highest career total points by a player in elimination games

LeBron James has posted the most career points in elimination games, with 959 points.

	NAME	PTS	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	LeBron James L. James	959	29	1,289	299	217	52	27	345	697	49.5	61	171	35.7	208	289	72.0	58.2	56	243	112	66	+54	44.5	33.1	10.3	7.5	1.8	0.9	3.9
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	863	34	1,413	348	114	46	26	328	697	47.1	1	5	20.0	206	302	68.2	52.0	89	259	88	122	+29	41.6	25.4	10.2	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.6
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	767	32	1,275	368	95	49	94	312	594	52.5	0	5	0.0	143	207	69.1	56.0	97	271	89	123	-19	39.8	24.0	11.5	3.0	1.5	2.9	2.8
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	715	23	1,085	590	80			287	526	54.6				141	308	45.8	54.0				64		47.2	31.1	25.7	3.5
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	712	26	1,088	279	65	24	27	242	506	47.8	32	89	36.0	196	217	90.3	59.2	45	234	46	82	+5	41.8	27.4	10.7	2.5	0.9	1.0	1.8
6	Jerry West J. West	704	24		154				268	534	50.2				168	211	79.6	56.2				68			29.3	6.4
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	667	24		319				251	590	42.5				165	197	83.8	49.3				78			27.8	13.3
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	655	28	1,116	363	68	26	58	252	522	48.3	2	6	33.3	149	202	73.8	53.6	88	275	72	102	-45	39.9	23.4	13.0	2.4	0.9	2.1	2.6
9	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	590	26	1,082	359	108	38	23	205	400	51.3	12	46	26.1	168	229	73.4	58.9	109	250	74	86	-3	41.6	22.7	13.8	4.2	1.5	0.9	2.8
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	583	23	953	281	87	22	48	241	468	51.5	0	1	0.0	101	137	73.7	55.2	66	165	61	93		41.4	25.3	12.2	3.8	1.1	2.4	3.8
11	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	581	27						188						205	256	80.1					99			21.5
12	James Harden J. Harden	575	26	1,013	141	170	58	20	172	412	41.7	62	196	31.6	169	200	84.5	57.5	24	117	111	62	-96	39.0	22.1	5.4	6.5	2.2	0.8	4.3
13	Reggie Miller R. Miller	563	25	949	77	56	27	8	192	398	48.2	58	147	39.5	121	138	87.7	61.4	12	65	41	55	+28	38.0	22.5	3.1	2.2	1.1	0.3	1.6
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	560	24	1,027	256	147	42	26	210	475	44.2	7	31	22.6	133	147	90.5	51.9			76	64		42.8	23.3	10.7	6.1	1.8	1.1	3.2
15	Gary Payton G. Payton	558	32	1,272	158	222	54	7	210	486	43.2	35	103	34.0	103	139	74.1	51.0	41	117	70	98	+10	39.8	17.4	4.9	6.9	1.7	0.2	2.2
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	533	23	891	141	103			213	439	48.5	1	8	12.5	106	132	80.3	53.6			67	64		38.7	23.2	6.1	4.5			3.2
17	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	519	26	1,005	185	137	46	22	177	413	42.9	24	78	30.8	141	180	78.3	52.7	58	127	74	93	-12	38.7	20.0	7.1	5.3	1.8	0.8	2.8
18	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	505	27	1,056	138	152	36	23	188	435	43.2	6	20	30.0	123	148	83.1	50.5			78	90		39.1	18.7	5.1	5.6	1.3	0.9	2.9
19	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	484	18						163	381	42.8				158	213	74.2	51.0				68			26.9
20	Moses Malone M. Malone	483	23	943	342	45		41	169	364	46.4	1	2	50.0	144	185	77.8	54.2				63		41.0	21.0	14.9	2.0		1.8
21	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	482	21		273	47			201	434	46.3	0	0		80	128	62.5	49.2				81			23.0	13.0	2.2
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	480	21	770	172	159	36	6	159	429	37.1	35	119	29.4	127	156	81.4	48.2	49	123	81	64	-45	36.7	22.9	8.2	7.6	1.7	0.3	3.9
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	479	16	672	126	59	10	25	159	344	46.2	40	99	40.4	121	144	84.0	58.8	18	108	53	44	+27	42.0	29.9	7.9	3.7	0.6	1.6	3.3
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	469	21	823	241	58	17	43	174	361	48.2	0	5	0.0	121	167	72.5	54.0	67	174	56	68	-2	39.2	22.3	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.0	2.7
25	Sam Jones S. Jones	465	18		84				195	383	50.9				75	98	76.5	54.6				59			25.8	4.7

