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

Elgin Baylor has dropped the most points with exactly 48 minutes played in a playoff game, with 61 points in Game 5 of the 1962 NBA Finals against the Celtics.

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 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
2 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
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 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
8 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
9 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
10 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
11 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
12 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
44
48
4/18/1974
MIL MIL
@
CHI CHI
21
3
1
3
20
29
69.0
4
4
100.0
71.5
3
13 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
44
48
4/6/1974
BUF BUF
vs
BOS BOS
16
1
21
40
52.5
2
2
100.0
53.8
5
14 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
44
48
3/21/1961
LAL LAL
@
STL STL
14
18
31
58.1
8
13
61.5
59.9
1
15 Kevin Johnson
K. Johnson
43
48
5/14/1995
PHX PHX
@
HOU HOU
6
9
3
0
18
24
75.0
2
2
100.0
5
7
71.4
79.4
0
6
1
3
16 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
43
48
3/31/1972
BOS BOS
@
ATL ATL
6
4
15
26
57.7
13
14
92.9
66.9
2
17 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
43
48
4/25/1969
BOS BOS
@
LAL LAL
12
6
15
27
55.6
13
14
92.9
64.8
6
18 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
43
48
4/10/1963
CIN CIN
@
BOS BOS
6
6
11
24
45.8
21
22
95.5
63.8
4
19 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
43
48
3/28/1963
CIN CIN
@
BOS BOS
14
10
17
25
68.0
9
12
75.0
71.0
1
20 Reggie Lewis
R. Lewis
42
48
5/10/1992
BOS BOS
vs
CLE CLE
3
6
5
1
16
28
57.1
1
1
100.0
9
12
75.0
63.1
1
2
2
4
21 Alex English
A. English
42
48
4/24/1983
DEN DEN
@
PHX PHX
9
4
1
3
16
29
55.2
0
0
10
12
83.3
61.3
4
5
2
2
22 Moses Malone
M. Malone
42
48
4/26/1981
HOU HOU
vs
KCK KCK
23
1
0
1
16
34
47.1
0
0
10
14
71.4
52.3
3
23 Jerry West
J. West
42
48
5/5/1969
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
13
12
14
29
48.3
14
18
77.8
56.9
2
24 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
42
48
3/27/1962
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
37
5
16
31
51.6
10
17
58.8
54.6
1
25 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
42
48
3/16/1960
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
29
1
17
35
48.6
8
14
57.1
51.0
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1975 playoffs.

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