oldest player to score more than 40 in a playoff elimination game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest in an elimination game. He was 42 years and 58 days old in Game 4 of the 1989 NBA Finals versus the Pistons.

NAME AGE DATE TM OPP MIN PTS 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
42-058
6/13/1989
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
29
7
3
3
0
2
2
8
25.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
35.9
1
2
2
3
2 Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
41-312
5/2/2008
HOU HOU
@
UTA UTA
19
2
6
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
3
66.7
75.8
2
4
0
3
0
3 Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
41-309
4/29/2008
HOU HOU
vs
UTA UTA
24
5
10
1
0
1
1
2
50.0
0
0
3
6
50.0
53.9
2
8
0
3
+10
4 Kevin Willis
K. Willis
41-252
5/15/2004
SAS SAS
@
LAL LAL
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
1
+1
5 Robert Parish
R. Parish
41-247
5/4/1995
CHA CHA
@
CHI CHI
10
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
100.0
0
0
0
0
100.0
0
1
0
0
6 Herb Williams
H. Williams
41-129
6/25/1999
NYK NYK
vs
SAS SAS
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-3
7 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-066
6/21/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
29
4
3
2
0
1
2
7
28.6
0
0
0
0
28.6
1
2
3
5
8 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-064
6/19/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
32
14
6
1
1
2
3
14
21.4
0
0
8
8
100.0
40.0
2
4
3
5
9 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-049
6/4/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
35
17
7
4
2
2
8
14
57.1
0
0
1
1
100.0
58.9
1
6
0
4
10 John Stockton
J. Stockton
41-035
4/30/2003
UTA UTA
@
SAC SAC
28
8
1
7
0
0
3
7
42.9
0
0
2
2
100.0
50.8
1
0
3
3
-14
11 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-035
5/21/1988
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
36
11
6
3
1
4
4
10
40.0
0
1
0.0
3
3
100.0
48.6
3
3
2
4
12 Charles Jones
C. Jones
41-030
5/3/1998
HOU HOU
@
UTA UTA
4
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
-1
13 Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
40-314
5/5/2007
HOU HOU
vs
UTA UTA
3
3
3
0
0
1
1
1
100.0
0
0
1
1
100.0
104.2
1
2
0
0
+1
14 Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
40-270
4/24/2018
SAS SAS
@
GSW GSW
25
10
5
7
0
0
3
7
42.9
1
4
25.0
3
3
100.0
60.1
0
5
2
3
-2
15 Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
40-268
4/22/2018
SAS SAS
vs
GSW GSW
25
16
3
5
0
0
5
10
50.0
3
5
60.0
3
4
75.0
68.0
0
3
1
3
+18
16 Rick Mahorn
R. Mahorn
40-244
5/23/1999
PHI PHI
vs
IND IND
15
1
6
1
0
0
0
2
0.0
0
0
1
2
50.0
17.4
1
5
1
3
0
17 Jason Terry
J. Terry
40-225
4/28/2018
MIL MIL
@
BOS BOS
20
3
1
1
0
0
1
4
25.0
1
4
25.0
0
0
37.5
1
0
0
0
+4
18 Grant Hill
G. Hill
40-210
5/3/2013
LAC LAC
@
MEM MEM
20
4
4
2
0
0
2
4
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
2
2
1
5
0
19 LeBron James
L. James
40-121
4/30/2025
LAL LAL
vs
MIN MIN
40
22
7
6
2
0
9
21
42.9
1
5
20.0
3
6
50.0
46.5
2
5
3
2
-14
20 Vince Carter
V. Carter
40-091
4/27/2017
MEM MEM
vs
SAS SAS
32
12
4
1
1
0
4
9
44.4
2
6
33.3
2
2
100.0
60.7
2
2
3
5
-11
21 Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
40-056
5/18/2013
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
6
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
-6
22 Andre Miller
A. Miller
40-054
5/12/2016
SAS SAS
@
OKC OKC
9
2
3
4
0
0
1
3
33.3
0
1
0.0
0
0
33.3
2
1
0
2
+9
23 Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
40-054
5/16/2013
NYK NYK
vs
IND IND
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
+2
24 John Stockton
J. Stockton
40-034
4/29/2002
UTA UTA
vs
SAC SAC
38
12
3
9
2
1
5
12
41.7
1
4
25.0
1
1
100.0
48.2
1
2
1
3
-6
25 Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
40-017
5/12/2016
SAS SAS
@
OKC OKC
34
19
5
0
0
1
7
14
50.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
57.1
2
3
2
1
+12

More Lakers Stats

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.9

12th

DRTG

114.7

15th

NETRTG

1.2

14th

3P%

36.6

14th

2024-25 Conference Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
Last Game
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Final

103

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NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0

NBA 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
3/28
SAC SAC
@
ORL ORL
91-121
Fri
3/28
BKN BKN
@
WAS WAS
115-112
Fri
3/28
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
118-95
Fri
3/28
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
120-119
Fri
3/28
LAL LAL
@
MEM MEM
134-127

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/20
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Wed
5/21
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Thu
5/22
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Fri
5/23
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Sat
5/24
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM