most nba points by a starters shooting guards game 1 player in 1 game ever playoffs in

Donovan Mitchell has put up the most points by a shooting guard as a starter in a game 1, with 57 points in Game 1 of the 2020 First Round against the Nuggets.

	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	43	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	73.6	2	7	5	2	-11
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	55	4/20/2003	PHI	vs	NOH	47	4	8	2	0	21	32	65.6	3	5	60.0	10	11	90.9	74.6	0	4	4	2	+13
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	4/28/1988	CHI	vs	CLE	44	7	2	2	2	19	35	54.3	0	0		12	12	100.0	62.1	1	6	5	3
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	4/17/1986	CHI	@	BOS	43	4	2	2	1	18	36	50.0	0	0		13	15	86.7	57.5	0	4	5	3
5	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	48	6/6/2001	PHI	@	LAL	52	5	6	5	0	18	41	43.9	3	8	37.5	9	9	100.0	53.4	2	3	3	0	+6
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	4/28/1995	CHI	@	CHA	47	9	8	1	1	18	32	56.3	1	4	25.0	11	11	100.0	65.1	1	8	3	1
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	4/24/1992	CHI	vs	MIA	41	11	9	3	1	21	34	61.8	0	0		4	4	100.0	64.3	1	10	5	4
8	James Harden J. Harden	45	5/1/2023	PHI	@	BOS	39	1	6	2	0	17	30	56.7	7	14	50.0	4	4	100.0	70.8	0	1	3	4	+8
9	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	45	6/8/2021	UTA	vs	LAC	37	3	5	1	1	16	30	53.3	6	15	40.0	7	8	87.5	67.1	0	3	3	0	+5
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45	5/19/2001	LAL	@	SAS	47	10	3	1	1	19	35	54.3	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	58.4	1	9	4	4	+17
11	James Harden J. Harden	44	4/15/2018	HOU	vs	MIN	41	4	8	2	0	15	26	57.7	7	12	58.3	7	9	77.8	73.4	2	2	3	2	+5
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	5/5/1996	CHI	vs	NYK	41	5	2	0	0	17	35	48.6	1	5	20.0	9	9	100.0	56.5	1	4	1	4
13	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	43	5/4/2024	MIN	@	DEN	42	7	3	1	2	17	29	58.6	3	7	42.9	6	6	100.0	68.0	2	5	1	1	+10
14	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	43	4/20/2003	ORL	@	DET	39	7	3	1	1	15	28	53.6	3	6	50.0	10	12	83.3	64.6	1	6	4	2	+4
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	5/11/1993	CHI	vs	CLE	42	0	4	3	1	16	30	53.3	0	4	0.0	11	11	100.0	61.7	0	0	3	3
16	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	43	4/18/1985	DAL	vs	POR	51	10	6	1	1	19	33	57.6	0	0		5	5	100.0	61.1	4	6	3	2
17	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	42	4/25/1997	PHX	@	SEA	41	4	2	0	0	12	22	54.5	9	17	52.9	9	12	75.0	77.0	1	3	2	1	+5
18	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	4/26/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	35	10	2	1	0	17	22	77.3	0	0		8	8	100.0	82.3	5	5	2	3
19	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/14/2018	HOU	vs	GSW	35	4	7	1	0	14	24	58.3	5	9	55.6	8	10	80.0	72.2	1	3	4	4	-7
20	James Harden J. Harden	41	4/29/2018	HOU	vs	UTA	37	8	7	1	0	12	26	46.2	7	12	58.3	10	11	90.9	66.5	1	7	3	2	+15
21	CJ McCollum	41	4/16/2017	POR	@	GSW	41	8	1	1	1	16	28	57.1	4	6	66.7	5	6	83.3	66.9	3	5	4	4	-5
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	40	6/20/2021	PHX	vs	LAC	44	13	11	0	0	15	29	51.7	3	7	42.9	7	7	100.0	62.3	1	12	2	3	+6
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	5/17/2010	LAL	vs	PHX	35	5	5	1	0	13	23	56.5	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	70.7	0	5	2	1	+22
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	6/4/2009	LAL	vs	ORL	38	8	8	2	2	16	34	47.1	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	53.3	1	7	1	1	+25
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	5/19/2009	LAL	vs	DEN	43	6	4	0	1	13	28	46.4	2	3	66.7	12	13	92.3	59.3	3	3	1	3	-5