cavaliers franchise record for points by a player in a game

Donovan Mitchell has put up the most points for the Cavaliers in a game, with 71 points against the Bulls on January 2, 2023.

Interpreted as:
cavaliers franchise record for points by a player in a regular-season game
NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
71
1/2/2023
vs
50
8
11
0
1
22
34
64.7
7
15
46.7
20
25
80.0
78.9
3
5
4
3
+19
2LeBron James
L. James
57
11/3/2017
@
43
11
7
3
2
23
34
67.6
2
4
50.0
9
9
100.0
75.1
5
6
3
2
+6
3Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
57
3/12/2015
@
47
3
5
4
0
20
32
62.5
7
7
100.0
10
10
100.0
78.3
1
2
2
3
+6
4LeBron James
L. James
56
3/20/2005
@
48
10
5
2
0
18
36
50.0
6
12
50.0
14
15
93.3
65.7
2
8
4
0
-7
5Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
55
1/28/2015
vs
39
4
5
2
0
17
36
47.2
11
19
57.9
10
10
100.0
68.1
2
2
3
0
+12
6LeBron James
L. James
55
2/20/2009
@
40
5
9
0
0
16
29
55.2
8
11
72.7
15
22
68.2
71.1
1
4
6
3
+13
7LeBron James
L. James
52
2/4/2009
@
44
9
11
0
2
17
33
51.5
2
7
28.6
16
19
84.2
62.9
0
9
3
1
+7
8LeBron James
L. James
52
12/10/2005
@
43
7
7
2
0
19
29
65.5
5
9
55.6
9
10
90.0
77.8
0
7
3
5
-3
9Darius 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
10LeBron James
L. James
51
3/13/2009
@
47
4
9
2
3
16
30
53.3
4
11
36.4
15
17
88.2
68.0
0
4
3
2
+6
11LeBron James
L. James
51
1/15/2008
@
47
8
9
3
1
18
28
64.3
6
12
50.0
9
16
56.3
72.8
3
5
4
1
+10
12LeBron James
L. James
51
1/21/2006
@
43
5
8
2
0
19
35
54.3
4
8
50.0
9
11
81.8
64.0
0
5
3
4
+19
13LeBron James
L. James
50
3/5/2008
@
44
8
10
4
0
16
30
53.3
7
13
53.8
11
16
68.8
67.5
1
7
2
3
+11
14Walt Wesley
W. Wesley
50
2/19/1971
vs
44
12
1
20
34
58.8
10
14
71.4
62.3
3
15Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
49
1/23/2017
@
42
2
4
2
1
15
28
53.6
8
14
57.1
11
11
100.0
74.6
0
2
0
4
+12
16Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
48
12/12/2025
@
35
4
4
2
0
17
31
54.8
8
15
53.3
6
6
100.0
71.3
0
4
3
1
+9
17LeBron James
L. James
48
12/30/2009
vs
43
10
6
2
2
15
23
65.2
4
6
66.7
14
16
87.5
79.9
3
7
3
3
+7
18LeBron James
L. James
47
2/6/2010
vs
44
8
8
5
0
17
31
54.8
6
12
50.0
7
7
100.0
69.0
1
7
5
2
+4
19LeBron James
L. James
47
2/10/2009
@
41
7
4
1
1
15
21
71.4
4
7
57.1
13
14
92.9
86.5
0
7
7
1
+7
20LeBron James
L. James
47
4/1/2006
vs
45
12
9
2
0
16
25
64.0
2
6
33.3
13
14
92.9
75.4
4
8
4
3
+13
21LeBron James
L. James
47
3/12/2006
@
45
7
4
0
1
11
27
40.7
1
6
16.7
24
28
85.7
59.8
2
5
5
2
-7
22Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
46
11/5/2025
vs
35
4
8
1
0
15
21
71.4
6
11
54.5
10
10
100.0
90.6
0
4
2
0
+17
23Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
46
1/10/2023
@
36
5
6
3
0
14
27
51.9
7
18
38.9
11
11
100.0
72.2
1
4
0
0
-4
24Darius Garland
D. Garland
46
12/26/2022
vs
40
3
8
1
0
14
20
70.0
5
7
71.4
13
15
86.7
86.5
1
2
1
1
+6
25Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
46
3/19/2017
@
38
2
3
0
0
15
21
71.4
6
10
60.0
10
10
100.0
90.6
0
2
3
2
+9

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.5

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

8.6

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.8

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

118.4

5th

DRTG

113.9

12th

NETRTG

4.4

8th

3P%

35.9

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
38
19
.667
4.5
3
37
22
.627
6.5
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
37
22
.627
6.5
5
34
24
.586
9.0
6
32
26
.552
11.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
2/27
@
7:00 PM
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:00 PM
Sun
3/8
@
1:00 PM
Mon
3/9
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
NYK Knicks

37 - 22

94

Final

109

CLE Cavaliers

37 - 22

Tue 24 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
42
14
.750
2
38
19
.667
4.5
3
37
22
.627
6.5
4
37
22
.627
6.5
5
34
24
.586
9.0
6
32
26
.552
11.0
7
31
26
.544
11.5
8
31
28
.525
12.5
9
29
31
.483
15.0
10
28
31
.475
15.5
11
25
31
.446
17.0
12
24
35
.407
19.5
13
16
41
.281
26.5
14
15
42
.263
27.5
15
15
44
.254
28.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
45
14
.763
2
41
16
.719
3.0
3
35
21
.625
8.5
4
36
22
.621
8.5
5
36
23
.610
9.0
6
34
23
.596
10.0
7
33
26
.559
12.0
8
30
28
.517
14.5
9
28
31
.475
17.0
10
27
30
.474
17.0
11
21
35
.375
22.5
12
21
36
.368
23.0
13
18
40
.310
26.5
14
17
42
.288
28.0
15
13
46
.220
32.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
1/22
@
117-114
Thu
1/22
@
110-98
Fri
1/23
@
115-119
Fri
1/23
@
112-109
Fri
1/23
@
119-105

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
2/25
@
10:00 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:30 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:30 PM