oldest player to score 40 points in a elimination playoff game

LeBron James is the oldest with 40+ points in an elimination game. He was 38 years and 143 days old in Game 4 of the 2023 Western Conference Finals against the Nuggets.

Interpreted as:

oldest player to score 40 or more points in a elimination 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	LeBron James L. James	38-143	40	5/22/2023	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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-047	50	4/30/2023	GSW	@	SAC	38	8	6	1	0	20	38	52.6	7	18	38.9	3	5	60.0	62.2	1	7	1	2	+25
3	Reggie Miller R. Miller	34-254	41	5/4/2000	IND	vs	MIL	39	5	1	1	0	15	25	60.0	3	7	42.9	8	10	80.0	69.7	0	5	2	4	+8
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33-272	42	5/21/2012	LAL	@	OKC	41	5	0	2	0	18	33	54.5	1	6	16.7	5	7	71.4	58.2	0	5	2	3	-14
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33-258	45	5/6/1970	LAL	vs	NYK	46	27	3			20	27	74.1				5	14	35.7	67.9				3
6	LeBron James L. James	33-146	46	5/25/2018	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
7	LeBron James L. James	33-120	45	4/29/2018	CLE	vs	IND	43	8	7	4	0	16	25	64.0	2	3	66.7	11	15	73.3	71.2	2	6	4	4	-2
8	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	32-343	42	4/17/1981	HOU	@	SAS	42	1	3	0	0	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	70.6			5	2
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	32-317	41	5/5/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	41	9	6	1	0	12	18	66.7	4	8	50.0	13	14	92.9	84.9	3	6	1	3
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32-263	48	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	32-255	47	5/27/2022	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
12	LeBron James L. James	32-164	41	6/12/2017	CLE	@	GSW	46	13	8	2	1	19	30	63.3	2	5	40.0	1	4	25.0	64.5	2	11	2	3	-13
13	Alex English A. English	32-123	42	5/8/1986	DEN	vs	HOU	50	7	2	0	2	15	30	50.0	0	0		12	13	92.3	58.8	4	3	3	4
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32-104	40	5/5/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	38	8	3	0	1	14	22	63.6	0	0		12	15	80.0	69.9	2	6	2	5
15	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	31-299	40	3/13/1960	SYR	vs	PHI		22	4			13	27	48.1				14	15	93.3	59.5				5
16	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	31-220	41	4/24/1966	LAL	@	BOS	46	16	2			13	31	41.9				15	17	88.2	53.3				1
17	Anthony Johnson A. Johnson	31-214	40	5/4/2006	IND	vs	NJN	45	5	5	2	0	16	23	69.6	3	5	60.0	5	9	55.6	74.2	1	4	2	2	-8
18	LeBron James L. James	31-169	41	6/16/2016	CLE	vs	GSW	43	8	11	4	3	16	27	59.3	3	6	50.0	6	8	75.0	67.2	2	6	1	3	+26
19	LeBron James L. James	31-166	41	6/13/2016	CLE	@	GSW	43	16	7	3	3	16	30	53.3	4	8	50.0	5	8	62.5	61.2	4	12	2	1	+13
20	Paul George P. George	31-057	41	6/28/2021	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
21	Jerry West J. West	30-342	42	5/5/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	48	13	12			14	29	48.3				14	18	77.8	56.9				2
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	30-326	44	5/11/2009	DAL	vs	DEN	44	13	3	2	1	14	25	56.0	0	0		16	17	94.1	67.7	1	12	4	1	+12
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	30-274	43	5/15/1990	LAL	vs	PHX	44	8	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	0	2	0.0	13	16	81.3	65.1	2	6	6	4
24	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	30-218	41	5/18/2008	BOS	vs	CLE	44	4	5	2	0	13	23	56.5	4	6	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.5	1	3	4	4	+10
25	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	30-164	40	4/29/1977	BOS	vs	PHI	48	5	5		0	16	31	51.6				8	9	88.9	57.2				4