most points in a playoff game in a 14th season

James Harden put up the most points by a player in a playoff game in his 14th playoff, with 45 points in Game 1 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Celtics.

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most points by a player in a playoff game in a 14th season

	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	James Harden J. Harden	45	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
2	James Harden J. Harden	42	5/7/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	47	8	9	4	1	16	23	69.6	6	9	66.7	4	4	100.0	84.8	0	8	1	2	-6
3	LeBron James L. James	40	10/9/2020	LAL	vs	MIA	42	13	7	3	0	15	21	71.4	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	84.6	3	10	4	1	+7
4	LeBron James L. James	38	9/26/2020	LAL	vs	DEN	40	16	10	1	0	15	25	60.0	1	4	25.0	7	8	87.5	66.6	3	13	2	2	+12
5	LeBron James L. James	38	8/22/2020	LAL	@	POR	34	12	8	2	0	11	18	61.1	4	8	50.0	12	17	70.6	74.6	1	11	8	3	+2
6	LeBron James L. James	36	9/8/2020	LAL	@	HOU	38	7	5	1	4	13	23	56.5	4	9	44.4	6	10	60.0	65.7	0	7	2	1	+8
7	LeBron James L. James	36	8/29/2020	LAL	vs	POR	34	10	10	1	1	14	19	73.7	4	7	57.1	4	4	100.0	86.7	0	10	5	1	+20
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	5/2/2011	LAL	vs	DAL	35	5	0	1	1	14	29	48.3	4	9	44.4	4	5	80.0	57.7	0	5	3	2	+6
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36	6/7/1985	LAL	vs	BOS	42	7	7	1	3	16	28	57.1	0	0		4	5	80.0	59.6	2	5	4	4
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	34	4/24/2015	DAL	vs	HOU	36	8	4	0	1	10	19	52.6	3	7	42.9	11	11	100.0	71.3	1	7	1	3	+2
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34	4/17/2011	LAL	vs	NOH	42	4	5	0	1	13	26	50.0	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	57.6	1	3	5	2	+2
12	Chris Paul C. Paul	33	4/28/2022	PHX	@	NOP	36	5	8	1	0	14	14	100.0	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	104.7	1	4	3	2	+17
13	LeBron James L. James	33	10/2/2020	LAL	vs	MIA	39	9	9	1	1	14	25	56.0	3	8	37.5	2	5	40.0	60.7	2	7	0	2	+7
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	5/10/1999	UTA	vs	SAC	40	10	3	2	2	13	27	48.1	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	54.1	4	6	4	1	-4
15	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	33	5/29/1997	HOU	vs	UTA	38	3	3	0	0	10	15	66.7	5	7	71.4	8	8	100.0	89.1	0	3	2	2	-5
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	30	4/17/2022	PHX	vs	NOP	35	7	10	3	1	12	16	75.0	4	6	66.7	2	2	100.0	88.9	0	7	2	2	+20
17	LeBron James L. James	30	9/22/2020	LAL	@	DEN	37	10	11	2	2	14	23	60.9	1	4	25.0	1	2	50.0	62.8	1	9	6	1	+2
18	LeBron James L. James	30	8/24/2020	LAL	@	POR	28	6	10	0	1	10	12	83.3	4	5	80.0	6	8	75.0	96.6	1	5	2	2	+17
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30	4/22/2011	LAL	@	NOH	34	6	2	3	1	10	20	50.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	65.0	0	6	4	2	+15
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	30	5/30/1985	LAL	@	BOS	42	17	8	1	3	15	26	57.7	0	0		0	0		57.7	4	13	3	4
21	LeBron James L. James	29	9/12/2020	LAL	vs	HOU	31	11	7	2	1	9	18	50.0	3	8	37.5	8	10	80.0	64.7	2	9	4	2	+19
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29	6/9/1985	LAL	@	BOS	35	7	4	1	0	13	21	61.9	0	0		3	4	75.0	63.7	4	3	2	6
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29	5/19/1985	LAL	@	DEN	42	12	8	0	4	13	26	50.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	53.1	4	8	3	3
24	Chris Paul C. Paul	28	5/4/2022	PHX	vs	DAL	36	6	8	1	0	11	16	68.8	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	76.9	0	6	3	2	+19
25	Chris Paul C. Paul	28	4/22/2022	PHX	@	NOP	40	4	14	1	0	10	18	55.6	1	6	16.7	7	8	87.5	65.1	2	2	0	2	+10