5 players are tied for the most games in a single NBA playoff run, with 26 games in 2007-08. The first three are Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce.

Interpreted as:

most 40point games by a player in a single playoffs

	NAME	GP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Ray Allen R. Allen	26	2007-08	BOS	38.0	15.6	3.8	2.7	0.9	0.3	5.1	12.0	42.8	2.1	5.3	39.6	3.2	3.5	91.3	57.6	1.0	2.8	1.5	987	405	98	71	24	8	38	63	+152
2	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26	2007-08	BOS	38.0	20.4	10.5	3.3	1.3	1.1	8.3	16.8	49.5	0.1	0.3	25.0	3.6	4.5	81.0	54.2	2.8	7.8	2.1	987	530	274	87	35	29	55	74	+186
3	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26	2007-08	BOS	38.1	19.7	5.0	4.6	1.1	0.3	6.3	14.2	44.1	1.7	4.6	36.1	5.5	6.8	80.2	57.0	0.8	4.2	3.2	990	511	129	119	28	8	82	90	+135
4	James Posey J. Posey	26	2007-08	BOS	22.0	6.7	3.6	1.1	1.0	0.3	2.0	4.6	43.7	1.3	3.4	39.8	1.3	1.5	87.5	63.7	0.5	3.1	0.5	573	174	93	28	26	8	14	61	+11
5	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	26	2007-08	BOS	32.0	10.2	4.1	6.6	1.7	0.3	4.1	10.1	40.7	0.2	0.8	25.0	1.8	2.6	69.1	45.4	1.5	2.6	1.8	831	266	107	172	45	8	47	74	+62
6	P.J. Brown	25	2007-08	BOS	13.6	2.9	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.2	46.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.0	84.0	54.5	0.7	1.6	0.5	341	73	59	12	5	10	12	58	-52
7	Kendrick Perkins K. Perkins	25	2007-08	BOS	25.2	6.6	6.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.5	4.2	58.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.4	67.8	62.1	2.1	4.0	1.2	631	164	153	13	15	32	31	91	+122
8	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	25	2004-05	DET	39.4	18.7	4.3	6.5	1.0	0.2	5.8	13.6	42.8	1.8	5.0	34.9	5.3	6.0	89.3	57.7	0.9	3.4	2.0	985	467	108	162	25	5	49	71	+114
9	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	25	2004-05	DET	43.2	20.0	4.3	4.3	0.8	0.1	7.9	17.5	45.3	0.4	1.4	29.4	3.8	4.8	79.8	51.2	1.2	3.1	3.1	1,079	501	108	107	21	3	78	79	+114
10	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	25	2004-05	DET	15.0	3.8	1.6	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.4	4.5	31.9	0.3	1.4	22.2	0.6	0.9	72.7	39.1	0.4	1.2	0.6	374	96	40	39	22	7	15	45	+3
11	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	25	2004-05	DET	19.8	8.0	5.9	0.8	0.6	0.9	3.5	7.2	48.6	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.4	69.4	51.1	1.8	4.0	1.0	494	201	147	19	14	23	25	78	+52
12	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	25	2004-05	DET	40.9	13.4	6.3	3.3	1.0	0.4	5.3	12.3	43.3	0.9	2.4	36.7	1.9	2.4	80.0	50.4	2.2	4.1	1.5	1,023	336	158	83	26	9	37	50	+133
13	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	25	2004-05	DET	39.2	10.0	11.3	1.0	1.7	2.4	4.1	8.5	48.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.9	4.1	46.1	48.9	3.8	7.5	1.2	979	251	282	25	43	59	30	65	+83
14	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	25	2004-05	DET	33.0	13.6	6.9	1.3	1.0	1.8	5.4	12.4	43.9	1.2	3.4	33.7	1.6	2.2	74.1	51.1	1.6	5.4	1.5	826	341	173	32	26	44	38	95	+118
15	Greg Anthony G. Anthony	25	1993-94	NYK	17.4	4.9	1.1	2.4	0.8	0.3	1.8	5.1	35.2	0.7	2.4	29.5	0.6	1.0	58.3	44.0	0.4	0.7	1.2	436	122	27	59	19	8	31	55
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	25	1993-94	NYK	41.3	21.9	11.7	2.6	1.3	3.0	8.4	19.2	43.7	0.2	0.4	36.4	4.9	6.5	75.5	49.5	3.5	8.2	3.3	1,032	547	293	65	32	76	83	94
17	Anthony Mason A. Mason	25	1993-94	NYK	26.4	7.6	5.8	1.8	0.6	0.2	2.7	5.5	48.9	0.0	0.0		2.2	3.1	71.4	55.3	2.1	3.7	1.4	660	189	146	46	15	5	36	66
18	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	25	1993-94	NYK	39.7	13.2	11.7	2.4	1.4	0.2	5.0	10.5	47.7	0.0	0.0		3.2	4.1	77.5	53.6	4.6	7.0	2.6	992	329	292	59	35	5	65	87
19	Charles Smith C. Smith	25	1993-94	NYK	24.5	8.8	3.8	1.0	0.5	1.0	3.4	7.1	48.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.8	72.9	53.2	1.4	2.4	1.3	612	221	95	25	12	24	32	92
20	John Starks J. Starks	25	1993-94	NYK	33.6	14.6	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	4.4	11.6	38.1	1.9	5.3	35.6	3.9	5.0	77.0	52.8	0.4	2.0	2.3	840	364	58	114	35	2	57	86
21	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	24	2021-22	BOS	38.3	23.1	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	8.2	17.5	47.0	2.5	6.7	37.3	4.2	5.5	76.3	58.1	1.4	5.5	3.1	920	554	166	85	27	10	74	71	+73
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	24	2021-22	BOS	41.0	25.6	6.7	6.2	1.2	0.9	8.4	19.7	42.6	3.2	8.2	39.3	5.7	7.1	80.0	56.2	1.0	5.7	4.2	983	615	161	148	29	21	100	72	+108
23	Grant Williams G. Williams	24	2021-22	BOS	27.3	8.6	3.8	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.7	6.3	43.3	1.5	3.7	39.3	1.8	2.2	80.8	59.9	1.0	2.8	0.8	654	207	91	19	8	18	20	83	+3
24	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	24	2021-22	BOS	12.9	4.8	1.9	1.6	0.3	0.1	1.8	4.3	42.2	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.2	0.3	66.7	54.5	0.4	1.5	0.4	309	114	46	38	6	2	9	23	+56
25	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	24	2018-19	TOR	30.6	9.4	6.4	3.0	0.9	1.1	3.2	7.5	42.2	1.4	3.7	38.2	1.7	1.9	87.0	56.4	0.7	5.8	0.9	735	226	154	73	21	26	21	84	+77