most points scored by a lakers player in a playoff game with 40 points or less

9 players are tied for the most points for the Lakers with 40 or fewer points in a playoff game, with 40 points. The first three are LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal 2 times and Anthony Davis.

	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	LeBron James L. James	40	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
2	Anthony Davis A. Davis	40	5/16/2023	LAL	@	DEN	42	10	3	3	2	14	23	60.9	1	1	100.0	11	11	100.0	71.8	1	9	0	3	-8
3	LeBron James L. James	40	10/9/2020	LAL	vs	MIA	42	13	7	3	0	15	21	71.4	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	84.6	3	10	4	1	+7
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	5/17/2010	LAL	vs	PHX	35	5	5	1	0	13	23	56.5	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	70.7	0	5	2	1	+22
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	6/4/2009	LAL	vs	ORL	38	8	8	2	2	16	34	47.1	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	53.3	1	7	1	1	+25
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	5/19/2009	LAL	vs	DEN	43	6	4	0	1	13	28	46.4	2	3	66.7	12	13	92.3	59.3	3	3	1	3	-5
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	5/6/2009	LAL	vs	HOU	40	6	3	1	0	16	27	59.3	2	3	66.7	6	7	85.7	66.5	2	4	2	1	+19
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	40	6/7/2002	LAL	vs	NJN	41	12	8	0	1	14	23	60.9	0	0		12	14	85.7	68.6	3	9	4	2	+35
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	40	6/9/2000	LAL	vs	IND	46	24	4	0	3	11	18	61.1	0	0		18	39	46.2	56.9	5	19	2	5	+14
10	James Worthy J. Worthy	40	6/13/1989	LAL	vs	DET	46	3	3	0	3	17	26	65.4	2	3	66.7	4	6	66.7	69.8	0	3	1	3
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	5/14/1980	LAL	vs	PHI	41	15	1	0	4	16	24	66.7	0	0		8	9	88.9	71.5	4	11	5	4
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	5/8/1977	LAL	vs	POR	43	17	1	1	3	17	23	73.9				6	9	66.7	74.2	3	14		3
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	4/22/1977	LAL	vs	GSW	40	19	3	3	9	18	28	64.3				4	6	66.7	65.3	7	12		4
14	Jerry West J. West	40	4/29/1969	LAL	@	BOS	45	6	4			15	30	50.0				10	10	100.0	58.1				4
15	Jerry West J. West	40	4/11/1968	LAL	@	SFW	45	6	8			14	20	70.0				12	14	85.7	76.5				2
16	Jerry West J. West	40	4/8/1962	LAL	@	BOS	45	5	4			13	23	56.5				14	15	93.3	67.6				5
17	Jerry West J. West	40	3/25/1962	LAL	vs	DET		13				16	34	47.1				8	14	57.1	49.8				5
18	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	40	3/14/1961	LAL	vs	DET	39	18	9			17	28	60.7				6	7	85.7	64.4				4
19	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	40	3/22/1960	MIN	@	STL	53	18				16	38	42.1				8	13	61.5	45.7				4
20	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	40	3/17/1960	MIN	@	STL		14				11	26	42.3				18	23	78.3	55.4				5
21	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	40	3/12/1960	MIN	@	DET						15						10	11	90.9					4
22	George Mikan G. Mikan	40	4/23/1950	MIN	vs	SYR			2			13	20	65.0				14	17	82.4	72.8				6
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	39	4/20/2010	LAL	vs	OKC	41	5	1	2	0	12	28	42.9	2	5	40.0	13	15	86.7	56.4	1	4	4	4	-2
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	39	5/29/2008	LAL	vs	SAS	43	3	3	2	0	16	30	53.3	2	6	33.3	5	5	100.0	60.6	0	3	2	2	+6
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	39	4/22/2007	LAL	@	PHX	43	5	1	0	0	15	33	45.5	4	8	50.0	5	7	71.4	54.0	0	5	2	3	-13