nba top scorers

Elgin Baylor set The Finals record for scoring when he poured in 61 points against the Boston Celtics in the 1962 NBA Finals.

Below is a list of players who scored 40 or more points in a Finals game. Shaquille O'Neal was the last to do it in 2002 vs. the New Jersey Nets. Jerry West has the most 40-plus point Finals games with ten.

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
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	at Philadelphia	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
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 Abdul-Jabbar	L.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