oldest players to score 15 or more points in a playoff game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 15+ points in a playoff game. He was 42 years and 56 days old in Game 3 of the 1989 NBA Finals against the Pistons.

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
42-056
24
6/11/1989
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
33
13
2
1
0
10
19
52.6
0
0
4
4
100.0
57.8
3
10
2
1
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-040
15
5/26/1989
LAL LAL
@
PHX PHX
25
4
1
1
1
6
14
42.9
0
0
3
4
75.0
47.6
2
2
0
1
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-021
16
5/7/1989
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
28
0
1
0
1
8
14
57.1
0
0
0
0
57.1
0
0
1
2
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-017
22
5/3/1989
LAL LAL
@
POR POR
29
6
0
0
0
9
17
52.9
0
0
4
8
50.0
53.6
2
4
1
0
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-061
26
6/16/1988
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
34
6
0
0
1
12
21
57.1
0
0
2
4
50.0
57.1
3
3
4
3
6 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-054
15
6/9/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
32
1
1
2
1
6
15
40.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
44.7
0
1
0
4
7 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-049
17
6/4/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
35
7
4
2
2
8
14
57.1
0
0
1
1
100.0
58.9
1
6
0
4
8 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-045
21
5/31/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
35
5
1
1
2
10
16
62.5
0
0
1
2
50.0
62.2
2
3
1
5
9 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-043
16
5/29/1988
LAL LAL
@
DAL DAL
31
4
3
0
0
7
13
53.8
0
0
2
2
100.0
57.6
3
1
2
1
10 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-039
19
5/25/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
24
7
2
1
0
8
15
53.3
0
0
3
3
100.0
58.2
3
4
2
2
11 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-037
17
5/23/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
33
5
0
0
2
7
10
70.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
72.3
3
2
2
2
12 John Stockton
J. Stockton
41-031
15
4/26/2003
UTA UTA
vs
SAC SAC
33
3
7
2
0
3
6
50.0
0
0
9
9
100.0
75.3
2
1
2
4
-3
13 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-029
20
5/15/1988
LAL LAL
@
UTA UTA
35
11
1
0
3
9
16
56.3
0
0
2
4
50.0
56.3
5
6
0
5
14 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-022
16
5/8/1988
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
28
10
4
1
2
7
14
50.0
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
53.8
4
6
2
3
15 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-015
20
5/1/1988
LAL LAL
vs
SAS SAS
31
5
3
0
1
10
15
66.7
0
0
0
0
66.7
2
3
1
2
16 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-013
19
4/29/1988
LAL LAL
vs
SAS SAS
21
4
1
0
4
8
13
61.5
0
0
3
5
60.0
62.5
2
2
2
5
17 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-310
17
5/29/2004
LAL LAL
@
MIN MIN
40
9
3
0
0
7
10
70.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
72.3
0
9
2
5
-10
18 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-302
17
5/21/2004
LAL LAL
@
MIN MIN
44
11
4
3
0
8
13
61.5
0
0
1
2
50.0
61.2
1
10
0
2
+10
19 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-279
18
4/28/2004
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
32
9
5
0
0
7
14
50.0
0
0
4
10
40.0
48.9
2
7
3
3
+16
20 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-276
30
4/25/2004
LAL LAL
@
HOU HOU
47
13
1
3
0
11
17
64.7
0
0
8
11
72.7
68.7
2
11
2
4
+6
21 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-274
18
4/23/2004
LAL LAL
@
HOU HOU
39
11
2
2
0
9
18
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
2
9
1
4
-11
22 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-270
17
4/19/2004
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
38
8
4
1
0
7
12
58.3
0
0
3
4
75.0
61.8
1
7
1
2
+10
23 Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
40-268
16
4/22/2018
SAS SAS
vs
GSW GSW
25
3
5
0
0
5
10
50.0
3
5
60.0
3
4
75.0
68.0
0
3
1
3
+18
24 LeBron James
L. James
40-121
22
4/30/2025
LAL LAL
vs
MIN MIN
40
7
6
2
0
9
21
42.9
1
5
20.0
3
6
50.0
46.5
2
5
3
2
-14
25 LeBron James
L. James
40-118
27
4/27/2025
LAL LAL
@
MIN 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

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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 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2024-25

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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
Thu
3/27
GSW GSW
@
NOP NOP
111-95
Thu
3/27
PHX PHX
@
MIN MIN
109-124
Thu
3/27
UTA UTA
@
DEN DEN
93-129
Fri
3/28
SAC SAC
@
ORL ORL
91-121
Fri
3/28
BKN BKN
@
WAS WAS
115-112

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/15
OKC OKC
@
DEN DEN
8:30 PM
Fri
5/16
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Sun
5/18
DEN DEN
@
OKC OKC
3:30 PM
Mon
5/19
NYK NYK
@
BOS BOS
8:00 PM