who scored the most points in their first playoffs game since 2020

Since 2019-20, Donovan Mitchell has the most points in his first game, with 57 points in Game 1 of the 2020 First Round versus the Nuggets.

	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	43	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	73.6	2	7	5	2	-11
2	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
3	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
4	James Harden J. Harden	37	8/18/2020	HOU	vs	OKC	34	11	3	0	0	12	22	54.5	6	13	46.2	7	8	87.5	72.5	2	9	3	4	+10
5	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
6	Jamal Murray J. Murray	36	8/17/2020	DEN	vs	UTA	40	5	9	1	0	13	20	65.0	6	9	66.7	4	4	100.0	82.7	2	3	3	4	+16
7	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	35	8/18/2020	ORL	@	MIL	37	14	4	1	0	15	24	62.5	5	8	62.5	0	0		72.9	3	11	5	3	+14
8	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
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	34	8/18/2020	POR	@	LAL	43	5	5	0	1	9	21	42.9	6	13	46.2	10	10	100.0	66.9	1	4	3	1	+19
10	Bradley Beal B. Beal	33	5/23/2021	WAS	@	PHI	41	10	6	1	0	13	23	56.5	1	6	16.7	6	6	100.0	64.4	2	8	6	0	-4
11	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
12	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
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32	5/22/2021	BKN	vs	BOS	39	12	1	1	1	10	25	40.0	1	8	12.5	11	12	91.7	52.8	1	11	4	3	+8
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	32	8/17/2020	BOS	vs	PHI	41	13	1	0	3	10	21	47.6	2	5	40.0	10	11	90.9	61.9	3	10	1	2	+19
15	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
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31	8/18/2020	MIL	vs	ORL	34	17	7	1	0	12	25	48.0	3	7	42.9	4	9	44.4	53.5	4	13	5	5	-9
17	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
18	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	30	8/17/2020	TOR	vs	BKN	39	2	11	2	1	11	15	73.3	8	10	80.0	0	1	0.0	97.2	0	2	1	2	+14
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	29	4/16/2022	MIN	@	MEM	43	13	3	0	1	11	18	61.1	2	5	40.0	5	5	100.0	71.8	4	9	3	3	+16
20	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	29	5/23/2021	UTA	vs	MEM	33	5	0	2	0	8	16	50.0	4	11	36.4	9	9	100.0	72.6	1	4	4	1	-11
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	29	5/22/2021	BKN	vs	BOS	37	6	1	0	1	11	20	55.0	2	8	25.0	5	5	100.0	65.3	3	3	2	3	+16
22	Danilo Gallinari D. Gallinari	29	8/18/2020	OKC	@	HOU	33	3	3	0	1	9	17	52.9	2	5	40.0	9	9	100.0	69.2	1	2	1	2	-11
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	29	8/17/2020	DEN	vs	UTA	42	10	3	2	1	11	21	52.4	4	7	57.1	3	3	100.0	65.0	1	9	4	2	+7
24	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	29	8/17/2020	BOS	vs	PHI	39	6	4	3	0	9	16	56.3	5	8	62.5	6	6	100.0	77.8	2	4	2	4	-1
25	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	29	8/17/2020	LAC	vs	DAL	38	12	6	3	0	11	21	52.4	1	7	14.3	6	6	100.0	61.3	2	10	3	3	+18