worst true shooting percentage in a single game by a player with 40 points in the playoffs

Elgin Baylor has the lowest true shooting percentage with 40+ points in a playoff game, at 41.6 percent in Game 7 of the 1962 NBA Finals against the Celtics.

Interpreted as:
worst true shooting percentage in a single game by a player with 40 or more points in the playoffs
NAME TS% PTS DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
41.6
41
4/18/1962
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
51
22
4
13
40
32.5
15
21
71.4
6
2 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
45.2
47
3/27/1961
LAL LAL
@
STL STL
48
20
17
45
37.8
13
16
81.3
4
3 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
45.7
40
3/22/1960
MIN MIN
@
STL STL
53
18
16
38
42.1
8
13
61.5
4
4 Rick Barry
R. Barry
46.5
43
4/20/1967
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
45
7
3
17
41
41.5
9
12
75.0
5
5 Rick Barry
R. Barry
47.1
41
4/12/1967
SFW SFW
@
STL STL
46
11
5
14
36
38.9
13
17
76.5
5
6 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
48.2
44
6/13/1993
CHI CHI
vs
PHX PHX
57
9
6
2
1
19
43
44.2
3
9
33.3
3
6
50.0
3
6
3
5
7 Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
48.2
41
5/12/2019
TOR TOR
vs
PHI PHI
43
8
3
3
0
16
39
41.0
2
9
22.2
7
8
87.5
4
4
4
1
-2
8 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
48.5
56
3/22/1962
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
35
1
22
48
45.8
12
22
54.5
2
9 Rick Barry
R. Barry
48.8
55
4/18/1967
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
46
12
5
22
48
45.8
11
19
57.9
4
10 CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
49.2
41
5/3/2019
POR POR
vs
DEN DEN
60
8
4
4
1
16
39
41.0
4
11
36.4
5
6
83.3
2
6
1
4
+6
11 Jerry West
J. West
49.8
40
3/25/1962
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
13
16
34
47.1
8
14
57.1
5
12 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
50.1
51
4/19/2017
OKC OKC
@
HOU HOU
41
10
13
4
1
17
43
39.5
2
11
18.2
15
18
83.3
2
8
4
3
+11
13 Rick Barry
R. Barry
50.3
44
4/24/1967
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
44
6
2
16
38
42.1
12
13
92.3
5
14 Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
50.3
43
4/26/1987
ATL ATL
vs
IND IND
43
8
5
0
2
15
37
40.5
1
2
50.0
12
13
92.3
3
5
0
2
15 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
50.4
46
4/27/2018
OKC OKC
@
UTA UTA
44
10
5
2
0
18
43
41.9
7
19
36.8
3
6
50.0
1
9
5
3
-1
16 LeBron James
L. James
50.9
40
6/9/2015
CLE CLE
vs
GSW GSW
46
12
8
4
2
14
34
41.2
2
6
33.3
10
12
83.3
1
11
4
1
+7
17 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
50.9
46
3/14/1961
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
32
2
19
39
48.7
8
14
57.1
3
18 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
51.0
42
3/16/1960
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
48
29
1
17
35
48.6
8
14
57.1
2
19 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
51.1
46
4/12/1966
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
34
1
19
34
55.9
8
25
32.0
5
20 Jerry West
J. West
51.6
48
4/9/1965
LAL LAL
@
BAL BAL
3
5
20
43
46.5
8
8
100.0
5
21 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
51.8
43
4/21/1963
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
45
20
1
15
34
44.1
13
17
76.5
3
22 LeBron James
L. James
51.9
44
6/4/2015
CLE CLE
@
GSW GSW
46
8
6
0
0
18
38
47.4
2
8
25.0
6
10
60.0
0
8
4
2
-3
23 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
51.9
50
3/22/1960
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
46
35
2
22
42
52.4
6
14
42.9
2
24 Jerry West
J. West
52.0
45
4/19/1965
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
45
5
5
17
38
44.7
11
12
91.7
2
25 Moses Malone
M. Malone
52.3
42
4/26/1981
HOU HOU
vs
KCK KCK
48
23
1
0
1
16
34
47.1
0
0
10
14
71.4
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for true shooting percentage going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
10/21
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Fri
10/24
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@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Sun
10/26
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@
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9:00 PM
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POR POR
@
LAL LAL
10:30 PM
Wed
10/29
LAL LAL
@
MIN MIN
9:30 PM
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1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
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32
.610
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Clippers Clippers
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64
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61
21
.744
3.0
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
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UTA UTA
@
CHA CHA
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Sun
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Sun
3/30
CHI CHI
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OKC OKC
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Tue
10/21
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Tue
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10:00 PM
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CHA CHA
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7:00 PM