lowest fg% when scoring 40 points in a playoff game

Elgin Baylor has the worst field-goal percentage with 40+ points in a playoff game, at 32.5 percent in Game 7 of the 1962 NBA Finals versus the Celtics.

Interpreted as:
lowest fg% by a player when scoring 40 or more points in a playoff game
NAME FG% PTS DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
32.5
41
4/18/1962
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
51
22
4
13
40
15
21
71.4
41.6
6
2 Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
33.3
40
4/19/2003
BOS BOS
@
IND IND
45
11
6
4
1
8
24
3
5
60.0
21
21
100.0
60.2
2
9
2
5
+4
3 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
34.5
40
4/23/2015
GSW GSW
@
NOP NOP
44
5
9
0
0
10
29
7
18
38.9
13
14
92.9
56.9
1
4
3
3
+13
4 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
37.8
47
3/27/1961
LAL LAL
@
STL STL
48
20
17
45
13
16
81.3
45.2
4
5 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
38.7
40
5/26/2016
OKC OKC
@
GSW GSW
45
7
4
1
1
12
31
3
11
27.3
13
13
100.0
54.5
0
7
3
3
-4
6 Rick Barry
R. Barry
38.9
41
4/12/1967
SFW SFW
@
STL STL
46
11
5
14
36
13
17
76.5
47.1
5
7 LeBron James
L. James
39.3
41
5/24/2009
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
42
7
9
2
1
11
28
1
8
12.5
18
24
75.0
53.2
0
7
2
3
-12
8 Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
39.3
43
6/18/2006
MIA MIA
vs
DAL DAL
50
4
4
3
0
11
28
0
2
0.0
21
25
84.0
55.1
0
4
3
1
+1
9 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
39.5
51
4/19/2017
OKC OKC
@
HOU HOU
41
10
13
4
1
17
43
2
11
18.2
15
18
83.3
50.1
2
8
4
3
+11
10 Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
40.5
43
4/26/1987
ATL ATL
vs
IND IND
43
8
5
0
2
15
37
1
2
50.0
12
13
92.3
50.3
3
5
0
2
11 Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
41.0
41
5/12/2019
TOR TOR
vs
PHI PHI
43
8
3
3
0
16
39
2
9
22.2
7
8
87.5
48.2
4
4
4
1
-2
12 CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
41.0
41
5/3/2019
POR POR
vs
DEN DEN
60
8
4
4
1
16
39
4
11
36.4
5
6
83.3
49.2
2
6
1
4
+6
13 LeBron James
L. James
41.2
40
6/9/2015
CLE CLE
vs
GSW GSW
46
12
8
4
2
14
34
2
6
33.3
10
12
83.3
50.9
1
11
4
1
+7
14 Rick Barry
R. Barry
41.5
43
4/20/1967
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
45
7
3
17
41
9
12
75.0
46.5
5
15 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
41.9
46
4/27/2018
OKC OKC
@
UTA UTA
44
10
5
2
0
18
43
7
19
36.8
3
6
50.0
50.4
1
9
5
3
-1
16 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
41.9
41
4/24/1966
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
46
16
2
13
31
15
17
88.2
53.3
1
17 Rick Barry
R. Barry
42.1
44
4/24/1967
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
44
6
2
16
38
12
13
92.3
50.3
5
18 Jerry West
J. West
42.1
52
4/5/1965
LAL LAL
vs
BAL BAL
5
9
16
38
20
21
95.2
55.0
4
19 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
42.1
40
3/22/1960
MIN MIN
@
STL STL
53
18
16
38
8
13
61.5
45.7
4
20 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
42.3
40
3/17/1960
MIN MIN
@
STL STL
14
11
26
18
23
78.3
55.4
5
21 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
42.4
46
6/1/2001
PHI PHI
@
MIL MIL
44
2
3
1
1
14
33
5
9
55.6
13
15
86.7
58.1
1
1
6
1
-16
22 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
42.9
45
6/14/1998
CHI CHI
@
UTA UTA
44
1
1
4
0
15
35
3
7
42.9
12
15
80.0
54.1
0
1
1
2
+2
23 Jerry West
J. West
42.9
49
4/3/1965
LAL LAL
vs
BAL BAL
6
8
15
35
19
21
90.5
55.4
5
24 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
43.3
40
5/26/2025
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
40
9
10
1
0
13
30
2
7
28.6
12
14
85.7
55.3
4
5
5
4
+5
25 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
43.3
41
4/27/2013
OKC OKC
@
HOU HOU
47
14
4
2
1
13
30
4
9
44.4
11
13
84.6
57.4
1
13
4
3
+3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal percentage going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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50
32
.610
18.0
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