oldest player to score 45 points in a playoff game in lakers history

Wilt Chamberlain is the oldest for the Lakers with 45+ points in a playoff game. He was 33 years and 258 days old in Game 6 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the Knicks.

Interpreted as:
oldest player to score 45 or more points in a playoff game in lakers history
NAMEAGEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33-258
45
5/6/1970
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
46
27
3
20
27
74.1
5
14
35.7
67.9
3
2Jerry West
J. West
30-330
53
4/23/1969
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
46
3
10
21
41
51.2
11
13
84.6
56.7
3
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
30-013
45
4/29/1977
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
44
18
3
2
1
16
28
57.1
13
18
72.2
62.6
7
11
4
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
29-244
49
4/23/2008
LAL LAL
vs
DEN DEN
42
4
10
1
1
18
27
66.7
5
9
55.6
8
9
88.9
79.1
1
3
2
4
+13
5Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
28-246
45
4/26/2007
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
45
6
6
1
1
15
26
57.7
2
3
66.7
13
13
100.0
70.9
0
6
5
3
+1
6Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
28-048
46
4/23/2000
LAL LAL
vs
SAC SAC
46
17
1
2
5
21
33
63.6
0
0
4
5
80.0
65.3
7
10
2
5
+16
7Jerry West
J. West
27-329
45
4/22/1966
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
47
4
10
19
31
61.3
7
10
70.0
63.6
2
8George Mikan
G. Mikan
27-285
47
3/29/1952
MIN MIN
@
ROC ROC
15
26
57.7
17
18
94.4
69.3
4
9Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
27-254
50
5/4/2006
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
52
8
5
3
0
20
35
57.1
5
8
62.5
5
6
83.3
66.4
1
7
7
4
-6
10Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
27-210
61
4/14/1962
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
48
22
1
22
46
47.8
17
19
89.5
56.1
3
11Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
27-194
45
3/29/1962
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
17
18
37
48.6
9
13
69.2
52.7
5
12Jerry West
J. West
26-326
45
4/19/1965
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
45
5
5
17
38
44.7
11
12
91.7
52.0
2
13Jerry West
J. West
26-316
48
4/9/1965
LAL LAL
@
BAL BAL
3
5
20
43
46.5
8
8
100.0
51.6
5
14Jerry West
J. West
26-312
52
4/5/1965
LAL LAL
vs
BAL BAL
5
9
16
38
42.1
20
21
95.2
55.0
4
15Jerry West
J. West
26-310
49
4/3/1965
LAL LAL
vs
BAL BAL
6
8
15
35
42.9
19
21
90.5
55.4
5
16Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
26-192
47
3/27/1961
LAL LAL
@
STL STL
48
20
17
45
37.8
13
16
81.3
45.2
4
17Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
26-183
47
3/18/1961
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
17
13
14
92.9
5
18Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
26-180
49
3/15/1961
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
21
17
34
50.0
15
20
75.0
57.2
5
19Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
25-050
46
4/25/1997
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
35
11
2
1
2
17
27
63.0
0
0
12
18
66.7
65.9
3
8
1
3
+23
20Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
22-269
45
5/19/2001
LAL LAL
@
SAS SAS
47
10
3
1
1
19
35
54.3
1
2
50.0
6
8
75.0
58.4
1
9
4
4
+17
21Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
22-263
48
5/13/2001
LAL LAL
@
SAC SAC
48
16
3
2
1
15
29
51.7
1
1
100.0
17
19
89.5
64.2
9
7
2
2
+6

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116.3

17th

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0.4

16th

3P%

31.9

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TEAMWLPCTGB
4
Nuggets Nuggets
3
1
.750
1.5
5
Trail Blazers Trail Blazers
3
2
.600
2.0
6
Lakers Lakers
3
2
.600
2.0
7
Grizzlies Grizzlies
3
2
.600
2.0
8
Jazz Jazz
2
2
.500
2.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
10/31
LAL LAL
@
MEM MEM
9:30 PM
Sun
11/2
MIA MIA
@
LAL LAL
9:30 PM
Mon
11/3
LAL LAL
@
POR POR
10:00 PM
Wed
11/5
SAS SAS
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Sat
11/8
LAL LAL
@
ATL ATL
8:00 PM
Last Game
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
5
0
1.000
2
Spurs Spurs
4
0
1.000
0.5
3
Warriors Warriors
4
1
.800
1.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
3
1
.750
1.5
5
Trail Blazers Trail Blazers
3
2
.600
2.0
6
Lakers Lakers
3
2
.600
2.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Bulls Bulls
4
0
1.000
2
76ers 76ers
4
0
1.000
3
Heat Heat
3
1
.750
1.0
4
Bucks Bucks
3
1
.750
1.0
5
Cavaliers Cavaliers
3
2
.600
1.5
6
Pistons Pistons
3
2
.600
1.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
124-125
Mon
10/20
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
119-109
Tue
10/21
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
111-119
Tue
10/21
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
117-136
Tue
10/21
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
121-125

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/30
ORL ORL
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Thu
10/30
GSW GSW
@
MIL MIL
8:00 PM
Thu
10/30
WAS WAS
@
OKC OKC
8:00 PM
Thu
10/30
MIA MIA
@
SAS SAS
8:30 PM
Fri
10/31
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
7:00 PM