most 40 point playoff games before turning 28

Michael Jordan had the most games by a player younger than 28 in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 19 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point playoff games before turning 28 years old by a player

	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	19	890	43.5	46.8	6.8	5.9	2.7	1.5	17.0	31.1	54.7	0.8	2.1	38.5	12.1	14.0	86.1	62.9	1.6	5.2	3.7	827	130	112	51	28	71	69
2	Jerry West J. West	15	657		43.8	7.1				15.9	31.9	50.0				11.9	13.9	85.6	57.6					107					47
3	LeBron James L. James	11	485	45.1	44.1	9.5	6.9	1.5	0.9	15.5	27.4	56.5	2.3	5.6	40.3	10.9	14.5	75.5	65.4	2.3	7.2	3.3	496	104	76	17	10	36	32	+58
4	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	11	494		44.9					16.5						12.0	15.5	77.6											46
5	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	10	471	45.9	47.1	4.4	5.5	2.7	0.1	16.4	31.5	52.1	3.9	7.2	54.2	10.4	12.1	86.0	64.0	0.9	3.5	3.3	459	44	55	27	1	33	22	+102
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	10	466	47.4	46.6	28.7	2.7			19.4	36.6	53.0				7.8	15.2	51.3	53.8				474	287	27				22
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	7	297	44.6	42.4	4.6	7.0	0.7	0.3	15.3	28.7	53.2	3.3	8.1	40.4	8.6	10.4	82.2	63.7	0.1	4.4	2.4	312	32	49	5	2	17	15	+71
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	7	284	43.9	40.6	7.9	3.4	1.3	1.1	12.6	25.3	49.7	2.6	8.1	31.6	12.9	14.7	87.4	63.9	0.6	7.3	3.4	307	55	24	9	8	24	18	+20
12	Bernard King B. King	7	304	39.3	43.4	6.0	3.0	1.1	0.4	16.9	26.3	64.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	9.7	12.3	79.1	68.5	2.3	3.7	2.9	275	42	21	8	3	20	24
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5	247	40.0	49.4	5.2	5.6	1.0	0.4	17.2	30.2	57.0	5.6	11.8	47.5	9.4	10.4	90.4	71.0	1.2	4.0	4.0	200	26	28	5	2	20	9	-2
17	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	5	208	43.5	41.6	7.4	3.6	1.6	1.0	12.8	25.4	50.4	0.8	2.2	36.4	15.2	17.4	87.4	62.9	1.6	5.8	2.8	217	37	18	8	5	14	14	+49
18	Bob 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
19	Rick Barry R. Barry	5	230	45.2	46.0	9.2	4.2			17.2	40.2	42.8				11.6	14.8	78.4	49.2				226	46	21				22
20	James Harden J. Harden	4	174	38.7	43.5	5.5	6.3	1.5	0.8	13.3	23.8	55.8	5.3	10.8	48.8	11.8	12.3	95.9	74.6	1.0	4.5	5.0	155	22	25	6	3	20	15	+7
21	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	4	166	41.7	41.5	9.5	4.5	1.5	0.5	15.5	28.3	54.9	2.3	5.5	40.9	8.3	10.0	82.5	63.6	2.8	6.8	1.0	167	38	18	6	2	4	16	+25
22	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	4	165	40.5	41.3	13.0	0.8	0.8	2.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	13.3	16.0	82.8	66.4	5.5	7.5	2.3	162	52	3	3	8	9	13	+20
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	4	180	46.1	45.0	12.5	2.5	2.5	0.8	14.8	24.3	60.8	3.5	4.5	77.8	12.0	14.0	85.7	74.0	2.3	10.3	2.0	184	50	10	10	3	8	10	+28
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	185	48.0	46.3	10.0	4.0	2.3	0.8	17.3	31.5	54.8	2.3	3.8	60.0	9.5	11.5	82.6	63.3	2.8	7.3	3.3	192	40	16	9	3	13	12	+27
25	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

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
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14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0