active nba players career high points in a game less than 52 points

23 players are tied for the most points by an active player in a game with fewer than 52 points, with 51 points. The first three are Lauri Markkanen on October 27, Austin Reaves on October 26 and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on March 3.

Interpreted as:
active NBA players career high points in a regular-season game less than 52 points
NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Lauri Markkanen
L. Markkanen
51
10/27/2025
vs
45
14
3
0
0
14
32
43.8
6
13
46.2
17
17
100.0
64.6
5
9
1
2
+26
2Austin Reaves
A. Reaves
51
10/26/2025
@
39
11
9
2
0
12
22
54.5
6
10
60.0
21
22
95.5
80.5
1
10
2
1
+22
3Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
51
3/3/2025
vs
36
5
7
1
1
18
30
60.0
5
9
55.6
10
10
100.0
74.1
2
3
2
1
+6
4Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
51
4/9/2024
vs
38
6
7
0
0
17
29
58.6
6
13
46.2
11
11
100.0
75.4
1
5
2
0
+6
5Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
51
2/1/2024
@
41
2
1
0
1
17
27
63.0
7
9
77.8
10
11
90.9
80.1
0
2
0
4
-2
6Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
51
12/20/2023
vs
36
12
3
2
1
17
25
68.0
0
1
0.0
17
18
94.4
77.5
2
10
2
5
+4
7Zach LaVine
Z. LaVine
51
10/28/2023
@
37
5
0
1
0
19
33
57.6
7
13
53.8
6
8
75.0
69.8
2
3
4
2
-8
8Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
51
3/29/2023
@
32
8
8
1
1
20
30
66.7
3
6
50.0
8
10
80.0
74.1
5
3
6
3
+26
9Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
51
1/16/2023
@
40
9
5
0
0
15
23
65.2
7
12
58.3
14
14
100.0
87.4
1
8
4
3
+15
10Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
51
12/31/2022
@
37
6
9
4
1
18
29
62.1
6
10
60.0
9
15
60.0
71.6
1
5
0
3
+7
11Devin Booker
D. Booker
51
11/30/2022
vs
31
4
6
1
0
20
25
80.0
6
7
85.7
5
6
83.3
92.3
0
4
2
3
+23
12Darius Garland
D. Garland
51
11/13/2022
vs
40
2
6
2
0
16
31
51.6
10
15
66.7
9
13
69.2
69.4
1
1
2
3
+6
13Saddiq Bey
S. Bey
51
3/17/2022
@
39
9
4
3
0
17
27
63.0
10
14
71.4
7
10
70.0
81.2
0
9
1
1
+11
14Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
51
2/10/2022
vs
40
9
6
1
1
17
26
65.4
7
14
50.0
10
14
71.4
79.3
0
9
7
4
+9
15Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
51
1/23/2022
@
33
10
7
0
0
18
28
64.3
9
14
64.3
6
6
100.0
83.2
2
8
1
1
+31
16Kevin Durant
K. Durant
51
12/12/2021
@
41
7
9
1
2
16
31
51.6
5
10
50.0
14
15
93.3
67.8
0
7
5
5
+25
17Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
51
8/9/2020
vs
40
3
7
2
0
16
28
57.1
4
12
33.3
15
16
93.8
72.8
0
3
6
1
+6
18Caris LeVert
C. LeVert
51
3/3/2020
@
36
4
5
1
0
17
26
65.4
5
10
50.0
12
18
66.7
75.2
3
1
3
1
+15
19Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
51
2/1/2020
vs
36
2
12
1
0
17
29
58.6
9
15
60.0
8
8
100.0
78.4
0
2
2
2
+17
20Khris Middleton
K. Middleton
51
1/28/2020
vs
36
10
6
0
0
16
26
61.5
7
10
70.0
12
12
100.0
81.5
1
9
2
2
+24
21Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
51
3/7/2019
vs
47
5
9
1
2
15
28
53.6
3
10
30.0
18
20
90.0
69.3
1
4
3
3
-5
22Kevin Durant
K. Durant
51
11/29/2018
@
43
11
6
0
0
18
31
58.1
4
7
57.1
11
12
91.7
70.3
3
8
1
4
-5
23LeBron James
L. James
51
11/18/2018
@
38
8
3
2
1
19
31
61.3
6
8
75.0
7
10
70.0
72.0
1
7
2
3
+20
24Stephen Curry
S. Curry
51
10/24/2018
vs
32
4
3
0
1
15
24
62.5
11
16
68.8
10
10
100.0
89.8
0
4
2
1
+19
25James Harden
J. Harden
51
12/22/2017
vs
41
4
8
3
0
15
28
53.6
6
14
42.9
15
16
93.8
72.8
0
4
8
6
-9

More Jazz Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

26.7

Markkanen

Lauri Markkanen

RPG

10.4

Nurkić

Jusuf Nurkić

APG

7.3

Collier

Isaiah Collier
Team Rankings

ORTG

114.4

18th

DRTG

122.1

30th

NETRTG

-7.7

27th

3P%

34.7

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
11
21
36
.368
22.5
12
21
36
.368
22.5
13
Jazz Jazz
18
40
.310
26.0
14
17
42
.288
27.5
15
13
47
.217
32.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
2/26
@
9:00 PM
Sat
2/28
@
9:30 PM
Mon
3/2
@
9:00 PM
Wed
3/4
@
7:30 PM
Thu
3/5
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
UTA Jazz

18 - 40

105

Final

125

HOU Rockets

35 - 21

Mon 23 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
43
14
.754
2
38
19
.667
5.0
3
37
22
.627
7.0
4
37
22
.627
7.0
5
34
25
.576
10.0
6
32
26
.552
11.5
7
31
26
.544
12.0
8
31
28
.525
13.0
9
29
31
.483
15.5
10
28
31
.475
16.0
11
25
31
.446
17.5
12
24
35
.407
20.0
13
16
41
.281
27.0
14
15
42
.263
28.0
15
15
44
.254
29.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
45
15
.750
2
42
16
.724
2.0
3
36
21
.632
7.5
4
36
22
.621
8.0
5
36
23
.610
8.5
6
34
23
.596
9.5
7
33
26
.559
11.5
8
31
28
.525
13.5
9
28
31
.475
16.5
10
27
30
.474
16.5
11
21
36
.368
22.5
12
21
36
.368
22.5
13
18
40
.310
26.0
14
17
42
.288
27.5
15
13
47
.217
32.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
1/23
@
111-114
Fri
1/23
@
116-110
Fri
1/23
@
147-116
Sat
1/24
@
116-139
Sat
1/24
@
111-85

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
2/26
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:30 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:30 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:30 PM