most points in a playoff game in a 9th season

Michael Jordan dropped the most points by a player in a playoff game in his 9th playoff, with 55 points in Game 4 of the 1993 NBA Finals against the Suns.

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most points by a player in a playoff game in a 9th 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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	55	6/16/1993	CHI	vs	PHX	46	8	4	0	0	21	37	56.8	0	1	0.0	13	18	72.2	61.2	1	7	1	3
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	54	5/31/1993	CHI	vs	NYK	39	6	2	2	1	18	30	60.0	6	9	66.7	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	6	2	5
3	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	54	4/1/1973	BOS	vs	ATL	48	9	6			24	36	66.7				6	6	100.0	69.9				2
4	Jerry West J. West	53	4/23/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	46	3	10			21	41	51.2				11	13	84.6	56.7				3
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	50	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
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	50	4/26/2019	GSW	@	LAC	42	6	5	1	1	15	26	57.7	6	14	42.9	14	15	93.3	76.7	0	6	4	4	+18
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	50	5/4/2006	LAL	vs	PHX	52	8	5	3	0	20	35	57.1	5	8	62.5	5	6	83.3	66.4	1	7	7	4	-6
8	LeBron James L. James	49	5/12/2014	MIA	@	BKN	43	6	2	3	0	16	24	66.7	3	6	50.0	14	19	73.7	75.7	0	6	1	5	+13
9	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	47	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
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	46	5/4/2019	GSW	@	HOU	50	3	6	0	0	14	31	45.2	6	10	60.0	12	12	100.0	63.4	0	3	0	1	-6
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	46	5/1/1994	HOU	vs	POR	40	8	4	4	6	16	30	53.3	1	2	50.0	13	18	72.2	60.7	2	6	3	3
12	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	45	6/4/2021	LAC	@	DAL	42	6	3	2	0	18	25	72.0	5	9	55.6	4	4	100.0	84.1	2	4	4	1	+8
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	45	4/24/2019	GSW	vs	LAC	41	6	6	2	1	14	26	53.8	5	12	41.7	12	12	100.0	71.9	0	6	1	4	+2
14	James Harden J. Harden	44	4/15/2018	HOU	vs	MIN	41	4	8	2	0	15	26	57.7	7	12	58.3	7	9	77.8	73.4	2	2	3	2	+5
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	44	5/11/2009	DAL	vs	DEN	44	13	3	2	1	14	25	56.0	0	0		16	17	94.1	67.7	1	12	4	1	+12
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	6/13/1993	CHI	vs	PHX	57	9	6	2	1	19	43	44.2	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	48.2	3	6	3	5
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	5/11/1993	CHI	vs	CLE	42	0	4	3	1	16	30	53.3	0	4	0.0	11	11	100.0	61.7	0	0	3	3
18	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	42	4/26/2024	MIL	@	IND	41	10	5	0	0	16	29	55.2	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	66.4	3	7	3	5	+2
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	6/11/1993	CHI	@	PHX	40	12	9	2	0	18	36	50.0	2	2	100.0	4	5	80.0	55.0	5	7	5	2
20	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	42	4/29/1992	POR	@	LAL	46	9	12	2	0	14	23	60.9	2	5	40.0	12	13	92.3	73.1	3	6	6	3
21	Jerry West J. West	42	5/5/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	48	13	12			14	29	48.3				14	18	77.8	56.9				2
22	Sam Jones S. Jones	42	3/26/1966	BOS	@	CIN		5	4			14	24	58.3				14	15	93.3	68.6				4
23	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	41	5/25/2021	LAC	vs	DAL	41	6	4	2	0	14	21	66.7	4	7	57.1	9	10	90.0	80.7	2	4	2	2	-7
24	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/14/2018	HOU	vs	GSW	35	4	7	1	0	14	24	58.3	5	9	55.6	8	10	80.0	72.2	1	3	4	4	-7
25	James Harden J. Harden	41	4/29/2018	HOU	vs	UTA	37	8	7	1	0	12	26	46.2	7	12	58.3	10	11	90.9	66.5	1	7	3	2	+15