most points in a single game in the playoffs by a power forward

Charles Barkley has the most points by a power forward in a playoff game, with 56 points in Game 3 of the 1994 First Round against the Warriors.

	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	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	56	5/4/1994	PHX	@	GSW	41	14	4	3	1	23	31	74.2	3	4	75.0	7	9	77.8	80.1	5	9	2	2
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	50	7/20/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	42	14	2	0	5	16	25	64.0	1	3	33.3	17	19	89.5	74.9	4	10	6	2	+10
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	50	5/28/2021	BOS	vs	BKN	41	6	7	2	1	16	30	53.3	5	11	45.5	13	15	86.7	68.3	0	6	1	3	+1
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	50	6/1/2006	DAL	vs	PHX	43	12	3	1	0	14	26	53.8	5	6	83.3	17	18	94.4	73.7	1	11	1	2	+22
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	50	4/22/2000	UTA	vs	SEA	43	12	0	3	1	18	32	56.3	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	65.5	3	9	1	2	+12
6	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	50	4/12/1958	STL	vs	BOS	42	19				19	34	55.9				12	15	80.0	61.6				1
7	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
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	48	5/17/2011	DAL	vs	OKC	41	6	4	0	4	12	15	80.0	0	0		24	24	100.0	93.9	0	6	2	3	+12
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	47	4/21/2018	NOP	vs	POR	39	10	1	0	3	15	23	65.2	2	4	50.0	15	17	88.2	77.1	4	6	2	4	+15
10	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
11	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	46	4/20/2014	POR	@	HOU	45	18	2	0	2	17	31	54.8	2	2	100.0	10	13	76.9	62.6	7	11	3	6	+17
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	46	4/19/2003	DAL	vs	POR	47	10	2	1	1	16	27	59.3	4	5	80.0	10	11	90.9	72.2	1	9	2	2	+10
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	46	4/20/1975	WAS	vs	BUF	48	12	5	3	3	19	26	73.1				8	13	61.5	72.5				3
14	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	45	4/24/2016	ATL	@	BOS	46	13	3	2	4	19	31	61.3	3	6	50.0	4	6	66.7	66.9	5	8	3	5	+2
15	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	44	5/13/2022	MIL	vs	BOS	41	20	6	1	1	14	30	46.7	2	3	66.7	14	15	93.3	60.1	3	17	6	4	-5
16	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
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	44	6/5/1993	PHX	vs	SEA	46	24	1	1	1	12	20	60.0	1	1	100.0	19	22	86.4	74.1	10	14	1	3
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	5/3/1992	UTA	@	LAC	46	11	2	0	0	11	18	61.1	0	0		22	24	91.7	77.0	4	7	3	4
19	Anthony Davis A. Davis	43	8/29/2020	LAL	vs	POR	36	9	4	1	0	14	18	77.8	4	6	66.7	11	13	84.6	90.6	2	7	1	2	+15
20	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	43	4/23/2014	POR	@	HOU	36	8	1	0	3	18	28	64.3	0	0		7	8	87.5	68.2	3	5	1	2	+3
21	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	43	6/1/1993	PHX	vs	SEA	47	15	10	2	2	16	22	72.7	0	0		11	11	100.0	80.1	5	10	3	2
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	42	5/12/2025	BOS	@	NYK	40	8	4	4	2	16	28	57.1	7	16	43.8	3	3	100.0	71.6	0	8	4	3	-9
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	42	5/7/2022	MIL	vs	BOS	39	12	8	2	2	16	30	53.3	1	6	16.7	9	12	75.0	59.5	2	10	3	4	-2
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	42	7/8/2021	MIL	@	PHX	40	12	4	1	3	15	22	68.2	1	5	20.0	11	18	61.1	70.2	4	8	3	3	+3
25	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	42	5/23/2010	PHX	vs	LAL	42	11	0	1	1	14	22	63.6	0	0		14	18	77.8	70.2	3	8	2	3	+14

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