most points in a nba playoff game by a player at age 40 or older

LeBron James has put up the most points by a player 40 or older in a playoff game, with 38 points in Game 3 of the 2025 First Round against the Timberwolves.

	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	LeBron James L. James	38	40-116	4/25/2025	LAL	@	MIN	41	10	4	2	2	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	7	10	70.0	74.8	3	7	1	0	-10
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	32	40-059	6/14/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	29	6	1	0	4	13	18	72.2	0	0		6	10	60.0	71.4	2	4	0	5
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	40-276	4/25/2004	LAL	@	HOU	47	13	1	3	0	11	17	64.7	0	0		8	11	72.7	68.7	2	11	2	4	+6
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28	40-037	5/23/1987	LAL	@	SEA	42	10	3	0	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		10	10	100.0	76.1	1	9	4	5
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28	40-009	4/25/1987	LAL	vs	DEN	25	6	3	0	4	8	13	61.5	0	0		12	12	100.0	76.6	2	4	1	2
6	LeBron James L. James	27	40-118	4/27/2025	LAL	@	MIN	46	12	8	3	3	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	15	18	83.3	79.8	3	9	3	2	-4
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27	40-052	6/7/1987	LAL	@	BOS	38	7	0	1	1	9	16	56.3	0	0		9	13	69.2	62.2	1	6	2	5
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27	40-024	5/10/1987	LAL	@	GSW	38	8	3	0	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		11	15	73.3	65.5	3	5	3	4
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26	41-061	6/16/1988	LAL	@	DET	34	6	0	0	1	12	21	57.1	0	0		2	4	50.0	57.1	3	3	4	3
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	25	40-021	5/7/1987	LAL	vs	GSW	35	8	1	1	4	10	16	62.5	0	0		5	8	62.5	64.0	2	6	3	3
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24	42-056	6/11/1989	LAL	vs	DET	33	13	2	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	57.8	3	10	2	1
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23	40-049	6/4/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	31	3	3	0	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		3	6	50.0	69.1	1	2	1	2
13	LeBron James L. James	22	40-121	4/30/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	7	6	2	0	9	21	42.9	1	5	20.0	3	6	50.0	46.5	2	5	3	2	-14
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	22	42-017	5/3/1989	LAL	@	POR	29	6	0	0	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		4	8	50.0	53.6	2	4	1	0
15	LeBron James L. James	21	40-113	4/22/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	11	7	1	1	8	19	42.1	1	5	20.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	3	8	2	4	+9
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	21	41-045	5/31/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	35	5	1	1	2	10	16	62.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	62.2	2	3	1	5
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	20	41-029	5/15/1988	LAL	@	UTA	35	11	1	0	3	9	16	56.3	0	0		2	4	50.0	56.3	5	6	0	5
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	20	41-015	5/1/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	31	5	3	0	1	10	15	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	2	3	1	2
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	20	40-030	5/16/1987	LAL	vs	SEA	38	6	3	0	0	6	11	54.5	0	0		8	8	100.0	68.9	0	6	3	1
20	LeBron James L. James	19	40-110	4/19/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	36	5	3	2	3	8	18	44.4	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	50.3	1	4	4	0	-22
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	19	40-017	5/12/2016	SAS	@	OKC	34	5	0	0	1	7	14	50.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	57.1	2	3	2	1	+12
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	19	41-039	5/25/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	24	7	2	1	0	8	15	53.3	0	0		3	3	100.0	58.2	3	4	2	2
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	19	41-013	4/29/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	21	4	1	0	4	8	13	61.5	0	0		3	5	60.0	62.5	2	2	2	5
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	18	40-279	4/28/2004	LAL	vs	HOU	32	9	5	0	0	7	14	50.0	0	0		4	10	40.0	48.9	2	7	3	3	+16
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	18	40-274	4/23/2004	LAL	@	HOU	39	11	2	2	0	9	18	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	2	9	1	4	-11