most points in an elimination game amongst active nba players

Jayson Tatum has put up the most points by an active player in an elimination game, with 51 points in Game 7 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the 76ers.

NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
51
5/14/2023
vs
42
13
5
2
0
17
28
60.7
6
10
60.0
11
14
78.6
74.6
0
13
0
1
+33
2Stephen Curry
S. Curry
50
4/30/2023
@
38
8
6
1
0
20
38
52.6
7
18
38.9
3
5
60.0
62.2
1
7
1
2
+25
3Jamal Murray
J. Murray
50
8/30/2020
@
43
5
6
0
0
17
24
70.8
9
12
75.0
7
9
77.8
89.4
1
4
5
5
+12
4Devin Booker
D. Booker
49
4/28/2024
vs
45
5
6
2
1
13
21
61.9
3
5
60.0
20
21
95.2
81.0
0
5
2
5
+1
5Kevin Durant
K. Durant
48
6/19/2021
vs
53
9
6
1
1
17
36
47.2
4
11
36.4
10
11
90.9
58.8
1
8
3
4
-4
6Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
47
5/27/2022
@
46
9
8
4
1
16
29
55.2
4
8
50.0
11
11
100.0
69.4
3
6
1
1
+8
7Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
47
4/25/2017
@
42
11
9
0
0
15
34
44.1
5
18
27.8
12
17
70.6
56.7
5
6
7
5
+12
8Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
46
4/30/2024
@
52
5
9
0
0
17
30
56.7
7
12
58.3
5
8
62.5
68.6
0
5
3
5
+3
9Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
46
5/13/2022
@
43
9
4
0
1
17
32
53.1
7
15
46.7
5
7
71.4
65.6
0
9
4
2
+21
10Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
46
6/6/2021
@
45
7
14
0
0
17
30
56.7
5
11
45.5
7
11
63.6
66.0
0
7
6
3
-9
11LeBron James
L. James
46
5/25/2018
vs
46
11
9
3
1
17
33
51.5
5
7
71.4
7
11
63.6
60.8
3
8
3
2
+15
12Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
46
4/27/2018
@
44
10
5
2
0
18
43
41.9
7
19
36.8
3
6
50.0
50.4
1
9
5
3
-1
13Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
45
6/4/2021
@
42
6
3
2
0
18
25
72.0
5
9
55.6
4
4
100.0
84.1
2
4
4
1
+8
14LeBron James
L. James
45
4/29/2018
vs
43
8
7
4
0
16
25
64.0
2
3
66.7
11
15
73.3
71.2
2
6
4
4
-2
15Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
45
4/25/2018
vs
44
15
7
0
0
17
39
43.6
5
9
55.6
6
6
100.0
54.0
3
12
5
3
+10
16James Harden
J. Harden
45
5/25/2015
vs
40
9
5
2
2
13
22
59.1
7
11
63.6
12
13
92.3
81.2
2
7
3
2
+21
17LeBron James
L. James
45
6/7/2012
@
45
15
5
0
0
19
26
73.1
2
4
50.0
5
9
55.6
75.1
2
13
4
3
+22
18LeBron James
L. James
45
5/18/2008
@
47
5
6
2
0
14
29
48.3
3
11
27.3
14
19
73.7
60.2
1
4
2
4
0
19Jamal Murray
J. Murray
42
8/25/2020
vs
41
8
8
1
0
17
26
65.4
4
8
50.0
4
4
100.0
75.6
3
5
0
3
+20
20Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
41
5/12/2023
@
45
4
3
0
0
14
22
63.6
5
10
50.0
8
9
88.9
79.0
0
4
3
4
+3
21Paul George
P. George
41
6/28/2021
@
41
13
6
3
0
15
20
75.0
3
6
50.0
8
8
100.0
87.2
0
13
6
2
+14
22Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
41
5/12/2019
vs
43
8
3
3
0
16
39
41.0
2
9
22.2
7
8
87.5
48.2
4
4
4
1
-2
23LeBron James
L. James
41
6/12/2017
@
46
13
8
2
1
19
30
63.3
2
5
40.0
1
4
25.0
64.5
2
11
2
3
-13
24LeBron James
L. James
41
6/16/2016
vs
43
8
11
4
3
16
27
59.3
3
6
50.0
6
8
75.0
67.2
2
6
1
3
+26
25Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
41
6/13/2016
@
40
3
6
2
1
17
24
70.8
5
7
71.4
2
2
100.0
82.4
0
3
4
4
+20

More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

29.0

Brown

Jaylen Brown

RPG

8.4

Queta

Neemias Queta

APG

5.7

White

Derrick White
Team Rankings

ORTG

120.9

2nd

DRTG

112.9

6th

NETRTG

8.0

2nd

3P%

36.4

9th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
45
14
.763
2
Celtics Celtics
40
20
.667
5.5
3
39
22
.639
7.0
4
38
24
.613
8.5
5
35
25
.583
10.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
3/2
@
7:30 PM
Wed
3/4
@
7:30 PM
Fri
3/6
@
7:00 PM
Sun
3/8
@
1:00 PM
Tue
3/10
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
PHI 76ers

33 - 27

98

Final

114

BOS Celtics

40 - 20

Sun 1 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
45
14
.763
2
40
20
.667
5.5
3
39
22
.639
7.0
4
38
24
.613
8.5
5
35
25
.583
10.5
6
33
27
.550
12.5
7
31
28
.525
14.0
8
32
29
.525
14.0
9
31
31
.500
15.5
10
30
31
.492
16.0
11
26
33
.441
19.0
12
25
36
.410
21.0
13
16
43
.271
29.0
14
15
45
.250
30.5
15
15
46
.246
31.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
47
15
.758
2
43
17
.717
3.0
3
37
22
.627
8.5
4
38
23
.623
8.5
5
37
24
.607
9.5
6
36
24
.600
10.0
7
34
26
.567
12.0
8
31
29
.517
15.0
9
28
31
.475
17.5
10
29
33
.468
18.0
11
23
36
.390
22.5
12
21
39
.350
25.0
13
19
43
.306
28.0
14
18
42
.300
28.0
15
14
48
.226
33.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
1/28
@
99-109
Wed
1/28
@
111-113
Wed
1/28
@
104-86
Wed
1/28
@
116-113
Wed
1/28
@
123-121

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
3/2
@
7:00 PM
Mon
3/2
@
7:30 PM
Mon
3/2
@
9:00 PM
Mon
3/2
@
10:00 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:00 PM