youngest player to score 45 points in a playoff game

LeBron James is the youngest with 45+ points in a playoff game. He was 21 years and 124 days old in Game 5 of the 2006 First Round against the Wizards.

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youngest player to score 45 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	LeBron James L. James	21-124	45	5/3/2006	CLE	vs	WAS	46	7	6	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	72.8	5	2	4	5	-4
2	Ja Morant J. Morant	21-289	47	5/26/2021	MEM	@	UTA	43	4	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	2	7	28.6	15	20	75.0	67.5	2	2	4	3	-6
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	22-098	46	6/6/2021	DAL	@	LAC	45	7	14	0	0	17	30	56.7	5	11	45.5	7	11	63.6	66.0	0	7	6	3	-9
4	LeBron James L. James	22-152	48	5/31/2007	CLE	@	DET	50	9	7	2	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	14	71.4	61.3	3	6	2	3	+2
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	22-263	48	5/13/2001	LAL	@	SAC	48	16	3	2	1	15	29	51.7	1	1	100.0	17	19	89.5	64.2	9	7	2	2	+6
6	Ja Morant J. Morant	22-266	47	5/3/2022	MEM	vs	GSW	41	8	8	3	0	15	31	48.4	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	64.0	2	6	2	2	+13
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	22-269	45	5/19/2001	LAL	@	SAS	47	10	3	1	1	19	35	54.3	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	58.4	1	9	4	4	+17
8	Trae Young T. Young	22-277	48	6/23/2021	ATL	@	MIL	41	7	11	1	0	17	34	50.0	4	13	30.8	10	12	83.3	61.1	1	6	6	3	+10
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	22-352	46	4/3/1970	MIL	vs	PHI	47	25	2			18	36	50.0				10	15	66.7	54.0				3
10	Rick Barry R. Barry	23-004	47	4/1/1967	SFW	vs	STL	45	10	6			17	38	44.7				13	13	100.0	53.8				3
11	Rick Barry R. Barry	23-021	55	4/18/1967	SFW	vs	PHI	46	12	5			22	48	45.8				11	19	57.9	48.8				4
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23-059	49	4/17/1986	CHI	@	BOS	43	4	2	2	1	18	36	50.0	0	0		13	15	86.7	57.5	0	4	5	3
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23-062	63	4/20/1986	CHI	@	BOS	53	5	6	3	2	22	41	53.7	0	0		19	21	90.5	62.7	1	4	4	4
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	23-063	45	5/2/2022	DAL	@	PHX	44	12	8	0	1	15	30	50.0	4	11	36.4	11	14	78.6	62.2	2	10	5	1	-4
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	23-086	50	5/28/2021	BOS	vs	BKN	41	6	7	2	1	16	30	53.3	5	11	45.5	13	15	86.7	68.3	0	6	1	3	+1
16	LeBron James L. James	23-140	45	5/18/2008	CLE	@	BOS	47	5	6	2	0	14	29	48.3	3	11	27.3	14	19	73.7	60.2	1	4	2	4	0
17	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	23-168	45	4/29/2026	ORL	@	DET	41	9	7	2	0	17	31	54.8	6	11	54.5	5	12	41.7	62.0	2	7	6	2	0
18	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	23-178	46	4/30/2024	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	Jamal Murray J. Murray	23-182	50	8/23/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	11	7	0	1	18	31	58.1	9	15	60.0	5	5	100.0	75.3	4	7	0	2	+5
20	Jamal Murray J. Murray	23-189	50	8/30/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	5	6	0	0	17	24	70.8	9	12	75.0	7	9	77.8	89.4	1	4	5	5	+12
21	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	23-205	50	4/18/1975	BUF	vs	WAS	45	21	1			20	32	62.5				10	14	71.4	65.5				4
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	23-206	53	3/14/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	47	22	2			24	42	57.1				5	16	31.3	54.0				0
23	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	23-214	50	3/22/1960	PHI	@	BOS	46	35	2			22	42	52.4				6	14	42.9	51.9				2
24	Ja Morant J. Morant	23-255	45	4/22/2023	MEM	@	LAL	42	9	13	0	0	13	26	50.0	6	10	60.0	13	14	92.9	70.0	3	6	3	2	+3
25	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	23-334	46	4/23/2003	ORL	@	DET	45	5	1	1	0	16	26	61.5	4	9	44.4	10	11	90.9	74.6	0	5	7	3	-13

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