Nikola Jokić dropped 44 points in Game 5 of the 2025 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Thunder on May 13.

Interpreted as:

last time a center scored 40 or more points in a 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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/13/2025	44	DEN	@	OKC	44	15	5	2	0	17	25	68.0	5	7	71.4	5	5	100.0	80.9	6	9	2	4	-8
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/5/2025	42	DEN	@	OKC	42	22	6	1	2	15	29	51.7	2	6	33.3	10	13	76.9	60.5	5	17	7	5	+10
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/6/2025	41	DEN	vs	IND	39	15	13	2	1	18	33	54.5	3	11	27.3	2	3	66.7	59.7	3	12	4	0	+1
4	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
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3/15/2025	40	DEN	vs	WAS	39	13	9	1	2	16	30	53.3	1	8	12.5	7	7	100.0	60.5	3	10	3	3	+6
6	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/1/2025	42	MEM	vs	SAS	35	4	2	2	2	15	25	60.0	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	73.6	1	3	2	3	+10
7	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	2/12/2025	44	NYK	vs	ATL	47	10	3	2	0	14	25	56.0	7	10	70.0	9	11	81.8	73.7	1	9	7	4	+7
8	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	2/11/2025	40	NYK	@	IND	38	12	5	3	0	14	23	60.9	3	8	37.5	9	9	100.0	74.2	4	8	2	5	+14
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2/10/2025	40	DEN	vs	POR	31	7	8	3	1	15	22	68.2	2	7	28.6	8	8	100.0	78.4	1	6	5	2	+22
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	1/17/2025	40	CHI	vs	CHA	34	13	3	1	0	17	25	68.0	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	74.7	2	11	0	3	+5
11	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	1/4/2025	44	NYK	@	CHI	37	16	5	1	0	17	29	58.6	3	7	42.9	7	10	70.0	65.9	6	10	3	3	-5
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1/4/2025	46	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
13	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1/3/2025	41	DEN	vs	SAS	37	18	9	2	0	15	36	41.7	3	10	30.0	8	9	88.9	51.3	4	14	2	3	+7
14	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	12/25/2024	42	SAS	@	NYK	40	18	4	1	4	16	31	51.6	6	16	37.5	4	4	100.0	64.1	2	16	4	1	+7
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12/8/2024	48	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
16	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	12/7/2024	41	CLE	@	CHA	34	10	2	1	3	16	23	69.6	6	8	75.0	3	4	75.0	82.8	3	7	3	4	+19
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	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	11/13/2024	46	NYK	vs	CHI	39	10	3	3	0	18	30	60.0	6	12	50.0	4	8	50.0	68.6	1	9	4	5	+4
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	10/30/2024	44	NYK	@	MIA	39	13	2	0	0	17	25	68.0	4	5	80.0	6	6	100.0	79.6	3	10	2	5	+15
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	10/28/2024	40	DEN	@	TOR	44	10	4	1	2	18	27	66.7	3	5	60.0	1	2	50.0	71.7	3	7	3	2	+9
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	10/26/2024	41	DEN	vs	LAC	37	9	4	2	1	14	26	53.8	7	12	58.3	6	8	75.0	69.4	3	6	5	2	+7
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/14/2024	40	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
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	4/25/2024	50	PHI	vs	NYK	41	8	4	0	1	13	19	68.4	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	88.5	1	7	3	3	+16
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/10/2024	41	DEN	vs	MIN	38	11	7	3	0	16	20	80.0	2	2	100.0	7	12	58.3	81.1	2	9	2	5	+6
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/2/2024	42	DEN	vs	SAS	38	16	6	1	2	18	32	56.3	1	6	16.7	5	6	83.3	60.6	4	12	4	2	+5