Nikola Jokić put up the most points in a game in May 2023, with 53 points in Game 4 of the 2023 Western Conference Semifinals against the Suns.

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highest points by a player in a game in may 2023

	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	53	5/7/2023	DEN	@	PHX	39	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
2	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	5/14/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	42	13	5	2	0	17	28	60.7	6	10	60.0	11	14	78.6	74.6	0	13	0	1	+33
3	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	5/5/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	42	6	9	3	1	20	25	80.0	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	90.8	0	6	3	5	+7
4	James Harden J. Harden	45	5/1/2023	PHI	@	BOS	39	1	6	2	0	17	30	56.7	7	14	50.0	4	4	100.0	70.8	0	1	3	4	+8
5	James Harden J. Harden	42	5/7/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	47	8	9	4	1	16	23	69.6	6	9	66.7	4	4	100.0	84.8	0	8	1	2	-6
6	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	41	5/12/2023	NYK	@	MIA	45	4	3	0	0	14	22	63.6	5	10	50.0	8	9	88.9	79.0	0	4	3	4	+3
7	LeBron James L. James	40	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	40	5/16/2023	LAL	@	DEN	42	10	3	3	2	14	23	60.9	1	1	100.0	11	11	100.0	71.8	1	9	0	3	-8
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	39	5/5/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	43	9	8	0	2	12	31	38.7	1	5	20.0	14	16	87.5	51.3	0	9	0	4	+11
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	39	5/1/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	44	11	5	1	1	14	25	56.0	4	5	80.0	7	8	87.5	68.4	2	9	1	2	-6
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	39	5/1/2023	DEN	vs	PHX	41	16	5	2	1	17	30	56.7	2	6	33.3	3	4	75.0	61.4	3	13	3	2	+2
12	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	38	5/10/2023	NYK	vs	MIA	48	9	7	1	0	12	22	54.5	4	10	40.0	10	12	83.3	69.6	1	8	1	2	+9
13	Jamal Murray J. Murray	37	5/20/2023	DEN	@	LAL	42	7	6	2	0	15	29	51.7	5	11	45.5	2	2	100.0	61.9	0	7	1	2	+18
14	Jamal Murray J. Murray	37	5/18/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	43	10	5	4	0	11	24	45.8	6	14	42.9	9	10	90.0	65.1	2	8	3	1	+8
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	36	5/9/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	40	10	5	2	0	11	27	40.7	3	11	27.3	11	13	84.6	55.0	3	7	2	2	-26
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36	5/7/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	44	11	6	2	1	11	19	57.9	2	4	50.0	12	13	92.3	72.8	0	11	5	2	0
17	Devin Booker D. Booker	36	5/7/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	40	6	12	1	0	14	18	77.8	3	4	75.0	5	6	83.3	87.2	3	3	5	5	-1
18	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	35	5/17/2023	MIA	@	BOS	43	5	7	6	0	12	25	48.0	2	4	50.0	9	10	90.0	59.5	3	2	3	4	+5
19	Devin Booker D. Booker	35	5/1/2023	PHX	@	DEN	45	5	6	0	0	14	29	48.3	4	8	50.0	3	3	100.0	57.7	0	5	2	4	-7
20	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	34	5/19/2023	BOS	vs	MIA	42	13	8	0	0	10	20	50.0	3	10	30.0	11	12	91.7	67.2	1	12	5	4	+5
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	34	5/16/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	42	21	14	0	2	12	17	70.6	3	3	100.0	7	8	87.5	82.8	6	15	5	4	+11
22	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	34	5/7/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	46	13	4	1	0	11	26	42.3	0	3	0.0	12	15	80.0	52.1	3	10	2	3	0
23	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	33	5/23/2023	BOS	@	MIA	42	11	7	1	2	14	22	63.6	4	9	44.4	1	2	50.0	72.1	1	10	5	3	+21
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33	5/9/2023	PHI	@	BOS	37	7	3	0	4	10	23	43.5	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	59.3	3	4	4	3	+21
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32	5/12/2023	GSW	@	LAL	39	6	5	1	1	11	28	39.3	4	14	28.6	6	6	100.0	52.2	1	5	4	3	-21