oldest player with 20+ points in a game in the playoffs

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 20+ points in a playoff game. He was 42 years and 56 days old in Game 3 of the 1989 NBA Finals against the Pistons.

	NAME	Age	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-056	24	6/11/1989	LAL	vs	DET	33	13	2	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	57.8	3	10	2	1
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-017	22	5/3/1989	LAL	@	POR	29	6	0	0	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		4	8	50.0	53.6	2	4	1	0
3	LeBron James L. James	41-132	24	5/11/2026	LAL	vs	OKC	40	12	3	0	1	8	18	44.4	2	6	33.3	6	8	75.0	55.8	0	12	4	1	-17
4	LeBron James L. James	41-128	23	5/7/2026	LAL	@	OKC	38	2	6	3	0	9	18	50.0	1	4	25.0	4	4	100.0	58.2	1	1	3	1	-9
5	LeBron James L. James	41-126	27	5/5/2026	LAL	@	OKC	36	4	6	1	0	12	17	70.6	3	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	77.4	1	3	2	1	-6
6	LeBron James L. James	41-122	28	5/1/2026	LAL	@	HOU	37	7	8	0	0	10	25	40.0	2	5	40.0	6	8	75.0	49.1	1	6	3	2	+26
7	LeBron James L. James	41-120	25	4/29/2026	LAL	vs	HOU	39	3	7	2	0	9	20	45.0	0	6	0.0	7	10	70.0	51.2	0	3	2	1	-5
8	LeBron James L. James	41-115	29	4/24/2026	LAL	@	HOU	45	13	6	3	1	10	22	45.5	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	58.8	0	13	8	1	0
9	LeBron James L. James	41-112	28	4/21/2026	LAL	vs	HOU	39	8	7	1	0	8	20	40.0	2	5	40.0	10	14	71.4	53.5	1	7	3	3	+6
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-061	26	6/16/1988	LAL	@	DET	34	6	0	0	1	12	21	57.1	0	0		2	4	50.0	57.1	3	3	4	3
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-045	21	5/31/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	35	5	1	1	2	10	16	62.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	62.2	2	3	1	5
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-029	20	5/15/1988	LAL	@	UTA	35	11	1	0	3	9	16	56.3	0	0		2	4	50.0	56.3	5	6	0	5
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-015	20	5/1/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	31	5	3	0	1	10	15	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	2	3	1	2
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	40-276	30	4/25/2004	LAL	@	HOU	47	13	1	3	0	11	17	64.7	0	0		8	11	72.7	68.7	2	11	2	4	+6
15	LeBron James L. James	40-121	22	4/30/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	7	6	2	0	9	21	42.9	1	5	20.0	3	6	50.0	46.5	2	5	3	2	-14
16	LeBron James L. James	40-118	27	4/27/2025	LAL	@	MIN	46	12	8	3	3	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	15	18	83.3	79.8	3	9	3	2	-4
17	LeBron James L. James	40-116	38	4/25/2025	LAL	@	MIN	41	10	4	2	2	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	7	10	70.0	74.8	3	7	1	0	-10
18	LeBron James L. James	40-113	21	4/22/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	11	7	1	1	8	19	42.1	1	5	20.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	3	8	2	4	+9
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-059	32	6/14/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	29	6	1	0	4	13	18	72.2	0	0		6	10	60.0	71.4	2	4	0	5
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-052	27	6/7/1987	LAL	@	BOS	38	7	0	1	1	9	16	56.3	0	0		9	13	69.2	62.2	1	6	2	5
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-049	23	6/4/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	31	3	3	0	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		3	6	50.0	69.1	1	2	1	2
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-037	28	5/23/1987	LAL	@	SEA	42	10	3	0	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		10	10	100.0	76.1	1	9	4	5
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-030	20	5/16/1987	LAL	vs	SEA	38	6	3	0	0	6	11	54.5	0	0		8	8	100.0	68.9	0	6	3	1
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-024	27	5/10/1987	LAL	@	GSW	38	8	3	0	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		11	15	73.3	65.5	3	5	3	4
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40-021	25	5/7/1987	LAL	vs	GSW	35	8	1	1	4	10	16	62.5	0	0		5	8	62.5	64.0	2	6	3	3

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Sun 11/1	TOR	@	LAL	9:00 PM
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