oldest players to score 5 or more points in a playoff game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 5+ points in a playoff game. He was 42 years and 58 days old in Game 4 of the 1989 NBA Finals against the Pistons.

	NAME	Age	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-058	7	6/13/1989	LAL	vs	DET	29	3	3	0	2	2	8	25.0	0	0	3	4	75.0	35.9	1	2	2	3
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-056	24	6/11/1989	LAL	vs	DET	33	13	2	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0	4	4	100.0	57.8	3	10	2	1
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-053	11	6/8/1989	LAL	@	DET	28	2	2	0	1	4	12	33.3	0	0	3	4	75.0	40.0	1	1	3	3
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-051	8	6/6/1989	LAL	@	DET	14	2	0	1	0	4	7	57.1	0	0	0	0		57.1	0	2	1	4
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-040	15	5/26/1989	LAL	@	PHX	25	4	1	1	1	6	14	42.9	0	0	3	4	75.0	47.6	2	2	0	1
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-037	8	5/23/1989	LAL	vs	PHX	21	0	0	0	1	3	5	60.0	0	0	2	2	100.0	68.0	0	0	2	4
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-034	6	5/20/1989	LAL	vs	PHX	17	1	2	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	0	0	0		60.0	0	1	1	3
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-028	6	5/14/1989	LAL	@	SEA	22	7	4	0	2	3	11	27.3	0	0	0	0		27.3	3	4	3	3
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-026	8	5/12/1989	LAL	@	SEA	21	1	2	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	0	4	4	100.0	84.0	0	1	1	2
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-024	10	5/10/1989	LAL	vs	SEA	19	5	1	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	0	4	4	100.0	74.0	1	4	0	4
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-021	16	5/7/1989	LAL	vs	SEA	28	0	1	0	1	8	14	57.1	0	0	0	0		57.1	0	0	1	2
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-017	22	5/3/1989	LAL	@	POR	29	6	0	0	0	9	17	52.9	0	0	4	8	50.0	53.6	2	4	1	0
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-014	13	4/30/1989	LAL	vs	POR	29	4	0	2	2	6	10	60.0	0	0	1	2	50.0	59.7	0	4	2	4
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-011	11	4/27/1989	LAL	vs	POR	26	8	1	0	1	4	11	36.4	0	0	3	7	42.9	39.1	0	8	2	4
15	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	41-309	5	4/29/2008	HOU	vs	UTA	24	10	1	0	1	1	2	50.0	0	0	3	6	50.0	53.9	2	8	0	3	+10
16	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	41-306	6	4/26/2008	HOU	@	UTA	19	5	0	0	1	3	5	60.0	0	0	0	0		60.0	1	4	0	1	-3
17	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	41-301	6	4/21/2008	HOU	vs	UTA	18	2	0	0	2	2	2	100.0	0	0	2	2	100.0	104.2	1	1	0	0	-1
18	Robert Parish R. Parish	41-243	6	4/30/1995	CHA	vs	CHI	23	1	1	0	2	3	4	75.0	0	0	0	1	0.0	67.6	1	0	0	1
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-064	14	6/19/1988	LAL	vs	DET	32	6	1	1	2	3	14	21.4	0	0	8	8	100.0	40.0	2	4	3	5
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-061	26	6/16/1988	LAL	@	DET	34	6	0	0	1	12	21	57.1	0	0	2	4	50.0	57.1	3	3	4	3
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-059	13	6/14/1988	LAL	@	DET	24	4	1	0	0	5	10	50.0	0	0	3	4	75.0	55.3	2	2	2	2
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-057	12	6/12/1988	LAL	@	DET	28	7	1	0	3	4	7	57.1	0	0	4	8	50.0	57.0	0	7	1	2
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-054	15	6/9/1988	LAL	vs	DET	32	1	1	2	1	6	15	40.0	0	0	3	4	75.0	44.7	0	1	0	4
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-052	8	6/7/1988	LAL	vs	DET	28	2	1	1	0	4	13	30.8	0	0	0	0		30.8	0	2	1	1
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-049	17	6/4/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	35	7	4	2	2	8	14	57.1	0	0	1	1	100.0	58.9	1	6	0	4

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