who has most points in first playoffs game by active player

Luka Dončić had the most points by an active player in his first game, with 42 points in Game 1 of the 2020 First Round versus the Clippers.

	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	42	8/17/2020	DAL	@	LAC	38	7	9	3	0	13	21	61.9	2	6	33.3	14	15	93.3	76.1	0	7	11	4	-14
2	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	38	4/15/2023	SAC	vs	GSW	40	1	5	3	0	13	27	48.1	4	8	50.0	8	12	66.7	58.9	1	0	3	3	+4
3	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	36	4/16/2022	MIN	@	MEM	40	2	6	1	2	12	23	52.2	4	11	36.4	8	8	100.0	67.9	0	2	2	5	+12
4	Anthony Davis A. Davis	35	4/18/2015	NOP	@	GSW	40	7	1	1	4	13	23	56.5	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	63.9	3	4	5	4	-4
5	Chris Paul C. Paul	35	4/19/2008	NOH	vs	DAL	41	3	10	4	1	15	23	65.2	0	1	0.0	5	7	71.4	67.1	1	2	1	2	+16
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	34	5/23/2021	PHX	vs	LAL	45	7	8	1	0	13	26	50.0	3	7	42.9	5	6	83.3	59.4	1	6	6	4	+9
7	Malik Monk M. Monk	32	4/15/2023	SAC	vs	GSW	29	3	2	0	0	8	13	61.5	2	4	50.0	14	14	100.0	83.5	1	2	2	4	+10
8	Trae Young T. Young	32	5/23/2021	ATL	@	NYK	35	7	10	0	0	11	23	47.8	1	3	33.3	9	9	100.0	59.3	2	5	2	0	0
9	LeBron James L. James	32	4/22/2006	CLE	vs	WAS	48	11	11	0	0	12	27	44.4	1	4	25.0	7	11	63.6	50.3	3	8	4	3	+11
10	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	31	5/23/2021	MEM	@	UTA	36	7	2	2	2	13	26	50.0	2	5	40.0	3	6	50.0	54.1	3	4	1	2	+14
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	31	4/20/2014	POR	@	HOU	46	9	5	0	0	9	19	47.4	3	7	42.9	10	12	83.3	63.8	2	7	1	3	+7
12	Jordan Poole J. Poole	30	4/16/2022	GSW	vs	DEN	30	1	3	0	0	9	13	69.2	5	7	71.4	7	8	87.5	90.8	0	1	3	3	+7
13	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	30	4/19/2015	CLE	vs	BOS	41	3	2	1	1	11	21	52.4	5	9	55.6	3	5	60.0	64.7	2	1	1	3	+10
14	Ty Jerome T. Jerome	28	4/20/2025	CLE	vs	MIA	26	5	3	0	0	10	15	66.7	5	8	62.5	3	5	60.0	81.4	1	4	0	1	+17
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	27	4/15/2018	UTA	@	OKC	35	10	3	2	1	11	22	50.0	3	7	42.9	2	2	100.0	59.0	1	9	1	1	-9
16	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	26	4/20/2025	HOU	vs	GSW	36	9	1	3	0	11	18	61.1	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	65.8	2	7	5	2	-7
17	Ja Morant J. Morant	26	5/23/2021	MEM	@	UTA	36	4	4	1	0	11	21	52.4	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	57.1	1	3	1	2	+6
18	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	26	4/13/2019	BKN	@	PHI	29	3	4	1	0	10	25	40.0	2	6	33.3	4	5	80.0	47.8	0	3	4	2	-10
19	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	24	4/20/2024	ORL	@	CLE	41	7	5	0	0	9	17	52.9	2	7	28.6	4	8	50.0	58.5	1	6	9	3	-11
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	24	4/18/2010	OKC	@	LAL	42	6	2	1	0	7	24	29.2	1	8	12.5	9	11	81.8	41.6	2	4	4	2	-3
21	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	23	4/16/2023	LAL	@	MEM	31	3	4	1	1	8	13	61.5	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	77.9	1	2	0	1	+15
22	Caris LeVert C. LeVert	23	4/13/2019	BKN	@	PHI	23	4	2	1	1	8	18	44.4	3	3	100.0	4	4	100.0	58.2	0	4	0	2	+18
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	23	4/19/2018	PHI	@	MIA	30	7	4	1	3	5	11	45.5	3	4	75.0	10	15	66.7	65.3	1	6	3	4	+9
24	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	23	4/18/2010	OKC	@	LAL	38	4	8	2	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		3	4	75.0	64.8	2	2	1	3	-7
25	T.J. Warren	22	8/18/2020	IND	vs	MIA	38	8	3	4	0	9	18	50.0	4	5	80.0	0	0		61.1	2	6	2	4	-13