most points scored in an nba playoff game by player after turning 37

LeBron James has the most points by a player 37 or older in a playoff game, with 40 points in Game 4 of the 2023 Western Conference Finals against the Nuggets.

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most points scored in an NBA playoff game by player after turning 37 years old

	NAME	PTS	AGE	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	38-143	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	LeBron James L. James	38	40-116	4/25/2025	LAL	@	MIN	41	10	4	2	2	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	7	10	70.0	74.8	3	7	1	0	-10
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36	37-043	4/26/2025	GSW	vs	HOU	41	7	9	1	2	12	23	52.2	5	13	38.5	7	8	87.5	67.9	0	7	2	0	+18
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36	38-052	6/7/1985	LAL	vs	BOS	42	7	7	1	3	16	28	57.1	0	0		4	5	80.0	59.6	2	5	4	4
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	37-274	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
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	34	39-020	5/6/1986	LAL	vs	DAL	42	8	9	1	1	14	21	66.7	0	0		6	8	75.0	69.3	4	4	5	4
7	Reggie Miller R. Miller	33	39-247	4/28/2005	IND	vs	BOS	35	7	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	2	4	50.0	11	12	91.7	77.5	1	6	0	1	+23
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33	39-030	5/16/1986	LAL	@	HOU	42	4	6	0	5	14	26	53.8	0	0		5	8	62.5	55.9	1	3	3	5
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33	39-018	5/4/1986	LAL	@	DAL	39	1	2	3	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		5	5	100.0	71.1	0	1	1	2
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33	37-020	5/6/1984	LAL	@	DAL	45	11	2	1	4	14	19	73.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	76.2	2	9	2	5
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	32	40-059	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
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	32	37-051	6/6/1984	LAL	vs	BOS	37	8	6	4	2	12	25	48.0	0	0		8	11	72.7	53.6	2	6	3	6
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	32	37-041	5/27/1984	LAL	@	BOS	35	8	5	2	2	12	17	70.6	0	0		8	9	88.9	76.3	2	6	5	4
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31	37-037	4/20/2025	GSW	@	HOU	40	6	3	1	0	12	19	63.2	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	78.0	0	6	4	2	+3
15	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	31	38-022	5/23/1997	HOU	vs	UTA	28	2	0	1	0	12	17	70.6	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	86.7	0	2	0	3	+26
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31	39-024	5/10/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	35	6	3	1	3	13	23	56.5	0	0		5	6	83.3	60.5	2	4	2	3
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31	37-034	5/20/1984	LAL	@	PHX	35	7	4	2	0	13	17	76.5	0	0		5	5	100.0	80.7	6	1	3	6
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31	37-032	5/18/1984	LAL	@	PHX	39	8	6	1	1	11	16	68.8	0	0		9	10	90.0	76.0	3	5	1	5
19	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	31	37-012	4/20/1977	BOS	@	PHI	41	9	6			11	25	44.0				9	11	81.8	51.9				3
20	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	31	37-325	4/19/1970	ATL	@	LAL	35	5	3			12	17	70.6				7	7	100.0	77.2				4
21	LeBron James L. James	30	39-121	4/29/2024	LAL	@	DEN	44	9	11	4	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	5	7	71.4	62.3	1	8	1	4	+3
22	LeBron James L. James	30	39-119	4/27/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	39	5	4	3	1	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	62.8	1	4	6	0	+1
23	LeBron James L. James	30	38-133	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
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	30	37-054	6/18/2013	SAS	@	MIA	44	17	0	1	0	13	21	61.9	0	0		4	5	80.0	64.7	5	12	2	2	+16
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	40-276	4/25/2004	LAL	@	HOU	47	13	1	3	0	11	17	64.7	0	0		8	11	72.7	68.7	2	11	2	4	+6