George Mikan scored the most points in a 1952 playoff game, with 47 points against the Rochester Royals on March 29, 1952.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a playoff game in 1952

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	George Mikan G. Mikan	47	3/29/1952	MIN	@	ROC				15	26	57.7	17	18	94.4	69.3	4
2	George Mikan G. Mikan	36	3/25/1952	MIN	@	IND				13	29	44.8	10	12	83.3	52.5	5
3	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	36	3/23/1952	BOS	@	NYK	48		3	14	18	77.8	8	8	100.0	83.6	3
4	Jim Pollard J. Pollard	34	4/12/1952	MIN	vs	NYK		7	4	14	22	63.6	6	9	66.7	65.5	3
5	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	34	3/26/1952	BOS	vs	NYK	55		8	10	24	41.7	14	16	87.5	54.8	6
6	George Mikan G. Mikan	32	4/20/1952	MIN	vs	NYK		17	4	11	24	45.8	10	12	83.3	54.6	4
7	Vern Mikkelsen V. Mikkelsen	32	4/20/1952	MIN	vs	NYK		12	1	14	21	66.7	4	5	80.0	69.0	5
8	Slater Martin S. Martin	32	4/18/1952	MIN	@	NYK		5	4	11	19	57.9	10	13	76.9	64.7	4
9	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	31	3/20/1952	SYR	vs	PHI	43	18	2	10	25	40.0	11	13	84.6	50.5	5
10	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	31	3/19/1952	BOS	vs	NYK	35		5	9	16	56.3	13	13	100.0	71.4	5
11	Connie Simmons C. Simmons	30	4/18/1952	NYK	vs	MIN		11	1	10	18	55.6	10	11	90.9	65.7	5
12	Joe Graboski J. Graboski	29	3/25/1952	IND	vs	MIN				12	23	52.2	5	8	62.5	54.7	3
13	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	29	3/22/1952	PHI	vs	SYR		10	3	11	19	57.9	7	8	87.5	64.4	5
14	Bob Davies B. Davies	29	3/20/1952	ROC	@	FTW				9	20	45.0	11	12	91.7	57.4	1
15	George Mikan G. Mikan	28	4/23/1952	MIN	@	NYK		15	2	11	33	33.3	6	8	75.0	38.3	5
16	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	28	3/23/1952	BOS	@	NYK	48		6	7	25	28.0	14	15	93.3	44.3	2
17	George Mikan G. Mikan	26	4/16/1952	MIN	@	NYK		17	2	8	17	47.1	10	11	90.9	59.5	3
18	Max Zaslofsky M. Zaslofsky	26	4/2/1952	NYK	@	SYR				9			8	10	80.0		5
19	Bob Davies B. Davies	26	3/29/1952	ROC	vs	MIN				10	19	52.6	6	9	66.7	56.6	3
20	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	26	3/23/1952	PHI	@	SYR		15	1	7	17	41.2	12	13	92.3	57.2	6
21	Bobby Wanzer B. Wanzer	26	3/18/1952	ROC	vs	FTW		12		10	15	66.7	6	8	75.0	70.2	1
22	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	25	4/2/1952	SYR	vs	NYK		11		6			13	16	81.3		6
23	Connie Simmons C. Simmons	24	4/2/1952	NYK	@	SYR				9			6	8	75.0		6
24	Arnie Risen A. Risen	24	3/30/1952	ROC	vs	MIN				8			8	11	72.7		4
25	Bobby Wanzer B. Wanzer	24	3/29/1952	ROC	vs	MIN				5	14	35.7	14	14	100.0	59.5	4