most 40 point playoff games by a player in the 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal and Allen Iverson were tied for the most games in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 10 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point playoff games by a player in the 2000s

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	10	440	44.2	44.0	7.6	5.2	1.6	0.8	15.9	29.2	54.5	2.2	3.9	56.4	10.0	11.3	88.5	64.4	1.9	5.7	2.5	442	76	52	16	8	25	28	+84
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	10	423	45.8	42.3	17.3	3.7	0.4	3.3	16.6	27.3	60.8	0.0	0.0		9.1	17.4	52.3	60.5	5.3	12.0	2.7	458	173	37	4	33	27	30	+118
3	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
4	LeBron James L. James	8	360	45.8	45.0	7.9	6.8	1.8	0.8	15.1	28.1	53.8	2.6	6.8	38.9	12.1	16.0	75.8	64.0	2.0	5.9	3.1	367	63	54	14	6	25	26	+26
5	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
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	5	224	45.6	44.8	12.6	2.6	2.4	0.8	14.6	24.4	59.8	2.8	3.6	77.8	12.8	14.6	87.7	72.7	2.0	10.6	2.4	228	63	13	12	4	12	11	+40
7	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4	161	48.3	40.3	15.0	5.3	0.8	2.8	14.3	23.5	60.6	0.5	0.8	66.7	11.3	15.8	71.4	66.1	5.3	9.8	3.8	193	60	21	3	11	15	15	-6
8	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	4	171	44.0	42.8	7.5	4.8	1.3	1.0	14.5	28.0	51.8	2.3	6.0	37.5	11.5	14.8	78.0	62.0	0.5	7.0	3.5	176	30	19	5	4	14	9	-14
9	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
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	3	127	44.2	42.3	6.3	5.7	2.3	0.7	12.3	24.0	51.4	5.0	7.0	71.4	12.7	13.3	95.0	70.9	1.3	5.0	2.0	133	19	17	7	2	6	10	+41
11	Ray Allen R. Allen	3	137	48.9	45.7	3.7	4.3	3.3	0.7	15.7	28.3	55.3	8.0	15.0	53.3	6.3	6.7	95.0	73.0	1.0	2.7	2.7	147	11	13	10	2	8	5	+32
12	Reggie Miller R. Miller	3	122	41.0	40.7	3.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	13.3	21.7	61.5	4.3	7.3	59.1	9.7	11.3	85.3	76.3	1.3	2.3	3.0	123	11	2	4	1	9	4	+20
13	Tony Parker T. Parker	2	84	40.9	42.0	5.0	7.5	3.0	0.5	17.5	27.5	63.6	1.5	4.0	37.5	5.5	7.5	73.3	68.2	0.0	5.0	3.0	82	10	15	6	1	6	5	+31
14	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	2	80	42.0	40.0	3.0	4.0	0.5	0.0	15.5	24.5	63.3	6.0	8.5	70.6	3.0	3.0	100.0	77.5	1.5	1.5	4.0	84	6	8	1	0	8	4	+16
15	Vince Carter V. Carter	2	93	43.1	46.5	6.0	5.0	0.5	2.0	18.0	31.5	57.1	6.0	9.5	63.2	4.5	6.0	75.0	68.1	2.5	3.5	2.0	86	12	10	1	4	4	7	+1
16	Dwight Howard D. Howard	1	40	41.5	40.0	14.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	14.0	21.0	66.7	0.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	16.0	75.0	71.3	6.0	8.0	2.0	41	14	4	0	1	2	5	+13
17	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	1	41	43.5	41.0	11.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	15.0	29.0	51.7	2.0	5.0	40.0	9.0	11.0	81.8	60.6	3.0	8.0	2.0	43	11	3	5	0	2	5	0
18	Brandon Roy B. Roy	1	42	41.8	42.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	15.0	27.0	55.6	2.0	3.0	66.7	10.0	12.0	83.3	65.1	0.0	7.0	0.0	42	7	1	0	1	0	1	+5
19	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	1	42	43.5	42.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	6.0	11.0	54.5	8.0	9.0	88.9	75.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	44	1	0	1	0	0	2	-1
20	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	1	41	42.1	41.0	12.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	30.0	56.7	0.0	0.0		7.0	9.0	77.8	60.4	3.0	9.0	1.0	42	12	6	0	0	1	4	-6
21	Elton Brand E. Brand	1	40	42.2	40.0	9.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	18.0	22.0	81.8	0.0	0.0		4.0	6.0	66.7	81.2	5.0	4.0	1.0	42	9	3	0	4	1	2	-2
22	Anthony Johnson A. Johnson	1	40	45.5	40.0	5.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	16.0	23.0	69.6	3.0	5.0	60.0	5.0	9.0	55.6	74.2	1.0	4.0	2.0	45	5	5	2	0	2	2	-8
23	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	1	44	52.6	44.0	5.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	6.0	9.0	66.7	10.0	10.0	100.0	77.5	1.0	4.0	3.0	53	5	4	1	0	3	4	+1
24	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	1	40	35.9	40.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	23.0	65.2	2.0	2.0	100.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	74.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	36	3	3	0	0	3	2	+28
25	Michael Redd M. Redd	1	40	34.6	40.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	21.0	66.7	4.0	5.0	80.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	81.6	3.0	2.0	0.0	35	5	2	0	0	0	1	+31