most nba playoff 40 point games ever from current players total playoff games

LeBron James has the most games by an active player in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 29 games.

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most NBA playoff 40 or more point games ever from current players total playoff games

	NAME	GP	PTS	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	LeBron James L. James	29	1,263	1,283	289	223	54	25	463	814	56.9	80	181	44.2	257	352	73.0	65.2	57	232	94	77	+137	44.2	43.6	10.0	7.7	1.9	0.9	3.2
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	14	607	624	113	69	18	16	193	362	53.3	52	125	41.6	169	187	90.4	68.3	7	106	39	41	+54	44.6	43.4	8.1	4.9	1.3	1.1	2.8
3	James Harden J. Harden	11	469	439	63	78	18	4	152	274	55.5	65	124	52.4	100	108	92.6	72.9	11	52	39	34	+31	39.9	42.6	5.7	7.1	1.6	0.4	3.5
4	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	9	380	392	37	61	5	2	137	259	52.9	27	73	37.0	79	95	83.2	63.2	3	34	26	22	+68	43.5	42.2	4.1	6.8	0.6	0.2	2.9
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	8	357	343	54	47	12	7	134	214	62.6	28	51	54.9	61	66	92.4	73.4	6	48	19	31	+50	42.8	44.6	6.8	5.9	1.5	0.9	2.4
6	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	8	351	336	58	45	18	11	119	194	61.3	18	43	41.9	95	108	88.0	72.7	16	42	18	8	+71	42.0	43.9	7.3	5.6	2.3	1.4	2.3
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8	344	333	76	78	11	5	118	223	52.9	37	82	45.1	71	93	76.3	65.2	6	70	43	19	-29	41.6	43.0	9.5	9.8	1.4	0.6	5.4
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	8	340	322	104	37	7	17	118	204	57.8	11	36	30.6	93	125	74.4	65.6	23	81	30	25	+61	40.3	42.5	13.0	4.6	0.9	2.1	3.8
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	8	344	334	56	55	10	1	118	236	50.0	52	119	43.7	56	64	87.5	65.1	12	44	29	16	+103	41.8	43.0	7.0	6.9	1.3	0.1	3.6
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	7	338	273	40	42	10	3	115	210	54.8	34	79	43.0	74	87	85.1	68.1	13	27	27	17	+46	39.0	48.3	5.7	6.0	1.4	0.4	3.9
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7	306	286	82	54	9	5	117	190	61.6	20	39	51.3	52	64	81.3	70.1	23	59	26	21	-11	40.9	43.7	11.7	7.7	1.3	0.7	3.7
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7	312	313	63	54	15	4	114	248	46.0	21	67	31.3	63	75	84.0	55.5	14	49	30	26	+58	44.8	44.6	9.0	7.7	2.1	0.6	4.3
13	Jamal Murray J. Murray	6	265	251	36	38	7	2	97	155	62.6	42	72	58.3	29	32	90.6	78.4	8	28	15	16	+70	41.9	44.2	6.0	6.3	1.2	0.3	2.5
14	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5	211	215	32	24	6	9	72	123	58.5	26	48	54.2	41	49	83.7	73.0	11	21	8	11	+22	42.9	42.2	6.4	4.8	1.2	1.8	1.6
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5	229	205	43	25	9	6	76	140	54.3	28	59	47.5	49	56	87.5	69.5	1	42	11	12	+37	41.0	45.8	8.6	5.0	1.8	1.2	2.2
16	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	5	215	208	39	15	15	1	78	138	56.5	21	42	50.0	38	41	92.7	68.9	9	30	16	9	+43	41.7	43.0	7.8	3.0	3.0	0.2	3.2
17	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	4	163	166	20	19	3	1	61	98	62.2	22	38	57.9	19	21	90.5	76.0	5	15	17	14	+31	41.6	40.8	5.0	4.8	0.8	0.3	4.3
18	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	4	187	181	22	36	4	5	59	108	54.6	39	64	60.9	30	35	85.7	75.8	6	16	13	5	+2	45.3	46.8	5.5	9.0	1.0	1.3	3.3
19	Ja Morant J. Morant	3	139	125	21	28	3	0	43	83	51.8	13	29	44.8	40	47	85.1	67.0	7	14	9	7	+10	41.8	46.3	7.0	9.3	1.0	0.0	3.0
20	Anthony Davis A. Davis	3	130	117	29	8	4	5	43	64	67.2	7	11	63.6	37	41	90.2	79.2	7	22	3	9	+22	38.9	43.3	9.7	2.7	1.3	1.7	1.0
21	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	2	80	78	14	3	2	1	28	47	59.6	7	19	36.8	17	23	73.9	70.0	4	10	9	6	+12	39.2	40.0	7.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	4.5
22	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	2	82	84	16	9	2	0	31	62	50.0	7	17	41.2	13	14	92.9	60.2	3	13	4	6	+12	42.2	41.0	8.0	4.5	1.0	0.0	2.0
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2	90	75	21	6	2	2	26	44	59.1	7	12	58.3	31	37	83.8	74.7	2	19	6	8	+30	37.6	45.0	10.5	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.0
24	CJ McCollum	2	82	101	16	5	5	2	32	67	47.8	8	17	47.1	10	12	83.3	56.7	5	11	5	8	+1	50.4	41.0	8.0	2.5	2.5	1.0	2.5
25	Jalen Williams J. Williams	1	40	35	6	4	1	0	14	25	56.0	3	5	60.0	9	12	75.0	66.1	1	5	1	4	+14	35.2	40.0	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.7

