most pts by a player in a playoff game with 48 minutes

Michael Jordan has dropped the most points with 48+ minutes played in a playoff game, with 63 points in Game 2 of the 1986 First Round against the Celtics.

Interpreted as:
most pts by a player in a playoff game with 48 or more minutes
NAME PTS MIN DATE TM OPP REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
63
53
4/20/1986
CHI CHI
@
BOS BOS
5
6
3
2
22
41
53.7
0
0
19
21
90.5
62.7
1
4
4
4
2 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
61
48
4/14/1962
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
22
1
22
46
47.8
17
19
89.5
56.1
3
3 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
56
48
3/22/1962
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
35
1
22
48
45.8
12
22
54.5
48.5
2
4 Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
55
52
6/1/2021
POR POR
@
DEN DEN
6
10
1
3
17
24
70.8
12
17
70.6
9
10
90.0
96.8
1
5
1
0
+2
5 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
54
48
4/1/1973
BOS BOS
vs
ATL ATL
9
6
24
36
66.7
6
6
100.0
69.9
2
6 Ray Allen
R. Allen
51
59
4/30/2009
BOS BOS
@
CHI CHI
5
3
3
0
18
32
56.3
9
18
50.0
6
7
85.7
72.7
2
3
3
1
+1
7 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
50
52
5/4/2006
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
8
5
3
0
20
35
57.1
5
8
62.5
5
6
83.3
66.4
1
7
7
4
-6
8 Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
50
48
4/1/1970
PHI PHI
vs
MIL MIL
10
2
22
39
56.4
6
8
75.0
58.8
5
9 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
50
66
3/21/1953
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
3
2
10
22
45.5
30
32
93.8
69.3
5
10 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
49
48
6/15/2021
BKN BKN
vs
MIL MIL
17
10
3
2
16
23
69.6
4
9
44.4
13
16
81.3
81.6
0
17
3
3
+6
11 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
49
53
5/14/1987
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
25
2
2
6
19
33
57.6
0
0
11
13
84.6
63.3
11
14
2
4
12 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
48
53
6/19/2021
BKN BKN
vs
MIL MIL
9
6
1
1
17
36
47.2
4
11
36.4
10
11
90.9
58.8
1
8
3
4
-4
13 LeBron James
L. James
48
50
5/31/2007
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
9
7
2
0
18
33
54.5
2
3
66.7
10
14
71.4
61.3
3
6
2
3
+2
14 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
48
52
6/6/2001
PHI PHI
@
LAL LAL
5
6
5
0
18
41
43.9
3
8
37.5
9
9
100.0
53.4
2
3
3
0
+6
15 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
48
48
5/13/2001
LAL LAL
@
SAC SAC
16
3
2
1
15
29
51.7
1
1
100.0
17
19
89.5
64.2
9
7
2
2
+6
16 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
47
48
3/27/1961
LAL LAL
@
STL STL
20
17
45
37.8
13
16
81.3
45.2
4
17 Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
46
52
4/30/2024
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
5
9
0
0
17
30
56.7
7
12
58.3
5
8
62.5
68.6
0
5
3
5
+3
18 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
46
50
5/4/2019
GSW GSW
@
HOU HOU
3
6
0
0
14
31
45.2
6
10
60.0
12
12
100.0
63.4
0
3
0
1
-6
19 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
46
51
5/11/1996
CHI CHI
@
NYK NYK
4
2
2
0
17
35
48.6
2
5
40.0
10
13
76.9
56.5
3
1
4
2
20 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
46
48
4/20/1975
WAS WAS
vs
BUF BUF
12
5
3
3
19
26
73.1
8
13
61.5
72.5
3
21 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
46
48
4/12/1966
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
34
1
19
34
55.9
8
25
32.0
51.1
5
22 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
46
48
4/5/1964
SFW SFW
@
STL STL
23
2
19
36
52.8
8
16
50.0
53.4
5
23 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
46
48
3/14/1961
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
32
2
19
39
48.7
8
14
57.1
50.9
3
24 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
44
58
5/6/2013
GSW GSW
@
SAS SAS
4
11
2
0
18
35
51.4
6
14
42.9
2
2
100.0
61.3
0
4
6
3
0
25 Rajon Rondo
R. Rondo
44
53
5/30/2012
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
8
10
3
0
16
24
66.7
2
2
100.0
10
12
83.3
75.1
0
8
3
3
-4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1975 playoffs.

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Magic Magic
41
41
.500
23.0
8
Hawks Hawks
40
42
.488
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9
Bulls Bulls
39
43
.476
25.0
10
Heat Heat
37
45
.451
27.0
11
Raptors Raptors
30
52
.366
34.0
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Western W L PCT GB
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Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
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3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
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4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
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64
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21
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3/25
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@
IND IND
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@
NYK NYK
126-113
Tue
3/25
TOR TOR
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BKN BKN
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MIL MIL
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DEN DEN
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Tue
5/6
IND IND
@
CLE CLE
7:00 PM
Tue
5/6
GSW GSW
@
MIN MIN
9:30 PM
Wed
5/7
NYK NYK
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BOS BOS
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Wed
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OKC OKC
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GSW GSW
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