highest scoring game by a small forward since 2020

Since 2019-20, LeBron James has the most points by a small forward in a game, with 56 points versus the Warriors on March 5, 2022.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring regular-season game by a small forward 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	LeBron James L. James	56	3/5/2022	LAL	vs	GSW	39	10	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	6	11	54.5	12	13	92.3	76.3	2	8	4	0	+13
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	55	4/2/2022	BKN	@	ATL	42	7	3	1	0	19	28	67.9	8	10	80.0	9	11	81.8	83.7	0	7	4	1	+1
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	54	3/6/2022	BOS	vs	BKN	41	5	3	0	0	16	30	53.3	8	15	53.3	14	17	82.4	72.0	2	3	2	4	+12
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	53	3/13/2022	BKN	vs	NYK	43	6	9	2	0	19	37	51.4	4	13	30.8	11	12	91.7	62.7	1	5	5	3	+11
5	T.J. Warren	53	8/1/2020	IND	vs	PHI	41	4	3	0	2	20	29	69.0	9	12	75.0	4	4	100.0	86.2	0	4	1	4	+18
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	1/16/2023	BOS	@	CHA	40	9	5	0	0	15	23	65.2	7	12	58.3	14	14	100.0	87.4	1	8	4	3	+15
7	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	51	3/17/2022	DET	@	ORL	39	9	4	3	0	17	27	63.0	10	14	71.4	7	10	70.0	81.2	0	9	1	1	+11
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	1/23/2022	BOS	@	WAS	33	10	7	0	0	18	28	64.3	9	14	64.3	6	6	100.0	83.2	2	8	1	1	+31
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	51	12/12/2021	BKN	@	DET	41	7	9	1	2	16	31	51.6	5	10	50.0	14	15	93.3	67.8	0	7	5	5	+25
10	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	51	1/28/2020	MIL	vs	WAS	36	10	6	0	0	16	26	61.5	7	10	70.0	12	12	100.0	81.5	1	9	2	2	+24
11	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	50	10/28/2024	ORL	vs	IND	40	13	9	1	2	16	26	61.5	3	9	33.3	15	22	68.2	70.1	4	9	4	4	+3
12	LeBron James L. James	50	3/11/2022	LAL	vs	WAS	36	7	6	0	1	18	25	72.0	6	9	66.7	8	8	100.0	87.7	0	7	3	3	+22
13	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	50	1/2/2022	BOS	vs	ORL	46	11	4	1	2	19	29	65.5	5	10	50.0	7	8	87.5	76.9	0	11	7	4	+10
14	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	50	1/27/2020	HOU	@	UTA	38	6	3	2	1	14	22	63.6	6	11	54.5	16	20	80.0	81.2	0	6	2	0	+12
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	49	11/30/2022	BOS	vs	MIA	39	11	3	2	0	15	25	60.0	8	12	66.7	11	12	91.7	80.9	1	10	1	3	+29
16	LeBron James L. James	48	1/16/2023	LAL	vs	HOU	36	8	9	0	0	16	26	61.5	5	10	50.0	11	12	91.7	76.7	1	7	0	1	+19
17	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	48	5/7/2021	UTA	vs	DEN	39	8	2	2	0	16	23	69.6	8	11	72.7	8	8	100.0	90.5	1	7	5	4	+4
18	Keegan Murray K. Murray	47	12/16/2023	SAC	vs	UTA	36	8	2	2	0	16	23	69.6	12	15	80.0	3	4	75.0	94.9	1	7	0	1	+33
19	LeBron James L. James	47	12/30/2022	LAL	@	ATL	40	10	9	0	1	18	27	66.7	4	6	66.7	7	9	77.8	75.9	2	8	5	0	+12
20	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	46	3/7/2025	CHA	vs	CLE	39	8	2	2	0	15	32	46.9	4	10	40.0	12	13	92.3	61.0	1	7	1	4	+5
21	LeBron James L. James	46	1/24/2023	LAL	vs	LAC	33	8	7	2	1	16	29	55.2	9	14	64.3	5	5	100.0	73.7	1	7	0	0	-14
22	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	46	10/20/2021	BOS	@	NYK	46	9	6	3	1	16	30	53.3	8	14	57.1	6	8	75.0	68.6	0	9	4	5	+16
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	45	3/9/2024	PHX	vs	BOS	37	10	6	1	0	18	26	69.2	4	7	57.1	5	7	71.4	77.4	1	9	6	2	-1
24	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	45	2/7/2024	CHA	vs	TOR	38	8	7	0	0	17	27	63.0	6	11	54.5	5	7	71.4	74.8	5	3	1	4	-6
25	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	45	1/10/2024	BOS	vs	MIN	42	4	2	1	0	13	26	50.0	6	11	54.5	13	14	92.9	70.0	0	4	1	3	+3