PLAYER TEAM OPPONENT DATE FGM FTM POINTS Elgin Baylor L.A. Lakers at Boston April 14, 1962 22 17 61 Rick Barry San Francisco Philadelphia April 18, 1967 22 11 55 Michael Jordan Chicago Phoenix June 16, 1993 21 13 55 Jerry West L.A. Lakers Boston April 23, 1969 21 11 53 Bob Pettit St. Louis Boston April 12, 1958 19 12 50 Allen Iverson Philadelphia at L.A. Lakers June 6, 2001 18 9 48 Michael Jordan Chicago at Portland June 12, 1992 14 16 46 Jerry West L.A. Lakers at Boston April 19, 1965 17 11 45 Jerry West L.A. Lakers Boston April 22, 1966 19 7 45 Wilt Chamberlain L.A. Lakers New York May 6, 1970 20 5 45 Michael Jordan Chicago at Utah June 14, 1998 15 12 45 Rick Barry San Francisco Philadelphia April 24, 1967 16 12 44 Michael Jordan Chicago Phoenix June 13, 1993 19 3 44 Shaquille O’Neal L.A. Lakers Philadelphia June 6, 2001 17 10 44 Elgin Baylor L.A. Lakers at Boston April 21, 1963 15 13 43 Jerry West L.A. Lakers Boston April 21, 1965 13 17 43 Rick Barry San Francisco Philadelphia April 20, 1967 17 9 43 John Havlicek Boston at L.A. Lakers April 25, 1969 15 13 43 Isiah Thomas Detroit at L.A. Lakers June 19, 1988 18 5 43 Shaquille O’Neal L.A. Lakers Indiana June 7, 2000 21 1 43 Dwayne Wade Miami at Dallas June 18, 2006 11 21 43 George Mikan Minnesota Washington April 4, 1949 14 14 42 Jerry West L.A. Lakers Boston April 17, 1963 14 14 42 Jerry West L.A. Lakers Boston May 5, 1969 14 14 42 Magic Johnson L.A. Lakers atPhiladelphia May 16, 1980 14 14 42 Charles Barkley Phoenix Chicago June 11, 1993 16 10 42 Michael Jordan Chicago at Phoenix June 11, 1993 18 4 42 Dwayne Wade Miami vs Dallas June 13, 2006 14 13 42 Elgin Baylor L.A. Lakers at Boston April 18, 1962 13 15 41 Jerry West L.A. Lakers at Boston April 17, 1966 15 11 41 Elgin Baylor L.A. Lakers at Boston April 24, 1966 13 15 41 Jerry West L.A. Lakers Boston April 25, 1969 12 17 41 Michael Jordan Chicago Phoenix June 18, 1993 16 7 41 Shaquille O’Neal L.A. Lakers Indiana June 19, 2000 19 3 41 George Mikan Minnesota Syracuse April 23, 1950 13 14 40 Cliff Hagan St. Louis at Boston April 5, 1961 16 8 40 Bob Pettit St. Louis Boston April 9, 1961 14 12 40 Jerry West L.A. Lakers at Boston April 8, 1962 13 14 40 John Havlicek Boston at L.A. Lakers May 2, 1968 14 12 40 Jerry West L.A. Lakers at Boston April 29, 1969 15 10 40 Julius Erving Philadelphia at Portland June 5, 1977 17 6 40 Kareem AbdulJabbarL.A. Lakers Philadelphia May 14, 1980 16 8 40 James Worthy L.A. Lakers Detroit June 13, 1989 17 4 40 Shaquille O’Neal L.A. Lakers Indiana June 9, 2000 11 18 40 Shaquille O'Neal L.A. Lakers New Jersey June 7, 2002 14 12 40