active nba players career high points in a game less than 55 points

10 players are tied for the most points by an active player in a game with fewer than 55 points, with 54 points. The first three are Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on January 22, Giannis Antetokounmpo on November 9, 2023 and on February 2, 2023 and Klay Thompson on January 2, 2023.

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active NBA players career high points in a regular-season game less than 55 points

	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	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	54	1/22/2025	OKC	vs	UTA	37	8	5	3	2	17	35	48.6	3	10	30.0	17	18	94.4	62.9	3	5	3	3	+9
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	54	11/9/2023	MIL	@	IND	36	12	3	0	0	19	25	76.0	0	1	0.0	16	18	88.9	82.0	2	10	8	4	+6
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	54	2/2/2023	MIL	vs	LAC	36	19	2	0	0	21	39	53.8	2	8	25.0	10	15	66.7	59.2	4	15	3	2	+10
4	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	54	1/2/2023	GSW	vs	ATL	46	8	3	0	1	21	39	53.8	10	21	47.6	2	2	100.0	67.7	2	6	3	4	+13
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	54	3/6/2022	BOS	vs	BKN	41	5	3	0	0	16	30	53.3	8	15	53.3	14	17	82.4	72.0	2	3	2	4	+12
6	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	54	2/2/2021	TOR	@	ORL	37	3	2	3	3	17	23	73.9	11	14	78.6	9	9	100.0	100.1	0	3	1	2	+20
7	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	54	1/31/2020	BKN	vs	CHI	32	5	5	1	0	19	23	82.6	7	9	77.8	9	10	90.0	98.5	0	5	4	3	+20
8	James Harden J. Harden	54	12/13/2019	HOU	@	ORL	36	5	7	2	3	19	31	61.3	10	15	66.7	6	6	100.0	80.3	2	3	3	5	+21
9	James Harden J. Harden	54	11/26/2018	HOU	@	WAS	47	8	13	3	0	17	32	53.1	7	15	46.7	13	15	86.7	69.9	1	7	11	4	+7
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	54	4/12/2015	OKC	@	IND	40	9	8	1	0	21	43	48.8	5	15	33.3	7	11	63.6	56.4	1	8	2	5	-4
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	54	1/17/2014	OKC	vs	GSW	44	4	6	2	1	19	28	67.9	5	9	55.6	11	13	84.6	80.1	1	3	5	1	+7
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	54	2/27/2013	GSW	@	NYK	48	6	7	3	0	18	28	64.3	11	13	84.6	7	7	100.0	86.9	0	6	4	3	-4
13	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	53	1/4/2025	MIN	@	DET	44	6	2	0	0	16	31	51.6	10	15	66.7	11	12	91.7	73.0	1	5	6	4	-3
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	53	1/30/2023	DAL	vs	DET	36	8	5	2	0	17	24	70.8	5	11	45.5	14	18	77.8	83.0	0	8	4	2	+8
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	53	12/11/2022	PHI	vs	CHA	34	12	3	0	1	20	32	62.5	2	3	66.7	11	11	100.0	71.9	3	9	2	2	+11
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	53	3/13/2022	BKN	vs	NYK	43	6	9	2	0	19	37	51.4	4	13	30.8	11	12	91.7	62.7	1	5	5	3	+11
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	53	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	36	6	4	0	0	14	24	58.3	10	18	55.6	15	16	93.8	85.4	0	6	5	3	+16
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	53	4/9/2021	BOS	vs	MIN	41	10	4	0	1	16	25	64.0	6	10	60.0	15	16	93.8	82.7	1	9	5	3	+5
19	T.J. Warren	53	8/1/2020	IND	vs	PHI	41	4	3	0	2	20	29	69.0	9	12	75.0	4	4	100.0	86.2	0	4	1	4	+18
20	Bradley Beal B. Beal	53	2/23/2020	WAS	@	CHI	39	5	4	2	1	15	27	55.6	5	11	45.5	18	20	90.0	74.0	2	3	7	5	-4
21	Anthony Davis A. Davis	53	2/26/2018	NOP	vs	PHX	39	18	3	1	5	16	29	55.2	0	1	0.0	21	26	80.8	65.5	8	10	1	3	+9
22	James Harden J. Harden	53	12/31/2016	HOU	vs	NYK	42	16	17	0	0	14	26	53.8	9	16	56.3	16	18	88.9	78.1	3	13	8	2	+13
23	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	53	1/14/2016	CHI	@	PHI	49	10	6	3	0	15	30	50.0	2	4	50.0	21	25	84.0	64.6	4	6	4	4	+11
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	53	10/31/2015	GSW	@	NOP	36	4	9	4	0	17	27	63.0	8	14	57.1	11	11	100.0	83.2	0	4	2	3	+16
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	52	4/1/2025	GSW	@	MEM	37	10	8	5	1	16	31	51.6	12	20	60.0	8	8	100.0	75.3	1	9	2	2	+17