oldest person to score 40 points in a conference finals game

LeBron James is the oldest with 40+ points in a Conference Finals game. He was 38 years and 143 days old against the Nuggets on May 22, 2023.

Interpreted as:

oldest person to score 40 or more points in a conference finals game

	NAME	AGE	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	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	2022-23	Conference Finals	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	Chris Paul C. Paul	36-055	41	6/30/2021	2020-21	Conference Finals	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
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-091	41	5/19/1998	1997-98	Conference Finals	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
4	LeBron James L. James	33-146	46	5/25/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	BOS	46	11	9	3	1	17	33	51.5	5	7	71.4	7	11	63.6	60.8	3	8	3	2	+15
5	LeBron James L. James	33-142	44	5/21/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	BOS	42	5	3	2	0	17	28	60.7	1	4	25.0	9	13	69.2	65.2	1	4	7	3	+9
6	LeBron James L. James	33-136	42	5/15/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	39	10	12	0	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	5	10	50.0	62.9	1	9	6	3	-9
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33-100	45	5/27/1996	1995-96	Conference Finals	CHI	@	ORL	44	3	5	1	1	16	23	69.6	3	4	75.0	10	14	71.4	77.2	2	1	4	5
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	32-338	40	5/23/2011	2010-11	Conference Finals	DAL	@	OKC	45	5	3	0	0	12	20	60.0	2	3	66.7	14	15	93.3	75.2	0	5	4	2	+11
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	32-332	48	5/17/2011	2010-11	Conference Finals	DAL	vs	OKC	41	6	4	0	4	12	15	80.0	0	0		24	24	100.0	93.9	0	6	2	3	+12
10	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	32-255	47	5/27/2022	2021-22	Conference Finals	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
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	32-245	41	5/17/2022	2021-22	Conference Finals	MIA	vs	BOS	41	9	5	4	3	12	19	63.2	0	2	0.0	17	18	94.4	76.2	5	4	2	3	+25
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32-129	42	5/30/1995	1994-95	Conference Finals	HOU	@	SAS	44	9	8	1	5	19	30	63.3	0	0		4	7	57.1	63.5	0	9	0	5
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32-125	43	5/26/1995	1994-95	Conference Finals	HOU	vs	SAS	46	11	4	0	5	19	32	59.4	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	63.7	3	8	2	5
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32-123	41	5/24/1995	1994-95	Conference Finals	HOU	@	SAS	41	16	4	3	2	18	31	58.1	0	0		5	6	83.3	60.9	4	12	4	5
15	Rick Barry R. Barry	32-038	44	5/5/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	GSW	vs	PHX	46	6	4	1	0	17	31	54.8				10	12	83.3	60.6	0	6		3
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31-267	40	5/17/2010	2009-10	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	PHX	35	5	5	1	0	13	23	56.5	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	70.7	0	5	2	1	+22
17	Alex English A. English	31-129	40	5/14/1985	1984-85	Conference Finals	DEN	@	LAL	39	10	6	0	0	17	31	54.8	0	0		6	8	75.0	57.9	5	5	1	3
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31-124	41	5/25/1994	1993-94	Conference Finals	HOU	vs	UTA	46	13	6	1	3	14	22	63.6	0	0		13	13	100.0	74.0	1	12	3	3
19	Paul George P. George	31-057	41	6/28/2021	2020-21	Conference Finals	LAC	@	PHX	41	13	6	3	0	15	20	75.0	3	6	50.0	8	8	100.0	87.2	0	13	6	2	+14
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30-273	41	5/23/2009	2008-09	Conference Finals	LAL	@	DEN	41	6	5	2	0	12	24	50.0	2	5	40.0	15	17	88.2	65.1	1	5	1	4	+4
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30-269	40	5/19/2009	2008-09	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	DEN	43	6	4	0	1	13	28	46.4	2	3	66.7	12	13	92.3	59.3	3	3	1	3	-5
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	30-105	44	6/5/1993	1992-93	Conference Finals	PHX	vs	SEA	46	24	1	1	1	12	20	60.0	1	1	100.0	19	22	86.4	74.1	10	14	1	3
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30-103	54	5/31/1993	1992-93	Conference Finals	CHI	vs	NYK	39	6	2	2	1	18	30	60.0	6	9	66.7	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	6	2	5
24	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	30-101	43	6/1/1993	1992-93	Conference Finals	PHX	vs	SEA	47	15	10	2	2	16	22	72.7	0	0		11	11	100.0	80.1	5	10	3	2
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	30-086	41	5/31/2002	2001-02	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SAC	44	17	1	0	2	14	25	56.0	0	0		13	17	76.5	63.1	2	15	6	4	+8