who is the oldest nba player to score 20 points in a playoff game since 2006

Since 2005-06, LeBron James is the oldest with 20+ points in a playoff game. He was 41 years and 132 days old in Game 4 of the 2026 Western Conference Semifinals against the Thunder.

	NAME	Age	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	41-132	24	5/11/2026	LAL	vs	OKC	40	12	3	0	1	8	18	44.4	2	6	33.3	6	8	75.0	55.8	0	12	4	1	-17
2	LeBron James L. James	41-128	23	5/7/2026	LAL	@	OKC	38	2	6	3	0	9	18	50.0	1	4	25.0	4	4	100.0	58.2	1	1	3	1	-9
3	LeBron James L. James	41-126	27	5/5/2026	LAL	@	OKC	36	4	6	1	0	12	17	70.6	3	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	77.4	1	3	2	1	-6
4	LeBron James L. James	41-122	28	5/1/2026	LAL	@	HOU	37	7	8	0	0	10	25	40.0	2	5	40.0	6	8	75.0	49.1	1	6	3	2	+26
5	LeBron James L. James	41-120	25	4/29/2026	LAL	vs	HOU	39	3	7	2	0	9	20	45.0	0	6	0.0	7	10	70.0	51.2	0	3	2	1	-5
6	LeBron James L. James	41-115	29	4/24/2026	LAL	@	HOU	45	13	6	3	1	10	22	45.5	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	58.8	0	13	8	1	0
7	LeBron James L. James	41-112	28	4/21/2026	LAL	vs	HOU	39	8	7	1	0	8	20	40.0	2	5	40.0	10	14	71.4	53.5	1	7	3	3	+6
8	LeBron James L. James	40-121	22	4/30/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	7	6	2	0	9	21	42.9	1	5	20.0	3	6	50.0	46.5	2	5	3	2	-14
9	LeBron James L. James	40-118	27	4/27/2025	LAL	@	MIN	46	12	8	3	3	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	15	18	83.3	79.8	3	9	3	2	-4
10	LeBron James L. James	40-116	38	4/25/2025	LAL	@	MIN	41	10	4	2	2	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	7	10	70.0	74.8	3	7	1	0	-10
11	LeBron James L. James	40-113	21	4/22/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	11	7	1	1	8	19	42.1	1	5	20.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	3	8	2	4	+9
12	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	39-296	21	5/20/2017	SAS	vs	GSW	18	1	2	1	0	7	9	77.8	2	3	66.7	5	8	62.5	83.9	0	1	0	3	-6
13	LeBron James L. James	39-121	30	4/29/2024	LAL	@	DEN	44	9	11	4	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	5	7	71.4	62.3	1	8	1	4	+3
14	LeBron James L. James	39-119	30	4/27/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	39	5	4	3	1	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	62.8	1	4	6	0	+1
15	LeBron James L. James	39-117	26	4/25/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	42	6	9	2	1	12	20	60.0	1	6	16.7	1	2	50.0	62.3	0	6	3	3	-8
16	LeBron James L. James	39-114	26	4/22/2024	LAL	@	DEN	38	8	12	2	2	9	19	47.4	3	6	50.0	5	7	71.4	58.9	0	8	2	3	+2
17	LeBron James L. James	39-112	27	4/20/2024	LAL	@	DEN	41	6	8	1	1	10	16	62.5	3	5	60.0	4	5	80.0	74.2	2	4	7	1	-9
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	39-007	27	5/2/2015	SAS	@	LAC	37	11	1	0	0	11	16	68.8	0	0		5	8	62.5	69.2	4	7	0	3	-7
19	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	39-003	21	4/28/2015	SAS	@	LAC	39	11	4	3	1	8	13	61.5	0	0		5	6	83.3	67.1	2	9	1	3	0
20	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	39-001	22	4/26/2015	SAS	vs	LAC	38	14	3	2	3	8	13	61.5	0	0		6	10	60.0	63.2	4	10	2	6	-8
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	38-362	28	4/22/2015	SAS	@	LAC	44	11	4	2	1	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	59.7	1	10	1	5	+9
22	LeBron James L. James	38-143	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
23	LeBron James L. James	38-141	23	5/20/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	43	7	12	0	0	8	19	42.1	3	9	33.3	4	7	57.1	52.1	0	7	2	2	-4
24	LeBron James L. James	38-139	22	5/18/2023	LAL	@	DEN	40	9	10	4	2	9	19	47.4	0	6	0.0	4	4	100.0	53.0	0	9	3	2	+4
25	LeBron James L. James	38-137	26	5/16/2023	LAL	@	DEN	40	12	9	0	1	9	16	56.3	0	4	0.0	8	11	72.7	62.4	3	9	3	1	-6

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Wed 11/4	LAL	@	SAC	10:00 PM
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2	Pistons	5	1	.833	0.5
3	Celtics	4	1	.800	1.0
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Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
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