Damian Lillard posted the most points in a 2021 playoff game, with 55 points versus the Nuggets on June 1, 2021.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in 1 game in 2021 playoffs

	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	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	55	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	52	6	10	1	3	17	24	70.8	12	17	70.6	9	10	90.0	96.8	1	5	1	0	+2
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	50	7/20/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	42	14	2	0	5	16	25	64.0	1	3	33.3	17	19	89.5	74.9	4	10	6	2	+10
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	50	5/28/2021	BOS	vs	BKN	41	6	7	2	1	16	30	53.3	5	11	45.5	13	15	86.7	68.3	0	6	1	3	+1
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	49	6/15/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	48	17	10	3	2	16	23	69.6	4	9	44.4	13	16	81.3	81.6	0	17	3	3	+6
5	Trae Young T. Young	48	6/23/2021	ATL	@	MIL	41	7	11	1	0	17	34	50.0	4	13	30.8	10	12	83.3	61.1	1	6	6	3	+10
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	48	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
7	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	6/3/2021	PHX	@	LAL	46	11	3	0	1	15	22	68.2	8	10	80.0	9	9	100.0	90.5	0	11	3	2	+10
8	Ja Morant J. Morant	47	5/26/2021	MEM	@	UTA	43	4	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	2	7	28.6	15	20	75.0	67.5	2	2	4	3	-6
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46	6/6/2021	DAL	@	LAC	45	7	14	0	0	17	30	56.7	5	11	45.5	7	11	63.6	66.0	0	7	6	3	-9
10	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
11	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	45	6/4/2021	LAC	@	DAL	42	6	3	2	0	18	25	72.0	5	9	55.6	4	4	100.0	84.1	2	4	4	1	+8
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	44	5/28/2021	DAL	vs	LAC	39	9	9	1	0	15	28	53.6	7	13	53.8	7	13	53.8	65.2	2	7	5	2	+3
13	Devin Booker D. Booker	42	7/14/2021	PHX	@	MIL	39	1	2	0	1	17	28	60.7	0	3	0.0	8	9	88.9	65.7	1	0	4	5	0
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	42	7/8/2021	MIL	@	PHX	40	12	4	1	3	15	22	68.2	1	5	20.0	11	18	61.1	70.2	4	8	3	3	+3
15	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	42	6/2/2021	DAL	@	LAC	43	8	14	1	0	17	37	45.9	6	12	50.0	2	3	66.7	54.8	1	7	4	2	+15
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	5/30/2021	BKN	@	BOS	40	4	5	1	2	14	20	70.0	3	3	100.0	11	11	100.0	84.5	1	3	1	4	+3
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	42	5/24/2021	POR	@	DEN	42	4	10	0	1	11	24	45.8	9	16	56.3	11	13	84.6	70.7	0	4	3	1	-16
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	41	7/11/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	38	13	6	1	0	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	13	17	76.5	67.3	4	9	1	3	+20
19	Chris Paul C. Paul	41	6/30/2021	PHX	@	LAC	35	4	8	3	0	16	24	66.7	7	8	87.5	2	3	66.7	81.0	1	3	0	2	+22
20	Paul George P. George	41	6/28/2021	LAC	@	PHX	41	13	6	3	0	15	20	75.0	3	6	50.0	8	8	100.0	87.2	0	13	6	2	+14
21	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/28/2021	BKN	@	BOS	39	7	10	1	0	11	18	61.1	7	12	58.3	12	13	92.3	86.4	1	6	2	1	+13
22	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	41	5/25/2021	LAC	vs	DAL	41	6	4	2	0	14	21	66.7	4	7	57.1	9	10	90.0	80.7	2	4	2	2	-7
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	40	7/17/2021	PHX	vs	MIL	42	4	3	2	1	17	33	51.5	2	4	50.0	4	5	80.0	56.8	1	3	2	5	+12
24	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	40	7/14/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	43	6	4	2	0	15	33	45.5	3	8	37.5	7	8	87.5	54.8	0	6	1	1	+10
25	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