most points in playoff game by 41 year old player

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most points by a 41-year-old player in a playoff game, with 26 points in Game 5 of the 1988 NBA Finals against the Pistons.

NAMEPTSAgeDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
26
41-061
6/16/1988
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
34
6
0
0
1
12
21
57.1
0
0
2
4
50.0
57.1
3
3
4
3
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
21
41-045
5/31/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
35
5
1
1
2
10
16
62.5
0
0
1
2
50.0
62.2
2
3
1
5
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
20
41-029
5/15/1988
LAL LAL
@
UTA UTA
35
11
1
0
3
9
16
56.3
0
0
2
4
50.0
56.3
5
6
0
5
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
20
41-015
5/1/1988
LAL LAL
vs
SAS SAS
31
5
3
0
1
10
15
66.7
0
0
0
0
66.7
2
3
1
2
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
19
41-039
5/25/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
24
7
2
1
0
8
15
53.3
0
0
3
3
100.0
58.2
3
4
2
2
6Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
19
41-013
4/29/1988
LAL LAL
vs
SAS SAS
21
4
1
0
4
8
13
61.5
0
0
3
5
60.0
62.5
2
2
2
5
7Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
17
41-049
6/4/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
35
7
4
2
2
8
14
57.1
0
0
1
1
100.0
58.9
1
6
0
4
8Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
17
41-037
5/23/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
33
5
0
0
2
7
10
70.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
72.3
3
2
2
2
9Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
16
41-043
5/29/1988
LAL LAL
@
DAL DAL
31
4
3
0
0
7
13
53.8
0
0
2
2
100.0
57.6
3
1
2
1
10Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
16
41-022
5/8/1988
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
28
10
4
1
2
7
14
50.0
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
53.8
4
6
2
3
11John Stockton
J. Stockton
15
41-031
4/26/2003
UTA UTA
vs
SAC SAC
33
3
7
2
0
3
6
50.0
0
0
9
9
100.0
75.3
2
1
2
4
-3
12Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
15
41-054
6/9/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
32
1
1
2
1
6
15
40.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
44.7
0
1
0
4
13Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
14
41-064
6/19/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
32
6
1
1
2
3
14
21.4
0
0
8
8
100.0
40.0
2
4
3
5
14Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
14
41-031
5/17/1988
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
38
5
4
0
2
5
13
38.5
0
0
4
5
80.0
46.1
3
2
5
6
15John Stockton
J. Stockton
13
41-024
4/19/2003
UTA UTA
@
SAC SAC
34
5
3
2
0
5
10
50.0
0
1
0.0
3
3
100.0
57.4
2
3
2
5
+2
16Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
13
41-059
6/14/1988
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
24
4
1
0
0
5
10
50.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
55.3
2
2
2
2
17John Stockton
J. Stockton
12
41-033
4/28/2003
UTA UTA
vs
SAC SAC
33
5
7
2
1
3
9
33.3
0
0
6
6
100.0
51.5
0
5
5
1
-12
18Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
12
41-057
6/12/1988
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
28
7
1
0
3
4
7
57.1
0
0
4
8
50.0
57.0
0
7
1
2
19Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
12
41-017
5/3/1988
LAL LAL
@
SAS SAS
27
5
1
0
1
4
12
33.3
0
0
4
4
100.0
43.6
1
4
1
3
20Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
11
41-035
5/21/1988
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
36
6
3
1
4
4
10
40.0
0
1
0.0
3
3
100.0
48.6
3
3
2
4
21Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
10
41-041
5/27/1988
LAL LAL
@
DAL DAL
31
4
1
1
1
4
12
33.3
0
0
2
2
100.0
38.8
3
1
3
5
22Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
10
41-033
5/19/1988
LAL LAL
@
UTA UTA
21
5
0
0
1
4
10
40.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
46.0
2
3
4
2
23Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
10
41-024
5/10/1988
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
29
6
0
2
1
3
13
23.1
0
0
4
4
100.0
33.9
2
4
1
1
24John Stockton
J. Stockton
8
41-035
4/30/2003
UTA UTA
@
SAC SAC
28
1
7
0
0
3
7
42.9
0
0
2
2
100.0
50.8
1
0
3
3
-14
25John Stockton
J. Stockton
8
41-026
4/21/2003
UTA UTA
@
SAC SAC
21
2
2
2
0
4
7
57.1
0
0
0
0
57.1
0
2
2
0
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Sat
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10:30 PM
Tue
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@
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Sun
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