active players with the most 40+ point games in a single playoffs

LeBron James has the most games by an active player with 40+ points in a single NBA playoff run, with 8 games in 2017-18.

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	LeBron James L. James	8	361	2017-18	CLE	42.5	45.1	9.0	8.3	1.8	0.5	16.9	27.9	60.5	2.5	5.5	45.5	8.9	12.0	74.0	68.1	2.0	7.0	4.3	340	72	66	14	4	34	19	+29
2	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5	215	2023-24	NYK	44.9	43.0	4.0	8.2	0.6	0.4	15.6	30.8	50.6	2.4	7.4	32.4	9.4	11.4	82.5	60.0	0.2	3.8	2.8	224	20	41	3	2	14	11	+53
3	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	4	173	2021-22	MIA	42.0	43.3	6.5	6.0	3.0	1.5	14.0	23.3	60.2	2.5	5.8	43.5	12.8	13.5	94.4	74.1	2.0	4.5	1.0	168	26	24	12	6	4	5	+50
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	4	173	2020-21	MIL	42.6	43.3	13.0	4.3	0.5	2.3	15.0	23.5	63.8	1.0	4.0	25.0	12.3	17.0	72.1	69.8	3.5	9.5	3.3	170	52	17	2	9	13	11	+39
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	4	169	2020-21	PHX	42.5	42.3	7.3	4.8	0.5	0.8	16.0	28.0	57.1	3.3	6.0	54.2	7.0	7.5	93.3	67.5	0.8	6.5	2.8	170	29	19	2	3	11	15	+28
6	Jamal Murray J. Murray	4	182	2019-20	DEN	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
7	LeBron James L. James	4	181	2008-09	CLE	44.0	45.3	9.3	8.0	1.5	1.5	14.8	28.0	52.7	3.3	8.5	38.2	12.5	17.0	73.5	63.8	1.5	7.8	3.3	176	37	32	6	6	13	11	+27
8	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	3	127	2023-24	MIN	42.8	42.3	7.0	4.7	1.3	1.7	15.3	25.7	59.7	5.0	9.3	53.6	6.7	8.0	83.3	72.5	2.0	5.0	2.0	129	21	14	4	5	6	5	+22
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3	137	2022-23	DEN	40.2	45.7	8.7	7.0	0.7	0.3	17.0	28.0	60.7	3.0	5.7	52.9	8.7	11.0	78.8	69.5	2.0	6.7	5.0	120	26	21	2	1	15	8	-23
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	3	139	2022-23	PHX	42.6	46.3	6.7	7.3	2.7	1.0	19.0	27.0	70.4	4.0	7.3	54.5	4.3	5.0	86.7	79.3	1.0	5.7	2.0	128	20	22	8	3	6	11	+21
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	3	126	2021-22	MIL	40.0	42.0	14.3	5.7	1.3	1.3	15.3	29.0	52.9	1.7	4.7	35.7	9.7	12.3	78.4	61.0	2.3	12.0	5.3	120	43	17	4	4	16	12	0
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	3	127	2021-22	DAL	41.0	42.3	9.3	6.3	1.3	1.3	12.7	25.3	50.0	4.3	10.0	43.3	12.7	15.3	82.6	66.0	0.7	8.7	3.3	123	28	19	4	4	10	7	-35
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3	139	2020-21	BKN	46.9	46.3	10.0	7.0	1.7	1.7	15.7	26.3	59.5	3.7	7.7	47.8	11.3	12.7	89.5	72.6	0.7	9.3	2.3	141	30	21	5	5	7	11	+5
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	3	132	2020-21	DAL	42.0	44.0	8.0	12.3	0.7	0.0	16.3	31.7	51.6	6.0	12.0	50.0	5.3	9.0	59.3	61.8	1.0	7.0	5.0	126	24	37	2	0	15	7	+9
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	3	152	2019-20	UTA	40.5	50.7	6.3	6.3	1.3	0.0	16.0	28.3	56.5	6.3	11.7	54.3	12.3	12.7	97.4	74.7	1.7	4.7	4.3	121	19	19	4	0	13	5	-4
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3	141	2018-19	GSW	44.3	47.0	5.0	5.7	1.0	0.7	14.3	27.7	51.8	5.7	12.0	47.2	12.7	13.0	97.4	70.4	0.0	5.0	1.7	133	15	17	3	2	5	9	+14
17	James Harden J. Harden	3	126	2017-18	HOU	37.7	42.0	5.3	7.3	1.3	0.0	13.7	25.3	53.9	6.3	11.0	57.6	8.3	10.0	83.3	70.6	1.3	4.0	3.3	113	16	22	4	0	10	8	+13
18	LeBron James L. James	3	124	2014-15	CLE	45.5	41.3	11.3	8.3	1.7	0.7	15.7	35.3	44.3	2.3	7.3	31.8	7.7	10.3	74.2	51.8	0.7	10.7	3.3	137	34	25	5	2	10	8	-7
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3	122	2010-11	OKC	42.3	40.7	7.3	3.0	1.0	1.3	12.3	22.3	55.2	2.3	7.0	33.3	13.7	15.3	89.1	69.9	0.3	7.0	1.3	127	22	9	3	4	4	8	+7
20	James Harden J. Harden	2	87	2022-23	PHI	43.4	43.5	4.5	7.5	3.0	0.5	16.5	26.5	62.3	6.5	11.5	56.5	4.0	4.0	100.0	77.0	0.0	4.5	2.0	87	9	15	6	1	4	6	+2
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	2	98	2022-23	MIA	43.4	49.0	8.5	3.0	1.0	1.0	18.0	30.5	59.0	3.0	9.0	33.3	10.0	13.5	74.1	67.2	2.5	6.0	3.0	87	17	6	2	2	6	2	-6
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2	90	2020-21	BOS	40.5	45.0	6.5	6.0	1.5	1.5	13.0	26.0	50.0	4.0	9.0	44.4	15.0	16.0	93.8	68.1	0.5	6.0	1.5	81	13	12	3	3	3	6	-8
23	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2	86	2020-21	LAC	41.3	43.0	6.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	16.0	23.0	69.6	4.5	8.0	56.3	6.5	7.0	92.9	82.4	2.0	4.0	3.0	83	12	7	4	0	6	3	+1
24	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	2	97	2020-21	POR	47.1	48.5	5.0	10.0	0.5	2.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	10.5	16.5	63.6	10.0	11.5	87.0	83.4	0.5	4.5	2.0	94	10	20	1	4	4	1	-14
25	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	2	80	2019-20	MIA	40.7	40.0	7.5	7.5	2.0	1.5	13.5	20.0	67.5	1.0	1.0	100.0	12.0	13.5	88.9	77.1	1.5	6.0	4.0	81	15	15	4	3	8	1	+27