most nba points by a starters eastern conference game 7 player in 1 game ever playoffs in

Jayson Tatum has dropped the most points as a starter in the Eastern Conference in a game 7, with 51 points in Game 7 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the 76ers.

	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	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	5/14/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	42	13	5	2	0	17	28	60.7	6	10	60.0	11	14	78.6	74.6	0	13	0	1	+33
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	48	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	43	5	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	2	3	0	0
4	LeBron James L. James	45	4/29/2018	CLE	vs	IND	43	8	7	4	0	16	25	64.0	2	3	66.7	11	15	73.3	71.2	2	6	4	4	-2
5	LeBron James L. James	45	5/18/2008	CLE	@	BOS	47	5	6	2	0	14	29	48.3	3	11	27.3	14	19	73.7	60.2	1	4	2	4	0
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44	6/3/2001	PHI	vs	MIL	44	6	7	2	0	17	33	51.5	4	6	66.7	6	7	85.7	61.0	1	5	2	4	+19
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	5/17/1992	CHI	vs	NYK	42	6	4	2	3	15	29	51.7	0	0		12	13	92.3	60.5	3	3	5	3
8	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	5/18/1979	SAS	@	WAS	43	6	1	3	1	16	31	51.6				10	13	76.9	57.2			3	4
9	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	41	5/12/2019	TOR	vs	PHI	43	8	3	3	0	16	39	41.0	2	9	22.2	7	8	87.5	48.2	4	4	4	1	-2
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	41	5/18/2008	BOS	vs	CLE	44	4	5	2	0	13	23	56.5	4	6	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.5	1	3	4	4	+10
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	40	6/19/2021	MIL	@	BKN	50	13	5	0	1	15	24	62.5	2	6	33.3	8	14	57.1	66.3	2	11	3	3	+6
12	Donte DiVincenzo D. DiVincenzo	39	5/19/2024	NYK	vs	IND	41	4	1	2	0	11	21	52.4	9	15	60.0	8	10	80.0	76.8	1	3	4	1	-20
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	39	5/5/2024	CLE	vs	ORL	45	9	5	1	1	11	27	40.7	2	8	25.0	15	17	88.2	56.6	1	8	1	3	+17
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	39	5/13/1984	BOS	vs	NYK	42	12	10	3	0	13	24	54.2	1	2	50.0	12	12	100.0	66.6	3	9	5	5
15	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	39	4/29/1979	WAS	vs	ATL	48	15	0		3	17	34	50.0				5	10	50.0	50.8			2	3
16	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	38	5/5/2024	ORL	@	CLE	42	16	2	3	1	10	28	35.7	3	6	50.0	15	18	83.3	52.9	4	12	5	3	-7
17	Bradley Beal B. Beal	38	5/15/2017	WAS	@	BOS	46	4	2	2	0	12	22	54.5	5	10	50.0	9	10	90.0	72.0	1	3	2	2	-11
18	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	38	5/18/1997	MIA	vs	NYK	45	3	7	5	0	12	20	60.0	6	10	60.0	8	10	80.0	77.9	0	3	6	1	+16
19	LeBron James L. James	37	6/20/2013	MIA	vs	SAS	45	12	4	2	0	12	23	52.2	5	10	50.0	8	8	100.0	69.8	3	9	2	2	+8
20	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	37	5/4/2003	DET	vs	ORL	42	1	5	1	0	11	19	57.9	3	7	42.9	12	12	100.0	76.2	0	1	4	3	+27
21	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	37	5/18/1997	NYK	@	MIA	44	17	4	0	2	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	65.3	6	11	2	2	-8
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	37	5/30/1987	BOS	vs	DET	48	9	9	0	2	13	24	54.2	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	65.1	2	7	3	3
23	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	37	5/18/1979	WAS	vs	SAS	45	9	5	1	0	16	31	51.6				5	8	62.5	53.6			3	4
24	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	36	4/19/1981	MIL	@	PHI	48	9	3	1	2	16	25	64.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	66.2			0	1
25	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	35	5/29/2022	MIA	vs	BOS	48	9	1	1	0	13	24	54.2	1	4	25.0	8	11	72.7	60.7	1	8	1	2	-4