most points in a playoff game at 39 age

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most points by a 39-year-old player in a playoff game, with 34 points in Game 5 of the 1986 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Mavericks.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player in a playoff game at 39 age
NAMEPTSAgeDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
34
39-020
5/6/1986
vs
42
8
9
1
1
14
21
66.7
0
0
6
8
75.0
69.3
4
4
5
4
2Reggie Miller
R. Miller
33
39-247
4/28/2005
vs
35
7
2
1
0
10
16
62.5
2
4
50.0
11
12
91.7
77.5
1
6
0
1
+23
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
33
39-030
5/16/1986
@
42
4
6
0
5
14
26
53.8
0
0
5
8
62.5
55.9
1
3
3
5
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
33
39-018
5/4/1986
@
39
1
2
3
2
14
21
66.7
0
0
5
5
100.0
71.1
0
1
1
2
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
31
39-024
5/10/1986
vs
35
6
3
1
3
13
23
56.5
0
0
5
6
83.3
60.5
2
4
2
3
6LeBron James
L. James
30
39-121
4/29/2024
@
44
9
11
4
0
11
21
52.4
3
7
42.9
5
7
71.4
62.3
1
8
1
4
+3
7LeBron James
L. James
30
39-119
4/27/2024
vs
39
5
4
3
1
14
23
60.9
0
2
0.0
2
2
100.0
62.8
1
4
6
0
+1
8Reggie Miller
R. Miller
28
39-244
4/25/2005
@
39
2
5
2
0
9
18
50.0
3
9
33.3
7
8
87.5
65.1
0
2
5
3
+8
9Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
28
39-016
5/2/1986
@
37
12
3
0
1
13
22
59.1
0
0
2
2
100.0
61.2
1
11
2
4
10Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
28
39-011
4/27/1986
vs
40
6
2
3
1
12
20
60.0
0
0
4
5
80.0
63.1
2
4
3
5
11LeBron James
L. James
27
39-112
4/20/2024
@
41
6
8
1
1
10
16
62.5
3
5
60.0
4
5
80.0
74.2
2
4
7
1
-9
12Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
27
39-007
5/2/2015
@
37
11
1
0
0
11
16
68.8
0
0
5
8
62.5
69.2
4
7
0
3
-7
13Reggie Miller
R. Miller
27
39-268
5/19/2005
vs
33
2
2
0
0
11
16
68.8
4
8
50.0
1
1
100.0
82.1
0
2
2
3
-1
14Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
27
39-022
5/8/1986
@
38
5
4
2
2
13
25
52.0
0
0
1
1
100.0
53.1
1
4
3
4
15LeBron James
L. James
26
39-117
4/25/2024
vs
42
6
9
2
1
12
20
60.0
1
6
16.7
1
2
50.0
62.3
0
6
3
3
-8
16LeBron James
L. James
26
39-114
4/22/2024
@
38
8
12
2
2
9
19
47.4
3
6
50.0
5
7
71.4
58.9
0
8
2
3
+2
17Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
26
39-035
5/21/1986
vs
37
13
3
1
1
11
19
57.9
0
0
4
5
80.0
61.3
6
7
7
4
18Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
26
39-014
4/30/1986
vs
33
4
5
1
2
11
20
55.0
0
0
4
4
100.0
59.7
2
2
3
5
19Karl Malone
K. Malone
25
39-269
4/19/2003
@
41
7
8
1
0
10
23
43.5
0
1
0.0
5
8
62.5
47.1
2
5
5
4
+3
20Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
25
39-007
4/23/1986
@
29
3
3
0
2
11
19
57.9
0
0
3
4
75.0
60.2
0
3
1
3
21Karl Malone
K. Malone
24
39-278
4/28/2003
vs
44
8
3
1
1
6
12
50.0
0
0
12
14
85.7
66.1
3
5
4
4
-12
22Robert Parish
R. Parish
24
39-248
5/5/1993
@
37
9
2
0
3
11
16
68.8
0
0
2
2
100.0
71.1
5
4
2
3
23Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
24
39-032
5/18/1986
@
36
7
3
0
2
10
21
47.6
0
0
4
4
100.0
52.7
1
6
3
5
24Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
22
39-001
4/26/2015
vs
38
14
3
2
3
8
13
61.5
0
0
6
10
60.0
63.2
4
10
2
6
-8
25Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
21
39-296
5/20/2017
vs
18
1
2
1
0
7
9
77.8
2
3
66.7
5
8
62.5
83.9
0
1
0
3
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