oldest player with 51 points in playoff game

Michael Jordan is the oldest with 51+ points in a playoff game. He was 34 years and 69 days old in Game 2 of the 1997 First Round versus the Washington Bullets.

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oldest player with 51 or more points in 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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34-069	55	4/27/1997	CHI	vs	WAS	44	7	2	2	0	22	35	62.9	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	69.8	3	4	2	3	+10
2	Ray Allen R. Allen	33-284	51	4/30/2009	BOS	@	CHI	59	5	3	3	0	18	32	56.3	9	18	50.0	6	7	85.7	72.7	2	3	3	1	+1
3	Sam Jones S. Jones	33-277	51	3/28/1967	BOS	@	NYK	43	4	1			19	30	63.3				13	17	76.5	68.0				3
4	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	33-222	56	4/24/2023	MIA	vs	MIL	41	9	2	0	1	19	28	67.9	3	8	37.5	15	18	83.3	78.0	4	5	1	0	+4
5	LeBron James L. James	33-152	51	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
6	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	32-358	54	4/1/1973	BOS	vs	ATL	48	9	6			24	36	66.7				6	6	100.0	69.9				2
7	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	31-073	56	5/4/1994	PHX	@	GSW	41	14	4	3	1	23	31	74.2	3	4	75.0	7	9	77.8	80.1	5	9	2	2
8	Jerry West J. West	30-330	53	4/23/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	46	3	10			21	41	51.2				11	13	84.6	56.7				3
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	30-321	55	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	52	6	10	1	3	17	24	70.8	12	17	70.6	9	10	90.0	96.8	1	5	1	0	+2
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30-119	55	6/16/1993	CHI	vs	PHX	46	8	4	0	0	21	37	56.8	0	1	0.0	13	18	72.2	61.2	1	7	1	3
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30-103	54	5/31/1993	CHI	vs	NYK	39	6	2	2	1	18	30	60.0	6	9	66.7	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	6	2	5
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29-072	56	4/29/1992	CHI	@	MIA	43	5	5	4	2	20	30	66.7	0	0		16	18	88.9	73.8	1	4	2	3
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	28-158	51	4/19/2017	OKC	@	HOU	41	10	13	4	1	17	43	39.5	2	11	18.2	15	18	83.3	50.1	2	8	4	3	+11
14	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	28-084	53	5/2/2017	BOS	vs	WAS	45	4	4	3	0	18	33	54.5	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	68.4	1	3	2	2	+10
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	28-077	53	5/7/2023	DEN	@	PHX	39	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	27-317	55	4/20/2003	PHI	vs	NOH	47	4	8	2	0	21	32	65.6	3	5	60.0	10	11	90.9	74.6	0	4	4	2	+13
17	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27-210	61	4/14/1962	LAL	@	BOS	48	22	1			22	46	47.8				17	19	89.5	56.1				3
18	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	27-065	51	5/10/1987	GSW	vs	LAL	44	3	10	4	0	18	26	69.2	2	3	66.7	13	14	92.9	79.3	1	2	2	2
19	Jerry West J. West	26-312	52	4/5/1965	LAL	vs	BAL		5	9			16	38	42.1				20	21	95.2	55.0				4
20	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	25-343	52	5/16/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	43	2	7	4	0	21	32	65.6	8	14	57.1	2	2	100.0	79.1	0	2	1	3	+30
21	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	25-336	54	5/9/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	47	5	4	1	0	21	39	53.8	3	5	60.0	9	9	100.0	62.8	1	4	4	3	+8
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	25-213	56	3/22/1962	PHI	vs	SYR	48	35	1			22	48	45.8				12	22	54.5	48.5				2
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25-074	55	5/1/1988	CHI	vs	CLE	44	6	3	4	1	24	45	53.3	0	0		7	7	100.0	57.2	3	3	1	4
24	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	25-072	51	5/14/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	42	13	5	2	0	17	28	60.7	6	10	60.0	11	14	78.6	74.6	0	13	0	1	+33
25	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	23-351	51	8/23/2020	UTA	vs	DEN	38	4	7	0	0	15	27	55.6	4	7	57.1	17	18	94.4	73.0	1	3	4	2	+5