yougest player to score 40 points in a playoff game

Nikola Jokić had 44 points in Game 5 of the 2025 Western Conference Semifinals against the Thunder yesterday.

Interpreted as:

yougest player to score 40 or more points in a playoff game

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/13/2025	44	DEN	@	OKC	44	15	5	2	0	17	25	68.0	5	7	71.4	5	5	100.0	80.9	6	9	2	4	-8
2	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/12/2025	42	BOS	@	NYK	40	8	4	4	2	16	28	57.1	7	16	43.8	3	3	100.0	71.6	0	8	4	3	-9
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5/9/2025	43	CLE	@	IND	37	9	5	1	0	14	29	48.3	5	13	38.5	10	14	71.4	61.1	5	4	2	4	+35
4	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5/6/2025	48	CLE	vs	IND	36	5	9	4	1	15	30	50.0	1	7	14.3	17	21	81.0	61.2	2	3	5	4	+13
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/5/2025	42	DEN	@	OKC	42	22	6	1	2	15	29	51.7	2	6	33.3	10	13	76.9	60.5	5	17	7	5	+10
6	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/1/2025	40	NYK	@	DET	42	4	7	0	0	15	33	45.5	3	10	30.0	7	8	87.5	54.8	2	2	2	2	+5
7	Jamal Murray J. Murray	4/29/2025	43	DEN	vs	LAC	40	5	7	3	1	17	26	65.4	8	14	57.1	1	1	100.0	81.3	0	5	1	2	+17
8	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	4/27/2025	43	MIN	vs	LAL	44	9	6	0	1	12	23	52.2	5	10	50.0	14	17	82.4	70.5	4	5	1	2	+3
9	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	5/23/2024	40	BOS	vs	IND	37	5	2	1	0	14	27	51.9	4	10	40.0	8	11	72.7	62.8	2	3	2	4	+18
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/14/2024	40	DEN	vs	MIN	41	7	13	2	1	15	22	68.2	2	3	66.7	8	9	88.9	77.0	0	7	0	2	+21
11	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/14/2024	44	NYK	vs	IND	43	4	7	0	0	18	35	51.4	2	6	33.3	6	7	85.7	57.8	0	4	3	2	+31
12	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5/12/2024	44	MIN	vs	DEN	45	5	5	2	1	16	25	64.0	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	77.1	0	5	3	2	+5
13	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/6/2024	43	NYK	vs	IND	44	6	6	0	1	14	26	53.8	1	4	25.0	14	14	100.0	66.9	1	5	4	2	+12
14	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5/4/2024	43	MIN	@	DEN	42	7	3	1	2	17	29	58.6	3	7	42.9	6	6	100.0	68.0	2	5	1	1	+10
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5/3/2024	50	CLE	@	ORL	42	4	4	0	1	22	36	61.1	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	64.7	1	3	4	4	-3
16	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/2/2024	41	NYK	@	PHI	44	3	12	0	0	13	27	48.1	3	8	37.5	12	16	75.0	60.2	0	3	2	2	+9
17	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	4/30/2024	40	NYK	vs	PHI	51	3	6	3	0	15	32	46.9	4	11	36.4	6	9	66.7	55.6	0	3	4	3	-9
18	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	4/30/2024	46	PHI	@	NYK	52	5	9	0	0	17	30	56.7	7	12	58.3	5	8	62.5	68.6	0	5	3	5	+3
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	4/28/2024	40	DAL	vs	LAC	45	7	5	0	0	14	25	56.0	6	12	50.0	6	6	100.0	72.4	2	5	7	4	-5
20	Devin Booker D. Booker	4/28/2024	49	PHX	vs	MIN	45	5	6	2	1	13	21	61.9	3	5	60.0	20	21	95.2	81.0	0	5	2	5	+1
21	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	4/28/2024	40	MIN	@	PHX	41	9	6	1	2	13	23	56.5	7	13	53.8	7	10	70.0	73.0	4	5	2	2	+7
22	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	4/28/2024	47	NYK	@	PHI	44	4	10	0	1	18	34	52.9	2	8	25.0	9	11	81.8	60.5	0	4	1	2	+10
23	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	4/26/2024	42	MIL	@	IND	41	10	5	0	0	16	29	55.2	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	66.4	3	7	3	5	+2
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	4/25/2024	50	PHI	vs	NYK	41	8	4	0	1	13	19	68.4	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	88.5	1	7	3	3	+16
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	6/4/2023	41	DEN	vs	MIA	42	11	4	0	0	16	28	57.1	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	65.0	3	8	5	3	-11