player most playoff games with 40 points ever and record

Michael Jordan had the most games in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 38 games.

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player most playoff games with 40 or more points ever and record

	NAME	GP	PTS	REC	W%	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	1,769	26-12	.684	43.7	46.6	6.4	5.3	2.2	1.2	17.2	31.4	54.8	1.1	2.8	38.7	11.1	13.0	85.2	62.7	1.6	4.8	3.3	1,661	243	201	84	47	124	133	+11
2	LeBron James L. James	29	1,263	18-11	.621	44.2	43.6	10.0	7.7	1.9	0.9	16.0	28.1	56.9	2.8	6.2	44.2	8.9	12.1	73.0	65.2	2.0	8.0	3.2	1,283	289	223	54	25	94	77	+137
3	Jerry West J. West	20	873	13-7	.650		43.7	6.9				15.8	31.0	50.8				12.2	14.2	85.6	58.6					138					61
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	14	607	8-6	.571	44.6	43.4	8.1	4.9	1.3	1.1	13.8	25.9	53.3	3.7	8.9	41.6	12.1	13.4	90.4	68.3	0.5	7.6	2.8	624	113	69	18	16	39	41	+54
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	14	620	11-3	.786		44.3					16.1						12.0	15.2	78.9											52
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	13	565	10-3	.769	43.2	43.5	7.1	4.8	1.6	0.6	15.7	29.2	53.7	2.4	4.8	50.0	9.7	11.0	88.1	63.8	1.5	5.5	2.5	561	92	62	21	8	32	34	+86
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	13	598	7-6	.538	47.4	46.0	28.5	2.8			19.4	35.2	55.1				7.2	15.4	47.0	54.9				616	370	36				31
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	12	510	11-1	.917	44.1	42.5	16.4	3.8	0.4	3.0	16.8	27.3	61.3	0.0	0.0		9.0	16.9	53.2	61.1	5.4	11.0	2.5	529	197	45	5	36	30	35	+141
9	James Harden J. Harden	11	469	7-4	.636	39.9	42.6	5.7	7.1	1.6	0.4	13.8	24.9	55.5	5.9	11.3	52.4	9.1	9.8	92.6	72.9	1.0	4.7	3.5	439	63	78	18	4	39	34	+31
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	11	468	7-4	.636	44.1	42.5	13.7	4.1	1.8	3.5	16.7	28.1	59.5	0.2	0.4	50.0	8.9	11.2	79.7	64.4	3.5	10.2	2.5	485	151	45	20	38	27	46
11	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	10	471	9-1	.900	45.9	47.1	4.4	5.5	2.7	0.1	16.4	31.5	52.1	3.9	7.2	54.2	10.4	12.1	86.0	64.0	0.9	3.5	3.3	459	44	55	27	1	33	22	+102
12	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	9	380	6-3	.667	43.5	42.2	4.1	6.8	0.6	0.2	15.2	28.8	52.9	3.0	8.1	37.0	8.8	10.6	83.2	63.2	0.3	3.8	2.9	392	37	61	5	2	26	22	+68
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	9	379	5-4	.556	43.4	42.1	17.8	2.9	1.3	3.7	17.2	27.4	62.8	0.0	0.0		7.7	10.2	75.0	65.9			5.0	391	160	26	9	26	5	33
14	Devin Booker D. Booker	8	357	5-3	.625	42.8	44.6	6.8	5.9	1.5	0.9	16.8	26.8	62.6	3.5	6.4	54.9	7.6	8.3	92.4	73.4	0.8	6.0	2.4	343	54	47	12	7	19	31	+50
15	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	8	351	7-1	.875	42.0	43.9	7.3	5.6	2.3	1.4	14.9	24.3	61.3	2.3	5.4	41.9	11.9	13.5	88.0	72.7	2.0	5.3	2.3	336	58	45	18	11	18	8	+71
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8	344	2-6	.250	41.6	43.0	9.5	9.8	1.4	0.6	14.8	27.9	52.9	4.6	10.3	45.1	8.9	11.6	76.3	65.2	0.8	8.8	5.4	333	76	78	11	5	43	19	-29
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	8	340	6-2	.750	40.3	42.5	13.0	4.6	0.9	2.1	14.8	25.5	57.8	1.4	4.5	30.6	11.6	15.6	74.4	65.6	2.9	10.1	3.8	322	104	37	7	17	30	25	+61
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	8	344	6-2	.750	41.8	43.0	7.0	6.9	1.3	0.1	14.8	29.5	50.0	6.5	14.9	43.7	7.0	8.0	87.5	65.1	1.5	5.5	3.6	334	56	55	10	1	29	16	+103
19	Rick Barry R. Barry	8	354	4-4	.500	44.6	44.3	7.5	3.5	1.7	0.3	17.3	37.0	46.6				9.8	12.1	80.4	52.3	1.7	3.0		357	60	28	5	1		34
20	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	7	338	3-4	.429	39.0	48.3	5.7	6.0	1.4	0.4	16.4	30.0	54.8	4.9	11.3	43.0	10.6	12.4	85.1	68.1	1.9	3.9	3.9	273	40	42	10	3	27	17	+46
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7	306	2-5	.286	40.9	43.7	11.7	7.7	1.3	0.7	16.7	27.1	61.6	2.9	5.6	51.3	7.4	9.1	81.3	70.1	3.3	8.4	3.7	286	82	54	9	5	26	21	-11
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7	312	3-4	.429	44.8	44.6	9.0	7.7	2.1	0.6	16.3	35.4	46.0	3.0	9.6	31.3	9.0	10.7	84.0	55.5	2.0	7.0	4.3	313	63	54	15	4	30	26	+58
23	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	7	295	7-0	1.000	42.8	42.1	7.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	13.9	25.1	55.1	1.3	2.6	50.0	13.1	15.6	84.4	65.9	1.4	6.0	3.6	300	52	26	12	5	25	21	+60
24	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	7	312	6-1	.857	44.9	44.6	10.6	2.9	1.7	1.1	13.9	22.4	61.8	2.3	3.0	76.2	14.6	16.0	91.1	75.6	1.4	9.1	2.6	314	74	20	12	8	18	16	+63
25	Bernard King B. King	7	304	5-2	.714	39.3	43.4	6.0	3.0	1.1	0.4	16.9	26.3	64.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	9.7	12.3	79.1	68.5	2.3	3.7	2.9	275	42	21	8	3	20	24