most points nba playoff game undrafted player

Elgin Baylor has put up the most points by an undrafted player in a playoff game, with 61 points in Game 5 of the 1962 NBA Finals versus the Celtics.

NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
61
4/14/1962
@
48
22
1
22
46
47.8
17
19
89.5
56.1
3
2Sam Jones
S. Jones
51
3/28/1967
@
43
4
1
19
30
63.3
13
17
76.5
68.0
3
3Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
49
3/15/1961
vs
21
17
34
50.0
15
20
75.0
57.2
5
4Sam Jones
S. Jones
47
4/10/1963
vs
41
7
1
18
27
66.7
11
12
91.7
72.8
4
5Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
47
3/27/1961
@
48
20
17
45
37.8
13
16
81.3
45.2
4
6Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
47
3/18/1961
@
17
13
14
92.9
5
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
45
3/29/1962
@
17
18
37
48.6
9
13
69.2
52.7
5
8Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
44
3/21/1961
@
48
14
18
31
58.1
8
13
61.5
59.9
1
9Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
43
4/21/1963
@
45
20
1
15
34
44.1
13
17
76.5
51.8
3
10Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
42
4/3/1966
vs
41
14
9
17
27
63.0
8
9
88.9
67.8
2
11Sam Jones
S. Jones
42
3/26/1966
@
5
4
14
24
58.3
14
15
93.3
68.6
4
12Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
41
4/24/1966
@
46
16
2
13
31
41.9
15
17
88.2
53.3
1
13Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
41
4/18/1962
@
51
22
4
13
40
32.5
15
21
71.4
41.6
6
14Sam Jones
S. Jones
40
4/6/1965
@
42
6
3
16
32
50.0
8
8
100.0
56.3
3
15Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
40
4/5/1961
@
48
17
6
16
28
57.1
8
9
88.9
62.6
4
16Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
40
3/14/1961
vs
39
18
9
17
28
60.7
6
7
85.7
64.4
4
17Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
40
3/22/1960
@
53
18
16
38
42.1
8
13
61.5
45.7
4
18Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
40
3/17/1960
@
14
11
26
42.3
18
23
78.3
55.4
5
19Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
40
3/12/1960
@
15
10
11
90.9
4
20Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
40
3/21/1959
vs
16
22
72.7
8
9
88.9
77.0
5
21Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
39
4/9/1963
@
46
8
3
14
34
41.2
11
13
84.6
49.1
4
22Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
39
4/10/1962
vs
48
23
4
13
35
37.1
13
16
81.3
46.4
2
23Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
39
4/1/1961
@
48
12
16
36
44.4
7
7
100.0
49.9
2
24Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
39
3/29/1961
vs
51
21
7
14
30
46.7
11
12
91.7
55.3
6
25Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
39
3/20/1960
vs
16
17
29
58.6
5
6
83.3
61.6
3

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