most points in a game on the month of may including playoffs

Charles Barkley has posted the most points in a May game, with 56 points in Game 3 of the 1994 First Round against the Warriors.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a game on the month of may including 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	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	56	5/4/1994	PHX	@	GSW	41	14	4	3	1	23	31	74.2	3	4	75.0	7	9	77.8	80.1	5	9	2	2
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	55	5/1/1988	CHI	vs	CLE	44	6	3	4	1	24	45	53.3	0	0		7	7	100.0	57.2	3	3	1	4
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	54	5/9/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	47	5	4	1	0	21	39	53.8	3	5	60.0	9	9	100.0	62.8	1	4	4	3	+8
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	54	5/31/1993	CHI	vs	NYK	39	6	2	2	1	18	30	60.0	6	9	66.7	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	6	2	5
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	53	5/7/2023	DEN	@	PHX	39	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
6	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	53	5/2/2017	BOS	vs	WAS	45	4	4	3	0	18	33	54.5	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	68.4	1	3	2	2	+10
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	52	5/16/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	43	2	7	4	0	21	32	65.6	8	14	57.1	2	2	100.0	79.1	0	2	1	3	+30
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	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
9	LeBron James L. James	51	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
10	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	51	5/10/1987	GSW	vs	LAL	44	3	10	4	0	18	26	69.2	2	3	66.7	13	14	92.9	79.3	1	2	2	2
11	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	50	5/3/2024	CLE	@	ORL	42	4	4	0	1	22	36	61.1	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	64.7	1	3	4	4	-3
12	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
13	Bradley Beal B. Beal	50	5/8/2021	WAS	@	IND	39	5	1	1	2	19	31	61.3	3	7	42.9	9	11	81.8	69.8	4	1	1	1	+8
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	50	5/4/2006	LAL	vs	PHX	52	8	5	3	0	20	35	57.1	5	8	62.5	5	6	83.3	66.4	1	7	7	4	-6
15	Vince Carter V. Carter	50	5/11/2001	TOR	vs	PHI	45	6	7	1	4	19	29	65.5	9	13	69.2	3	3	100.0	82.5	3	3	1	3	+24
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	5/5/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	43	3	4	3	0	14	28	50.0	0	1	0.0	22	27	81.5	62.7	0	3	1	6
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	5/8/2021	GSW	vs	OKC	29	5	2	1	0	14	26	53.8	11	21	52.4	10	10	100.0	80.6	0	5	1	2	+31
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	49	5/2/2021	MIL	vs	BKN	36	8	4	1	3	21	36	58.3	4	8	50.0	3	6	50.0	63.4	1	7	1	2	+5
19	LeBron James L. James	49	5/12/2014	MIA	@	BKN	43	6	2	3	0	16	24	66.7	3	6	50.0	14	19	73.7	75.7	0	6	1	5	+13
20	LeBron James L. James	49	5/20/2009	CLE	vs	ORL	41	6	8	2	3	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	6	10	60.0	71.2	3	3	2	1	+7
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	5/11/1990	CHI	@	PHI	42	5	5	4	1	19	34	55.9	4	11	36.4	7	9	77.8	64.5	2	3	5	4
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	49	5/14/1987	HOU	@	SEA	53	25	2	2	6	19	33	57.6	0	0		11	13	84.6	63.3	11	14	2	4
23	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	48	5/6/2025	CLE	vs	IND	36	5	9	4	1	15	30	50.0	1	7	14.3	17	21	81.0	61.2	2	3	5	4	+13
24	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	48	5/7/2021	UTA	vs	DEN	39	8	2	2	0	16	23	69.6	8	11	72.7	8	8	100.0	90.5	1	7	5	4	+4
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	48	5/17/2011	DAL	vs	OKC	41	6	4	0	4	12	15	80.0	0	0		24	24	100.0	93.9	0	6	2	3	+12