most 40 point playoff games by a by a guard since 2015

Since 2014-15, James Harden has the most games by a guard in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 11 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point playoff games by a by a guard since 2015

	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	James Harden J. Harden	11	469	39.9	42.6	5.7	7.1	1.6	0.4	13.8	24.9	55.5	5.9	11.3	52.4	9.1	9.8	92.6	72.9	1.0	4.7	3.5	439	63	78	18	4	39	34	+31
2	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
3	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
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	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
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	7	300	39.5	42.9	7.4	6.3	1.1	0.1	14.3	28.7	49.8	6.6	15.0	43.8	7.7	8.9	87.1	65.7	1.7	5.7	3.3	276	52	44	8	1	23	13	+103
7	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
8	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
9	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4	189	42.8	47.3	11.5	8.5	1.5	0.3	16.8	39.8	42.1	4.8	14.3	33.3	9.0	11.8	76.6	52.6	2.8	8.8	5.3	171	46	34	6	1	21	14	+32
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	CJ McCollum	2	82	50.4	41.0	8.0	2.5	2.5	1.0	16.0	33.5	47.8	4.0	8.5	47.1	5.0	6.0	83.3	56.7	2.5	5.5	2.5	101	16	5	5	2	5	8	+1
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	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
18	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
19	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
20	Norman Powell N. Powell	1	42	40.6	42.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	15.0	23.0	65.2	7.0	12.0	58.3	5.0	7.0	71.4	80.5	0.0	5.0	4.0	41	5	3	0	1	4	3	0
21	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	1	41	44.4	41.0	7.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	16.0	31.0	51.6	0.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	100.0	58.6	0.0	7.0	2.0	44	7	4	1	2	2	3	+2
22	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
23	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	1	41	40.7	41.0	3.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	23.0	65.2	2.0	7.0	28.6	9.0	12.0	75.0	72.5	1.0	2.0	7.0	41	3	8	0	0	7	1	+3
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	1	41	39.6	41.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	14.0	31.0	45.2	11.0	18.0	61.1	2.0	2.0	100.0	64.3	1.0	3.0	1.0	40	4	0	1	1	1	4	+16