most 40+ point nba finals games since 1976

Since 1975-76, LeBron James has the most games in the NBA Finals with 40+ points, with 8 games.

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most 40+ point NBA finals games by a player since 1976

	NAME	GP	PTS	SERIES	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	338	NBA Finals	44.7	42.3	11.5	8.3	2.3	1.3	16.5	30.8	53.7	3.1	7.1	43.9	6.1	8.5	72.1	61.2	2.1	9.4	3.0	357	92	66	18	10	24	18	+13
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	6	273	NBA Finals	45.5	45.5	7.0	5.2	1.3	0.7	17.2	33.8	50.7	2.0	5.0	40.0	9.2	12.2	75.3	58.1	1.7	5.3	2.7	273	42	31	8	4	16	22	+2
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	5	208	NBA Finals	46.0	41.6	17.4	4.4	0.2	2.2	16.4	26.4	62.1	0.0	0.0		8.8	18.6	47.3	60.1	5.0	12.4	2.4	230	87	22	1	11	12	14	+67
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	3	133	NBA Finals	40.1	44.3	13.0	4.0	0.7	2.7	15.0	23.3	64.3	0.7	3.3	20.0	13.7	18.0	75.9	70.9	4.0	9.0	3.3	120	39	12	2	8	10	8	+33
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	2	82	NBA Finals	40.0	41.0	2.5	2.5	1.0	1.0	17.0	30.5	55.7	1.0	3.5	28.6	6.0	7.0	85.7	61.0	1.0	1.5	3.0	80	5	5	2	2	6	10	+12
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	90	NBA Finals	42.0	45.0	9.0	5.5	1.0	0.0	14.0	28.5	49.1	6.5	14.0	46.4	10.5	11.5	91.3	67.0	2.0	7.0	4.0	84	18	11	2	0	8	4	+3
7	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	2	81	NBA Finals	40.2	40.5	5.0	5.0	1.5	0.5	16.0	25.5	62.7	6.0	9.5	63.2	2.5	3.0	83.3	75.5	1.5	3.5	3.5	80	10	10	3	1	7	8	+27
8	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	2	85	NBA Finals	46.6	42.5	8.5	3.0	2.5	0.0	12.5	27.0	46.3	0.5	2.0	25.0	17.0	21.5	79.1	58.3	1.0	7.5	2.0	93	17	6	5	0	4	6	+7
9	Jalen Williams J. Williams	1	40	NBA Finals	35.2	40.0	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	3.0	5.0	60.0	9.0	12.0	75.0	66.1	1.0	5.0	1.0	35	6	4	1	0	1	4	+14
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	41	NBA Finals	41.9	41.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	28.0	57.1	2.0	5.0	40.0	7.0	8.0	87.5	65.0	3.0	8.0	5.0	42	11	4	0	0	5	3	-11
11	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	1	40	NBA Finals	43.0	40.0	6.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	15.0	33.0	45.5	3.0	8.0	37.5	7.0	8.0	87.5	54.8	0.0	6.0	1.0	43	6	4	2	0	1	1	+10
12	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1	40	NBA Finals	44.9	40.0	11.0	13.0	2.0	2.0	14.0	20.0	70.0	0.0	0.0		12.0	14.0	85.7	76.5	1.0	10.0	5.0	45	11	13	2	2	5	0	+20
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	43	NBA Finals	43.3	43.0	13.0	7.0	1.0	1.0	15.0	23.0	65.2	6.0	9.0	66.7	7.0	7.0	100.0	82.4	1.0	12.0	3.0	43	13	7	1	1	3	3	+15
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	43	NBA Finals	45.5	43.0	7.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	20.0	32.0	62.5	0.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	64.5	1.0	6.0	3.0	45	7	5	1	0	3	3	0
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	40	NBA Finals	38.0	40.0	8.0	8.0	2.0	2.0	16.0	34.0	47.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	53.3	1.0	7.0	1.0	38	8	8	2	2	1	1	+25
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1	48	NBA Finals	52.0	48.0	5.0	6.0	5.0	0.0	18.0	41.0	43.9	3.0	8.0	37.5	9.0	9.0	100.0	53.4	2.0	3.0	3.0	52	5	6	5	0	3	0	+6
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1	42	NBA Finals	46.0	42.0	13.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	16.0	26.0	61.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	12.0	83.3	67.1	6.0	7.0	2.0	46	13	4	1	1	2	3
18	James Worthy J. Worthy	1	40	NBA Finals	46.0	40.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	17.0	26.0	65.4	2.0	3.0	66.7	4.0	6.0	66.7	69.8	0.0	3.0	1.0	46	3	3	0	3	1	3
19	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1	43	NBA Finals	44.0	43.0	3.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	18.0	32.0	56.3	2.0	3.0	66.7	5.0	7.0	71.4	61.3	1.0	2.0	5.0	44	3	8	6	1	5	4
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1	42	NBA Finals	47.0	42.0	15.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	14.0	23.0	60.9	0.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	14.0	100.0	72.0	3.0	12.0	5.0	47	15	7	3	1	5	3
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1	40	NBA Finals	41.0	40.0	15.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	16.0	24.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		8.0	9.0	88.9	71.5	4.0	11.0	5.0	41	15	1	0	4	5	4
22	Julius Erving J. Erving	1	40	NBA Finals	43.0	40.0	6.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	17.0	29.0	58.6				6.0	7.0	85.7	62.3	2.0	4.0		43	6	8	2	1		2