Allen Iverson scored the most points in a 2001 playoff game, with 54 points versus the Raptors on May 9, 2001.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a playoff game in 2001

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	54	5/9/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	47	5	4	1	0	21	39	53.8	3	5	60.0	9	9	100.0	62.8	1	4	4	3	+8
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	52	5/16/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	43	2	7	4	0	21	32	65.6	8	14	57.1	2	2	100.0	79.1	0	2	1	3	+30
3	Vince Carter V. Carter	50	5/11/2001	TOR	vs	PHI	45	6	7	1	4	19	29	65.5	9	13	69.2	3	3	100.0	82.5	3	3	1	3	+24
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	48	6/6/2001	PHI	@	LAL	52	5	6	5	0	18	41	43.9	3	8	37.5	9	9	100.0	53.4	2	3	3	0	+6
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	48	5/13/2001	LAL	@	SAC	48	16	3	2	1	15	29	51.7	1	1	100.0	17	19	89.5	64.2	9	7	2	2	+6
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	46	6/1/2001	PHI	@	MIL	44	2	3	1	1	14	33	42.4	5	9	55.6	13	15	86.7	58.1	1	1	6	1	-16
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45	5/19/2001	LAL	@	SAS	47	10	3	1	1	19	35	54.3	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	58.4	1	9	4	4	+17
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	45	4/24/2001	PHI	vs	IND	46	3	9	2	0	15	27	55.6	3	7	42.9	12	14	85.7	67.9	0	3	4	2	+17
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	44	6/6/2001	LAL	vs	PHI	52	20	5	1	0	17	28	60.7	0	0		10	22	45.5	58.4	6	14	4	3	-6
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44	6/3/2001	PHI	vs	MIL	44	6	7	2	0	17	33	51.5	4	6	66.7	6	7	85.7	61.0	1	5	2	4	+19
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	44	5/6/2001	LAL	vs	SAC	44	21	4	0	7	17	32	53.1	0	0		10	19	52.6	54.5	11	10	2	3	+3
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	43	5/8/2001	LAL	vs	SAC	47	20	2	1	3	18	26	69.2	0	0		7	13	53.8	67.8	7	13	5	2	+2
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	42	5/14/2001	DAL	@	SAS	47	18	2	6	1	14	24	58.3	0	1	0.0	14	18	77.8	65.8	6	12	3	2	-18
14	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	42	4/28/2001	ORL	vs	MIL	50	8	10	3	2	14	32	43.8	0	2	0.0	14	18	77.8	52.6	0	8	2	3	+12
15	Ray Allen R. Allen	41	6/1/2001	MIL	vs	PHI	43	2	4	3	0	12	25	48.0	9	13	69.2	8	8	100.0	71.9	0	2	2	4	+9
16	Reggie Miller R. Miller	41	4/24/2001	IND	@	PHI	44	5	1	1	0	14	22	63.6	3	5	60.0	10	12	83.3	75.1	3	2	5	0	-15
17	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	40	5/21/2001	SAS	vs	LAL	48	15	3	0	4	15	26	57.7	1	1	100.0	9	9	100.0	66.8	6	9	6	3	-7
18	Vince Carter V. Carter	39	5/18/2001	TOR	vs	PHI	43	5	5	4	1	17	31	54.8	4	8	50.0	1	2	50.0	61.2	3	2	0	3	+21
19	Ray Allen R. Allen	38	5/24/2001	MIL	@	PHI	43	6	6	0	1	15	24	62.5	7	11	63.6	1	2	50.0	76.4	1	5	0	2	+24
20	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	37	6/15/2001	PHI	vs	LAL	45	3	2	2	0	14	32	43.8	3	11	27.3	6	8	75.0	52.1	0	3	3	5	-4
21	Peja Stojakovic P. Stojakovic	37	5/2/2001	SAC	@	PHX	44	6	0	2	1	10	18	55.6	3	6	50.0	14	14	100.0	76.6	4	2	3	3	+11
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	5/25/2001	LAL	vs	SAS	40	9	8	1	0	14	27	51.9	2	4	50.0	6	9	66.7	58.1	5	4	3	1	+28
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	5/11/2001	LAL	@	SAC	39	7	4	2	0	10	22	45.5	0	1	0.0	16	19	84.2	59.3	0	7	5	4	+28
24	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	36	5/10/2001	CHA	vs	MIL	43	5	6	0	1	15	23	65.2	3	5	60.0	3	4	75.0	72.7	1	4	4	1	+11
25	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	36	5/6/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	47	8	4	7	0	11	34	32.4	2	5	40.0	12	15	80.0	44.3	1	7	4	4	-5