most points in playoff game in last 5 years

Between May 19, 2020 and May 19, 2025, Donovan Mitchell has put up the most points in a playoff game, with 57 points in Game 1 of the 2020 First Round against the Nuggets.

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most points by a player in playoff game in last 5 years

	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	43	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	73.6	2	7	5	2	-11
2	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	56	4/24/2023	MIA	vs	MIL	41	9	2	0	1	19	28	67.9	3	8	37.5	15	18	83.3	78.0	4	5	1	0	+4
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	55	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	52	6	10	1	3	17	24	70.8	12	17	70.6	9	10	90.0	96.8	1	5	1	0	+2
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	53	5/7/2023	DEN	@	PHX	39	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	5/14/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	42	13	5	2	0	17	28	60.7	6	10	60.0	11	14	78.6	74.6	0	13	0	1	+33
6	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	51	8/23/2020	UTA	vs	DEN	38	4	7	0	0	15	27	55.6	4	7	57.1	17	18	94.4	73.0	1	3	4	2	+5
7	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	50	5/3/2024	CLE	@	ORL	42	4	4	0	1	22	36	61.1	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	64.7	1	3	4	4	-3
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	4/25/2024	PHI	vs	NYK	41	8	4	0	1	13	19	68.4	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	88.5	1	7	3	3	+16
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	8/30/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	5	6	0	0	17	24	70.8	9	12	75.0	7	9	77.8	89.4	1	4	5	5	+12
13	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	8/23/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	11	7	0	1	18	31	58.1	9	15	60.0	5	5	100.0	75.3	4	7	0	2	+5
14	Devin Booker D. Booker	49	4/28/2024	PHX	vs	MIN	45	5	6	2	1	13	21	61.9	3	5	60.0	20	21	95.2	81.0	0	5	2	5	+1
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	49	6/15/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	48	17	10	3	2	16	23	69.6	4	9	44.4	13	16	81.3	81.6	0	17	3	3	+6
16	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	48	5/6/2025	CLE	vs	IND	36	5	9	4	1	15	30	50.0	1	7	14.3	17	21	81.0	61.2	2	3	5	4	+13
17	Trae Young T. Young	48	6/23/2021	ATL	@	MIL	41	7	11	1	0	17	34	50.0	4	13	30.8	10	12	83.3	61.1	1	6	6	3	+10
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	48	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
19	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	47	4/28/2024	NYK	@	PHI	44	4	10	0	1	18	34	52.9	2	8	25.0	9	11	81.8	60.5	0	4	1	2	+10
20	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	5/5/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	42	6	9	3	1	20	25	80.0	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	90.8	0	6	3	5	+7
21	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	4/25/2023	PHX	vs	LAC	42	8	10	2	0	19	27	70.4	4	7	57.1	5	6	83.3	79.3	2	6	3	4	+11
22	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	47	5/27/2022	MIA	@	BOS	46	9	8	4	1	16	29	55.2	4	8	50.0	11	11	100.0	69.4	3	6	1	1	+8
23	Ja Morant J. Morant	47	5/3/2022	MEM	vs	GSW	41	8	8	3	0	15	31	48.4	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	64.0	2	6	2	2	+13
24	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	6/3/2021	PHX	@	LAL	46	11	3	0	1	15	22	68.2	8	10	80.0	9	9	100.0	90.5	0	11	3	2	+10
25	Ja Morant J. Morant	47	5/26/2021	MEM	@	UTA	43	4	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	2	7	28.6	15	20	75.0	67.5	2	2	4	3	-6