most playoff 40 point games in the nba since 2021

Since 2020-21, Jalen Brunson has the most games in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 10 games.

	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	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	10	425	43.3	42.5	4.0	6.4	0.7	0.2	15.1	28.6	52.8	3.1	8.0	38.8	9.2	11.0	83.6	63.5	0.4	3.6	2.9	433	40	64	7	2	29	23	+78
2	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
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	7	299	41.5	42.7	13.6	4.9	0.9	1.9	15.1	25.9	58.6	1.3	4.3	30.0	11.1	15.0	74.3	65.8	3.0	10.6	4.1	290	95	34	6	13	29	23	+39
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	6	263	41.3	43.8	11.7	7.5	1.2	0.7	16.3	26.7	61.3	3.0	5.5	54.5	8.2	10.0	81.7	70.5	2.8	8.8	4.0	248	70	45	7	4	24	19	0
5	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	6	271	42.5	45.2	7.2	5.0	2.3	1.3	15.3	25.7	59.7	2.7	6.8	39.0	11.8	13.5	87.7	71.5	2.2	5.0	1.7	255	43	30	14	8	10	7	+44
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	6	259	41.5	43.2	8.7	9.3	1.0	0.7	14.5	28.5	50.9	5.2	11.0	47.0	9.0	12.2	74.0	63.8	0.8	7.8	4.2	249	52	56	6	4	25	14	-26
7	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
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5	229	37.6	45.8	5.2	5.0	1.4	0.6	16.0	30.2	53.0	3.8	11.2	33.9	10.0	12.8	78.1	63.9	1.8	3.4	3.0	188	26	25	7	3	15	13	+78
9	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
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3	139	46.9	46.3	10.0	7.0	1.7	1.7	15.7	26.3	59.5	3.7	7.7	47.8	11.3	12.7	89.5	72.6	0.7	9.3	2.3	141	30	21	5	5	7	11	+5
11	James Harden J. Harden	3	128	42.0	42.7	5.3	8.3	2.3	0.3	14.7	23.7	62.0	6.7	11.7	57.1	6.7	7.0	95.2	79.8	0.3	5.0	2.0	126	16	25	7	1	6	7	+15
12	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
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2	82	39.0	41.0	6.5	9.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	1.5	5.0	30.0	11.5	13.0	88.5	69.0	2.5	4.0	4.0	78	13	18	2	0	8	8	+15
14	Jamal Murray J. Murray	2	83	39.5	41.5	4.0	6.0	2.5	0.5	15.0	24.0	62.5	7.0	12.0	58.3	4.5	5.0	90.0	79.2	0.0	4.0	2.5	79	8	12	5	1	5	5	+18
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	93	39.2	46.5	9.0	5.0	0.5	0.0	17.0	32.0	53.1	7.0	16.0	43.8	5.5	7.0	78.6	66.3	1.5	7.5	3.0	78	18	10	1	0	6	5	+36
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2	86	41.3	43.0	6.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	16.0	23.0	69.6	4.5	8.0	56.3	6.5	7.0	92.9	82.4	2.0	4.0	3.0	83	12	7	4	0	6	3	+1
20	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	2	97	47.1	48.5	5.0	10.0	0.5	2.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	10.5	16.5	63.6	10.0	11.5	87.0	83.4	0.5	4.5	2.0	94	10	20	1	4	4	1	-14
21	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	1	41	48.7	41.0	24.0	3.0	1.0	3.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	12.0	13.0	92.3	66.7	9.0	15.0	3.0	49	24	3	1	3	3	4	+16
22	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	1	45	43.7	45.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	23.0	56.5	5.0	8.0	62.5	14.0	14.0	100.0	77.2	3.0	1.0	6.0	44	4	5	1	0	6	3	+3
23	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	1	45	40.8	45.0	9.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	17.0	31.0	54.8	6.0	11.0	54.5	5.0	12.0	41.7	62.0	2.0	7.0	6.0	41	9	7	2	0	6	2	0
24	Ayo Dosunmu A. Dosunmu	1	43	42.0	43.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	13.0	17.0	76.5	5.0	5.0	100.0	12.0	12.0	100.0	96.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	42	4	1	0	1	1	4	+10
25	Jalen Williams J. Williams	1	40	35.2	40.0	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	3.0	5.0	60.0	9.0	12.0	75.0	66.1	1.0	5.0	1.0	35	6	4	1	0	1	4	+14

