LeBron James and Jerry West are tied for the most games with 40+ points in a single NBA playoff run, with 8 games.

who has scored the most 40 point playoff games in one postseason

Interpreted as:

Who has scored the most 40 or more point playoff games in one postseason?

NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
LeBron James	8	361	2017-18	CLE	42.5	45.1	9.0	8.3	1.8	0.5	4.3	16.9	27.9	60.5	2.5	5.5	45.5	8.9	12.0	74.0	340	72	66	14	4	34	19	+29
Jerry West	8	366	1964-65	LAL		45.8	6.5	6.6				15.8	34.4	45.8				14.3	15.9	89.8		52	53				28
Michael Jordan	7	311	1988-89	CHI	42.4	44.4	8.1	7.1	3.0	1.1	3.6	15.0	26.4	56.8	0.6	1.7	33.3	13.9	16.7	82.9	297	57	50	21	8	25	24
Allen Iverson	6	289	2000-01	PHI	46.0	48.2	3.8	6.0	2.5	0.2	3.3	17.7	34.2	51.7	4.3	8.2	53.1	8.5	9.3	91.1	276	23	36	15	1	20	13	+64
Michael Jordan	6	279	1992-93	CHI	44.7	46.5	7.0	5.3	1.5	0.8	2.7	18.0	34.2	52.7	2.2	5.3	40.6	8.3	10.7	78.1	268	42	32	9	5	16	23
Michael Jordan	6	276	1989-90	CHI	43.2	46.0	7.0	6.8	2.5	1.3	3.8	17.2	32.3	53.1	1.5	4.0	37.5	10.2	11.8	85.9	259	42	41	15	8	23	22
Bernard King	6	264	1983-84	NYK	40.0	44.0	6.5	3.0	1.3	0.5	3.3	17.0	27.2	62.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	10.0	12.8	77.9	240	39	18	8	3	20	23
Shaquille O'Neal	5	211	1999-00	LAL	46.0	42.2	16.6	3.4	0.4	4.0	1.2	17.2	27.8	61.9	0.0	0.0		7.8	17.8	43.8	230	83	17	2	20	6	16	+76
Hakeem Olajuwon	5	211	1994-95	HOU	42.6	42.2	10.4	5.0	1.2	3.2	2.6	18.0	29.0	62.1	0.2	0.2	100.0	6.0	8.4	71.4	213	52	25	6	16	13	24
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	5	209	1976-77	LAL	41.4	41.8	18.4	2.6	1.6	3.8		16.6	25.4	65.4				8.6	12.0	71.7	207	92	13	8	19		19
Rick Barry	5	230	1966-67	SFW	45.2	46.0	9.2	4.2				17.2	40.2	42.8				11.6	14.8	78.4	226	46	21				22
Elgin Baylor	5	227	1960-61	LAL		45.4						17.2						11.0	14.0	78.6							19
Jimmy Butler	4	173	2021-22	MIA	42.0	43.3	6.5	6.0	3.0	1.5	1.0	14.0	23.3	60.2	2.5	5.8	43.5	12.8	13.5	94.4	168	26	24	12	6	4	5	+50
Giannis Antetokounmpo	4	173	2020-21	MIL	42.6	43.3	13.0	4.3	0.5	2.3	3.3	15.0	23.5	63.8	1.0	4.0	25.0	12.3	17.0	72.1	170	52	17	2	9	13	11	+39
Devin Booker	4	169	2020-21	PHX	42.5	42.3	7.3	4.8	0.5	0.8	2.8	16.0	28.0	57.1	3.3	6.0	54.2	7.0	7.5	93.3	170	29	19	2	3	11	15	+28
Jamal Murray	4	182	2019-20	DEN	43.1	45.5	7.0	6.5	0.5	0.3	2.5	16.8	26.8	62.6	7.0	12.0	58.3	5.0	5.5	90.9	172	28	26	2	1	10	11	+52
LeBron James	4	181	2008-09	CLE	44.0	45.3	9.3	8.0	1.5	1.5	3.3	14.8	28.0	52.7	3.3	8.5	38.2	12.5	17.0	73.5	176	37	32	6	6	13	11	+27
Kobe Bryant	4	161	2008-09	LAL	40.7	40.3	6.5	5.0	1.3	0.8	1.3	14.3	28.3	50.4	1.5	3.0	50.0	10.3	11.3	91.1	163	26	20	5	3	5	9	+43
Michael Jordan	4	190	1991-92	CHI	42.0	47.5	6.8	5.5	2.3	1.8	4.0	17.5	29.0	60.3	0.5	1.0	50.0	12.0	13.5	88.9	168	27	22	9	7	16	15
Jerry West	4	176	1968-69	LAL	45.0	44.0	6.3	8.5				15.5	30.5	50.8				13.0	15.3	85.2	180	25	34				12
Wilt Chamberlain	4	179	1961-62	PHI	48.0	44.8	32.8	3.0				17.8	35.0	50.7				9.3	17.0	54.4	192	131	12				9
Nikola Jokic	3	137	2022-23	DEN	40.2	45.7	8.7	7.0	0.7	0.3	5.0	17.0	28.0	60.7	3.0	5.7	52.9	8.7	11.0	78.8	120	26	21	2	1	15	8	-23
Devin Booker	3	139	2022-23	PHX	42.6	46.3	6.7	7.3	2.7	1.0	2.0	19.0	27.0	70.4	4.0	7.3	54.5	4.3	5.0	86.7	128	20	22	8	3	6	11	+21
Giannis Antetokounmpo	3	126	2021-22	MIL	40.0	42.0	14.3	5.7	1.3	1.3	5.3	15.3	29.0	52.9	1.7	4.7	35.7	9.7	12.3	78.4	120	43	17	4	4	16	12	0
Luka Doncic	3	127	2021-22	DAL	41.0	42.3	9.3	6.3	1.3	1.3	3.3	12.7	25.3	50.0	4.3	10.0	43.3	12.7	15.3	82.6	123	28	19	4	4	10	7	-35