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 against the Pistons.

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oldest NBA players to score 5 or more points in a playoff game
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 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-058
7
6/13/1989
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
29
3
3
0
2
2
8
25.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
35.9
1
2
2
3
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-056
24
6/11/1989
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
33
13
2
1
0
10
19
52.6
0
0
4
4
100.0
57.8
3
10
2
1
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-053
11
6/8/1989
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
28
2
2
0
1
4
12
33.3
0
0
3
4
75.0
40.0
1
1
3
3
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-051
8
6/6/1989
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
14
2
0
1
0
4
7
57.1
0
0
0
0
57.1
0
2
1
4
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-040
15
5/26/1989
LAL LAL
@
PHX PHX
25
4
1
1
1
6
14
42.9
0
0
3
4
75.0
47.6
2
2
0
1
6 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-037
8
5/23/1989
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
21
0
0
0
1
3
5
60.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
68.0
0
0
2
4
7 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-034
6
5/20/1989
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
17
1
2
0
0
3
5
60.0
0
0
0
0
60.0
0
1
1
3
8 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-028
6
5/14/1989
LAL LAL
@
SEA SEA
22
7
4
0
2
3
11
27.3
0
0
0
0
27.3
3
4
3
3
9 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-026
8
5/12/1989
LAL LAL
@
SEA SEA
21
1
2
0
0
2
3
66.7
0
0
4
4
100.0
84.0
0
1
1
2
10 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-024
10
5/10/1989
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
19
5
1
0
0
3
5
60.0
0
0
4
4
100.0
74.0
1
4
0
4
11 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-021
16
5/7/1989
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
28
0
1
0
1
8
14
57.1
0
0
0
0
57.1
0
0
1
2
12 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-017
22
5/3/1989
LAL LAL
@
POR POR
29
6
0
0
0
9
17
52.9
0
0
4
8
50.0
53.6
2
4
1
0
13 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-014
13
4/30/1989
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
29
4
0
2
2
6
10
60.0
0
0
1
2
50.0
59.7
0
4
2
4
14 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-011
11
4/27/1989
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
26
8
1
0
1
4
11
36.4
0
0
3
7
42.9
39.1
0
8
2
4
15 Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
41-309
5
4/29/2008
HOU HOU
vs
UTA UTA
24
10
1
0
1
1
2
50.0
0
0
3
6
50.0
53.9
2
8
0
3
+10
16 Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
41-306
6
4/26/2008
HOU HOU
@
UTA UTA
19
5
0
0
1
3
5
60.0
0
0
0
0
60.0
1
4
0
1
-3
17 Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
41-301
6
4/21/2008
HOU HOU
vs
UTA UTA
18
2
0
0
2
2
2
100.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
104.2
1
1
0
0
-1
18 Robert Parish
R. Parish
41-243
6
4/30/1995
CHA CHA
vs
CHI CHI
23
1
1
0
2
3
4
75.0
0
0
0
1
0.0
67.6
1
0
0
1
19 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-064
14
6/19/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
32
6
1
1
2
3
14
21.4
0
0
8
8
100.0
40.0
2
4
3
5
20 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-061
26
6/16/1988
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
34
6
0
0
1
12
21
57.1
0
0
2
4
50.0
57.1
3
3
4
3
21 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-059
13
6/14/1988
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
24
4
1
0
0
5
10
50.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
55.3
2
2
2
2
22 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-057
12
6/12/1988
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
28
7
1
0
3
4
7
57.1
0
0
4
8
50.0
57.0
0
7
1
2
23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-054
15
6/9/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
32
1
1
2
1
6
15
40.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
44.7
0
1
0
4
24 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-052
8
6/7/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
28
2
1
1
0
4
13
30.8
0
0
0
0
30.8
0
2
1
1
25 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-049
17
6/4/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
35
7
4
2
2
8
14
57.1
0
0
1
1
100.0
58.9
1
6
0
4

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