most points scored in a single game by a player in their 16th postseason

LeBron James posted the most points by a player in a playoff game in his 16th playoff, with 40 points in Game 4 of the 2023 Western Conference Finals versus the Nuggets.

	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	4/24/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	44	7	3	2	0	11	22	50.0	0	0		12	14	85.7	60.4	1	6	3	2	+11
3	James Harden J. Harden	32	4/19/2025	LAC	@	DEN	43	6	11	0	1	11	22	50.0	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	64.9	0	6	2	5	0
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	32	6/14/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	29	6	1	0	4	13	18	72.2	0	0		6	10	60.0	71.4	2	4	0	5
5	LeBron James L. James	30	5/12/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	43	9	9	2	1	10	14	71.4	2	3	66.7	8	11	72.7	79.6	0	9	2	2	+21
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	29	4/28/2001	UTA	@	DAL	43	13	6	1	1	11	28	39.3	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	46.0	4	9	5	4	-1
7	James Harden J. Harden	28	5/1/2025	LAC	vs	DEN	47	6	8	2	1	10	20	50.0	3	8	37.5	5	5	100.0	63.1	1	5	4	3	+2
8	LeBron James L. James	28	4/19/2023	LAL	@	MEM	39	12	3	1	1	12	23	52.2	1	8	12.5	3	4	75.0	56.5	2	10	1	1	-17
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28	5/23/1987	LAL	@	SEA	42	10	3	0	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		10	10	100.0	76.1	1	9	4	5
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28	4/25/1987	LAL	vs	DEN	25	6	3	0	4	8	13	61.5	0	0		12	12	100.0	76.6	2	4	1	2
11	LeBron James L. James	27	5/8/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	43	9	6	0	1	10	25	40.0	2	9	22.2	5	5	100.0	49.6	2	7	3	3	-8
12	Tony Parker T. Parker	27	4/27/2017	SAS	@	MEM	31	2	4	0	0	11	14	78.6	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	85.7	1	1	1	0	+12
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	27	5/19/2014	SAS	vs	OKC	29	7	3	0	0	11	19	57.9	0	0		5	6	83.3	62.4	2	5	1	3	+8
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	27	4/20/2014	SAS	vs	DAL	38	7	0	0	0	12	20	60.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	60.8	2	5	1	1	+24
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27	6/7/1987	LAL	@	BOS	38	7	0	1	1	9	16	56.3	0	0		9	13	69.2	62.2	1	6	2	5
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27	5/10/1987	LAL	@	GSW	38	8	3	0	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		11	15	73.3	65.5	3	5	3	4
17	LeBron James L. James	26	5/16/2023	LAL	@	DEN	40	12	9	0	1	9	16	56.3	0	4	0.0	8	11	72.7	62.4	3	9	3	1	-6
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	26	4/21/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	41	6	4	2	1	8	23	34.8	0	0		10	13	76.9	45.3	1	5	7	1	+9
19	LeBron James L. James	25	5/10/2023	LAL	@	GSW	39	9	3	2	1	9	17	52.9	3	7	42.9	4	4	100.0	66.6	1	8	4	3	-16
20	LeBron James L. James	25	4/22/2023	LAL	vs	MEM	36	9	5	1	1	10	20	50.0	0	4	0.0	5	7	71.4	54.2	2	7	3	3	-6
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	25	5/1/2001	UTA	@	DAL	34	8	2	0	1	10	20	50.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	55.2	0	8	2	4	-20
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	25	5/7/1987	LAL	vs	GSW	35	8	1	1	4	10	16	62.5	0	0		5	8	62.5	64.0	2	6	3	3
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	24	5/3/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	37	10	2	0	1	9	28	32.1	0	0		6	8	75.0	38.1	3	7	2	2	-5
24	LeBron James L. James	23	5/20/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	43	7	12	0	0	8	19	42.1	3	9	33.3	4	7	57.1	52.1	0	7	2	2	-4
25	LeBron James L. James	23	5/4/2023	LAL	@	GSW	28	7	3	1	0	10	18	55.6	3	8	37.5	0	0		63.9	0	7	0	3	-27