most points for a player in a game 7 win since 1980

Since 1979-80, Jayson Tatum has scored the most points in a win in a game 7, with 51 points in Game 7 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the 76ers.

	NAME	PTS	W	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	1	5/14/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	42	13	5	2	0	17	28	60.7	6	10	60.0	11	14	78.6	74.6	0	13	0	1	+33
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	50	1	4/30/2023	GSW	@	SAC	38	8	6	1	0	20	38	52.6	7	18	38.9	3	5	60.0	62.2	1	7	1	2	+25
3	LeBron James L. James	45	1	4/29/2018	CLE	vs	IND	43	8	7	4	0	16	25	64.0	2	3	66.7	11	15	73.3	71.2	2	6	4	4	-2
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44	1	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
5	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	44	1	6/5/1993	PHX	vs	SEA	46	24	1	1	1	12	20	60.0	1	1	100.0	19	22	86.4	74.1	10	14	1	3
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	1	5/17/1992	CHI	vs	NYK	42	6	4	2	3	15	29	51.7	0	0		12	13	92.3	60.5	3	3	5	3
7	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	42	1	4/17/1981	HOU	@	SAS	42	1	3	0	0	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	70.6			5	2
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	41	1	5/12/2019	TOR	vs	PHI	43	8	3	3	0	16	39	41.0	2	9	22.2	7	8	87.5	48.2	4	4	4	1	-2
9	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	41	1	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
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	40	1	6/19/2021	MIL	@	BKN	50	13	5	0	1	15	24	62.5	2	6	33.3	8	14	57.1	66.3	2	11	3	3	+6
11	Jamal Murray J. Murray	40	1	9/15/2020	DEN	@	LAC	45	4	5	1	0	15	26	57.7	6	13	46.2	4	4	100.0	72.0	0	4	5	1	+15
12	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	39	1	5/5/2024	CLE	vs	ORL	45	9	5	1	1	11	27	40.7	2	8	25.0	15	17	88.2	56.6	1	8	1	3	+17
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	39	1	5/15/2011	OKC	vs	MEM	39	9	2	0	3	13	25	52.0	4	9	44.4	9	9	100.0	67.3	1	8	2	2	+18
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	39	1	5/13/1984	BOS	vs	NYK	42	12	10	3	0	13	24	54.2	1	2	50.0	12	12	100.0	66.6	3	9	5	5
15	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	38	1	5/18/1997	MIA	vs	NYK	45	3	7	5	0	12	20	60.0	6	10	60.0	8	10	80.0	77.9	0	3	6	1	+16
16	CJ McCollum	37	1	5/12/2019	POR	@	DEN	45	9	1	1	1	17	29	58.6	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	61.9	1	8	0	1	+6
17	LeBron James L. James	37	1	6/20/2013	MIA	vs	SAS	45	12	4	2	0	12	23	52.2	5	10	50.0	8	8	100.0	69.8	3	9	2	2	+8
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	37	1	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
19	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	37	1	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
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	37	1	5/21/1994	HOU	vs	PHX	44	17	5	0	3	18	33	54.5	0	0		1	1	100.0	55.3	1	16	3	4
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	37	1	5/30/1987	BOS	vs	DET	48	9	9	0	2	13	24	54.2	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	65.1	2	7	3	3
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36	1	5/30/2016	GSW	vs	OKC	40	5	8	0	0	13	24	54.2	7	12	58.3	3	3	100.0	71.1	1	4	3	1	+18
23	Terry Porter T. Porter	36	1	5/19/1990	POR	vs	SAS	46	4	9	2	0	9	18	50.0	4	9	44.4	14	16	87.5	71.9	0	4	4	3
24	James Worthy J. Worthy	36	1	6/21/1988	LAL	vs	DET	44	16	10	2	0	15	22	68.2	0	0		6	10	60.0	68.2	5	11	5	2
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	35	1	5/18/2025	OKC	vs	DEN	36	3	4	3	1	12	19	63.2	3	4	75.0	8	9	88.9	76.2	0	3	0	2	+32