number players who scored 45 points in a playoff game

Donovan Mitchell posted 48 points in Game 2 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Pacers on May 6.

Interpreted as:

number players who scored 45 or more points in a playoff game

	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5/6/2025	48	CLE	vs	IND	36	5	9	4	1	15	30	50.0	1	7	14.3	17	21	81.0	61.2	2	3	5	4	+13
2	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5/3/2024	50	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
3	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	4/30/2024	46	PHI	@	NYK	52	5	9	0	0	17	30	56.7	7	12	58.3	5	8	62.5	68.6	0	5	3	5	+3
4	Devin Booker D. Booker	4/28/2024	49	PHX	vs	MIN	45	5	6	2	1	13	21	61.9	3	5	60.0	20	21	95.2	81.0	0	5	2	5	+1
5	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	4/28/2024	47	NYK	@	PHI	44	4	10	0	1	18	34	52.9	2	8	25.0	9	11	81.8	60.5	0	4	1	2	+10
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	4/25/2024	50	PHI	vs	NYK	41	8	4	0	1	13	19	68.4	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	88.5	1	7	3	3	+16
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/14/2023	51	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
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/7/2023	53	DEN	@	PHX	39	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	5/5/2023	47	PHX	vs	DEN	42	6	9	3	1	20	25	80.0	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	90.8	0	6	3	5	+7
10	James Harden J. Harden	5/1/2023	45	PHI	@	BOS	39	1	6	2	0	17	30	56.7	7	14	50.0	4	4	100.0	70.8	0	1	3	4	+8
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	4/30/2023	50	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
12	Devin Booker D. Booker	4/25/2023	47	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
13	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	4/24/2023	56	MIA	vs	MIL	41	9	2	0	1	19	28	67.9	3	8	37.5	15	18	83.3	78.0	4	5	1	0	+4
14	Ja Morant J. Morant	4/22/2023	45	MEM	@	LAL	42	9	13	0	0	13	26	50.0	6	10	60.0	13	14	92.9	70.0	3	6	3	2	+3
15	Devin Booker D. Booker	4/20/2023	45	PHX	@	LAC	45	6	3	3	2	18	29	62.1	3	7	42.9	6	7	85.7	70.1	1	5	0	2	+3
16	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	5/27/2022	47	MIA	@	BOS	46	9	8	4	1	16	29	55.2	4	8	50.0	11	11	100.0	69.4	3	6	1	1	+8
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/13/2022	46	BOS	@	MIL	43	9	4	0	1	17	32	53.1	7	15	46.7	5	7	71.4	65.6	0	9	4	2	+21
18	Ja Morant J. Morant	5/3/2022	47	MEM	vs	GSW	41	8	8	3	0	15	31	48.4	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	64.0	2	6	2	2	+13
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	5/2/2022	45	DAL	@	PHX	44	12	8	0	1	15	30	50.0	4	11	36.4	11	14	78.6	62.2	2	10	5	1	-4
20	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	4/19/2022	45	MIA	vs	ATL	39	5	5	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	11	12	91.7	74.3	0	5	0	0	+19
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	7/20/2021	50	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
22	Trae Young T. Young	6/23/2021	48	ATL	@	MIL	41	7	11	1	0	17	34	50.0	4	13	30.8	10	12	83.3	61.1	1	6	6	3	+10
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	6/19/2021	48	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
24	Kevin Durant K. Durant	6/15/2021	49	BKN	vs	MIL	48	17	10	3	2	16	23	69.6	4	9	44.4	13	16	81.3	81.6	0	17	3	3	+6
25	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	6/8/2021	45	UTA	vs	LAC	37	3	5	1	1	16	30	53.3	6	15	40.0	7	8	87.5	67.1	0	3	3	0	+5