what is the most points by a player in a playoff game

Michael Jordan has posted the most points in a playoff game, with 63 points in Game 2 of the 1986 First Round against the Celtics.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	63	4/20/1986	CHI	@	BOS	53	5	6	3	2	22	41	53.7	0	0		19	21	90.5	62.7	1	4	4	4
2	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	61	4/14/1962	LAL	@	BOS	48	22	1			22	46	47.8				17	19	89.5	56.1				3
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	43	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	73.6	2	7	5	2	-11
4	Jimmy Butler J. Butler	56	4/24/2023	MIA	vs	MIL	41	9	2	0	1	19	28	67.9	3	8	37.5	15	18	83.3	78.0	4	5	1	0	+4
5	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	56	5/4/1994	PHX	@	GSW	41	14	4	3	1	23	31	74.2	3	4	75.0	7	9	77.8	80.1	5	9	2	2
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	56	4/29/1992	CHI	@	MIA	43	5	5	4	2	20	30	66.7	0	0		16	18	88.9	73.8	1	4	2	3
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	56	3/22/1962	PHI	vs	SYR	48	35	1			22	48	45.8				12	22	54.5	48.5				2
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	55	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	52	6	10	1	3	17	24	70.8	12	17	70.6	9	10	90.0	96.8	1	5	1	0	+2
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	55	4/20/2003	PHI	vs	NOH	47	4	8	2	0	21	32	65.6	3	5	60.0	10	11	90.9	74.6	0	4	4	2	+13
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	55	4/27/1997	CHI	vs	WAS	44	7	2	2	0	22	35	62.9	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	69.8	3	4	2	3	+10
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	55	6/16/1993	CHI	vs	PHX	46	8	4	0	0	21	37	56.8	0	1	0.0	13	18	72.2	61.2	1	7	1	3
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	55	5/1/1988	CHI	vs	CLE	44	6	3	4	1	24	45	53.3	0	0		7	7	100.0	57.2	3	3	1	4
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	55	4/18/1967	SFW	vs	PHI	46	12	5			22	48	45.8				11	19	57.9	48.8				4
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	54	5/9/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	47	5	4	1	0	21	39	53.8	3	5	60.0	9	9	100.0	62.8	1	4	4	3	+8
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	54	5/31/1993	CHI	vs	NYK	39	6	2	2	1	18	30	60.0	6	9	66.7	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	6	2	5
16	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	54	4/1/1973	BOS	vs	ATL	48	9	6			24	36	66.7				6	6	100.0	69.9				2
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	53	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
18	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	53	5/2/2017	BOS	vs	WAS	45	4	4	3	0	18	33	54.5	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	68.4	1	3	2	2	+10
19	Jerry West J. West	53	4/23/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	46	3	10			21	41	51.2				11	13	84.6	56.7				3
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	53	3/14/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	47	22	2			24	42	57.1				5	16	31.3	54.0				0
21	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	52	5/16/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	43	2	7	4	0	21	32	65.6	8	14	57.1	2	2	100.0	79.1	0	2	1	3	+30
22	Jerry West J. West	52	4/5/1965	LAL	vs	BAL		5	9			16	38	42.1				20	21	95.2	55.0				4
23	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	5/14/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	42	13	5	2	0	17	28	60.7	6	10	60.0	11	14	78.6	74.6	0	13	0	1	+33
24	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	51	8/23/2020	UTA	vs	DEN	38	4	7	0	0	15	27	55.6	4	7	57.1	17	18	94.4	73.0	1	3	4	2	+5
25	LeBron James L. James	51	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13