players to score 40 points in a playoff game before 2015

Russell Westbrook had 40 points in Game 4 of the 2014 Western Conference Finals versus the Spurs on May 27, 2014.

Interpreted as:

players to score 40 or more points in a playoff game before 2015

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	5/27/2014	40	OKC	vs	SAS	45	5	10	5	1	12	24	50.0	2	5	40.0	14	14	100.0	66.3	1	4	3	4	+14
2	LeBron James L. James	5/12/2014	49	MIA	@	BKN	43	6	2	3	0	16	24	66.7	3	6	50.0	14	19	73.7	75.7	0	6	1	5	+13
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	5/11/2014	40	OKC	@	LAC	45	7	3	2	2	12	24	50.0	1	7	14.3	15	18	83.3	62.7	1	6	8	3	-3
4	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	4/23/2014	43	POR	@	HOU	36	8	1	0	3	18	28	64.3	0	0		7	8	87.5	68.2	3	5	1	2	+3
5	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	4/20/2014	46	POR	@	HOU	45	18	2	0	2	17	31	54.8	2	2	100.0	10	13	76.9	62.6	7	11	3	6	+17
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5/6/2013	44	GSW	@	SAS	58	4	11	2	0	18	35	51.4	6	14	42.9	2	2	100.0	61.3	0	4	6	3	0
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4/27/2013	41	OKC	@	HOU	47	14	4	2	1	13	30	43.3	4	9	44.4	11	13	84.6	57.4	1	13	4	3	+3
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	6/19/2012	43	OKC	@	MIA	45	7	5	1	0	20	32	62.5	0	3	0.0	3	3	100.0	64.5	1	6	3	3	0
9	LeBron James L. James	6/7/2012	45	MIA	@	BOS	45	15	5	0	0	19	26	73.1	2	4	50.0	5	9	55.6	75.1	2	13	4	3	+22
10	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	5/30/2012	44	BOS	@	MIA	53	8	10	3	0	16	24	66.7	2	2	100.0	10	12	83.3	75.1	0	8	3	3	-4
11	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	5/24/2012	41	MIA	@	IND	39	10	3	2	0	17	25	68.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	71.9	2	8	5	3	+4
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/21/2012	42	LAL	@	OKC	41	5	0	2	0	18	33	54.5	1	6	16.7	5	7	71.4	58.2	0	5	2	3	-14
13	LeBron James L. James	5/20/2012	40	MIA	@	IND	44	18	9	2	2	14	27	51.9	0	0		12	16	75.0	58.8	6	12	5	1	+4
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/8/2012	43	LAL	vs	DEN	43	6	5	2	0	14	32	43.8	5	11	45.5	10	11	90.9	58.4	1	5	3	2	-6
15	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	5/6/2012	41	NYK	vs	MIA	41	6	4	1	0	15	29	51.7	1	4	25.0	10	14	71.4	58.3	2	4	1	3	+13
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	5/23/2011	40	DAL	@	OKC	45	5	3	0	0	12	20	60.0	2	3	66.7	14	15	93.3	75.2	0	5	4	2	+11
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	5/17/2011	40	OKC	@	DAL	42	8	5	1	2	10	18	55.6	2	5	40.0	18	19	94.7	75.9	0	8	3	3	-1
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	5/17/2011	48	DAL	vs	OKC	41	6	4	0	4	12	15	80.0	0	0		24	24	100.0	93.9	0	6	2	3	+12
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	5/9/2011	40	OKC	@	MEM	51	5	5	3	2	15	33	45.5	0	2	0.0	10	11	90.9	52.9	1	4	3	5	+12
20	Derrick Rose D. Rose	5/6/2011	44	CHI	@	ATL	38	5	7	1	1	16	27	59.3	4	7	57.1	8	9	88.9	71.1	1	4	2	1	+17
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4/27/2011	41	OKC	vs	DEN	42	5	2	1	2	14	27	51.9	2	10	20.0	11	12	91.7	63.5	1	4	0	2	+7
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	4/19/2011	42	NYK	@	BOS	44	17	6	0	2	14	30	46.7	4	8	50.0	10	11	90.9	60.3	5	12	1	5	-5
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4/17/2011	41	OKC	vs	DEN	43	9	2	1	0	13	22	59.1	3	6	50.0	12	15	80.0	71.7	0	9	1	3	+1
24	Dwight Howard D. Howard	4/16/2011	46	ORL	vs	ATL	46	19	1	0	1	16	23	69.6	0	1	0.0	14	22	63.6	70.4	6	13	8	5	-10
25	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	5/23/2010	42	PHX	vs	LAL	42	11	0	1	1	14	22	63.6	0	0		14	18	77.8	70.2	3	8	2	3	+14