	45.3	44.4	7.9	6.9	1.7	0.9	15.2	27.6	55.2	2.6	6.4	39.7	11.4	14.9	76.9	65.2	1.9	6.0	3.0	408	71	62	15	8	27	28	+32
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	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	8	371	45.6	46.4	4.1	5.4	2.9	0.1	16.1	31.6	51.0	4.0	7.1	56.1	10.1	11.5	88.0	63.2	1.0	3.1	3.4	365	33	43	23	1	27	17	+85
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	7	308	42.5	44.0	7.0	5.9	1.4	0.9	17.3	27.6	62.7	3.6	6.6	54.3	5.9	6.4	91.1	72.4	0.9	6.1	2.4	298	49	41	10	6	17	26	+49
6	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
7	Jamal Murray J. Murray	5	222	42.2	44.4	6.2	6.2	0.8	0.2	16.0	25.8	62.0	6.8	11.6	58.6	5.6	6.2	90.3	77.8	1.6	4.6	2.8	211	31	31	4	1	14	14	+53
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5	214	40.5	42.8	12.2	4.0	0.6	2.6	14.4	23.4	61.5	1.2	4.4	27.3	12.8	17.6	72.7	68.7	3.2	9.0	2.8	202	61	20	3	13	14	13	+61
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	5	203	43.8	40.6	8.6	3.2	1.4	1.4	12.4	24.2	51.2	2.4	7.4	32.4	13.4	15.4	87.0	65.5	0.6	8.0	3.2	219	43	16	7	7	16	14	+7
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4	187	41.3	46.8	8.8	5.3	1.3	1.0	15.0	28.0	53.6	5.3	10.8	48.8	11.5	13.3	86.8	69.1	0.3	8.5	1.8	165	35	21	5	4	7	9	+46
11	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	4	197	39.6	49.3	5.5	6.0	1.3	0.3	16.0	28.8	55.7	6.3	12.5	50.0	11.0	11.5	95.7	72.8	1.3	4.3	4.0	158	22	24	5	1	16	5	+1
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	4	167	44.5	41.8	8.0	4.0	2.0	0.8	13.3	26.0	51.0	0.3	1.0	25.0	15.0	17.5	85.7	61.9	2.0	6.0	3.5	178	32	16	8	3	14	13	+17
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	4	170	46.5	42.5	19.5	2.5	2.3	3.3	16.0	28.0	57.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	10.5	12.5	84.0	63.4	6.5	13.0	2.0	186	78	10	9	13	8	16
14	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
15	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	3	123	40.6	41.0	4.3	4.7	1.0	0.3	15.7	24.3	64.4	5.3	8.7	61.5	4.3	5.0	86.7	77.3	1.0	3.3	3.3	122	13	14	3	1	10	10	+36
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	3	123	47.5	41.0	5.7	6.7	3.0	1.0	15.7	29.7	52.8	0.7	3.3	20.0	9.0	9.3	96.4	60.7	1.0	4.7	3.0	142	17	20	9	3	9	12	+26
17	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	3	125	41.9	41.7	10.7	4.7	1.7	0.7	15.7	28.0	56.0	2.7	6.0	44.4	7.7	8.7	88.5	65.5	3.0	7.7	1.0	126	32	14	5	2	3	13	+12
18	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	3	123	40.0	41.0	13.7	1.0	0.7	2.3	14.0	24.7	56.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	13.0	15.3	84.8	65.3	6.3	7.3	2.3	120	41	3	2	7	7	10	+6
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3	130	47.0	43.3	12.7	2.3	3.0	1.0	15.0	23.7	63.4	3.0	4.0	75.0	10.3	12.7	81.6	74.1	2.7	10.0	2.3	141	38	7	9	3	7	8	+6
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3	135	46.7	45.0	10.7	3.7	2.0	1.0	16.3	30.3	53.8	1.3	2.3	57.1	11.0	13.3	82.5	62.2	3.3	7.3	2.0	140	32	11	6	3	6	8	+33
21	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	3	131	44.7	43.7	6.7	4.7	1.7	1.0	15.0	28.7	52.3	2.3	5.7	41.2	11.3	13.7	82.9	63.0	0.3	6.3	4.3	134	20	14	5	3	13	8	+3
22	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	2	82	43.8	41.0	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	14.5	23.5	61.7	5.5	10.0	55.0	6.5	8.0	81.3	75.9	0.0	6.0	1.5	88	12	8	2	0	3	4	+18
23	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
24	James Harden J. Harden	2	87	38.2	43.5	7.0	7.0	1.5	1.0	14.0	23.0	60.9	6.0	9.0	66.7	9.5	10.0	95.0	79.4	1.0	6.0	4.0	76	14	14	3	2	8	6	+20
25	Dwight Howard D. Howard	2	86	43.6	43.0	16.5	2.5	0.0	1.0	15.0	22.0	68.2	0.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	19.0	68.4	70.8	6.0	10.5	5.0	87	33	5	0	2	10	10	+3