nba most points by a player in a playoff closeout game after 1976

Since 1976-77, Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan are tied for the most points in a closeout game, with 56 points.

	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	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	56	5/4/1994	PHX	@	GSW	41	14	4	3	1	23	31	74.2	3	4	75.0	7	9	77.8	80.1	5	9	2	2
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	56	4/29/1992	CHI	@	MIA	43	5	5	4	2	20	30	66.7	0	0		16	18	88.9	73.8	1	4	2	3
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	5/14/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	42	13	5	2	0	17	28	60.7	6	10	60.0	11	14	78.6	74.6	0	13	0	1	+33
4	Ray Allen R. Allen	51	4/30/2009	BOS	@	CHI	59	5	3	3	0	18	32	56.3	9	18	50.0	6	7	85.7	72.7	2	3	3	1	+1
5	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	50	5/3/2024	CLE	@	ORL	42	4	4	0	1	22	36	61.1	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	64.7	1	3	4	4	-3
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	50	4/30/2023	GSW	@	SAC	38	8	6	1	0	20	38	52.6	7	18	38.9	3	5	60.0	62.2	1	7	1	2	+25
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	50	7/20/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	42	14	2	0	5	16	25	64.0	1	3	33.3	17	19	89.5	74.9	4	10	6	2	+10
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	50	4/26/2019	GSW	@	LAC	42	6	5	1	1	15	26	57.7	6	14	42.9	14	15	93.3	76.7	0	6	4	4	+18
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	4/23/2019	POR	vs	OKC	45	7	6	3	1	17	33	51.5	10	18	55.6	6	8	75.0	68.5	2	5	6	2	+9
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	50	5/4/2006	LAL	vs	PHX	52	8	5	3	0	20	35	57.1	5	8	62.5	5	6	83.3	66.4	1	7	7	4	-6
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	5/5/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	43	3	4	3	0	14	28	50.0	0	1	0.0	22	27	81.5	62.7	0	3	1	6
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	48	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	48	5/13/2001	LAL	@	SAC	48	16	3	2	1	15	29	51.7	1	1	100.0	17	19	89.5	64.2	9	7	2	2	+6
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	5/1/1990	CHI	@	MIL	46	9	5	1	2	20	35	57.1	1	5	20.0	7	9	77.8	61.6	2	7	5	4
15	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	4/25/2023	PHX	vs	LAC	42	8	10	2	0	19	27	70.4	4	7	57.1	5	6	83.3	79.3	2	6	3	4	+11
16	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	6/3/2021	PHX	@	LAL	46	11	3	0	1	15	22	68.2	8	10	80.0	9	9	100.0	90.5	0	11	3	2	+10
17	Anthony Davis A. Davis	47	4/21/2018	NOP	vs	POR	39	10	1	0	3	15	23	65.2	2	4	50.0	15	17	88.2	77.1	4	6	2	4	+15
18	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	47	5/2/1995	PHX	@	POR	46	12	2	2	2	16	26	61.5	4	8	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.1	1	11	4	5
19	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	43	5	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	2	3	0	0
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46	6/6/2021	DAL	@	LAC	45	7	14	0	0	17	30	56.7	5	11	45.5	7	11	63.6	66.0	0	7	6	3	-9
21	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	46	5/3/2002	BOS	vs	PHI	44	4	6	1	1	16	25	64.0	8	10	80.0	6	7	85.7	81.9	1	3	0	1	+27
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	46	6/1/2001	PHI	@	MIL	44	2	3	1	1	14	33	42.4	5	9	55.6	13	15	86.7	58.1	1	1	6	1	-16
23	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	46	5/20/1995	PHX	vs	HOU	42	3	10	1	1	12	26	46.2	1	2	50.0	21	22	95.5	64.5	1	2	1	3
24	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	45	6/13/2026	NYK	@	SAS	41	3	3	2	0	14	27	51.9	4	7	57.1	13	15	86.7	67.0	1	2	3	1	+10
25	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	45	4/29/2026	ORL	@	DET	41	9	7	2	0	17	31	54.8	6	11	54.5	5	12	41.7	62.0	2	7	6	2	0

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