most nba playoff 40 point games ever from current players total playoff games in last 5 years

Between October 31, 2021 and October 31, 2026, Jalen Brunson has the most games by an active player in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 10 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	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	10	425	433	40	64	7	2	151	286	52.8	31	80	38.8	92	110	83.6	63.5	4	36	29	23	+78	43.3	42.5	4.0	6.4	0.7	0.2	2.9
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	6	263	248	70	45	7	4	98	160	61.3	18	33	54.5	49	60	81.7	70.5	17	53	24	19	0	41.3	43.8	11.7	7.5	1.2	0.7	4.0
3	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	6	271	255	43	30	14	8	92	154	59.7	16	41	39.0	71	81	87.7	71.5	13	30	10	7	+44	42.5	45.2	7.2	5.0	2.3	1.3	1.7
4	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
5	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	4	184	151	23	20	6	2	64	121	52.9	13	41	31.7	43	56	76.8	63.2	9	14	12	13	+73	37.8	46.0	5.8	5.0	1.5	0.5	3.0
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4	188	173	25	28	10	4	70	102	68.6	15	27	55.6	33	36	91.7	79.8	3	22	8	16	+22	43.2	47.0	6.3	7.0	2.5	1.0	2.0
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	3	139	124	30	13	6	3	50	88	56.8	20	41	48.8	19	24	79.2	70.5	0	30	8	6	+45	41.3	46.3	10.0	4.3	2.0	1.0	2.7
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	3	126	120	43	17	4	4	46	87	52.9	5	14	35.7	29	37	78.4	61.0	7	36	16	12	0	40.0	42.0	14.3	5.7	1.3	1.3	5.3
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	3	127	123	28	19	4	4	38	76	50.0	13	30	43.3	38	46	82.6	66.0	2	26	10	7	-35	41.0	42.3	9.3	6.3	1.3	1.3	3.3
10	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2	82	78	13	18	2	0	28	48	58.3	3	10	30.0	23	26	88.5	69.0	5	8	8	8	+15	39.0	41.0	6.5	9.0	1.0	0.0	4.0
11	James Harden J. Harden	2	87	87	9	15	6	1	33	53	62.3	13	23	56.5	8	8	100.0	77.0	0	9	4	6	+2	43.4	43.5	4.5	7.5	3.0	0.5	2.0
12	Jamal Murray J. Murray	2	83	79	8	12	5	1	30	48	62.5	14	24	58.3	9	10	90.0	79.2	0	8	5	5	+18	39.5	41.5	4.0	6.0	2.5	0.5	2.5
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	93	78	18	10	1	0	34	64	53.1	14	32	43.8	11	14	78.6	66.3	3	15	6	5	+36	39.2	46.5	9.0	5.0	0.5	0.0	3.0
14	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
15	Ja Morant J. Morant	2	92	82	17	21	3	0	28	57	49.1	11	22	50.0	25	27	92.6	66.8	5	12	5	4	+16	41.0	46.0	8.5	10.5	1.5	0.0	2.5
16	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	1	41	49	24	3	1	3	14	25	56.0	1	2	50.0	12	13	92.3	66.7	9	15	3	4	+16	48.7	41.0	24.0	3.0	1.0	3.0	3.0
17	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	1	45	44	4	5	1	0	13	23	56.5	5	8	62.5	14	14	100.0	77.2	3	1	6	3	+3	43.7	45.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	6.0
18	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	1	45	41	9	7	2	0	17	31	54.8	6	11	54.5	5	12	41.7	62.0	2	7	6	2	0	40.8	45.0	9.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	6.0
19	Ayo Dosunmu A. Dosunmu	1	43	42	4	1	0	1	13	17	76.5	5	5	100.0	12	12	100.0	96.5	2	2	1	4	+10	42.0	43.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
20	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
21	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	1	46	52	5	9	0	0	17	30	56.7	7	12	58.3	5	8	62.5	68.6	0	5	3	5	+3	51.9	46.0	5.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
22	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	1	40	45	7	5	0	0	14	25	56.0	6	12	50.0	6	6	100.0	72.4	2	5	7	4	-5	44.6	40.0	7.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	7.0
23	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	1	42	41	10	5	0	0	16	29	55.2	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	66.4	3	7	3	5	+2	41.3	42.0	10.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1	50	41	8	4	0	1	13	19	68.4	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	88.5	1	7	3	3	+16	40.6	50.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	3.0
25	LeBron James L. James	1	40	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2	47.9	40.0	10.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	1.0

