which nba player scored the most points in a playoff game since 2000

Since 1999-00, Donovan Mitchell has dropped the most points in a playoff game, with 57 points in Game 1 of the 2020 First Round versus the Nuggets.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	43	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	73.6	2	7	5	2	-11
2	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	56	4/24/2023	MIA	vs	MIL	41	9	2	0	1	19	28	67.9	3	8	37.5	15	18	83.3	78.0	4	5	1	0	+4
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	55	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	52	6	10	1	3	17	24	70.8	12	17	70.6	9	10	90.0	96.8	1	5	1	0	+2
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	55	4/20/2003	PHI	vs	NOH	47	4	8	2	0	21	32	65.6	3	5	60.0	10	11	90.9	74.6	0	4	4	2	+13
5	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	54	5/9/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	47	5	4	1	0	21	39	53.8	3	5	60.0	9	9	100.0	62.8	1	4	4	3	+8
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	53	5/7/2023	DEN	@	PHX	39	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
7	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	53	5/2/2017	BOS	vs	WAS	45	4	4	3	0	18	33	54.5	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	68.4	1	3	2	2	+10
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	52	5/16/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	43	2	7	4	0	21	32	65.6	8	14	57.1	2	2	100.0	79.1	0	2	1	3	+30
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	5/14/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	42	13	5	2	0	17	28	60.7	6	10	60.0	11	14	78.6	74.6	0	13	0	1	+33
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	51	8/23/2020	UTA	vs	DEN	38	4	7	0	0	15	27	55.6	4	7	57.1	17	18	94.4	73.0	1	3	4	2	+5
11	LeBron James L. James	51	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	51	4/19/2017	OKC	@	HOU	41	10	13	4	1	17	43	39.5	2	11	18.2	15	18	83.3	50.1	2	8	4	3	+11
13	Ray Allen R. Allen	51	4/30/2009	BOS	@	CHI	59	5	3	3	0	18	32	56.3	9	18	50.0	6	7	85.7	72.7	2	3	3	1	+1
14	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	50	5/3/2024	CLE	@	ORL	42	4	4	0	1	22	36	61.1	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	64.7	1	3	4	4	-3
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	4/25/2024	PHI	vs	NYK	41	8	4	0	1	13	19	68.4	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	88.5	1	7	3	3	+16
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	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
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	50	7/20/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	42	14	2	0	5	16	25	64.0	1	3	33.3	17	19	89.5	74.9	4	10	6	2	+10
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	50	5/28/2021	BOS	vs	BKN	41	6	7	2	1	16	30	53.3	5	11	45.5	13	15	86.7	68.3	0	6	1	3	+1
19	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	8/30/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	5	6	0	0	17	24	70.8	9	12	75.0	7	9	77.8	89.4	1	4	5	5	+12
20	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	8/23/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	11	7	0	1	18	31	58.1	9	15	60.0	5	5	100.0	75.3	4	7	0	2	+5
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	50	4/26/2019	GSW	@	LAC	42	6	5	1	1	15	26	57.7	6	14	42.9	14	15	93.3	76.7	0	6	4	4	+18
22	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	4/23/2019	POR	vs	OKC	45	7	6	3	1	17	33	51.5	10	18	55.6	6	8	75.0	68.5	2	5	6	2	+9
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	50	6/1/2006	DAL	vs	PHX	43	12	3	1	0	14	26	53.8	5	6	83.3	17	18	94.4	73.7	1	11	1	2	+22
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	50	5/4/2006	LAL	vs	PHX	52	8	5	3	0	20	35	57.1	5	8	62.5	5	6	83.3	66.4	1	7	7	4	-6
25	Vince Carter V. Carter	50	5/11/2001	TOR	vs	PHI	45	6	7	1	4	19	29	65.5	9	13	69.2	3	3	100.0	82.5	3	3	1	3	+24

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Thu 3/5	GSW	@	HOU	7:30 PM
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