Jayson Tatum has put up the most points in a game on May 14, with 51 points in Game 7 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the 76ers.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring by a player NBA games on may 14

	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	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
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	49	5/14/1987	HOU	@	SEA	53	25	2	2	6	19	33	57.6	0	0		11	13	84.6	63.3	11	14	2	4
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	5/14/1989	CHI	vs	NYK	42	11	6	1	2	12	18	66.7	0	1	0.0	23	28	82.1	77.5	0	11	6	3
4	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	44	5/14/2024	NYK	vs	IND	43	4	7	0	0	18	35	51.4	2	6	33.3	6	7	85.7	57.8	0	4	3	2	+31
5	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	43	5/14/1995	PHX	@	HOU	48	6	9	3	0	18	24	75.0	2	2	100.0	5	7	71.4	79.4	0	6	1	3
6	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	42	5/14/2005	MIA	@	WAS	42	7	4	2	1	13	22	59.1	0	0		16	17	94.1	71.2	3	4	6	5	+1
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	42	5/14/2001	DAL	@	SAS	47	18	2	6	1	14	24	58.3	0	1	0.0	14	18	77.8	65.8	6	12	3	2	-18
8	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/14/2018	HOU	vs	GSW	35	4	7	1	0	14	24	58.3	5	9	55.6	8	10	80.0	72.2	1	3	4	4	-7
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	40	5/14/2024	DEN	vs	MIN	41	7	13	2	1	15	22	68.2	2	3	66.7	8	9	88.9	77.0	0	7	0	2	+21
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40	5/14/2017	GSW	vs	SAS	39	7	3	3	0	14	26	53.8	7	16	43.8	5	7	71.4	68.8	2	5	3	0	+8
11	Alex English A. English	40	5/14/1985	DEN	@	LAL	39	10	6	0	0	17	31	54.8	0	0		6	8	75.0	57.9	5	5	1	3
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	5/14/1980	LAL	vs	PHI	41	15	1	0	4	16	24	66.7	0	0		8	9	88.9	71.5	4	11	5	4
13	George Gervin G. Gervin	39	5/14/1982	SAS	vs	LAL	44	15	4	0	0	15	31	48.4	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	55.1			5	3
14	Jordan Poole J. Poole	38	5/14/2021	GSW	vs	NOP	33	4	6	0	1	12	22	54.5	4	9	44.4	10	11	90.9	70.8	0	4	2	2	+3
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	38	5/14/1995	HOU	vs	PHX	42	8	4	0	5	17	34	50.0	0	0		4	8	50.0	50.6	2	6	2	3
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	5/14/1991	CHI	vs	PHI	42	19	7	0	1	14	31	45.2	0	2	0.0	10	11	90.9	53.0	4	15	4	3
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37	5/14/2018	GSW	@	HOU	40	3	1	0	1	14	27	51.9	3	6	50.0	6	6	100.0	62.4	0	3	1	2	+11
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	5/14/1992	UTA	vs	SEA	42	13	1	2	0	10	22	45.5	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	61.8	5	8	3	3
19	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	37	5/14/1987	SEA	vs	HOU	45	8	2	2	1	11	29	37.9	1	1	100.0	14	16	87.5	51.3	0	8	3	4
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36	5/14/2019	GSW	vs	POR	35	6	7	1	0	12	23	52.2	9	15	60.0	3	3	100.0	74.0	1	5	1	3	+10
21	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	36	5/14/1987	SEA	vs	HOU	53	9	2	1	1	15	30	50.0	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	55.9	4	5	3	4
22	Julius Erving J. Erving	36	5/14/1980	PHI	@	LAL	41	9	6	4	2	12	24	50.0	0	1	0.0	12	16	75.0	58.0	2	7	2	2
23	LeBron James L. James	35	5/14/2008	CLE	@	BOS	45	3	5	1	1	12	25	48.0	0	5	0.0	11	13	84.6	57.0	0	3	4	3	-8
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	5/14/1996	CHI	vs	NYK	43	2	5	2	0	13	29	44.8	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	53.1	1	1	2	5
25	David Thompson D. Thompson	35	5/14/1978	DEN	vs	SEA	41	3	2	1	1	16	27	59.3				3	5	60.0	59.9	1	2	0	2