nba players with exactly 44 points in a game playoffs

Nikola Jokić posted 44 points in Game 5 of the 2025 Western Conference Semifinals against the Thunder on May 13.

	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/13/2025	44	DEN	@	OKC	44	15	5	2	0	17	25	68.0	5	7	71.4	5	5	100.0	80.9	6	9	2	4	-8
2	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/14/2024	44	NYK	vs	IND	43	4	7	0	0	18	35	51.4	2	6	33.3	6	7	85.7	57.8	0	4	3	2	+31
3	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5/12/2024	44	MIN	vs	DEN	45	5	5	2	1	16	25	64.0	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	77.1	0	5	3	2	+5
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5/13/2022	44	MIL	vs	BOS	41	20	6	1	1	14	30	46.7	2	3	66.7	14	15	93.3	60.1	3	17	6	4	-5
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	5/28/2021	44	DAL	vs	LAC	39	9	9	1	0	15	28	53.6	7	13	53.8	7	13	53.8	65.2	2	7	5	2	+3
6	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	8/30/2020	44	UTA	vs	DEN	40	6	5	3	0	14	25	56.0	9	13	69.2	7	7	100.0	78.3	2	4	4	1	+2
7	LeBron James L. James	5/21/2018	44	CLE	vs	BOS	42	5	3	2	0	17	28	60.7	1	4	25.0	9	13	69.2	65.2	1	4	7	3	+9
8	LeBron James L. James	4/25/2018	44	CLE	vs	IND	42	10	8	1	1	14	24	58.3	1	4	25.0	15	15	100.0	71.9	3	7	5	3	+2
9	James Harden J. Harden	4/15/2018	44	HOU	vs	MIN	41	4	8	2	0	15	26	57.7	7	12	58.3	7	9	77.8	73.4	2	2	3	2	+5
10	James Harden J. Harden	4/21/2017	44	HOU	@	OKC	38	6	6	0	1	11	21	52.4	4	12	33.3	18	18	100.0	76.1	1	5	7	5	+1
11	LeBron James L. James	6/4/2015	44	CLE	@	GSW	46	8	6	0	0	18	38	47.4	2	8	25.0	6	10	60.0	51.9	0	8	4	2	-3
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5/6/2013	44	GSW	@	SAS	58	4	11	2	0	18	35	51.4	6	14	42.9	2	2	100.0	61.3	0	4	6	3	0
13	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	5/30/2012	44	BOS	@	MIA	53	8	10	3	0	16	24	66.7	2	2	100.0	10	12	83.3	75.1	0	8	3	3	-4
14	Derrick Rose D. Rose	5/6/2011	44	CHI	@	ATL	38	5	7	1	1	16	27	59.3	4	7	57.1	8	9	88.9	71.1	1	4	2	1	+17
15	LeBron James L. James	5/26/2009	44	CLE	@	ORL	49	12	7	1	1	13	29	44.8	4	10	40.0	14	18	77.8	59.6	1	11	8	5	+6
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	5/11/2009	44	DAL	vs	DEN	44	13	3	2	1	14	25	56.0	0	0		16	17	94.1	67.7	1	12	4	1	+12
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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