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Team Leaders

PPG

30.7

Mitchell

RPG

9.3

Mobley

APG

5.4

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.0

9th

DRTG

115.2

16th

NETRTG

1.8

12th

3P%

34.6

22nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Raptors	17	13	.567	6.5
6	Magic	16	13	.552	7.0
7	Cavaliers	16	14	.533	7.5
8	Heat	15	14	.517	8.0
9	Hawks	15	15	.500	8.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 12/23	NOP	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Thu 12/25	CLE	@	NYK	12:00 PM
Sat 12/27	CLE	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Mon 12/29	CLE	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Wed 12/31	PHX	@	CLE	3:30 PM

Last Game

Hornets

9 - 20

132

Final

139

Cavaliers

16 - 14

Mon 22 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

34.1

Dončić

32.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.7

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.1

Jokić

11.6

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.2

Cunningham

8.9

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.4

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Suggs

BPG Leaders

2.4

Huff

2.0

Stewart

1.8

Kalkbrenner

3PM Leaders

4.9

Curry

4.1

Mitchell

3.8

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.1

Jokić

71.0

Ayton

70.2

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.4

122.6

122.4

121.2

120.4

119.1

DRtg Rankings

104.5

110.3

112.3

112.6

112.8

113.0

NetRtg Rankings

15.8

9.1

8.9

7.9

6.7

6.3

Tank Leaderboard

5-22

6-23

7-22

7-21

8-22

8-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,757

Jokić

1,487.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,371.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,869

Jokić

1,492.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,450.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.2

Brown

33.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.9

Reaves

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.81

Jokić

1.63

Dončić

1.60

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.93

Jokić

1.73

Dončić

1.60

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

20-10

17-9-1

18-10

17-11

17-12

17-11

Worst Record ATS

8-22

9-19

10-19

10-17

11-18

12-18

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	23	6	.793
2	Knicks	20	8	.714	2.5
3	Celtics	18	11	.621	5.0
4	76ers	16	11	.593	6.0
5	Raptors	17	13	.567	6.5
6	Magic	16	13	.552	7.0
7	Cavaliers	16	14	.533	7.5
8	Heat	15	14	.517	8.0
9	Hawks	15	15	.500	8.5
10	Bulls	13	15	.464	9.5
11	Bucks	11	18	.379	12.0
12	Hornets	9	20	.310	14.0
13	Nets	8	19	.296	14.0
14	Pacers	6	23	.207	17.0
15	Wizards	5	22	.185	17.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	26	3	.897
2	Spurs	21	7	.750	4.5
3	Nuggets	21	7	.750	4.5
4	Lakers	19	8	.704	6.0
5	Timberwolves	19	10	.655	7.0
6	Rockets	17	9	.654	7.5
7	Suns	15	13	.536	10.5
8	Warriors	15	15	.500	11.5
9	Grizzlies	13	16	.448	13.0
10	Trail Blazers	12	17	.414	14.0
11	Mavericks	11	19	.367	15.5
12	Jazz	10	18	.357	15.5
13	Pelicans	8	22	.267	18.5
14	Clippers	7	21	.250	18.5
15	Kings	7	22	.241	19.0