oldest nba players to score 5 points in a playoff game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 5+ points in a playoff game. He was 42 years and 58 days old in Game 4 of the 1989 NBA Finals versus the Pistons.

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oldest NBA players to score 5 or more points in a playoff game
NAMEAgePTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-058
7
6/13/1989
vs
29
3
3
0
2
2
8
25.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
35.9
1
2
2
3
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-056
24
6/11/1989
vs
33
13
2
1
0
10
19
52.6
0
0
4
4
100.0
57.8
3
10
2
1
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-053
11
6/8/1989
@
28
2
2
0
1
4
12
33.3
0
0
3
4
75.0
40.0
1
1
3
3
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-051
8
6/6/1989
@
14
2
0
1
0
4
7
57.1
0
0
0
0
57.1
0
2
1
4
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-040
15
5/26/1989
@
25
4
1
1
1
6
14
42.9
0
0
3
4
75.0
47.6
2
2
0
1
6Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-037
8
5/23/1989
vs
21
0
0
0
1
3
5
60.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
68.0
0
0
2
4
7Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-034
6
5/20/1989
vs
17
1
2
0
0
3
5
60.0
0
0
0
0
60.0
0
1
1
3
8Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-028
6
5/14/1989
@
22
7
4
0
2
3
11
27.3
0
0
0
0
27.3
3
4
3
3
9Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-026
8
5/12/1989
@
21
1
2
0
0
2
3
66.7
0
0
4
4
100.0
84.0
0
1
1
2
10Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-024
10
5/10/1989
vs
19
5
1
0
0
3
5
60.0
0
0
4
4
100.0
74.0
1
4
0
4
11Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-021
16
5/7/1989
vs
28
0
1
0
1
8
14
57.1
0
0
0
0
57.1
0
0
1
2
12Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-017
22
5/3/1989
@
29
6
0
0
0
9
17
52.9
0
0
4
8
50.0
53.6
2
4
1
0
13Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-014
13
4/30/1989
vs
29
4
0
2
2
6
10
60.0
0
0
1
2
50.0
59.7
0
4
2
4
14Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-011
11
4/27/1989
vs
26
8
1
0
1
4
11
36.4
0
0
3
7
42.9
39.1
0
8
2
4
15Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
41-309
5
4/29/2008
vs
24
10
1
0
1
1
2
50.0
0
0
3
6
50.0
53.9
2
8
0
3
+10
16Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
41-306
6
4/26/2008
@
19
5
0
0
1
3
5
60.0
0
0
0
0
60.0
1
4
0
1
-3
17Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
41-301
6
4/21/2008
vs
18
2
0
0
2
2
2
100.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
104.2
1
1
0
0
-1
18Robert Parish
R. Parish
41-243
6
4/30/1995
vs
23
1
1
0
2
3
4
75.0
0
0
0
1
0.0
67.6
1
0
0
1
19LeBron James
L. James
41-128
23
5/7/2026
@
38
2
6
3
0
9
18
50.0
1
4
25.0
4
4
100.0
58.2
1
1
3
1
-9
20LeBron James
L. James
41-126
27
5/5/2026
@
36
4
6
1
0
12
17
70.6
3
6
50.0
0
1
0.0
77.4
1
3
2
1
-6
21LeBron James
L. James
41-122
28
5/1/2026
@
37
7
8
0
0
10
25
40.0
2
5
40.0
6
8
75.0
49.1
1
6
3
2
+26
22LeBron James
L. James
41-120
25
4/29/2026
vs
39
3
7
2
0
9
20
45.0
0
6
0.0
7
10
70.0
51.2
0
3
2
1
-5
23LeBron James
L. James
41-117
10
4/26/2026
@
33
4
9
0
0
2
9
22.2
0
3
0.0
6
6
100.0
43.0
0
4
8
2
-18
24LeBron James
L. James
41-115
29
4/24/2026
@
45
13
6
3
1
10
22
45.5
4
9
44.4
5
6
83.3
58.8
0
13
8
1
0
25LeBron James
L. James
41-112
28
4/21/2026
vs
39
8
7
1
0
8
20
40.0
2
5
40.0
10
14
71.4
53.5
1
7
3
3
+6

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