which player scored the most points in a game in the playoffs 2023 nba

Jimmy Butler III posted the most points in a 2023 playoff game, with 56 points against the Bucks on April 24, 2023.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	5/5/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	42	6	9	3	1	20	25	80.0	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	90.8	0	6	3	5	+7
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	4/25/2023	PHX	vs	LAC	42	8	10	2	0	19	27	70.4	4	7	57.1	5	6	83.3	79.3	2	6	3	4	+11
7	James Harden J. Harden	45	5/1/2023	PHI	@	BOS	39	1	6	2	0	17	30	56.7	7	14	50.0	4	4	100.0	70.8	0	1	3	4	+8
8	Ja Morant J. Morant	45	4/22/2023	MEM	@	LAL	42	9	13	0	0	13	26	50.0	6	10	60.0	13	14	92.9	70.0	3	6	3	2	+3
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	45	4/20/2023	PHX	@	LAC	45	6	3	3	2	18	29	62.1	3	7	42.9	6	7	85.7	70.1	1	5	0	2	+3
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	43	4/23/2023	DEN	@	MIN	39	11	6	2	0	15	26	57.7	5	8	62.5	8	12	66.7	68.7	2	9	4	3	-14
11	James Harden J. Harden	42	5/7/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	47	8	9	4	1	16	23	69.6	6	9	66.7	4	4	100.0	84.8	0	8	1	2	-6
12	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	42	4/26/2023	MIA	@	MIL	46	8	4	2	1	17	33	51.5	3	10	30.0	5	9	55.6	56.8	1	7	5	2	-10
13	Norman Powell N. Powell	42	4/20/2023	LAC	vs	PHX	41	5	3	0	1	15	23	65.2	7	12	58.3	5	7	71.4	80.5	0	5	4	3	0
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	41	6/4/2023	DEN	vs	MIA	42	11	4	0	0	16	28	57.1	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	65.0	3	8	5	3	-11
15	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	41	5/12/2023	NYK	@	MIA	45	4	3	0	0	14	22	63.6	5	10	50.0	8	9	88.9	79.0	0	4	3	4	+3
16	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	41	4/19/2023	MIN	@	DEN	42	2	4	2	3	14	23	60.9	6	10	60.0	7	8	87.5	77.3	1	1	1	4	-3
17	LeBron James L. James	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
18	Anthony Davis A. Davis	40	5/16/2023	LAL	@	DEN	42	10	3	3	2	14	23	60.9	1	1	100.0	11	11	100.0	71.8	1	9	0	3	-8
19	Jamal Murray J. Murray	40	4/19/2023	DEN	vs	MIN	39	3	5	2	0	13	22	59.1	6	10	60.0	8	9	88.9	77.0	0	3	4	3	+1
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	39	5/5/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	43	9	8	0	2	12	31	38.7	1	5	20.0	14	16	87.5	51.3	0	9	0	4	+11
21	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	39	5/1/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	44	11	5	1	1	14	25	56.0	4	5	80.0	7	8	87.5	68.4	2	9	1	2	-6
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	39	5/1/2023	DEN	vs	PHX	41	16	5	2	1	17	30	56.7	2	6	33.3	3	4	75.0	61.4	3	13	3	2	+2
23	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	38	5/10/2023	NYK	vs	MIA	48	9	7	1	0	12	22	54.5	4	10	40.0	10	12	83.3	69.6	1	8	1	2	+9
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	38	4/26/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	42	20	3	0	0	14	27	51.9	0	2	0.0	10	23	43.5	51.2	4	16	7	4	-8
25	Trae Young T. Young	38	4/25/2023	ATL	@	BOS	44	4	13	2	0	14	33	42.4	5	13	38.5	5	5	100.0	54.0	0	4	4	4	+5