oldest nba player to score 40 pts in playoffs

LeBron James is the oldest with 40+ points in a playoff game. He was 38 years and 143 days old in Game 4 of the 2023 Western Conference Finals versus the Nuggets.

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oldest NBA player to score 40 or more pts in a game in playoffs

	NAME	AGE	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	38-143	40	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	36-273	50	4/22/2000	UTA	vs	SEA	43	12	0	3	1	18	32	56.3	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	65.5	3	9	1	2	+12
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	36-055	41	6/30/2021	PHX	@	LAC	35	4	8	3	0	16	24	66.7	7	8	87.5	2	3	66.7	81.0	1	3	0	2	+22
4	LeBron James L. James	35-284	40	10/9/2020	LAL	vs	MIA	42	13	7	3	0	15	21	71.4	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	84.6	3	10	4	1	+7
5	Reggie Miller R. Miller	35-243	41	4/24/2001	IND	@	PHI	44	5	1	1	0	14	22	63.6	3	5	60.0	10	12	83.3	75.1	3	2	5	0	-15
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-117	45	6/14/1998	CHI	@	UTA	44	1	1	4	0	15	35	42.9	3	7	42.9	12	15	80.0	54.1	0	1	1	2	+2
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-091	41	5/19/1998	CHI	vs	IND	42	4	5	4	0	13	22	59.1	0	1	0.0	15	18	83.3	68.5	0	4	0	3	-1
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-047	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
9	Reggie Miller R. Miller	34-256	40	5/6/2000	IND	vs	PHI	40	1	0	2	1	11	18	61.1	7	10	70.0	11	12	91.7	85.9	1	0	2	0	+27
10	Reggie Miller R. Miller	34-254	41	5/4/2000	IND	vs	MIL	39	5	1	1	0	15	25	60.0	3	7	42.9	8	10	80.0	69.7	0	5	2	4	+8
11	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	34-168	40	5/4/2004	MIN	vs	SAC	42	3	5	1	0	15	25	60.0	7	11	63.6	3	3	100.0	76.0	1	2	4	2	-2
12	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	34-152	40	4/18/2004	MIN	vs	DEN	42	3	3	0	0	16	24	66.7	5	6	83.3	3	3	100.0	79.0	2	1	4	2	+18
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34-088	43	6/10/2022	GSW	@	BOS	41	10	4	0	0	14	26	53.8	7	14	50.0	8	9	88.9	71.8	2	8	5	3	+11
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34-069	55	4/27/1997	CHI	vs	WAS	44	7	2	2	0	22	35	62.9	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	69.8	3	4	2	3	+10
15	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	33-360	43	4/3/1974	BOS	vs	BUF	46	12	8			18	30	60.0				7	7	100.0	65.0				1
16	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	33-341	43	3/16/1962	PHI	vs	SYR		10	5			16	28	57.1				11	15	73.3	62.1				5
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	33-290	42	5/10/1997	UTA	@	LAL	39	9	3	0	0	12	27	44.4	0	0		18	18	100.0	60.1	2	7	2	4	+10
18	Ray Allen R. Allen	33-284	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
19	Sam Jones S. Jones	33-277	51	3/28/1967	BOS	@	NYK	43	4	1			19	30	63.3				13	17	76.5	68.0				3
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33-272	42	5/21/2012	LAL	@	OKC	41	5	0	2	0	18	33	54.5	1	6	16.7	5	7	71.4	58.2	0	5	2	3	-14
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33-259	43	5/8/2012	LAL	vs	DEN	43	6	5	2	0	14	32	43.8	5	11	45.5	10	11	90.9	58.4	1	5	3	2	-6
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33-258	45	5/6/1970	LAL	vs	NYK	46	27	3			20	27	74.1				5	14	35.7	67.9				3
23	James Harden J. Harden	33-254	42	5/7/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	47	8	9	4	1	16	23	69.6	6	9	66.7	4	4	100.0	84.8	0	8	1	2	-6
24	James Harden J. Harden	33-248	45	5/1/2023	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
25	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	33-224	42	4/26/2023	MIA	@	MIL	46	8	4	2	1	17	33	51.5	3	10	30.0	5	9	55.6	56.8	1	7	5	2	-10