most 40 point games in playoffs since 2020

Since 2019-20, Jalen Brunson has the most games in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 9 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games by a player in playoffs since 2020

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	7	299	41.5	42.7	13.6	4.9	0.9	1.9	15.1	25.9	58.6	1.3	4.3	30.0	11.1	15.0	74.3	65.8	3.0	10.6	4.1	290	95	34	6	13	29	23	+39
6	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
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	6	263	41.3	43.8	11.7	7.5	1.2	0.7	16.3	26.7	61.3	3.0	5.5	54.5	8.2	10.0	81.7	70.5	2.8	8.8	4.0	248	70	45	7	4	24	19	0
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3	139	46.9	46.3	10.0	7.0	1.7	1.7	15.7	26.3	59.5	3.7	7.7	47.8	11.3	12.7	89.5	72.6	0.7	9.3	2.3	141	30	21	5	5	7	11	+5
12	James Harden J. Harden	3	128	42.0	42.7	5.3	8.3	2.3	0.3	14.7	23.7	62.0	6.7	11.7	57.1	6.7	7.0	95.2	79.8	0.3	5.0	2.0	126	16	25	7	1	6	7	+15
13	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
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	93	39.2	46.5	9.0	5.0	0.5	0.0	17.0	32.0	53.1	7.0	16.0	43.8	5.5	7.0	78.6	66.3	1.5	7.5	3.0	78	18	10	1	0	6	5	+36
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2	86	41.3	43.0	6.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	16.0	23.0	69.6	4.5	8.0	56.3	6.5	7.0	92.9	82.4	2.0	4.0	3.0	83	12	7	4	0	6	3	+1
19	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	2	97	47.1	48.5	5.0	10.0	0.5	2.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	10.5	16.5	63.6	10.0	11.5	87.0	83.4	0.5	4.5	2.0	94	10	20	1	4	4	1	-14
20	LeBron James L. James	2	80	44.9	40.0	11.5	8.0	2.5	0.0	15.0	23.0	65.2	5.0	8.0	62.5	5.0	6.5	76.9	77.3	2.5	9.0	2.5	90	23	16	5	0	5	2	+5
21	Anthony Davis A. Davis	2	83	39.1	41.5	9.5	3.5	2.0	1.0	14.0	20.5	68.3	2.5	3.5	71.4	11.0	12.0	91.7	80.5	1.5	8.0	0.5	78	19	7	4	2	1	5	+7
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	1	40	44.6	40.0	7.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	6.0	12.0	50.0	6.0	6.0	100.0	72.4	2.0	5.0	7.0	45	7	5	0	0	7	4	-5