oldest players to score 35 or more points in a playoff game

LeBron James is the oldest with 35+ points in a playoff game. He was 40 years and 116 days old in Game 3 of the 2025 First Round against the Timberwolves.

	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	40-116	38	4/25/2025	LAL	@	MIN	41	10	4	2	2	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	7	10	70.0	74.8	3	7	1	0	-10
2	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
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38-052	36	6/7/1985	LAL	vs	BOS	42	7	7	1	3	16	28	57.1	0	0		4	5	80.0	59.6	2	5	4	4
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37-043	36	4/26/2025	GSW	vs	HOU	41	7	9	1	2	12	23	52.2	5	13	38.5	7	8	87.5	67.9	0	7	2	0	+18
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	36-273	50	4/22/2000	UTA	vs	SEA	43	12	0	3	1	18	32	56.3	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	65.5	3	9	1	2	+12
6	Chris Paul C. Paul	36-055	41	6/30/2021	PHX	@	LAC	35	4	8	3	0	16	24	66.7	7	8	87.5	2	3	66.7	81.0	1	3	0	2	+22
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	36-038	37	6/13/2021	PHX	@	DEN	40	3	7	2	0	14	19	73.7	0	0		9	9	100.0	80.6	0	3	2	2	+1
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36-010	37	4/26/1983	LAL	vs	POR	44	6	7	1	3	15	20	75.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	78.7	2	4	5	2
9	LeBron James L. James	35-284	40	10/9/2020	LAL	vs	MIA	42	13	7	3	0	15	21	71.4	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	84.6	3	10	4	1	+7
10	LeBron James L. James	35-271	38	9/26/2020	LAL	vs	DEN	40	16	10	1	0	15	25	60.0	1	4	25.0	7	8	87.5	66.6	3	13	2	2	+12
11	LeBron James L. James	35-253	36	9/8/2020	LAL	@	HOU	38	7	5	1	4	13	23	56.5	4	9	44.4	6	10	60.0	65.7	0	7	2	1	+8
12	Reggie Miller R. Miller	35-247	35	4/28/2001	IND	vs	PHI	46	5	2	1	0	11	25	44.0	5	14	35.7	8	8	100.0	61.4	2	3	2	1	-2
13	LeBron James L. James	35-243	36	8/29/2020	LAL	vs	POR	34	10	10	1	1	14	19	73.7	4	7	57.1	4	4	100.0	86.7	0	10	5	1	+20
14	Reggie Miller R. Miller	35-243	41	4/24/2001	IND	@	PHI	44	5	1	1	0	14	22	63.6	3	5	60.0	10	12	83.3	75.1	3	2	5	0	-15
15	LeBron James L. James	35-236	38	8/22/2020	LAL	@	POR	34	12	8	2	0	11	18	61.1	4	8	50.0	12	17	70.6	74.6	1	11	8	3	+2
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-117	45	6/14/1998	CHI	@	UTA	44	1	1	4	0	15	35	42.9	3	7	42.9	12	15	80.0	54.1	0	1	1	2	+2
17	Alex English A. English	35-115	36	4/30/1989	DEN	@	PHX	40	5	6	0	0	15	21	71.4	0	0		6	6	100.0	76.1	2	3	8	2
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-108	37	6/5/1998	CHI	@	UTA	40	5	3	1	1	14	33	42.4	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	49.5	3	2	0	2	+16
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-101	35	5/29/1998	CHI	@	IND	42	5	2	1	0	12	23	52.2	1	4	25.0	10	11	90.9	62.9	1	4	3	4	-2
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-091	41	5/19/1998	CHI	vs	IND	42	4	5	4	0	13	22	59.1	0	1	0.0	15	18	83.3	68.5	0	4	0	3	-1
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-075	35	5/3/1998	CHI	vs	CHA	44	11	4	1	1	11	26	42.3	1	3	33.3	12	14	85.7	54.4	4	7	3	0	+11
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-071	38	4/29/1998	CHI	@	NJN	44	4	3	2	1	16	22	72.7	2	2	100.0	4	5	80.0	78.5	2	2	2	2	+11
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-066	39	4/24/1998	CHI	vs	NJN	47	7	3	1	1	11	27	40.7	0	2	0.0	17	23	73.9	52.5	0	7	3	1	+9
24	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
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-037	36	4/20/2023	GSW	vs	SAC	37	6	3	2	1	12	25	48.0	6	12	50.0	6	6	100.0	65.1	1	5	1	4	+24