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

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 20+ points in a playoff game. He was 42 years and 56 days old in Game 3 of the 1989 NBA Finals against the Pistons.

Interpreted as:
Who is the oldest player to score 20 or more points in a playoff game?
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 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-056
24
6/11/1989
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
33
13
2
1
0
10
19
52.6
0
0
4
4
100.0
57.8
3
10
2
1
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-017
22
5/3/1989
LAL LAL
@
POR POR
29
6
0
0
0
9
17
52.9
0
0
4
8
50.0
53.6
2
4
1
0
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-061
26
6/16/1988
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
34
6
0
0
1
12
21
57.1
0
0
2
4
50.0
57.1
3
3
4
3
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-045
21
5/31/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
35
5
1
1
2
10
16
62.5
0
0
1
2
50.0
62.2
2
3
1
5
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-029
20
5/15/1988
LAL LAL
@
UTA UTA
35
11
1
0
3
9
16
56.3
0
0
2
4
50.0
56.3
5
6
0
5
6 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-015
20
5/1/1988
LAL LAL
vs
SAS SAS
31
5
3
0
1
10
15
66.7
0
0
0
0
66.7
2
3
1
2
7 Karl Malone
K. Malone
40-276
30
4/25/2004
LAL LAL
@
HOU HOU
47
13
1
3
0
11
17
64.7
0
0
8
11
72.7
68.7
2
11
2
4
+6
8 LeBron James
L. James
40-121
22
4/30/2025
LAL LAL
vs
MIN 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 LAL
@
MIN 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 LAL
@
MIN 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 LAL
vs
MIN 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 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
40-059
32
6/14/1987
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
29
6
1
0
4
13
18
72.2
0
0
6
10
60.0
71.4
2
4
0
5
13 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
40-052
27
6/7/1987
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
38
7
0
1
1
9
16
56.3
0
0
9
13
69.2
62.2
1
6
2
5
14 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
40-049
23
6/4/1987
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
31
3
3
0
1
10
14
71.4
0
0
3
6
50.0
69.1
1
2
1
2
15 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
40-037
28
5/23/1987
LAL LAL
@
SEA SEA
42
10
3
0
0
9
14
64.3
0
0
10
10
100.0
76.1
1
9
4
5
16 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
40-030
20
5/16/1987
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
38
6
3
0
0
6
11
54.5
0
0
8
8
100.0
68.9
0
6
3
1
17 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
40-024
27
5/10/1987
LAL LAL
@
GSW GSW
38
8
3
0
0
8
14
57.1
0
0
11
15
73.3
65.5
3
5
3
4
18 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
40-021
25
5/7/1987
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
35
8
1
1
4
10
16
62.5
0
0
5
8
62.5
64.0
2
6
3
3
19 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
40-009
28
4/25/1987
LAL LAL
vs
DEN DEN
25
6
3
0
4
8
13
61.5
0
0
12
12
100.0
76.6
2
4
1
2
20 Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
39-296
21
5/20/2017
SAS SAS
vs
GSW 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
21 Karl Malone
K. Malone
39-278
24
4/28/2003
UTA UTA
vs
SAC SAC
44
8
3
1
1
6
12
50.0
0
0
12
14
85.7
66.1
3
5
4
4
-12
22 Karl Malone
K. Malone
39-276
20
4/26/2003
UTA UTA
vs
SAC SAC
44
11
4
4
1
7
20
35.0
0
0
6
11
54.5
40.3
1
10
2
2
+2
23 Karl Malone
K. Malone
39-269
25
4/19/2003
UTA UTA
@
SAC SAC
41
7
8
1
0
10
23
43.5
0
1
0.0
5
8
62.5
47.1
2
5
5
4
+3
24 Reggie Miller
R. Miller
39-268
27
5/19/2005
IND IND
vs
DET DET
33
2
2
0
0
11
16
68.8
4
8
50.0
1
1
100.0
82.1
0
2
2
3
-1
25 Robert Parish
R. Parish
39-248
24
5/5/1993
BOS BOS
@
CHA CHA
37
9
2
0
3
11
16
68.8
0
0
2
2
100.0
71.1
5
4
2
3

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
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32
.610
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Timberwolves Timberwolves
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33
.598
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Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
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61
21
.744
3.0
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31
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
3/28
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
118-95
Fri
3/28
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
120-119
Fri
3/28
LAL LAL
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MEM MEM
134-127
Fri
3/28
BOS BOS
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SAS SAS
121-111
Fri
3/28
IND IND
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OKC OKC
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/22
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Fri
5/23
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Sat
5/24
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM
Sun
5/25
NYK NYK
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IND IND
8:00 PM
Mon
5/26
OKC OKC
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MIN MIN
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