first player to score 39 point in a game

Dino Martin dropped 40 points versus the Cleveland Rebels on January 9, 1947.

Interpreted as:
first player to score 39 or more point in a game
NAMEDATEPTSTMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Dino Martin
D. Martin
1/9/1947
40
vs
17
6
7
85.7
1
2Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
1/14/1947
41
@
15
11
16
68.8
3
3Carl Braun
C. Braun
12/6/1947
47
@
18
35
51.4
11
4Max Zaslofsky
M. Zaslofsky
3/7/1948
40
vs
15
10
13
76.9
5George Mikan
G. Mikan
12/1/1948
44
@
14
16
19
84.2
6George Mikan
G. Mikan
12/4/1948
47
@
16
15
19
78.9
1
7Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
12/4/1948
39
@
1
12
32
37.5
15
16
93.8
49.9
5
8Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
12/18/1948
47
@
18
41
43.9
11
14
78.6
49.8
4
9Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
1/27/1949
39
vs
0
13
38
34.2
13
14
92.9
44.2
4
10George Mikan
G. Mikan
1/30/1949
48
vs
18
29
62.1
12
14
85.7
68.3
6
11Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
2/10/1949
63
vs
0
27
56
48.2
9
14
64.3
50.7
3
12George Mikan
G. Mikan
2/22/1949
48
@
18
37
48.6
12
17
70.6
54.0
13George Mikan
G. Mikan
2/26/1949
53
@
17
28
60.7
19
20
95.0
72.0
5
14Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
3/12/1949
39
@
2
14
34
41.2
11
13
84.6
49.1
2
15George Mikan
G. Mikan
3/13/1949
51
vs
22
40
55.0
7
12
58.3
56.3
2
16George Mikan
G. Mikan
3/19/1949
46
@
18
40
45.0
10
13
76.9
50.3
17George Mikan
G. Mikan
4/4/1949
42
vs
14
21
66.7
14
17
82.4
73.7
4
18Alex Groza
A. Groza
11/10/1949
41
@
14
33
42.4
13
17
76.5
50.6
19Alex Groza
A. Groza
11/22/1949
43
vs
17
35
48.6
9
16
56.3
51.1
20Alex Groza
A. Groza
12/22/1949
42
vs
13
16
20
80.0
21George Mikan
G. Mikan
1/5/1950
42
@
4
14
32
43.8
14
16
87.5
53.8
4
22Bobby Cook
B. Cook
1/12/1950
44
vs
5
18
33
54.5
8
9
88.9
59.5
5
23George Mikan
G. Mikan
1/14/1950
51
@
20
36
55.6
11
12
91.7
61.8
5
24George Mikan
G. Mikan
1/24/1950
40
@
15
10
10
100.0
3
25George Mikan
G. Mikan
2/25/1950
39
@
15
9
12
75.0
2

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
23
6
.793
2
20
8
.714
2.5
3
18
11
.621
5.0
4
16
11
.593
6.0
5
17
13
.567
6.5
6
16
13
.552
7.0
7
16
14
.533
7.5
8
15
14
.517
8.0
9
15
15
.500
8.5
10
13
15
.464
9.5
11
11
18
.379
12.0
12
9
20
.310
14.0
13
8
19
.296
14.0
14
6
23
.207
17.0
15
5
22
.185
17.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
26
3
.897
2
21
7
.750
4.5
3
21
7
.750
4.5
4
19
8
.704
6.0
5
19
10
.655
7.0
6
17
9
.654
7.5
7
15
13
.536
10.5
8
15
15
.500
11.5
9
13
16
.448
13.0
10
12
17
.414
14.0
11
11
19
.367
15.5
12
10
18
.357
15.5
13
8
22
.267
18.5
14
7
21
.250
18.5
15
7
22
.241
19.0

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Scores

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11/20
@
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11/20
@
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11/20
@
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Thu
11/20
@
127-123
Thu
11/20
@
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Schedule

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Tue
12/23
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12/23
@
7:00 PM
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12/23
@
7:30 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM