most points in playoff game by 39 year old player

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has posted the most points by a 39-year-old player in a playoff game, with 34 points in Game 5 of the 1986 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Mavericks.

	NAME	PTS	AGE	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	34	39-020	5/6/1986	LAL	vs	DAL	42	8	9	1	1	14	21	66.7	0	0		6	8	75.0	69.3	4	4	5	4
2	Reggie Miller R. Miller	33	39-247	4/28/2005	IND	vs	BOS	35	7	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	2	4	50.0	11	12	91.7	77.5	1	6	0	1	+23
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33	39-030	5/16/1986	LAL	@	HOU	42	4	6	0	5	14	26	53.8	0	0		5	8	62.5	55.9	1	3	3	5
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33	39-018	5/4/1986	LAL	@	DAL	39	1	2	3	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		5	5	100.0	71.1	0	1	1	2
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31	39-024	5/10/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	35	6	3	1	3	13	23	56.5	0	0		5	6	83.3	60.5	2	4	2	3
6	LeBron James L. James	30	39-121	4/29/2024	LAL	@	DEN	44	9	11	4	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	5	7	71.4	62.3	1	8	1	4	+3
7	LeBron James L. James	30	39-119	4/27/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	39	5	4	3	1	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	62.8	1	4	6	0	+1
8	Reggie Miller R. Miller	28	39-244	4/25/2005	IND	@	BOS	39	2	5	2	0	9	18	50.0	3	9	33.3	7	8	87.5	65.1	0	2	5	3	+8
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28	39-016	5/2/1986	LAL	@	DAL	37	12	3	0	1	13	22	59.1	0	0		2	2	100.0	61.2	1	11	2	4
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28	39-011	4/27/1986	LAL	vs	DAL	40	6	2	3	1	12	20	60.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	63.1	2	4	3	5
11	LeBron James L. James	27	39-112	4/20/2024	LAL	@	DEN	41	6	8	1	1	10	16	62.5	3	5	60.0	4	5	80.0	74.2	2	4	7	1	-9
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	27	39-007	5/2/2015	SAS	@	LAC	37	11	1	0	0	11	16	68.8	0	0		5	8	62.5	69.2	4	7	0	3	-7
13	Reggie Miller R. Miller	27	39-268	5/19/2005	IND	vs	DET	33	2	2	0	0	11	16	68.8	4	8	50.0	1	1	100.0	82.1	0	2	2	3	-1
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27	39-022	5/8/1986	LAL	@	DAL	38	5	4	2	2	13	25	52.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	53.1	1	4	3	4
15	LeBron James L. James	26	39-117	4/25/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	42	6	9	2	1	12	20	60.0	1	6	16.7	1	2	50.0	62.3	0	6	3	3	-8
16	LeBron James L. James	26	39-114	4/22/2024	LAL	@	DEN	38	8	12	2	2	9	19	47.4	3	6	50.0	5	7	71.4	58.9	0	8	2	3	+2
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26	39-035	5/21/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	37	13	3	1	1	11	19	57.9	0	0		4	5	80.0	61.3	6	7	7	4
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26	39-014	4/30/1986	LAL	vs	DAL	33	4	5	1	2	11	20	55.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	59.7	2	2	3	5
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	25	39-269	4/19/2003	UTA	@	SAC	41	7	8	1	0	10	23	43.5	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	47.1	2	5	5	4	+3
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	25	39-007	4/23/1986	LAL	@	SAS	29	3	3	0	2	11	19	57.9	0	0		3	4	75.0	60.2	0	3	1	3
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	24	39-278	4/28/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	44	8	3	1	1	6	12	50.0	0	0		12	14	85.7	66.1	3	5	4	4	-12
22	Robert Parish R. Parish	24	39-248	5/5/1993	BOS	@	CHA	37	9	2	0	3	11	16	68.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	71.1	5	4	2	3
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24	39-032	5/18/1986	LAL	@	HOU	36	7	3	0	2	10	21	47.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	52.7	1	6	3	5
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	22	39-001	4/26/2015	SAS	vs	LAC	38	14	3	2	3	8	13	61.5	0	0		6	10	60.0	63.2	4	10	2	6	-8
25	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	21	39-296	5/20/2017	SAS	vs	GSW	18	1	2	1	0	7	9	77.8	2	3	66.7	5	8	62.5	83.9	0	1	0	3	-6