how many nba players have scored 50 points in a single game

Lauri Markkanen scored 51 points against the Suns yesterday.

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How many NBA players have scored 50 or more points in a single regular-season game?

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	10/27/2025	51	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
2	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	10/26/2025	51	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
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	10/23/2025	55	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
4	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	10/23/2025	50	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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	4/1/2025	52	GSW	@	MEM	37	10	8	5	1	16	31	51.6	12	20	60.0	8	8	100.0	75.3	1	9	2	2	+17
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/1/2025	61	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
7	James Harden J. Harden	3/5/2025	50	LAC	vs	DET	38	4	5	1	1	14	24	58.3	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	76.2	0	4	5	2	+13
8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3/3/2025	51	OKC	vs	HOU	36	5	7	1	1	18	30	60.0	5	9	55.6	10	10	100.0	74.1	2	3	2	1	+6
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2/27/2025	56	GSW	@	ORL	34	4	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
10	Jamal Murray J. Murray	2/12/2025	55	DEN	vs	POR	42	4	5	2	0	20	36	55.6	7	15	46.7	8	9	88.9	68.8	2	2	2	3	+26
11	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2/5/2025	50	OKC	vs	PHX	34	8	5	2	1	18	29	62.1	3	7	42.9	11	12	91.7	72.9	2	6	1	3	+42
12	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1/29/2025	52	OKC	@	GSW	39	3	4	1	0	16	29	55.2	2	6	33.3	18	21	85.7	68.0	0	3	3	4	+1
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1/22/2025	54	OKC	vs	UTA	37	8	5	3	2	17	35	48.6	3	10	30.0	17	18	94.4	62.9	3	5	3	3	+9
14	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1/4/2025	53	MIN	@	DET	44	6	2	0	0	16	31	51.6	10	15	66.7	11	12	91.7	73.0	1	5	6	4	-3
15	CJ McCollum	1/3/2025	50	NOP	vs	WAS	31	3	2	0	0	18	27	66.7	10	16	62.5	4	4	100.0	86.9	1	2	1	2	+21
16	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	12/28/2024	55	NYK	@	WAS	44	3	9	0	0	18	31	58.1	3	11	27.3	16	17	94.1	71.5	0	3	3	1	+1
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12/7/2024	56	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
18	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	11/23/2024	50	CHA	@	MIL	40	5	10	1	0	17	38	44.7	6	17	35.3	10	13	76.9	57.2	0	5	4	3	+7
19	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	11/15/2024	60	SAC	vs	MIN	44	3	7	3	1	22	35	62.9	6	10	60.0	10	11	90.9	75.3	2	1	6	3	+1
20	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	11/13/2024	50	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
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	11/13/2024	59	MIL	vs	DET	44	14	7	2	3	21	34	61.8	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	71.1	3	11	3	1	+7
22	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	10/28/2024	50	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
23	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	4/9/2024	51	MIN	vs	WAS	38	6	7	0	0	17	29	58.6	6	13	46.2	11	11	100.0	75.4	1	5	2	0	+6
24	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	4/7/2024	52	PHI	@	SAS	54	5	7	2	0	19	41	46.3	2	10	20.0	12	12	100.0	56.2	0	5	1	2	+14
25	Malachi Flynn M. Flynn	4/3/2024	50	DET	@	ATL	34	6	5	3	0	18	25	72.0	5	9	55.6	9	12	75.0	82.6	0	6	4	2	+14