most points in a playoff game at age 32 or older

Jimmy Butler III has posted the most points by a player 32 or older in a playoff game, with 56 points in Game 4 of the 2023 First Round versus the Bucks.

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most points by a player in a playoff game at age 32 or older

	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	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	56	33-222	4/24/2023	MIA	vs	MIL	41	9	2	0	1	19	28	67.9	3	8	37.5	15	18	83.3	78.0	4	5	1	0	+4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	55	34-069	4/27/1997	CHI	vs	WAS	44	7	2	2	0	22	35	62.9	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	69.8	3	4	2	3	+10
3	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	54	32-358	4/1/1973	BOS	vs	ATL	48	9	6			24	36	66.7				6	6	100.0	69.9				2
4	LeBron James L. James	51	33-152	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
5	Ray Allen R. Allen	51	33-284	4/30/2009	BOS	@	CHI	59	5	3	3	0	18	32	56.3	9	18	50.0	6	7	85.7	72.7	2	3	3	1	+1
6	Sam Jones S. Jones	51	33-277	3/28/1967	BOS	@	NYK	43	4	1			19	30	63.3				13	17	76.5	68.0				3
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	50	35-047	4/30/2023	GSW	@	SAC	38	8	6	1	0	20	38	52.6	7	18	38.9	3	5	60.0	62.2	1	7	1	2	+25
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	50	36-273	4/22/2000	UTA	vs	SEA	43	12	0	3	1	18	32	56.3	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	65.5	3	9	1	2	+12
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	49	32-259	6/15/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	48	17	10	3	2	16	23	69.6	4	9	44.4	13	16	81.3	81.6	0	17	3	3	+6
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	48	32-263	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	48	32-332	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
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	32-070	4/28/1995	CHI	@	CHA	47	9	8	1	1	18	32	56.3	1	4	25.0	11	11	100.0	65.1	1	8	3	1
13	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	47	32-255	5/27/2022	MIA	@	BOS	46	9	8	4	1	16	29	55.2	4	8	50.0	11	11	100.0	69.4	3	6	1	1	+8
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	47	32-071	5/2/1995	PHX	@	POR	46	12	2	2	2	16	26	61.5	4	8	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.1	1	11	4	5
15	LeBron James L. James	46	33-146	5/25/2018	CLE	vs	BOS	46	11	9	3	1	17	33	51.5	5	7	71.4	7	11	63.6	60.8	3	8	3	2	+15
16	LeBron James L. James	46	33-109	4/18/2018	CLE	vs	IND	40	12	5	2	0	17	24	70.8	2	5	40.0	10	13	76.9	77.4	1	11	3	1	+7
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	33-084	5/11/1996	CHI	@	NYK	51	4	2	2	0	17	35	48.6	2	5	40.0	10	13	76.9	56.5	3	1	4	2
18	James Harden J. Harden	45	33-248	5/1/2023	PHI	@	BOS	39	1	6	2	0	17	30	56.7	7	14	50.0	4	4	100.0	70.8	0	1	3	4	+8
19	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	45	32-217	4/19/2022	MIA	vs	ATL	39	5	5	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	11	12	91.7	74.3	0	5	0	0	+19
20	LeBron James L. James	45	33-120	4/29/2018	CLE	vs	IND	43	8	7	4	0	16	25	64.0	2	3	66.7	11	15	73.3	71.2	2	6	4	4	-2
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	35-117	6/14/1998	CHI	@	UTA	44	1	1	4	0	15	35	42.9	3	7	42.9	12	15	80.0	54.1	0	1	1	2	+2
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	33-100	5/27/1996	CHI	@	ORL	44	3	5	1	1	16	23	69.6	3	4	75.0	10	14	71.4	77.2	2	1	4	5
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	45	32-096	4/27/1995	HOU	@	UTA	44	8	6	2	3	20	30	66.7	0	0		5	10	50.0	65.4	1	7	5	4
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	45	33-258	5/6/1970	LAL	vs	NYK	46	27	3			20	27	74.1				5	14	35.7	67.9				3
25	LeBron James L. James	44	33-142	5/21/2018	CLE	vs	BOS	42	5	3	2	0	17	28	60.7	1	4	25.0	9	13	69.2	65.2	1	4	7	3	+9