centers with 45+ points in nba playoff game

Joel Embiid scored 50 points in Game 3 of the 2024 First Round versus the Knicks on April 25, 2024.

	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	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
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/7/2023	53	DEN	@	PHX	39	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
3	Dwight Howard D. Howard	4/16/2011	46	ORL	vs	ATL	46	19	1	0	1	16	23	69.6	0	1	0.0	14	22	63.6	70.4	6	13	8	5	-10
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/23/2000	46	LAL	vs	SAC	46	17	1	2	5	21	33	63.6	0	0		4	5	80.0	65.3	7	10	2	5	+16
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/25/1997	46	LAL	vs	POR	35	11	2	1	2	17	27	63.0	0	0		12	18	66.7	65.9	3	8	1	3	+23
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	4/27/1995	45	HOU	@	UTA	44	8	6	2	3	20	30	66.7	0	0		5	10	50.0	65.4	1	7	5	4
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	5/1/1994	46	HOU	vs	POR	40	8	4	4	6	16	30	53.3	1	2	50.0	13	18	72.2	60.7	2	6	3	3
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	5/12/1990	45	NYK	vs	DET	45	13	6	0	3	14	24	58.3	0	0		17	18	94.4	70.5	3	10	1	4
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	5/14/1987	49	HOU	@	SEA	53	25	2	2	6	19	33	57.6	0	0		11	13	84.6	63.3	11	14	2	4
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4/29/1977	45	LAL	vs	GSW	44	18	3	2	1	16	28	57.1				13	18	72.2	62.6	7	11		4
11	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	4/18/1975	50	BUF	vs	WAS	45	21	1			20	32	62.5				10	14	71.4	65.5				4
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	5/6/1970	45	LAL	vs	NYK	46	27	3			20	27	74.1				5	14	35.7	67.9				3
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4/3/1970	46	MIL	vs	PHI	47	25	2			18	36	50.0				10	15	66.7	54.0				3
14	Zelmo Beaty Z. Beaty	3/23/1968	46	STL	vs	SFW	43	22	2			14	25	56.0				18	21	85.7	67.2				4
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	4/12/1966	46	PHI	vs	BOS	48	34	1			19	34	55.9				8	25	32.0	51.1				5
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	4/10/1964	50	SFW	vs	STL	45	15	6			22	32	68.8				6	10	60.0	68.7				1
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	4/5/1964	46	SFW	@	STL	48	23	2			19	36	52.8				8	16	50.0	53.4				5
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3/22/1962	56	PHI	vs	SYR	48	35	1			22	48	45.8				12	22	54.5	48.5				2
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3/14/1961	46	PHI	vs	SYR	48	32	2			19	39	48.7				8	14	57.1	50.9				3
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3/22/1960	50	PHI	@	BOS	46	35	2			22	42	52.4				6	14	42.9	51.9				2
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3/14/1960	53	PHI	vs	SYR	47	22	2			24	42	57.1				5	16	31.3	54.0				0
22	George Mikan G. Mikan	3/29/1952	47	MIN	@	ROC						15	26	57.7				17	18	94.4	69.3				4