most ppg in game 1 in playoffs at least 1 games by active player

Donovan Mitchell has averaged the most points per game by an active player with 1+ game played in a game 1, with 57.0 per game in Game 1 of the 2020 First Round versus the Nuggets.

	NAME	PPG	GP	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57.0	1	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	43	57	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	73.6	2	7	5	2	-11
2	LeBron James L. James	51.0	1	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	51	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
3	LeBron James L. James	49.0	1	5/20/2009	CLE	vs	ORL	41	49	6	8	2	3	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	6	10	60.0	71.2	3	3	2	1	+7
4	Trae Young T. Young	48.0	1	6/23/2021	ATL	@	MIL	41	48	7	11	1	0	17	34	50.0	4	13	30.8	10	12	83.3	61.1	1	6	6	3	+10
5	James Harden J. Harden	45.0	1	5/1/2023	PHI	@	BOS	39	45	1	6	2	0	17	30	56.7	7	14	50.0	4	4	100.0	70.8	0	1	3	4	+8
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	45.0	1	5/2/2022	DAL	@	PHX	44	45	12	8	0	1	15	30	50.0	4	11	36.4	11	14	78.6	62.2	2	10	5	1	-4
7	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	45.0	1	6/8/2021	UTA	vs	LAC	37	45	3	5	1	1	16	30	53.3	6	15	40.0	7	8	87.5	67.1	0	3	3	0	+5
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	45.0	1	4/27/2019	TOR	vs	PHI	38	45	11	2	2	1	16	23	69.6	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	80.8	0	11	2	1	+26
9	James Harden J. Harden	44.0	1	4/15/2018	HOU	vs	MIN	41	44	4	8	2	0	15	26	57.7	7	12	58.3	7	9	77.8	73.4	2	2	3	2	+5
10	LeBron James L. James	44.0	1	6/4/2015	CLE	@	GSW	46	44	8	6	0	0	18	38	47.4	2	8	25.0	6	10	60.0	51.9	0	8	4	2	-3
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	44.0	1	5/6/2013	GSW	@	SAS	58	44	4	11	2	0	18	35	51.4	6	14	42.9	2	2	100.0	61.3	0	4	6	3	0
12	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	43.0	1	5/21/2025	NYK	vs	IND	38	43	1	5	0	0	15	25	60.0	1	6	16.7	12	14	85.7	69.0	0	1	7	5	-8
13	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	43.0	1	5/6/2024	NYK	vs	IND	44	43	6	6	0	1	14	26	53.8	1	4	25.0	14	14	100.0	66.9	1	5	4	2	+12
14	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	43.0	1	5/4/2024	MIN	@	DEN	42	43	7	3	1	2	17	29	58.6	3	7	42.9	6	6	100.0	68.0	2	5	1	1	+10
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	42.0	1	5/5/2025	DEN	@	OKC	42	42	22	6	1	2	15	29	51.7	2	6	33.3	10	13	76.9	60.5	5	17	7	5	+10
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	42.0	1	8/17/2020	DAL	@	LAC	38	42	7	9	3	0	13	21	61.9	2	6	33.3	14	15	93.3	76.1	0	7	11	4	-14
17	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	41.0	1	5/17/2022	MIA	vs	BOS	41	41	9	5	4	3	12	19	63.2	0	2	0.0	17	18	94.4	76.2	5	4	2	3	+25
18	James Harden J. Harden	41.0	1	5/14/2018	HOU	vs	GSW	35	41	4	7	1	0	14	24	58.3	5	9	55.6	8	10	80.0	72.2	1	3	4	4	-7
19	James Harden J. Harden	41.0	1	4/29/2018	HOU	vs	UTA	37	41	8	7	1	0	12	26	46.2	7	12	58.3	10	11	90.9	66.5	1	7	3	2	+15
20	CJ McCollum	41.0	1	4/16/2017	POR	@	GSW	41	41	8	1	1	1	16	28	57.1	4	6	66.7	5	6	83.3	66.9	3	5	4	4	-5
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	41.0	1	4/17/2011	OKC	vs	DEN	43	41	9	2	1	0	13	22	59.1	3	6	50.0	12	15	80.0	71.7	0	9	1	3	+1
22	Anthony Davis A. Davis	40.0	1	5/16/2023	LAL	@	DEN	42	40	10	3	3	2	14	23	60.9	1	1	100.0	11	11	100.0	71.8	1	9	0	3	-8
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	40.0	1	6/20/2021	PHX	vs	LAC	44	40	13	11	0	0	15	29	51.7	3	7	42.9	7	7	100.0	62.3	1	12	2	3	+6
24	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	40.0	1	8/31/2020	MIA	@	MIL	36	40	4	2	2	1	13	20	65.0	2	2	100.0	12	13	92.3	77.8	2	2	3	1	+7
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40.0	1	5/14/2017	GSW	vs	SAS	39	40	7	3	3	0	14	26	53.8	7	16	43.8	5	7	71.4	68.8	2	5	3	0	+8