oldest nba player to play 35 minutes in a playoff game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 35+ minutes played in a playoff game. He was 41 years and 49 days old in Game 7 of the 1988 Western Conference Finals versus the Mavericks.

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oldest NBA player to play 35 or more minutes in a playoff game
NAME AGE MIN DATE TM OPP PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-049
35
6/4/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
17
7
4
2
2
8
14
57.1
0
0
1
1
100.0
58.9
1
6
0
4
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-045
35
5/31/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
21
5
1
1
2
10
16
62.5
0
0
1
2
50.0
62.2
2
3
1
5
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-035
36
5/21/1988
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
11
6
3
1
4
4
10
40.0
0
1
0.0
3
3
100.0
48.6
3
3
2
4
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-031
38
5/17/1988
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
14
5
4
0
2
5
13
38.5
0
0
4
5
80.0
46.1
3
2
5
6
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-029
35
5/15/1988
LAL LAL
@
UTA UTA
20
11
1
0
3
9
16
56.3
0
0
2
4
50.0
56.3
5
6
0
5
6 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-320
39
6/8/2004
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
9
9
2
1
0
3
9
33.3
0
1
0.0
3
4
75.0
41.8
3
6
1
3
+4
7 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-318
44
6/6/2004
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
4
11
3
0
1
2
9
22.2
0
0
0
0
22.2
3
8
0
1
-10
8 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-312
43
5/31/2004
LAL LAL
vs
MIN MIN
10
10
7
1
0
4
9
44.4
0
0
2
3
66.7
48.4
2
8
3
5
0
9 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-310
40
5/29/2004
LAL LAL
@
MIN MIN
17
9
3
0
0
7
10
70.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
72.3
0
9
2
5
-10
10 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-308
43
5/27/2004
LAL LAL
vs
MIN MIN
12
11
8
1
0
5
18
27.8
0
0
2
3
66.7
31.1
6
5
2
2
+2
11 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-306
39
5/25/2004
LAL LAL
vs
MIN MIN
11
6
5
2
0
4
12
33.3
0
0
3
4
75.0
40.0
2
4
4
5
+3
12 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-302
44
5/21/2004
LAL LAL
@
MIN MIN
17
11
4
3
0
8
13
61.5
0
0
1
2
50.0
61.2
1
10
0
2
+10
13 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-296
38
5/15/2004
LAL LAL
vs
SAS SAS
8
3
0
4
0
2
6
33.3
0
0
4
8
50.0
42.0
1
2
2
4
+6
14 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-294
43
5/13/2004
LAL LAL
@
SAS SAS
7
12
3
0
0
3
10
30.0
0
0
1
2
50.0
32.2
0
12
2
4
+5
15 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-292
42
5/11/2004
LAL LAL
vs
SAS SAS
9
7
6
0
0
4
8
50.0
0
0
1
2
50.0
50.7
1
6
2
2
+6
16 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-290
35
5/9/2004
LAL LAL
vs
SAS SAS
13
6
5
3
0
6
10
60.0
0
0
1
3
33.3
57.4
2
4
2
3
+16
17 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-286
44
5/5/2004
LAL LAL
@
SAS SAS
13
9
0
0
1
5
8
62.5
0
0
3
4
75.0
66.6
2
7
5
2
-15
18 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-283
43
5/2/2004
LAL LAL
@
SAS SAS
10
11
5
0
0
3
10
30.0
0
0
4
4
100.0
42.5
1
10
3
3
-11
19 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-276
47
4/25/2004
LAL LAL
@
HOU HOU
30
13
1
3
0
11
17
64.7
0
0
8
11
72.7
68.7
2
11
2
4
+6
20 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-274
39
4/23/2004
LAL LAL
@
HOU HOU
18
11
2
2
0
9
18
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
2
9
1
4
-11
21 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-270
38
4/19/2004
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
17
8
4
1
0
7
12
58.3
0
0
3
4
75.0
61.8
1
7
1
2
+10
22 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-268
38
4/17/2004
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
7
11
4
3
0
3
14
21.4
0
0
1
2
50.0
23.5
2
9
4
3
0
23 LeBron James
L. James
40-121
40
4/30/2025
LAL LAL
vs
MIN MIN
22
7
6
2
0
9
21
42.9
1
5
20.0
3
6
50.0
46.5
2
5
3
2
-14
24 LeBron James
L. James
40-118
46
4/27/2025
LAL LAL
@
MIN MIN
27
12
8
3
3
5
9
55.6
2
4
50.0
15
18
83.3
79.8
3
9
3
2
-4
25 LeBron James
L. James
40-116
41
4/25/2025
LAL LAL
@
MIN MIN
38
10
4
2
2
13
21
61.9
5
9
55.6
7
10
70.0
74.8
3
7
1
0
-10
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1975 playoffs.

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