most points scored against michael jordan by a player in a win in a playoff game

Karl Malone has scored the most points in a win in a playoff game versus Michael Jordan, with 39 points in Game 5 of the 1998 NBA Finals.

	NAME	PTS	W	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	1	6/12/1998	UTA	@	CHI	44	9	5	1	1	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	65.8	4	5	1	2	+2
2	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	38	1	5/1/1990	MIL	vs	CHI	44	8	7	0	0	14	21	66.7	0	0		10	11	90.9	73.5	5	3	3	3
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	1	6/6/1997	UTA	vs	CHI	42	10	3	4	0	15	29	51.7	0	0		7	10	70.0	55.4	3	7	2	4	+15
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	1	4/20/1986	BOS	vs	CHI	56	12	8	1	2	14	27	51.9	2	5	40.0	6	7	85.7	59.8	4	8	4	5
5	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	34	1	5/5/1992	NYK	@	CHI	44	16	5	1	6	14	25	56.0	0	0		6	7	85.7	60.5	5	11	0	4
6	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	34	1	5/11/1990	PHI	vs	CHI	41	20	8	1	0	10	18	55.6	0	1	0.0	14	21	66.7	62.4	10	10	6	4
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	33	1	6/2/1989	DET	@	CHI	40	5	4	3	0	12	28	42.9	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	50.9	1	4	4	1
8	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	33	1	5/23/1989	DET	vs	CHI	38	3	4	2	0	12	27	44.4	1	2	50.0	8	12	66.7	51.1	2	1	6	3
9	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	32	1	5/16/1989	NYK	vs	CHI	32	11	1	1	4	12	20	60.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	66.8	2	9	1	5
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	1	4/28/1987	BOS	@	CHI	45	14	6	2	1	11	21	52.4	0	1	0.0	10	11	90.9	61.9	3	11	4	3
11	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	31	1	5/22/1990	DET	vs	CHI	38	3	3	1	0	12	19	63.2	1	1	100.0	6	7	85.7	70.2	1	2	3	1
12	Ron Harper R. Harper	31	1	4/30/1989	CLE	vs	CHI	38	11	4	5	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		7	10	70.0	66.2	4	7	3	1
13	Mark Price M. Price	31	1	5/3/1988	CLE	vs	CHI	41	6	6	1	0	11	14	78.6	0	2	0.0	9	9	100.0	86.3	2	4	0	1
14	Kevin McHale K. McHale	31	1	4/22/1986	BOS	@	CHI	36	5	4	0	1	11	15	73.3	0	0		9	10	90.0	79.9	1	4	1	4
15	John Starks J. Starks	30	1	5/11/1996	NYK	vs	CHI	43	4	6	3	0	11	18	61.1	5	8	62.5	3	5	60.0	74.3	0	4	3	5
16	Ron Harper R. Harper	30	1	5/5/1988	CLE	vs	CHI	40	8	5	3	1	12	23	52.2	0	2	0.0	6	6	100.0	58.5	1	7	4	1
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	30	1	4/17/1986	BOS	vs	CHI	40	6	8	3	0	9	13	69.2	2	3	66.7	10	13	76.9	80.1	1	5	3	4
18	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	30	1	4/21/1985	MIL	vs	CHI	41	11	2	0	0	11	20	55.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	62.6	2	9	2	4
19	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	30	1	4/19/1985	MIL	vs	CHI	41	3	6	0	0	9	14	64.3	0	1	0.0	12	14	85.7	74.4	1	2	1	1
20	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	29	1	5/10/1991	PHI	vs	CHI	44	5	2	2	4	7	14	50.0	4	6	66.7	11	12	91.7	75.2	0	5	4	4
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	29	1	4/26/1987	BOS	vs	CHI	44	7	8	0	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		11	13	84.6	63.8	2	5	2	4
22	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	29	1	4/26/1985	MIL	@	CHI	40	12	3	0	2	9	15	60.0	0	0		11	14	78.6	68.5	3	9	8	4
23	Reggie Miller R. Miller	28	1	5/23/1998	IND	vs	CHI	33	1	2	1	0	9	15	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	6	100.0	79.4	0	1	1	3	-1
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	1	5/12/1995	ORL	@	CHI	42	10	3	0	3	10	18	55.6	0	0		8	10	80.0	62.5	3	7	3	3
25	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	28	1	6/13/1993	PHX	@	CHI	59	7	4	2	0	10	17	58.8	6	8	75.0	2	2	100.0	78.3	3	4	0	0

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Karl Malone has scored the most points in a win in a playoff game versus Michael Jordan, with 39 points in Game 5 of the 1998 NBA Finals.

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