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.5

Brunson

RPG

13.5

Towns

APG

6.3

Kolek

Team Rankings

ORTG

109.3

24th

DRTG

110.0

10th

NETRTG

-0.7

17th

3P%

35.2

14th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Heat	2	4	.333	3.0
11	Pacers	2	4	.333	3.0
12	Knicks	2	4	.333	3.0
13	Bucks	1	4	.200	3.5
14	Bulls	1	5	.167	4.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 11/2	BKN	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Wed 11/4	CHI	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Sat 11/7	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Tue 11/10	MIL	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Wed 11/11	CLE	@	NYK	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

2 - 4

Final

76ers

5 - 1

Fri 30 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

36.2

Dončić

29.2

Curry

28.2

Maxey

RPG Leaders

16.2

Sabonis

13.5

Towns

12.3

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

10.2

Young

9.2

Jokić

8.5

Johnson

SPG Leaders

3.2

Williamson

3.0

Daniels

3.0

Gillespie

BPG Leaders

3.8

Wembanyama

2.8

Kessler

2.6

Turner

3PM Leaders

5.4

Dončić

4.6

Murray

4.4

Curry

TS% Leaders

84.1

Camara

77.0

Banchero

75.8

Carter

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.9

121.8

119.7

118.9

118.6

117.7

DRtg Rankings

103.3

103.6

103.8

104.9

106.2

106.6

NetRtg Rankings

14.4

12.0

11.1

10.5

9.1

8.7

Tank Leaderboard

0-5

1-5

1-4

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

317.3

Antetokounmpo

284.4

Wembanyama

282.8

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

334.5

Antetokounmpo

302.5

Dončić

280.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

39.7

Dončić

34.4

Miller

33.4

Barnes

MPG Leaders

38.2

Murray

37.5

Maxey

37.2

Jokić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.77

Wembanyama

1.68

Antetokounmpo

1.62

Flagg

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.77

Antetokounmpo

1.71

Wembanyama

1.69

Dončić

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

5-0

5-1

4-2

Worst Record ATS

0-4

1-5

1-4

2-4

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	5	1	.833
2	76ers	5	1	.833
3	Celtics	4	1	.800	0.5
4	Raptors	3	2	.600	1.5
5	Cavaliers	3	2	.600	1.5
6	Hawks	3	3	.500	2.0
7	Hornets	3	3	.500	2.0
8	Wizards	3	3	.500	2.0
9	Magic	2	3	.400	2.5
10	Heat	2	4	.333	3.0
11	Pacers	2	4	.333	3.0
12	Knicks	2	4	.333	3.0
13	Bucks	1	4	.200	3.5
14	Bulls	1	5	.167	4.0
15	Nets	0	5	.000	4.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Grizzlies	5	0	1.000
2	Rockets	5	1	.833	0.5
3	Thunder	4	1	.800	1.0
4	Trail Blazers	3	1	.750	1.5
5	Lakers	4	2	.667	1.5
6	Mavericks	4	2	.667	1.5
7	Timberwolves	4	2	.667	1.5
8	Spurs	3	2	.600	2.0
9	Nuggets	3	2	.600	2.0
10	Warriors	3	3	.500	2.5
11	Suns	1	3	.250	3.5
12	Jazz	1	4	.200	4.0
13	Pelicans	1	4	.200	4.0
14	Clippers	1	4	.200	4.0
15	Kings	0	5	.000	5.0