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Team Leaders

PPG

20.5

Towns

RPG

11.0

Towns

APG

4.0

Hart

Team Rankings

ORTG

103.4

28th

DRTG

108.5

9th

NETRTG

-5.1

18th

3P%

37.0

10th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Bulls	1	2	.333	2.0
11	Magic	0	2	.000	2.5
12	Knicks	0	2	.000	2.5
13	Nets	0	2	.000	2.5
14	Heat	0	3	.000	3.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/25	ORL	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	NYK	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Mon 11/2	BKN	@	NYK	7:30 PM

Last Game

Knicks

0 - 2

103

Final

107

Celtics

1 - 1

Fri 23 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

36.5

Jerome

30.0

Edwards

28.7

Maxey

RPG Leaders

18.5

Sabonis

13.0

Zubac

12.0

Boozer

APG Leaders

11.3

Young

10.0

Johnson

9.5

Haliburton

SPG Leaders

4.3

Daniels

4.0

Gillespie

3.5

Porter

BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

4.0

Kessler

4.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

5.5

Edwards

5.0

George

5.0

Robinson

TS% Leaders

97.0

Carter

89.8

Sabonis

84.6

Camara

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.9

124.1

122.9

122.7

122.0

120.3

DRtg Rankings

90.5

95.9

97.3

100.6

101.4

105.7

NetRtg Rankings

24.7

24.5

23.0

15.3

14.8

12.3

Tank Leaderboard

0-2

0-3

0-1

0-3

0-2

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

157

Johnson

144.1

Wembanyama

138.7

Maxey

DraftKings Points Leaders

160

Johnson

141.8

Embiid

140.8

Wembanyama

USG% Leaders

40.7

Dončić

37.0

Acuff

36.6

Antetokounmpo

MPG Leaders

40.0

Murray

39.5

Jokić

39.0

Maxey

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.65

Johnson

1.61

Jerome

1.61

Kessler

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.69

Jerome

1.68

Johnson

1.65

Sabonis

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

2-0

3-0

Worst Record ATS

0-2

0-3

0-2

0-1

0-2

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	3	0	1.000
2	Pistons	2	0	1.000	0.5
3	Raptors	2	0	1.000	0.5
4	Hawks	2	1	.667	1.0
5	Hornets	2	1	.667	1.0
6	Wizards	2	1	.667	1.0
7	Celtics	1	1	.500	1.5
8	Cavaliers	1	1	.500	1.5
9	Pacers	1	1	.500	1.5
10	Bulls	1	2	.333	2.0
11	Magic	0	2	.000	2.5
12	Knicks	0	2	.000	2.5
13	Nets	0	2	.000	2.5
14	Heat	0	3	.000	3.0
15	Bucks	0	3	.000	3.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Rockets	3	0	1.000
2	Lakers	2	0	1.000	0.5
3	Thunder	2	0	1.000	0.5
4	Grizzlies	2	0	1.000	0.5
5	Trail Blazers	2	0	1.000	0.5
6	Timberwolves	2	0	1.000	0.5
7	Clippers	1	1	.500	1.5
8	Nuggets	1	1	.500	1.5
9	Jazz	1	1	.500	1.5
10	Spurs	1	2	.333	2.0
11	Mavericks	1	2	.333	2.0
12	Suns	0	1	.000	2.0
13	Warriors	0	2	.000	2.5
14	Kings	0	2	.000	2.5
15	Pelicans	0	3	.000	3.0