most games with 40 points nba playoffs from 1970-2020

Between the 1969-70 and 2019-20 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most games in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 38 games.

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	1,769	43.7	46.6	6.4	5.3	2.2	1.2	17.2	31.4	54.8	1.1	2.8	38.7	11.1	13.0	85.2	62.7	1.6	4.8	3.3	1,661	243	201	84	47	124	133	+11
2	LeBron James L. James	28	1,223	44.1	43.7	10.0	7.6	1.9	0.9	16.0	28.2	56.8	2.7	6.2	43.7	9.0	12.3	72.8	65.0	2.0	8.0	3.3	1,235	279	214	52	25	93	76	+139
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	13	565	43.2	43.5	7.1	4.8	1.6	0.6	15.7	29.2	53.7	2.4	4.8	50.0	9.7	11.0	88.1	63.8	1.5	5.5	2.5	561	92	62	21	8	32	34	+86
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	12	510	44.1	42.5	16.4	3.8	0.4	3.0	16.8	27.3	61.3	0.0	0.0		9.0	16.9	53.2	61.1	5.4	11.0	2.5	529	197	45	5	36	30	35	+141
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	11	468	43.9	42.5	7.5	4.4	1.2	1.0	13.3	25.7	51.6	3.7	9.3	40.2	12.3	13.5	90.6	67.1	0.5	7.1	2.9	483	83	48	13	11	32	30	+49
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	11	468	44.1	42.5	13.7	4.1	1.8	3.5	16.7	28.1	59.5	0.2	0.4	50.0	8.9	11.2	79.7	64.4	3.5	10.2	2.5	485	151	45	20	38	27	46
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	10	471	45.9	47.1	4.4	5.5	2.7	0.1	16.4	31.5	52.1	3.9	7.2	54.2	10.4	12.1	86.0	64.0	0.9	3.5	3.3	459	44	55	27	1	33	22	+102
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	9	379	43.4	42.1	17.8	2.9	1.3	3.7	17.2	27.4	62.8	0.0	0.0		7.7	10.2	75.0	65.9			5.0	391	160	26	9	26	5	33
9	James Harden J. Harden	8	341	39.1	42.6	5.9	6.6	1.4	0.4	13.5	25.4	53.2	5.6	11.1	50.6	10.0	10.9	92.0	70.7	1.3	4.6	4.1	313	47	53	11	3	33	27	+16
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7	312	44.8	44.6	9.0	7.7	2.1	0.6	16.3	35.4	46.0	3.0	9.6	31.3	9.0	10.7	84.0	55.5	2.0	7.0	4.3	313	63	54	15	4	30	26	+58
11	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	7	295	42.8	42.1	7.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	13.9	25.1	55.1	1.3	2.6	50.0	13.1	15.6	84.4	65.9	1.4	6.0	3.6	300	52	26	12	5	25	21	+60
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	7	312	44.9	44.6	10.6	2.9	1.7	1.1	13.9	22.4	61.8	2.3	3.0	76.2	14.6	16.0	91.1	75.6	1.4	9.1	2.6	314	74	20	12	8	18	16	+63
13	Bernard King B. King	7	304	39.3	43.4	6.0	3.0	1.1	0.4	16.9	26.3	64.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	9.7	12.3	79.1	68.5	2.3	3.7	2.9	275	42	21	8	3	20	24
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6	251	42.6	41.8	6.3	7.5	1.5	0.2	14.0	28.7	48.8	6.3	14.5	43.7	7.5	8.3	90.0	64.7	1.5	4.8	3.8	256	38	45	9	1	23	11	+67
15	George Gervin G. Gervin	6	257	40.8	42.8	6.8	2.0	1.3	0.8	17.3	28.3	61.2	0.0	0.7	0.0	8.2	10.0	81.7	65.4			2.7	245	41	12	8	5	16	14
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	5	232	45.2	46.4	15.6	4.2	1.8	1.4	16.6	25.0	66.4	1.6	2.8	57.1	11.6	13.4	86.6	75.1	5.4	10.2	2.4	226	78	21	9	7	12	15
17	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	5	223	41.4	44.6	5.8	3.2	0.8	0.4	16.6	30.6	54.2	0.4	1.0	40.0	11.0	13.4	82.1	61.1	2.6	3.2	3.2	207	29	16	4	2	16	11
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	5	207	45.2	41.4	9.6	5.8	1.4	1.0	14.2	26.0	54.6	1.0	2.0	50.0	12.0	12.8	93.8	65.4	2.4	7.2	3.2	226	48	29	7	5	16	14
19	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	5	215	46.4	43.0	13.2	1.6			18.0	32.4	55.6				7.0	9.4	74.5	58.8			5.0	232	66	8			5	21
20	Jamal Murray J. Murray	4	182	43.1	45.5	7.0	6.5	0.5	0.3	16.8	26.8	62.6	7.0	12.0	58.3	5.0	5.5	90.9	78.0	2.0	5.0	2.5	172	28	26	2	1	10	11	+52
21	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	4	166	41.7	41.5	9.5	4.5	1.5	0.5	15.5	28.3	54.9	2.3	5.5	40.9	8.3	10.0	82.5	63.6	2.8	6.8	1.0	167	38	18	6	2	4	16	+25
22	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	4	165	40.5	41.3	13.0	0.8	0.8	2.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	13.3	16.0	82.8	66.4	5.5	7.5	2.3	162	52	3	3	8	9	13	+20
23	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4	161	48.3	40.3	15.0	5.3	0.8	2.8	14.3	23.5	60.6	0.5	0.8	66.7	11.3	15.8	71.4	66.1	5.3	9.8	3.8	193	60	21	3	11	15	15	-6
24	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	4	171	44.0	42.8	7.5	4.8	1.3	1.0	14.5	28.0	51.8	2.3	6.0	37.5	11.5	14.8	78.0	62.0	0.5	7.0	3.5	176	30	19	5	4	14	9	-14
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	4	176	42.8	44.0	12.0	2.0	1.3	0.3	12.8	23.8	53.7	0.3	0.3	100.0	18.3	19.5	93.6	68.0	3.0	9.0	2.5	171	48	8	5	1	10	14	+22

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2	Celtics	8	2	.800	0.5
3	Pistons	6	3	.667	2.0
4	Hawks	7	4	.636	2.0
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13	Nets	2	8	.200	6.5
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10	Mavericks	6	4	.600	2.5
11	Pelicans	4	6	.400	4.5
12	Suns	3	5	.375	4.5
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14	Kings	1	9	.100	7.5
15	Jazz	1	9	.100	7.5