most playoff 40 point games in the nba by active players

LeBron James has the most games by an active player in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 29 games.

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most playoff 40 or more point games in the NBA by active players

	NAME	GP	PTS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	29	1,263	44.2	43.6	10.0	7.7	1.9	0.9	16.0	28.1	56.9	2.8	6.2	44.2	8.9	12.1	73.0	65.2	2.0	8.0	3.2	1,283	289	223	54	25	94	77	+137
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	14	607	44.6	43.4	8.1	4.9	1.3	1.1	13.8	25.9	53.3	3.7	8.9	41.6	12.1	13.4	90.4	68.3	0.5	7.6	2.8	624	113	69	18	16	39	41	+54
3	James Harden J. Harden	11	469	39.9	42.6	5.7	7.1	1.6	0.4	13.8	24.9	55.5	5.9	11.3	52.4	9.1	9.8	92.6	72.9	1.0	4.7	3.5	439	63	78	18	4	39	34	+31
4	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	9	380	43.5	42.2	4.1	6.8	0.6	0.2	15.2	28.8	52.9	3.0	8.1	37.0	8.8	10.6	83.2	63.2	0.3	3.8	2.9	392	37	61	5	2	26	22	+68
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	8	357	42.8	44.6	6.8	5.9	1.5	0.9	16.8	26.8	62.6	3.5	6.4	54.9	7.6	8.3	92.4	73.4	0.8	6.0	2.4	343	54	47	12	7	19	31	+50
6	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	8	351	42.0	43.9	7.3	5.6	2.3	1.4	14.9	24.3	61.3	2.3	5.4	41.9	11.9	13.5	88.0	72.7	2.0	5.3	2.3	336	58	45	18	11	18	8	+71
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8	344	41.6	43.0	9.5	9.8	1.4	0.6	14.8	27.9	52.9	4.6	10.3	45.1	8.9	11.6	76.3	65.2	0.8	8.8	5.4	333	76	78	11	5	43	19	-29
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	8	340	40.3	42.5	13.0	4.6	0.9	2.1	14.8	25.5	57.8	1.4	4.5	30.6	11.6	15.6	74.4	65.6	2.9	10.1	3.8	322	104	37	7	17	30	25	+61
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	8	344	41.8	43.0	7.0	6.9	1.3	0.1	14.8	29.5	50.0	6.5	14.9	43.7	7.0	8.0	87.5	65.1	1.5	5.5	3.6	334	56	55	10	1	29	16	+103
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	7	338	39.0	48.3	5.7	6.0	1.4	0.4	16.4	30.0	54.8	4.9	11.3	43.0	10.6	12.4	85.1	68.1	1.9	3.9	3.9	273	40	42	10	3	27	17	+46
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7	306	40.9	43.7	11.7	7.7	1.3	0.7	16.7	27.1	61.6	2.9	5.6	51.3	7.4	9.1	81.3	70.1	3.3	8.4	3.7	286	82	54	9	5	26	21	-11
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7	312	44.8	44.6	9.0	7.7	2.1	0.6	16.3	35.4	46.0	3.0	9.6	31.3	9.0	10.7	84.0	55.5	2.0	7.0	4.3	313	63	54	15	4	30	26	+58
13	Jamal Murray J. Murray	6	265	41.9	44.2	6.0	6.3	1.2	0.3	16.2	25.8	62.6	7.0	12.0	58.3	4.8	5.3	90.6	78.4	1.3	4.7	2.5	251	36	38	7	2	15	16	+70
14	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5	211	42.9	42.2	6.4	4.8	1.2	1.8	14.4	24.6	58.5	5.2	9.6	54.2	8.2	9.8	83.7	73.0	2.2	4.2	1.6	215	32	24	6	9	8	11	+22
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5	229	41.0	45.8	8.6	5.0	1.8	1.2	15.2	28.0	54.3	5.6	11.8	47.5	9.8	11.2	87.5	69.5	0.2	8.4	2.2	205	43	25	9	6	11	12	+37
16	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	5	215	41.7	43.0	7.8	3.0	3.0	0.2	15.6	27.6	56.5	4.2	8.4	50.0	7.6	8.2	92.7	68.9	1.8	6.0	3.2	208	39	15	15	1	16	9	+43
17	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	4	163	41.6	40.8	5.0	4.8	0.8	0.3	15.3	24.5	62.2	5.5	9.5	57.9	4.8	5.3	90.5	76.0	1.3	3.8	4.3	166	20	19	3	1	17	14	+31
18	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	4	187	45.3	46.8	5.5	9.0	1.0	1.3	14.8	27.0	54.6	9.8	16.0	60.9	7.5	8.8	85.7	75.8	1.5	4.0	3.3	181	22	36	4	5	13	5	+2
19	Ja Morant J. Morant	3	139	41.8	46.3	7.0	9.3	1.0	0.0	14.3	27.7	51.8	4.3	9.7	44.8	13.3	15.7	85.1	67.0	2.3	4.7	3.0	125	21	28	3	0	9	7	+10
20	Anthony Davis A. Davis	3	130	38.9	43.3	9.7	2.7	1.3	1.7	14.3	21.3	67.2	2.3	3.7	63.6	12.3	13.7	90.2	79.2	2.3	7.3	1.0	117	29	8	4	5	3	9	+22
21	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	2	80	39.2	40.0	7.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	14.0	23.5	59.6	3.5	9.5	36.8	8.5	11.5	73.9	70.0	2.0	5.0	4.5	78	14	3	2	1	9	6	+12
22	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	2	82	42.2	41.0	8.0	4.5	1.0	0.0	15.5	31.0	50.0	3.5	8.5	41.2	6.5	7.0	92.9	60.2	1.5	6.5	2.0	84	16	9	2	0	4	6	+12
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2	90	37.6	45.0	10.5	3.0	1.0	1.0	13.0	22.0	59.1	3.5	6.0	58.3	15.5	18.5	83.8	74.7	1.0	9.5	3.0	75	21	6	2	2	6	8	+30
24	Chris Paul C. Paul	2	82	36.3	41.0	5.5	9.0	2.0	0.0	14.5	23.0	63.0	7.5	9.0	83.3	4.5	5.5	81.8	80.6	0.5	5.0	0.0	73	11	18	4	0	0	3	+42
25	CJ McCollum	2	82	50.4	41.0	8.0	2.5	2.5	1.0	16.0	33.5	47.8	4.0	8.5	47.1	5.0	6.0	83.3	56.7	2.5	5.5	2.5	101	16	5	5	2	5	8	+1