Kareem Abdul-Jabbar posted the most points in a 1977 playoff game, with 45 points against the Warriors on April 29, 1977.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a playoff game in 1977

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	45	4/29/1977	LAL	vs	GSW	44	18	3	2	1	16	28	57.1	13	18	72.2	62.6	7	11	4
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43	5/1/1977	LAL	@	GSW	41	20	3	0	4	17	25	68.0	9	11	81.8	72.1	5	15	5
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41	4/26/1977	LAL	@	GSW	39	18	3	2	2	15	23	65.2	11	16	68.8	68.2	4	14	3
4	Julius Erving J. Erving	40	6/5/1977	PHI	@	POR	43	6	8	2	1	17	29	58.6	6	7	85.7	62.3	2	4	2
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	5/8/1977	LAL	vs	POR	43	17	1	1	3	17	23	73.9	6	9	66.7	74.2	3	14	3
6	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	40	4/29/1977	BOS	vs	PHI	48	5	5		0	16	31	51.6	8	9	88.9	57.2			4
7	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	40	4/29/1977	HOU	vs	WAS	37	3	2	3	1	16	29	55.2	8	8	100.0	61.5			5
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	40	4/24/1977	GSW	vs	LAL	42	5	2	2	1	18	34	52.9	4	4	100.0	55.9	4	1	4
9	David Thompson D. Thompson	40	4/24/1977	DEN	@	POR	40	8	3	0	0	16	29	55.2	8	8	100.0	61.5	4	4	2
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	4/22/1977	LAL	vs	GSW	40	19	3	3	9	18	28	64.3	4	6	66.7	65.3	7	12	4
11	Rick Barry R. Barry	40	4/20/1977	GSW	@	LAL	43	3	1	2	0	17	30	56.7	6	7	85.7	60.5	1	2	5
12	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	38	4/15/1977	BOS	@	SAS	45	6	4	4	0	15	19	78.9	8	8	100.0	84.4			3
13	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	38	4/13/1977	WAS	vs	CLE	39	3	2	2	0	13	22	59.1	12	13	92.3	68.5	1	2	2
14	Julius Erving J. Erving	37	6/3/1977	PHI	vs	POR	47	9	7	1	2	13	27	48.1	11	13	84.6	56.5	3	6	4
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	37	5/15/1977	PHI	vs	HOU	42	6	6	3	0	16	29	55.2	5	7	71.4	57.7			4
16	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	37	4/24/1977	BOS	vs	PHI	48	21	4			16	24	66.7	5	6	83.3	69.4			3
17	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	37	4/21/1977	WAS	@	HOU	48	10	1	1	0	16	24	66.7	5	8	62.5	67.2			0
18	Doug Collins D. Collins	36	5/13/1977	PHI	@	HOU	44	5	4	0	1	14	20	70.0	8	11	72.7	72.5			4
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36	5/4/1977	LAL	vs	GSW	47	26	4	5	1	14	25	56.0	8	10	80.0	61.2	8	18	5
20	Doug Collins D. Collins	36	4/24/1977	PHI	@	BOS	46	5	5			14	19	73.7	8	9	88.9	78.4			2
21	Dan Issel D. Issel	36	4/22/1977	DEN	vs	POR	39	8	3	2	0	11	19	57.9	14	15	93.3	70.3	1	7	2
22	Julius Erving J. Erving	36	4/17/1977	PHI	vs	BOS	43	10	5			12	25	48.0	12	16	75.0	56.2			3
23	Rick Barry R. Barry	35	4/17/1977	GSW	vs	DET	42	5	7	0	2	14	29	48.3	7	7	100.0	54.6	5	0	2
24	Phil Smith P. Smith	35	4/14/1977	GSW	@	DET	33	5	6	1	0	14	18	77.8	7	10	70.0	78.1	3	2	2
25	Julius Erving J. Erving	34	5/17/1977	PHI	@	HOU	45	9	6		1	15	24	62.5	4	5	80.0	64.9			2