oldest player to score 20 points in playoffs game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 20+ points in a playoff game. He was 42 years and 56 days old in Game 3 of the 1989 NBA Finals against the Pistons.

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oldest player to score 20 or more points in playoffs 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	42-056	24	6/11/1989	LAL	vs	DET	33	13	2	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	57.8	3	10	2	1
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-017	22	5/3/1989	LAL	@	POR	29	6	0	0	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		4	8	50.0	53.6	2	4	1	0
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-061	26	6/16/1988	LAL	@	DET	34	6	0	0	1	12	21	57.1	0	0		2	4	50.0	57.1	3	3	4	3
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-045	21	5/31/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	35	5	1	1	2	10	16	62.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	62.2	2	3	1	5
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-029	20	5/15/1988	LAL	@	UTA	35	11	1	0	3	9	16	56.3	0	0		2	4	50.0	56.3	5	6	0	5
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-015	20	5/1/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	31	5	3	0	1	10	15	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	2	3	1	2
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	40-276	30	4/25/2004	LAL	@	HOU	47	13	1	3	0	11	17	64.7	0	0		8	11	72.7	68.7	2	11	2	4	+6
8	LeBron James L. James	40-121	22	4/30/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	7	6	2	0	9	21	42.9	1	5	20.0	3	6	50.0	46.5	2	5	3	2	-14
9	LeBron James L. James	40-118	27	4/27/2025	LAL	@	MIN	46	12	8	3	3	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	15	18	83.3	79.8	3	9	3	2	-4
10	LeBron James L. James	40-116	38	4/25/2025	LAL	@	MIN	41	10	4	2	2	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	7	10	70.0	74.8	3	7	1	0	-10
11	LeBron James L. James	40-113	21	4/22/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	11	7	1	1	8	19	42.1	1	5	20.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	3	8	2	4	+9
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-059	32	6/14/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	29	6	1	0	4	13	18	72.2	0	0		6	10	60.0	71.4	2	4	0	5
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-052	27	6/7/1987	LAL	@	BOS	38	7	0	1	1	9	16	56.3	0	0		9	13	69.2	62.2	1	6	2	5
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-049	23	6/4/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	31	3	3	0	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		3	6	50.0	69.1	1	2	1	2
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-037	28	5/23/1987	LAL	@	SEA	42	10	3	0	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		10	10	100.0	76.1	1	9	4	5
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-030	20	5/16/1987	LAL	vs	SEA	38	6	3	0	0	6	11	54.5	0	0		8	8	100.0	68.9	0	6	3	1
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-024	27	5/10/1987	LAL	@	GSW	38	8	3	0	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		11	15	73.3	65.5	3	5	3	4
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-021	25	5/7/1987	LAL	vs	GSW	35	8	1	1	4	10	16	62.5	0	0		5	8	62.5	64.0	2	6	3	3
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-009	28	4/25/1987	LAL	vs	DEN	25	6	3	0	4	8	13	61.5	0	0		12	12	100.0	76.6	2	4	1	2
20	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	39-296	21	5/20/2017	SAS	vs	GSW	18	1	2	1	0	7	9	77.8	2	3	66.7	5	8	62.5	83.9	0	1	0	3	-6
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	39-278	24	4/28/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	44	8	3	1	1	6	12	50.0	0	0		12	14	85.7	66.1	3	5	4	4	-12
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	39-276	20	4/26/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	44	11	4	4	1	7	20	35.0	0	0		6	11	54.5	40.3	1	10	2	2	+2
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	39-269	25	4/19/2003	UTA	@	SAC	41	7	8	1	0	10	23	43.5	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	47.1	2	5	5	4	+3
24	Reggie Miller R. Miller	39-268	27	5/19/2005	IND	vs	DET	33	2	2	0	0	11	16	68.8	4	8	50.0	1	1	100.0	82.1	0	2	2	3	-1
25	Robert Parish R. Parish	39-248	24	5/5/1993	BOS	@	CHA	37	9	2	0	3	11	16	68.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	71.1	5	4	2	3