who scored the highest points game in playoff elimination games in nba history

LeBron James has posted the most career points in elimination games, with 959 points.

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	959	29	44.5	33.1	10.3	7.5	1.8	0.9	11.9	24.0	49.5	2.1	5.9	35.7	7.2	10.0	72.0	58.2	1.9	8.4	3.9	1,289	299	217	52	27	112	66	+54
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	863	34	41.6	25.4	10.2	3.4	1.4	0.8	9.6	20.5	47.1	0.0	0.1	20.0	6.1	8.9	68.2	52.0	2.6	7.6	2.6	1,413	348	114	46	26	88	122	+29
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	767	31	40.6	24.7	11.8	3.0	1.5	3.0	10.1	19.1	52.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.6	6.7	69.1	56.1	3.1	8.7	2.9	1,260	367	94	47	93	89	122	-20
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	715	23	47.2	31.1	25.7	3.5			12.5	22.9	54.6				6.1	13.4	45.8	54.0				1,085	590	80				64
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	712	26	41.8	27.4	10.7	2.5	0.9	1.0	9.3	19.5	47.8	1.2	3.4	36.0	7.5	8.3	90.3	59.2	1.7	9.0	1.8	1,088	279	65	24	27	46	82	+5
6	Jerry West J. West	704	23		30.6	6.7				11.7	23.2	50.2				7.3	9.2	79.6	56.2					153					68
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	667	24		27.8	13.3				10.5	24.6	42.5				6.9	8.2	83.8	49.3					319					78
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	655	28	39.9	23.4	13.0	2.4	0.9	2.1	9.0	18.6	48.3	0.1	0.2	33.3	5.3	7.2	73.8	53.6	3.1	9.8	2.6	1,116	363	68	26	58	72	102	-45
9	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	590	26	41.6	22.7	13.8	4.2	1.5	0.9	7.9	15.4	51.3	0.5	1.8	26.1	6.5	8.8	73.4	58.9	4.2	9.6	2.8	1,082	359	108	38	23	74	86	-3
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	583	23	41.4	25.3	12.2	3.8	1.1	2.4	10.5	20.3	51.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	6.0	73.7	55.2	3.3	8.3	3.8	953	281	87	22	48	61	93
11	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	581	27		21.5					7.0						7.6	9.5	80.1											99
12	James Harden J. Harden	575	26	39.0	22.1	5.4	6.5	2.2	0.8	6.6	15.8	41.7	2.4	7.5	31.6	6.5	7.7	84.5	57.5	0.9	4.5	4.3	1,013	141	170	58	20	111	62	-96
13	Reggie Miller R. Miller	563	25	38.0	22.5	3.1	2.2	1.1	0.3	7.7	15.9	48.2	2.3	5.9	39.5	4.8	5.5	87.7	61.4	0.5	2.6	1.6	949	77	56	27	8	41	55	+28
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	560	24	42.8	23.3	10.7	6.1	1.8	1.1	8.8	19.8	44.2	0.3	1.3	22.6	5.5	6.1	90.5	51.9			3.2	1,027	256	147	42	26	76	64
15	Gary Payton G. Payton	558	31	40.5	18.0	5.0	7.2	1.7	0.2	6.8	15.7	43.2	1.1	3.3	34.0	3.3	4.5	74.1	51.0	1.3	3.7	2.2	1,254	155	222	54	7	68	97	+15
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	533	23	38.7	23.2	6.1	4.5			9.3	19.1	48.5	0.1	0.5	12.5	4.6	5.7	80.3	53.6			3.2	891	141	103			67	64
17	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	519	26	38.7	20.0	7.1	5.3	1.8	0.8	6.8	15.9	42.9	0.9	3.0	30.8	5.4	6.9	78.3	52.7	2.2	4.9	2.8	1,005	185	137	46	22	74	93	-12
18	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	505	27	39.1	18.7	5.1	5.6	1.3	0.9	7.0	16.1	43.2	0.3	0.9	30.0	4.6	5.5	83.1	50.5			2.9	1,056	138	152	36	23	78	90
19	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	484	18		26.9					9.1	21.2	42.8				8.8	11.8	74.2	51.0										68
20	Moses Malone M. Malone	483	22	42.5	22.0	15.5	2.0		1.9	7.7	16.5	46.7	0.1	0.1	50.0	6.5	8.4	77.8	54.5				935	340	44		41		61
21	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	482	21		23.0	13.0	2.2			9.6	20.7	46.3	0.0	0.0		3.8	6.1	62.5	49.2					273	47				81
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	479	16	42.0	29.9	7.9	3.7	0.6	1.6	9.9	21.5	46.2	2.5	6.2	40.4	7.6	9.0	84.0	58.8	1.1	6.8	3.3	672	126	59	10	25	53	44	+27
23	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	474	20	37.4	23.7	8.4	7.9	1.8	0.3	7.9	21.1	37.2	1.7	5.7	28.9	6.4	7.8	81.4	48.3	2.4	6.0	3.9	748	167	157	36	6	77	61	-11
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	469	21	39.2	22.3	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.0	8.3	17.2	48.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.8	8.0	72.5	54.0	3.2	8.3	2.7	823	241	58	17	43	56	68	-2
25	Sam Jones S. Jones	465	18		25.8	4.7				10.8	21.3	50.9				4.2	5.4	76.5	54.6					84					59