most points in a game by a laker player in a playoff game

Elgin Baylor has dropped the most points for the Lakers in a playoff game, with 61 points in Game 5 of the 1962 NBA Finals versus the Celtics.

NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
61
4/14/1962
@
48
22
1
22
46
47.8
17
19
89.5
56.1
3
2Jerry West
J. West
53
4/23/1969
vs
46
3
10
21
41
51.2
11
13
84.6
56.7
3
3Jerry West
J. West
52
4/5/1965
vs
5
9
16
38
42.1
20
21
95.2
55.0
4
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
50
5/4/2006
vs
52
8
5
3
0
20
35
57.1
5
8
62.5
5
6
83.3
66.4
1
7
7
4
-6
5Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
49
4/23/2008
vs
42
4
10
1
1
18
27
66.7
5
9
55.6
8
9
88.9
79.1
1
3
2
4
+13
6Jerry West
J. West
49
4/3/1965
vs
6
8
15
35
42.9
19
21
90.5
55.4
5
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
49
3/15/1961
vs
21
17
34
50.0
15
20
75.0
57.2
5
8Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
48
5/13/2001
@
48
16
3
2
1
15
29
51.7
1
1
100.0
17
19
89.5
64.2
9
7
2
2
+6
9Jerry West
J. West
48
4/9/1965
@
3
5
20
43
46.5
8
8
100.0
51.6
5
10Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
47
3/27/1961
@
48
20
17
45
37.8
13
16
81.3
45.2
4
11Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
47
3/18/1961
@
17
13
14
92.9
5
12George Mikan
G. Mikan
47
3/29/1952
@
15
26
57.7
17
18
94.4
69.3
4
13Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
46
4/23/2000
vs
46
17
1
2
5
21
33
63.6
0
0
4
5
80.0
65.3
7
10
2
5
+16
14Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
46
4/25/1997
vs
35
11
2
1
2
17
27
63.0
0
0
12
18
66.7
65.9
3
8
1
3
+23
15Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
45
4/26/2007
vs
45
6
6
1
1
15
26
57.7
2
3
66.7
13
13
100.0
70.9
0
6
5
3
+1
16Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
45
5/19/2001
@
47
10
3
1
1
19
35
54.3
1
2
50.0
6
8
75.0
58.4
1
9
4
4
+17
17Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
45
4/29/1977
vs
44
18
3
2
1
16
28
57.1
13
18
72.2
62.6
7
11
4
18Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
45
5/6/1970
vs
46
27
3
20
27
74.1
5
14
35.7
67.9
3
19Jerry West
J. West
45
4/22/1966
vs
47
4
10
19
31
61.3
7
10
70.0
63.6
2
20Jerry West
J. West
45
4/19/1965
@
45
5
5
17
38
44.7
11
12
91.7
52.0
2
21Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
45
3/29/1962
@
17
18
37
48.6
9
13
69.2
52.7
5
22Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
44
6/6/2001
vs
52
20
5
1
0
17
28
60.7
0
0
10
22
45.5
58.4
6
14
4
3
-6
23Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
44
5/6/2001
vs
44
21
4
0
7
17
32
53.1
0
0
10
19
52.6
54.5
11
10
2
3
+3
24Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
44
5/8/1991
vs
44
12
9
0
0
12
23
52.2
0
3
0.0
20
22
90.9
67.3
1
11
5
5
25Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
44
4/25/1973
vs
36
3
8
19
26
73.1
6
7
85.7
75.7
3

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