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Charles Barkley has posted the most points by a power forward as a starter, with 56 points in Game 3 of the 1994 First Round against the Warriors.

	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	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	56	5/4/1994	PHX	@	GSW	41	14	4	3	1	23	31	74.2	3	4	75.0	7	9	77.8	80.1	5	9	2	2
2	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	50	5/28/2021	BOS	vs	BKN	41	6	7	2	1	16	30	53.3	5	11	45.5	13	15	86.7	68.3	0	6	1	3	+1
3	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	47	5/2/1995	PHX	@	POR	46	12	2	2	2	16	26	61.5	4	8	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.1	1	11	4	5
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	42	5/7/2022	MIL	vs	BOS	39	12	8	2	2	16	30	53.3	1	6	16.7	9	12	75.0	59.5	2	10	3	4	-2
5	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	42	5/23/2010	PHX	vs	LAL	42	11	0	1	1	14	22	63.6	0	0		14	18	77.8	70.2	3	8	2	3	+14
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	42	4/25/2003	DAL	@	POR	47	10	3	2	1	15	20	75.0	5	6	83.3	7	9	77.8	87.6	1	9	2	4	+14
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	41	7/11/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	38	13	6	1	0	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	13	17	76.5	67.3	4	9	1	3	+20
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	5/22/1992	UTA	vs	POR	45	7	7	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	0		11	13	84.6	67.9	1	6	4	2
9	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	39	4/29/1987	PHI	vs	MIL	45	9	2	2	0	13	19	68.4	0	1	0.0	13	14	92.9	77.5	4	5	2	5
10	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	38	4/28/2007	WAS	vs	CLE	45	11	1	1	0	15	27	55.6	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	64.1	5	6	4	3	-6
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	4/25/2025	MIL	vs	IND	32	12	6	1	0	14	19	73.7	0	0		9	10	90.0	79.1	3	9	5	2	+24
12	Draymond Green D. Green	37	5/7/2016	GSW	@	POR	41	9	8	1	1	13	23	56.5	8	12	66.7	3	6	50.0	72.2	2	7	2	2	-2
13	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	37	4/27/2006	IND	vs	NJN	41	15	2	1	4	12	15	80.0	0	0		13	14	92.9	87.4	4	11	3	3	+26
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	37	5/22/1999	SAS	@	LAL	45	14	4	3	1	9	19	47.4	0	0		19	23	82.6	63.5	5	9	4	6	+4
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	6/6/1997	UTA	vs	CHI	42	10	3	4	0	15	29	51.7	0	0		7	10	70.0	55.4	3	7	2	4	+15
16	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	37	4/24/1985	MIL	@	CHI	42	9	2	1	0	15	20	75.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	78.7	3	6	3	3
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	36	4/25/2025	BOS	@	ORL	39	9	4	1	1	10	22	45.5	4	10	40.0	12	12	100.0	66.0	2	7	7	1	+2
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	36	4/29/2006	DAL	@	MEM	48	9	5	0	1	12	25	48.0	4	10	40.0	8	9	88.9	62.2	2	7	1	2	+4
19	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	36	4/4/1973	BAL	vs	NYK	48	14	0			16	26	61.5				4	6	66.7	62.8				2
20	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	35	8/22/2020	MIL	@	ORL	31	11	7	2	1	12	14	85.7	2	3	66.7	9	12	75.0	90.8	1	10	2	2	+20
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	35	4/23/2010	DAL	@	SAS	42	7	3	2	1	13	23	56.5	1	1	100.0	8	8	100.0	66.0	0	7	2	5	-1
22	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	35	5/13/2006	SAS	@	DAL	41	12	2	1	2	15	23	65.2	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	66.0	3	9	1	6	+4
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	35	4/29/1996	UTA	@	POR	47	10	4	1	0	13	30	43.3	0	0		9	12	75.0	49.6	1	9	4	5
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	35	5/4/1988	UTA	vs	POR	46	9	3	0	1	9	21	42.9	0	0		17	22	77.3	57.0	2	7	3	3
25	Anthony Davis A. Davis	34	5/27/2021	LAL	vs	PHX	40	11	0	1	1	11	22	50.0	0	2	0.0	12	14	85.7	60.4	6	5	5	5	+11

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