highest scoring games of the 2026 nba season

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has the most points in a game this season, with 55 points against the Pacers on Thursday.

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highest scoring by a player regular-season games of the 2026 NBA season

	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	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	55	10/23/2025	OKC	@	IND	45	8	5	2	1	15	31	48.4	2	7	28.6	23	26	88.5	64.8	0	8	2	4	+9
2	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	51	10/27/2025	UTA	vs	PHX	45	14	3	0	0	14	32	43.8	6	13	46.2	17	17	100.0	64.6	5	9	1	2	+26
3	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	51	10/26/2025	LAL	@	SAC	39	11	9	2	0	12	22	54.5	6	10	60.0	21	22	95.5	80.5	1	10	2	1	+22
4	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	50	10/23/2025	DEN	@	GSW	39	8	2	0	1	17	21	81.0	10	11	90.9	6	6	100.0	105.8	0	8	2	1	-1
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	49	10/24/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	35	11	8	0	0	14	23	60.9	5	12	41.7	16	19	84.2	78.1	1	10	3	4	+18
6	Jamal Murray J. Murray	43	10/27/2025	DEN	@	MIN	37	6	3	0	0	16	29	55.2	5	9	55.6	6	7	85.7	67.0	0	6	2	2	+30
7	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	43	10/27/2025	PHI	vs	ORL	42	4	8	1	0	15	32	46.9	4	11	36.4	9	10	90.0	59.1	0	4	1	1	+14
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	43	10/21/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	41	12	9	2	1	17	27	63.0	2	10	20.0	7	10	70.0	68.5	0	12	3	1	-8
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	42	10/23/2025	GSW	vs	DEN	37	6	7	3	1	14	25	56.0	6	12	50.0	8	8	100.0	73.6	0	6	2	1	+15
10	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	41	10/27/2025	LAL	vs	POR	39	4	5	3	0	13	22	59.1	3	8	37.5	12	14	85.7	72.8	0	4	8	2	0
11	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	41	10/26/2025	BOS	@	DET	35	6	4	0	0	12	25	48.0	5	9	55.6	12	15	80.0	64.9	2	4	4	3	-1
12	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	41	10/22/2025	MIN	@	POR	39	7	1	0	1	14	28	50.0	5	10	50.0	8	8	100.0	65.0	1	6	4	4	+9
13	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	40	10/26/2025	BKN	@	SAS	32	2	0	0	0	11	25	44.0	5	12	41.7	13	13	100.0	65.1	0	2	3	0	-7
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	40	10/26/2025	MIL	@	CLE	33	14	9	2	2	14	20	70.0	1	1	100.0	11	16	68.8	74.0	5	9	2	1	-5
15	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	40	10/22/2025	SAS	@	DAL	30	15	1	1	3	15	21	71.4	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	77.4	1	14	0	4	+31
16	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	40	10/22/2025	PHI	@	BOS	41	2	6	2	1	13	24	54.2	7	9	77.8	7	8	87.5	72.7	0	2	1	5	+3
17	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	39	10/21/2025	HOU	@	OKC	49	11	7	2	1	12	24	50.0	5	8	62.5	10	11	90.9	67.6	4	7	4	5	+9
18	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	38	10/26/2025	CHA	@	WAS	35	13	13	3	0	13	25	52.0	5	12	41.7	7	7	100.0	67.7	4	9	4	3	+32
19	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	37	10/26/2025	NYK	@	MIA	35	5	7	3	0	14	26	53.8	5	11	45.5	4	4	100.0	66.6	2	3	3	3	+6
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37	10/24/2025	HOU	vs	DET	37	3	1	3	1	9	18	50.0	3	3	100.0	16	18	88.9	71.4	1	2	0	3	-1
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	10/22/2025	MIL	vs	WAS	27	14	5	0	0	16	26	61.5	1	3	33.3	4	7	57.1	63.6	2	12	2	4	+10
22	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	36	10/23/2025	IND	vs	OKC	45	11	1	0	0	9	19	47.4	3	8	37.5	15	17	88.2	68.0	3	8	4	6	+9
23	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	35	10/27/2025	CLE	@	DET	29	1	2	0	0	13	18	72.2	2	4	50.0	7	8	87.5	81.3	0	1	5	0	+38
24	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	35	10/24/2025	CLE	@	BKN	35	2	5	3	0	10	15	66.7	6	10	60.0	9	12	75.0	86.3	0	2	3	3	+22
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35	10/24/2025	GSW	@	POR	27	6	3	1	2	12	22	54.5	7	14	50.0	4	4	100.0	73.7	1	5	4	1	-13