highest points scored on may 1st in a single game

Michael Jordan has put up the most points in a game on May 1, with 55 points in Game 2 of the 1988 First Round versus the Cavaliers.

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highest points by a player scored on may 1st in a single game

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	55	5/1/1988	CHI	vs	CLE	44	6	3	4	1	24	45	53.3	0	0		7	7	100.0	57.2	3	3	1	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	5/1/1990	CHI	@	MIL	46	9	5	1	2	20	35	57.1	1	5	20.0	7	9	77.8	61.6	2	7	5	4
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	46	5/1/1994	HOU	vs	POR	40	8	4	4	6	16	30	53.3	1	2	50.0	13	18	72.2	60.7	2	6	3	3
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	Ray Allen R. Allen	45	5/1/2005	SEA	@	SAC	45	4	6	4	2	17	28	60.7	6	14	42.9	5	5	100.0	74.5	1	3	3	0	+22
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	43	5/1/1988	ATL	vs	MIL	41	6	1	3	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		13	17	76.5	64.2	4	2	6	4
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43	5/1/1977	LAL	@	GSW	41	20	3	0	4	17	25	68.0				9	11	81.8	72.1	5	15		5
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	42	5/1/2021	WAS	@	DAL	40	10	9	2	0	17	30	56.7	3	6	50.0	5	7	71.4	63.5	2	8	2	4	-3
9	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	41	5/1/2009	MIA	vs	ATL	39	5	2	0	2	11	23	47.8	3	7	42.9	16	17	94.1	67.3	0	5	0	1	+32
10	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	41	5/1/1997	ORL	vs	MIA	48	7	4	4	3	12	23	52.2	4	8	50.0	13	16	81.3	68.2	3	4	1	4	+8
11	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	40	5/1/2025	NYK	@	DET	42	4	7	0	0	15	33	45.5	3	10	30.0	7	8	87.5	54.8	2	2	2	2	+5
12	Chuck Person C. Person	40	5/1/1987	IND	vs	ATL	44	7	6	1	0	14	27	51.9	0	3	0.0	12	15	80.0	59.5	0	7	4	3
13	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
14	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
15	Jerry West J. West	39	5/1/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	46	3	9			16	31	51.6				7	8	87.5	56.5				3
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38	5/1/2012	LAL	vs	DEN	40	4	2	3	1	15	29	51.7	2	6	33.3	6	7	85.7	59.2	2	2	1	3	+4
17	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	38	5/1/2011	MIA	vs	BOS	37	1	5	3	2	14	21	66.7	2	5	40.0	8	9	88.9	76.1	0	1	2	4	+8
18	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	38	5/1/1994	PHX	vs	GSW	40	4	9	0	0	15	31	48.4	0	0		8	9	88.9	54.3	1	3	2	3
19	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	38	5/1/1990	MIL	vs	CHI	44	8	7	0	0	14	21	66.7	0	0		10	11	90.9	73.5	5	3	3	3
20	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	37	5/1/2021	NOP	@	MIN	42	9	8	1	1	14	17	82.4	0	0		9	15	60.0	78.4	3	6	7	1	+14
21	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	37	5/1/2016	GSW	vs	POR	37	5	5	2	0	14	28	50.0	7	14	50.0	2	3	66.7	63.1	2	3	2	1	+23
22	Jerry West J. West	37	5/1/1970	LAL	vs	NYK	52	5	18			13	26	50.0				11	12	91.7	59.1				4
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36	5/1/2014	OKC	@	MEM	43	10	2	1	1	11	23	47.8	0	6	0.0	14	15	93.3	60.8	2	8	3	3	+27
24	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36	5/1/2013	OKC	vs	HOU	45	7	7	1	1	11	23	47.8	1	8	12.5	13	16	81.3	59.9	1	6	3	3	-8
25	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	36	5/1/2012	BOS	@	ATL	44	14	4	0	0	12	26	46.2	1	5	20.0	11	13	84.6	56.7	1	13	8	4	+4