The 12 Best Individual NBA Playoff Performances Over the Past 30 Years

1. Charles Barkley, 5/4/1994

For all the people that pick at Barkley for not winning a title, you can't say it's much to do about him. He's the only player to make this list on three different occasions.

Yeah, that's surprising, but it's also odd that Barkley accomplished a Game Score of 45 or better three times in two consecutive playoffs.

Subsequent to the Suns' long but empty-handed run in 1993, they took a step back the next season. They failed to make it out of the second round, yet that didn't stop Barkley from making his mark. In Game 3 of his team's first-round stomping of the Warriors, the 31-year-old supplied 56 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals spread across 41 minutes.

Within the box score, Barkley ran up a true shooting percentage of 80.1% on 31 shots and four three-point attempts. He produced 163 points per 100 possessions for a Game Score of 52.6 -- the only estimate of 50 or more in NBA history.