highest scoring game by a center since 2020

Since 2019-20, Joel Embiid has posted the most points by a center in a game, with 70 points versus the Spurs on January 22, 2024.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring regular-season game by a center since 2020

	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	70	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	37	18	5	1	1	24	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
2	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	62	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	38	8	2	0	0	21	35	60.0	10	15	66.7	10	14	71.4	75.3	3	5	7	2	0
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	61	4/1/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
4	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	60	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	36	17	3	1	0	19	31	61.3	7	11	63.6	15	16	93.8	78.9	2	15	6	5	+16
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	59	11/13/2022	PHI	vs	UTA	37	11	8	1	7	19	28	67.9	1	5	20.0	20	24	83.3	76.5	1	10	5	3	+25
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	56	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	39	16	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	55	11/12/2025	DEN	@	LAC	34	12	6	1	1	18	23	78.3	5	6	83.3	14	16	87.5	91.5	2	10	2	1	+28
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	53	12/11/2022	PHI	vs	CHA	34	12	3	0	1	20	32	62.5	2	3	66.7	11	11	100.0	71.9	3	9	2	2	+11
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	52	4/4/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	39	13	6	0	2	20	25	80.0	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	84.6	2	11	3	3	+17
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	51	12/20/2023	PHI	vs	MIN	36	12	3	2	1	17	25	68.0	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	77.5	2	10	2	5	+4
11	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	50	11/13/2024	SAS	vs	WAS	32	6	2	1	3	18	29	62.1	8	16	50.0	6	9	66.7	75.8	1	5	1	3	+13
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	12/6/2023	PHI	@	WAS	38	13	7	1	1	19	29	65.5	1	2	50.0	11	13	84.6	72.0	6	7	6	2	+8
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	1/19/2022	PHI	vs	ORL	27	12	2	1	3	17	23	73.9	1	4	25.0	15	17	88.2	82.0	1	11	2	3	+24
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	2/19/2021	PHI	vs	CHI	35	17	5	2	4	17	26	65.4	1	2	50.0	15	17	88.2	74.7	6	11	2	2	+22
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	50	2/6/2021	DEN	@	SAC	41	8	12	1	3	20	33	60.6	3	6	50.0	7	7	100.0	69.3	1	7	1	2	+2
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	49	1/19/2022	DEN	vs	LAC	41	14	10	3	1	16	25	64.0	3	5	60.0	14	16	87.5	76.5	7	7	5	4	+15
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	49	2/24/2020	PHI	vs	ATL	36	14	3	3	1	17	24	70.8	1	3	33.3	14	15	93.3	80.1	4	10	4	4	+19
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	48	12/8/2024	DEN	@	ATL	35	14	8	3	0	17	29	58.6	3	6	50.0	11	13	84.6	69.1	3	11	3	2	+25
19	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	11/6/2023	PHI	vs	WAS	31	11	6	1	1	17	25	68.0	0	2	0.0	14	14	100.0	77.0	2	9	1	2	+15
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	12/27/2022	PHI	@	WAS	36	10	1	3	3	17	32	53.1	1	5	20.0	13	14	92.9	62.9	4	6	3	5	+8
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	47	1/28/2023	PHI	vs	DEN	38	18	5	3	2	18	31	58.1	4	7	57.1	7	10	70.0	66.4	6	12	6	2	+14
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	47	4/19/2021	DEN	vs	MEM	45	15	8	0	1	20	31	64.5	2	6	33.3	5	6	83.3	69.9	7	8	7	3	+3
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	47	1/31/2021	DEN	vs	UTA	37	12	5	2	1	17	26	65.4	4	4	100.0	9	10	90.0	77.3	3	9	3	2	+14
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	47	1/6/2020	DEN	@	ATL	37	8	5	2	1	16	25	64.0	4	8	50.0	11	16	68.8	73.3	4	4	0	3	0
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	46	1/4/2025	DEN	@	SAS	43	9	10	2	2	19	35	54.3	3	8	37.5	5	6	83.3	61.1	4	5	2	3	+7