oldest player to score 25 points in a playoff game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 25+ points in a playoff game. He was 41 years and 61 days old in Game 5 of the 1988 NBA Finals versus the Pistons.

Interpreted as:

oldest player to score 25 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Reggie Miller R. Miller	39-247	33	4/28/2005	IND	vs	BOS	35	7	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	2	4	50.0	11	12	91.7	77.5	1	6	0	1	+23
14	Reggie Miller R. Miller	39-244	28	4/25/2005	IND	@	BOS	39	2	5	2	0	9	18	50.0	3	9	33.3	7	8	87.5	65.1	0	2	5	3	+8
15	LeBron James L. James	39-121	30	4/29/2024	LAL	@	DEN	44	9	11	4	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	5	7	71.4	62.3	1	8	1	4	+3
16	LeBron James L. James	39-119	30	4/27/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	39	5	4	3	1	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	62.8	1	4	6	0	+1
17	LeBron James L. James	39-117	26	4/25/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	42	6	9	2	1	12	20	60.0	1	6	16.7	1	2	50.0	62.3	0	6	3	3	-8
18	LeBron James L. James	39-114	26	4/22/2024	LAL	@	DEN	38	8	12	2	2	9	19	47.4	3	6	50.0	5	7	71.4	58.9	0	8	2	3	+2
19	LeBron James L. James	39-112	27	4/20/2024	LAL	@	DEN	41	6	8	1	1	10	16	62.5	3	5	60.0	4	5	80.0	74.2	2	4	7	1	-9
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	39-035	26	5/21/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	37	13	3	1	1	11	19	57.9	0	0		4	5	80.0	61.3	6	7	7	4
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	39-030	33	5/16/1986	LAL	@	HOU	42	4	6	0	5	14	26	53.8	0	0		5	8	62.5	55.9	1	3	3	5
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	39-024	31	5/10/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	35	6	3	1	3	13	23	56.5	0	0		5	6	83.3	60.5	2	4	2	3
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	39-022	27	5/8/1986	LAL	@	DAL	38	5	4	2	2	13	25	52.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	53.1	1	4	3	4
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	39-020	34	5/6/1986	LAL	vs	DAL	42	8	9	1	1	14	21	66.7	0	0		6	8	75.0	69.3	4	4	5	4
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	39-018	33	5/4/1986	LAL	@	DAL	39	1	2	3	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		5	5	100.0	71.1	0	1	1	2