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.0

6th

DRTG

114.9

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	52	25	.675	4.5
3	Knicks	50	28	.641	7.0
4	Cavaliers	48	29	.623	8.5
5	Hawks	45	33	.577	12.0
6	Raptors	43	34	.558	13.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/5	IND	@	CLE	6:00 PM
Mon 4/6	CLE	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Wed 4/8	ATL	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Fri 4/10	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM
Sun 4/12	WAS	@	CLE	6:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

48 - 29

118

Final

111

Warriors

36 - 41

Thu 2 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.9

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.9

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

9.1

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.8

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.4

Duren

67.8

Ayton

67.2

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.1

120.7

120.0

119.5

119.4

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.5

111.1

112.8

112.9

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.4

8.3

8.1

7.9

6.7

5.2

Tank Leaderboard

17-60

18-59

21-57

24-53

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,864.1

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,372.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,117

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,572.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.6

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.2

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

49-29

46-30-1

45-32

44-34

43-35

Worst Record ATS

31-46

33-45

33-44

33-43-1

34-43

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	57	21	.731
2	Celtics - x	52	25	.675	4.5
3	Knicks - x	50	28	.641	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	48	29	.623	8.5
5	Hawks	45	33	.577	12.0
6	Raptors	43	34	.558	13.5
7	76ers	43	35	.551	14.0
8	Hornets	42	36	.538	15.0
9	Magic	41	36	.532	15.5
10	Heat	41	37	.526	16.0
11	Bucks - e	30	47	.390	26.5
12	Bulls - e	29	48	.377	27.5
13	Pacers - e	18	59	.234	38.5
14	Nets - e	18	59	.234	38.5
15	Wizards - e	17	60	.221	39.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	61	16	.792
2	Spurs - x	59	19	.756	2.5
3	Lakers - x	50	27	.649	11.0
4	Nuggets - x	50	28	.641	11.5
5	Rockets - x	48	29	.623	13.0
6	Timberwolves	46	31	.597	15.0
7	Suns	42	35	.545	19.0
8	Trail Blazers	40	38	.513	21.5
9	Clippers	39	38	.506	22.0
10	Warriors	36	41	.468	25.0
11	Grizzlies - e	25	52	.325	36.0
12	Pelicans - e	25	53	.321	36.5
13	Mavericks - e	24	53	.312	37.0
14	Kings - e	21	57	.269	40.5
15	Jazz - e	21	57	.269	40.5