most points scored in a players first run to the finals

Gale Sayers and Alvin Kamara put up 36 points.

Interpreted as:
most points scored in a players first run in a game by a player to the finals
NAMEPTSATTDATETMOPPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
36
9
12/12/1965
vs
113
12.6
4
89
2
44.5
1
2Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
36
22
12/25/2020
vs
155
7.0
6
17
3
5
5.7
0
3Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
33
11
10/8/1961
vs
111
10.1
3
28
3
9.3
1
4Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
30
14
11/26/1961
vs
158
11.3
4
84
2
42.0
1
5Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
30
25
12/10/1961
@
216
8.6
3
114
5
22.8
2
6Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
30
36
12/8/1963
vs
243
6.8
5
0
0
0
7Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
30
15
12/12/1965
@
61
4.1
3
115
2
57.5
2
8Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
30
0
11/22/1981
@
0
0
144
13
11.1
5
9Jerry Rice
J. Rice
30
0
10/14/1990
@
0
0
225
13
17.3
5
10Ricky Watters
R. Watters
30
24
1/15/1994
vs
118
4.9
5
46
5
9.2
0
11James Stewart
J. Stewart
30
15
10/12/1997
vs
102
6.8
5
7
2
3.5
0
12Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
30
24
9/29/2002
vs
139
5.8
4
92
3
5
30.7
1
13Clinton Portis
C. Portis
30
22
12/7/2003
vs
218
9.9
5
36
2
3
18.0
0
14Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
30
8
12/15/2013
@
20
2.5
1
195
8
8
24.4
4
15Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
30
32
11/21/2021
@
185
5.8
4
19
3
3
6.3
1
16Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
30
22
11/6/2022
vs
153
7.0
4
58
4
5
14.5
1
17Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
28
10
9/16/1962
vs
67
6.7
3
2
2
1.0
0
18Gino Cappelletti
G. Cappelletti
28
0
12/18/1965
vs
0
0
151
5
30.2
2
19George Blanda
G. Blanda
26
5
9/18/1960
vs
20
4.0
3
0
0
0
20Rob Bironas
R. Bironas
26
0
10/21/2007
@
0
0
0
0
0
0
21Jay Feely
J. Feely
25
1
12/12/2010
vs
5
5.0
1
0
0
0
0
22Lenny Moore
L. Moore
24
9
10/16/1960
vs
118
13.1
3
21
2
10.5
1
23Lenny Moore
L. Moore
24
4
10/1/1961
vs
20
5.0
1
143
5
28.6
3
24Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
24
21
10/15/1961
@
158
7.5
4
22
3
7.3
0
25Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
24
20
10/15/1961
@
115
5.8
4
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for points and rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.

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