nba players who scored exactly 44 points in a playoff game until 2008

Gilbert Arenas posted 44 points in Game 5 of the 2006 First Round against the Cavaliers on May 3, 2006.

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	5/3/2006	44	WAS	@	CLE	53	5	4	1	0	14	24	58.3	6	9	66.7	10	10	100.0	77.5	1	4	3	4	+1
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	6/6/2001	44	LAL	vs	PHI	52	20	5	1	0	17	28	60.7	0	0		10	22	45.5	58.4	6	14	4	3	-6
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	6/3/2001	44	PHI	vs	MIL	44	6	7	2	0	17	33	51.5	4	6	66.7	6	7	85.7	61.0	1	5	2	4	+19
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	5/6/2001	44	LAL	vs	SAC	44	21	4	0	7	17	32	53.1	0	0		10	19	52.6	54.5	11	10	2	3	+3
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/5/1996	44	CHI	vs	NYK	41	5	2	0	0	17	35	48.6	1	5	20.0	9	9	100.0	56.5	1	4	1	4
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	6/13/1993	44	CHI	vs	PHX	57	9	6	2	1	19	43	44.2	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	48.2	3	6	3	5
7	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	6/5/1993	44	PHX	vs	SEA	46	24	1	1	1	12	20	60.0	1	1	100.0	19	22	86.4	74.1	10	14	1	3
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	5/3/1992	44	UTA	@	LAC	46	11	2	0	0	11	18	61.1	0	0		22	24	91.7	77.0	4	7	3	4
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/8/1991	44	LAL	vs	GSW	44	12	9	0	0	12	23	52.2	0	3	0.0	20	22	90.9	67.3	1	11	5	5
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	5/4/1990	44	NYK	vs	BOS	40	13	5	7	2	18	24	75.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	78.7	2	11	3	3
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/7/1989	44	CHI	@	CLE	44	9	6	1	0	17	32	53.1	1	1	100.0	9	13	69.2	58.3	3	6	2	3
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/3/1989	44	CHI	vs	CLE	39	7	10	5	1	18	34	52.9	1	1	100.0	7	9	77.8	58.0	2	5	5	4
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/5/1988	44	CHI	@	CLE	42	5	4	4	2	18	25	72.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	76.0	2	3	4	6
14	Bernard King B. King	5/11/1984	44	NYK	vs	BOS	41	2	2	3	0	16	25	64.0	0	0		12	15	80.0	69.6	0	2	4	3
15	Bernard King B. King	4/27/1984	44	NYK	@	DET	41	12	1	0	1	17	26	65.4	0	0		10	13	76.9	69.4	3	9	1	5
16	George Gervin G. Gervin	4/4/1980	44	SAS	vs	HOU	43	7	2	2	2	19	29	65.5	0	0		6	7	85.7	68.6			2	2
17	Rick Barry R. Barry	5/5/1976	44	GSW	vs	PHX	46	6	4	1	0	17	31	54.8				10	12	83.3	60.6	0	6		3
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4/18/1974	44	MIL	@	CHI	48	21	3	1	3	20	29	69.0				4	4	100.0	71.5				3
19	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	4/6/1974	44	BUF	vs	BOS	48	16	1			21	40	52.5				2	2	100.0	53.8				5
20	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	4/25/1973	44	LAL	vs	GSW	36	3	8			19	26	73.1				6	7	85.7	75.7				3
21	Dave Bing D. Bing	4/1/1968	44	DET	vs	BOS	46	9	4			19	38	50.0				6	7	85.7	53.6				4
22	Rick Barry R. Barry	4/24/1967	44	SFW	vs	PHI	44	6	2			16	38	42.1				12	13	92.3	50.3				5
23	Jerry West J. West	4/7/1965	44	LAL	@	BAL		7	4			13	29	44.8				18	19	94.7	58.9				5
24	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3/21/1961	44	LAL	@	STL	48	14				18	31	58.1				8	13	61.5	59.9				1