Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, LeBron James dropped the most points in a game 7, with 45 points in Game 7 of the 2008 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Celtics.

Interpreted as:

most point by a player in a game 7 in 2000s

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	41	5/22/2006	SAS	vs	DAL	50	15	6	1	3	12	24	50.0	0	1	0.0	17	23	73.9	60.1	6	9	3	4	-7
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	37	5/22/2006	DAL	@	SAS	50	15	3	1	1	11	20	55.0	0	1	0.0	15	16	93.8	68.4	2	13	0	3	0
6	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
7	Elton Brand E. Brand	36	5/22/2006	LAC	@	PHX	48	9	1	0	1	16	26	61.5	0	0		4	4	100.0	64.8	7	2	1	2	-20
8	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	35	5/5/2007	UTA	@	HOU	41	14	5	1	1	13	23	56.5	0	0		9	12	75.0	61.9	4	10	4	2	-3
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	6/2/2002	LAL	@	SAC	51	13	2	0	4	12	25	48.0	0	0		11	15	73.3	55.4	3	10	3	3	+10
10	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	33	5/2/2009	CHI	@	BOS	46	3	4	0	0	7	23	30.4	4	12	33.3	15	15	100.0	55.7	1	2	2	3	-6
11	Yao Ming Y. Ming	33	5/7/2005	HOU	@	DAL	43	10	1	1	5	13	23	56.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	62.2	4	6	2	4	-33
12	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	32	5/19/2004	MIN	vs	SAC	46	21	2	4	5	12	23	52.2	1	1	100.0	7	11	63.6	57.5	1	20	2	1	+1
13	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	31	5/3/2009	MIA	@	ATL	42	3	4	1	2	10	25	40.0	2	9	22.2	9	9	100.0	53.5	0	3	4	2	-19
14	Jason Terry J. Terry	31	5/7/2005	DAL	vs	HOU	41	2	3	2	0	8	14	57.1	3	5	60.0	12	12	100.0	80.4	0	2	5	2	+43
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31	5/4/2003	DAL	vs	POR	46	11	1	2	3	12	21	57.1	1	4	25.0	6	6	100.0	65.6	1	10	1	4	+13
16	Shawn Marion S. Marion	30	5/22/2006	PHX	vs	LAC	45	9	0	1	2	12	20	60.0	5	9	55.6	1	1	100.0	73.4	2	7	0	3	+20
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	30	5/17/2003	DAL	vs	SAC	45	19	2	1	1	12	20	60.0	3	4	75.0	3	4	75.0	68.9	1	18	0	4	+7
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30	6/2/2002	LAL	@	SAC	52	10	7	2	0	10	26	38.5	2	3	66.7	8	10	80.0	49.3	3	7	0	5	+8
19	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	30	6/4/2000	POR	@	LAL	45	4	1	0	1	13	26	50.0	2	2	100.0	2	5	40.0	53.2	0	4	1	4	-5
20	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	29	5/5/2007	HOU	vs	UTA	42	5	13	0	3	12	25	48.0	0	4	0.0	5	9	55.6	50.1	0	5	2	1	-7
21	Yao Ming Y. Ming	29	5/5/2007	HOU	vs	UTA	37	6	0	0	1	9	20	45.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	56.4	2	4	4	5	-6
22	Steve Nash S. Nash	29	5/22/2006	PHX	vs	LAC	38	2	11	1	0	11	16	68.8	4	5	80.0	3	4	75.0	81.6	0	2	4	2	+12
23	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	29	6/2/2002	SAC	vs	LAL	48	5	4	1	0	11	25	44.0	1	5	20.0	6	8	75.0	50.8	3	2	2	5	-13
24	Baron Davis B. Davis	29	5/20/2001	CHA	@	MIL	45	2	6	2	2	10	16	62.5	5	8	62.5	4	9	44.4	72.6	1	1	1	4	-4
25	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	29	5/20/2001	MIL	vs	CHA	40	5	1	0	1	10	17	58.8	3	5	60.0	6	6	100.0	73.8	1	4	1	4	+7