most points in a game 7 before turning 28

Jayson Tatum has dropped the most points by a player younger than 28 in a game 7, with 51 points in Game 7 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the 76ers.

Interpreted as:

most points in a game 7 before turning 28 years old by a player

	NAME	PTS	AGE	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	25-072	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46	22-098	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
3	LeBron James L. James	45	23-140	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
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44	25-361	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	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	43	24-137	4/10/1963	CIN	@	BOS	48	6	6			11	24	45.8				21	22	95.5	63.8				4
6	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	27-021	5/18/1979	SAS	@	WAS	43	6	1	3	1	16	31	51.6				10	13	76.9	57.2			3	4
7	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	41	27-317	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
8	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	41	27-214	4/18/1962	LAL	@	BOS	51	22	4			13	40	32.5				15	21	71.4	41.6				6
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	40	26-195	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
10	Jamal Murray J. Murray	40	23-205	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
11	Donte DiVincenzo D. DiVincenzo	39	27-109	5/19/2024	NYK	vs	IND	41	4	1	2	0	11	21	52.4	9	15	60.0	8	10	80.0	76.8	1	3	4	1	-20
12	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	39	27-241	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	22-228	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	27-158	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	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	39	24-177	4/25/1975	WAS	vs	BUF	45	9	3			13	18	72.2				13	15	86.7	79.3				2
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	39	27-239	4/16/1964	SFW	vs	STL	48	30	6			19	29	65.5				1	6	16.7	61.6				2
17	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	39	26-197	4/1/1961	LAL	@	STL	48	12				16	36	44.4				7	7	100.0	49.9				2
18	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	39	24-122	4/13/1957	STL	@	BOS	56	19	3			14	34	41.2				11	13	84.6	49.1				4
19	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	38	21-175	5/5/2024	ORL	@	CLE	42	16	2	3	1	10	28	35.7	3	6	50.0	15	18	83.3	52.9	4	12	5	3	-7
20	Bradley Beal B. Beal	38	23-321	5/15/2017	WAS	@	BOS	46	4	2	2	0	12	22	54.5	5	10	50.0	9	10	90.0	72.0	1	3	2	2	-11
21	CJ McCollum	37	27-235	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
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	37	27-337	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
23	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	37	26-221	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
24	David Thompson D. Thompson	37	23-294	5/3/1978	DEN	vs	MIL	41	6	6	0	5	16	30	53.3				5	7	71.4	55.9	3	3	4	3
25	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	37	22-230	4/13/1957	BOS	vs	STL	45	23	2			17	33	51.5				3	11	27.3	48.9				6