player with the most 40+ point game in a loss in playoffs more than one

23 players are tied for the most games in a loss with 40+ points in a playoff game, with 1 game. The first three are Jalen Brunson, Devin Booker and Kevin Durant 3 times.

	NAME	GP	PTS	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	1	43	1	5/21/2025	NYK	vs	IND	38	1	5	0	0	15	25	60.0	1	6	16.7	12	14	85.7	69.0	0	1	7	5	-8
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	44	1	5/13/2025	DEN	@	OKC	44	15	5	2	0	17	25	68.0	5	7	71.4	5	5	100.0	80.9	6	9	2	4	-8
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	1	42	1	5/12/2025	BOS	@	NYK	40	8	4	4	2	16	28	57.1	7	16	43.8	3	3	100.0	71.6	0	8	4	3	-9
4	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1	48	1	5/6/2025	CLE	vs	IND	36	5	9	4	1	15	30	50.0	1	7	14.3	17	21	81.0	61.2	2	3	5	4	+13
5	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1	44	1	5/12/2024	MIN	vs	DEN	45	5	5	2	1	16	25	64.0	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	77.1	0	5	3	2	+5
6	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1	50	1	5/3/2024	CLE	@	ORL	42	4	4	0	1	22	36	61.1	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	64.7	1	3	4	4	-3
7	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	1	40	1	4/30/2024	NYK	vs	PHI	51	3	6	3	0	15	32	46.9	4	11	36.4	6	9	66.7	55.6	0	3	4	3	-9
8	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	1	40	1	4/28/2024	DAL	vs	LAC	45	7	5	0	0	14	25	56.0	6	12	50.0	6	6	100.0	72.4	2	5	7	4	-5
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	1	49	1	4/28/2024	PHX	vs	MIN	45	5	6	2	1	13	21	61.9	3	5	60.0	20	21	95.2	81.0	0	5	2	5	+1
10	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	1	42	1	4/26/2024	MIL	@	IND	41	10	5	0	0	16	29	55.2	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	66.4	3	7	3	5	+2
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	41	1	6/4/2023	DEN	vs	MIA	42	11	4	0	0	16	28	57.1	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	65.0	3	8	5	3	-11
12	LeBron James L. James	1	40	1	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	1	40	1	5/16/2023	LAL	@	DEN	42	10	3	3	2	14	23	60.9	1	1	100.0	11	11	100.0	71.8	1	9	0	3	-8
14	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	1	41	1	5/12/2023	NYK	@	MIA	45	4	3	0	0	14	22	63.6	5	10	50.0	8	9	88.9	79.0	0	4	3	4	+3
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	53	1	5/7/2023	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
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	43	1	4/23/2023	DEN	@	MIN	39	11	6	2	0	15	26	57.7	5	8	62.5	8	12	66.7	68.7	2	9	4	3	-14
17	Ja Morant J. Morant	1	45	1	4/22/2023	MEM	@	LAL	42	9	13	0	0	13	26	50.0	6	10	60.0	13	14	92.9	70.0	3	6	3	2	+3
18	Norman Powell N. Powell	1	42	1	4/20/2023	LAC	vs	PHX	41	5	3	0	1	15	23	65.2	7	12	58.3	5	7	71.4	80.5	0	5	4	3	0
19	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1	41	1	4/19/2023	MIN	@	DEN	42	2	4	2	3	14	23	60.9	6	10	60.0	7	8	87.5	77.3	1	1	1	4	-3
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1	40	1	5/22/2022	DAL	vs	GSW	40	11	3	1	2	11	23	47.8	4	9	44.4	14	17	82.4	65.6	0	11	3	3	-19
21	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	1	40	1	5/21/2022	BOS	vs	MIA	42	9	1	1	1	14	20	70.0	3	9	33.3	9	12	75.0	79.1	2	7	7	2	-6
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1	42	1	5/20/2022	DAL	@	GSW	38	5	8	3	1	12	23	52.2	5	10	50.0	13	15	86.7	70.9	0	5	2	3	-12
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1	44	1	5/13/2022	MIL	vs	BOS	41	20	6	1	1	14	30	46.7	2	3	66.7	14	15	93.3	60.1	3	17	6	4	-5
24	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1	40	1	5/8/2022	MIA	@	PHI	42	3	6	2	2	13	20	65.0	2	6	33.3	12	13	92.3	77.8	0	3	1	1	-2
25	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1	45	1	5/2/2022	DAL	@	PHX	44	12	8	0	1	15	30	50.0	4	11	36.4	11	14	78.6	62.2	2	10	5	1	-4