most nba points by a starters center western conference player in 1 game ever playoffs in

Nikola Jokić has scored the most points by a Western Conference center as a starter in a playoff game, with 53 points in Game 4 of the 2023 Western Conference Semifinals against the Suns.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	53	5/7/2023	DEN	@	PHX	39	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	49	5/14/1987	HOU	@	SEA	53	25	2	2	6	19	33	57.6	0	0		11	13	84.6	63.3	11	14	2	4
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	4/23/2000	LAL	vs	SAC	46	17	1	2	5	21	33	63.6	0	0		4	5	80.0	65.3	7	10	2	5	+16
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	4/25/1997	LAL	vs	POR	35	11	2	1	2	17	27	63.0	0	0		12	18	66.7	65.9	3	8	1	3	+23
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	46	5/1/1994	HOU	vs	POR	40	8	4	4	6	16	30	53.3	1	2	50.0	13	18	72.2	60.7	2	6	3	3
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	45	4/27/1995	HOU	@	UTA	44	8	6	2	3	20	30	66.7	0	0		5	10	50.0	65.4	1	7	5	4
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	45	4/29/1977	LAL	vs	GSW	44	18	3	2	1	16	28	57.1				13	18	72.2	62.6	7	11		4
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	44	5/13/2025	DEN	@	OKC	44	15	5	2	0	17	25	68.0	5	7	71.4	5	5	100.0	80.9	6	9	2	4	-8
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	44	6/6/2001	LAL	vs	PHI	52	20	5	1	0	17	28	60.7	0	0		10	22	45.5	58.4	6	14	4	3	-6
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	44	5/6/2001	LAL	vs	SAC	44	21	4	0	7	17	32	53.1	0	0		10	19	52.6	54.5	11	10	2	3	+3
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	44	4/18/1974	MIL	@	CHI	48	21	3	1	3	20	29	69.0				4	4	100.0	71.5				3
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	43	4/23/2023	DEN	@	MIN	39	11	6	2	0	15	26	57.7	5	8	62.5	8	12	66.7	68.7	2	9	4	3	-14
13	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	43	4/25/2019	DEN	@	SAS	38	12	9	2	1	19	30	63.3	2	6	33.3	3	4	75.0	67.7	6	6	2	2	-11
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	43	5/8/2001	LAL	vs	SAC	47	20	2	1	3	18	26	69.2	0	0		7	13	53.8	67.8	7	13	5	2	+2
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	43	6/7/2000	LAL	vs	IND	44	19	4	0	3	21	31	67.7	0	0		1	6	16.7	63.9	6	13	2	2	+18
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	43	5/26/1995	HOU	vs	SAS	46	11	4	0	5	19	32	59.4	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	63.7	3	8	2	5
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43	5/1/1977	LAL	@	GSW	41	20	3	0	4	17	25	68.0				9	11	81.8	72.1	5	15		5
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	42	5/5/2025	DEN	@	OKC	42	22	6	1	2	15	29	51.7	2	6	33.3	10	13	76.9	60.5	5	17	7	5	+10
19	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	42	6/1/2005	PHX	vs	SAS	46	16	2	1	4	16	32	50.0	0	1	0.0	10	11	90.9	57.0	7	9	3	4	-2
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42	5/30/1995	HOU	@	SAS	44	9	8	1	5	19	30	63.3	0	0		4	7	57.1	63.5	0	9	0	5
21	Moses Malone M. Malone	42	4/26/1981	HOU	vs	KCK	48	23	1	0	1	16	34	47.1	0	0		10	14	71.4	52.3				3
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	41	6/4/2023	DEN	vs	MIA	42	11	4	0	0	16	28	57.1	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	65.0	3	8	5	3	-11
23	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	41	5/22/2005	PHX	vs	SAS	36	9	1	0	1	13	21	61.9	0	0		15	18	83.3	70.9	6	3	2	2	-9
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	5/31/2002	LAL	vs	SAC	44	17	1	0	2	14	25	56.0	0	0		13	17	76.5	63.1	2	15	6	4	+8
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	6/19/2000	LAL	vs	IND	47	12	1	0	4	19	32	59.4	0	0		3	12	25.0	55.0	5	7	0	2	+6