most 40 point playoff games before 1980

Before 1979-80, Jerry West had the most games in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 20 games.

Interpreted as:
most 40 or more point playoff games by a player before 1980
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jerry West
J. West
20
873
43.7
6.9
15.8
31.0
50.8
12.2
14.2
85.6
58.6
138
61
2Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
14
620
44.3
16.1
12.0
15.2
78.9
52
3Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
13
598
47.4
46.0
28.5
2.8
19.4
35.2
55.1
7.2
15.4
47.0
54.9
616
370
36
31
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
8
339
43.8
42.4
18.1
3.1
1.5
3.7
17.4
27.9
62.3
7.6
10.4
73.5
65.3
350
145
25
9
22
29
5Rick Barry
R. Barry
8
354
44.6
44.3
7.5
3.5
1.7
0.3
17.3
37.0
46.6
9.8
12.1
80.4
52.3
1.7
3.0
357
60
28
5
1
34
6Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
5
215
46.4
43.0
13.2
1.6
18.0
32.4
55.6
7.0
9.4
74.5
58.8
5.0
232
66
8
5
21
7John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
5
223
47.4
44.6
9.8
6.2
17.2
29.4
58.5
10.2
10.6
96.2
65.5
237
49
31
15
8Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
5
213
42.6
15.6
27.4
56.9
11.4
14.2
80.3
63.3
10
9Sam Jones
S. Jones
4
180
45.0
5.5
2.3
16.8
28.3
59.3
11.5
13.0
88.5
66.2
22
9
14
10Oscar 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
11George Mikan
G. Mikan
4
170
42.5
14.8
24.3
60.8
13.0
15.3
85.2
68.6
16
12George Gervin
G. Gervin
3
130
41.7
43.3
6.0
1.7
1.7
1.0
17.3
31.3
55.3
8.7
11.3
76.5
59.7
3.0
125
18
5
5
3
9
7
13Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
86
48.0
43.0
13.0
4.5
19.0
27.5
69.1
5.0
8.0
62.5
69.3
96
26
9
7
14Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
2
83
41.5
11.0
5.0
14.5
26.0
55.8
12.5
14.5
86.2
64.1
22
10
9
15Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
2
80
40.0
16.0
25.0
64.0
8.0
9.0
88.9
69.1
9
16Kevin Grevey
K. Grevey
1
41
45.0
41.0
3.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
15.0
24.0
62.5
11.0
13.0
84.6
69.0
6.0
45
3
0
2
0
6
5
17Julius Erving
J. Erving
1
40
43.0
40.0
6.0
8.0
2.0
1.0
17.0
29.0
58.6
6.0
7.0
85.7
62.3
2.0
4.0
43
6
8
2
1
2
18Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
1
40
37.0
40.0
3.0
2.0
3.0
1.0
16.0
29.0
55.2
8.0
8.0
100.0
61.5
37
3
2
3
1
5
19Jo Jo White
J. Jo White
1
40
48.0
40.0
5.0
5.0
0.0
16.0
31.0
51.6
8.0
9.0
88.9
57.2
48
5
5
0
4
20David Thompson
D. Thompson
1
40
40.0
40.0
8.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
16.0
29.0
55.2
8.0
8.0
100.0
61.5
4.0
4.0
40
8
3
0
0
2
21Fred Brown
F. Brown
1
45
40.0
45.0
3.0
4.0
1.0
0.0
19.0
35.0
54.3
7.0
7.0
100.0
59.1
2.0
1.0
40
3
4
1
0
4
22Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
1
44
36.0
44.0
3.0
8.0
19.0
26.0
73.1
6.0
7.0
85.7
75.7
36
3
8
3
23Jim McMillian
J. McMillian
1
42
43.0
42.0
7.0
2.0
16.0
25.0
64.0
10.0
14.0
71.4
67.4
43
7
2
2
24Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
1
41
46.0
41.0
4.0
5.0
15.0
31.0
48.4
11.0
12.0
91.7
56.5
46
4
5
1
25Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
1
50
48.0
50.0
10.0
2.0
22.0
39.0
56.4
6.0
8.0
75.0
58.8
48
10
2
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.759
2
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.692
4.0
3
34
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.630
7.0
4
32
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.627
7.5
5
32
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.615
8.0
6
33
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.600
8.5
7
31
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.585
9.5
8
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12.0
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.481
15.0
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25
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15.0
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Tue
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