LeBron James has posted the most career points on May 18, with 144 points.

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may 18 highest points by a player by a playernba

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	144	5	42.5	28.8	8.4	6.8	2.6	0.4	10.8	21.4	50.5	1.4	6.6	21.2	5.8	8.2	70.7	57.6	1.2	7.2	3.2	212	42	34	13	2	16	16	+25
2	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	93	3	41.8	31.0	5.0	3.7	1.3	0.7	9.7	17.3	55.8	3.7	6.3	57.9	8.0	9.0	88.9	72.8	0.3	4.7	4.0	125	15	11	4	2	12	13	+14
3	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	93	3	42.0	31.0	12.3	2.7	2.0	1.0	11.0	19.3	56.9	1.0	2.0	50.0	8.0	10.0	80.0	65.3	4.0	8.3	2.3	126	37	8	6	3	7	6
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	90	3	41.7	30.0	10.0	5.3	1.3	3.0	11.0	20.3	54.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	8.0	10.7	75.0	59.9	3.3	6.7	2.3	125	30	16	4	9	7	11
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	85	3	32.6	28.3	6.7	3.3	0.7	0.3	9.0	19.0	47.4	4.7	11.0	42.4	5.7	7.0	81.0	64.2	0.7	6.0	3.7	98	20	10	2	1	11	6	+66
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	85	3	37.3	28.3	7.3	3.3	0.7	2.7	11.0	18.7	58.9	0.0	0.0		6.3	7.7	82.6	64.3			3.7	112	22	10	2	8	11	15
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	84	3	41.3	28.0	9.7	1.7	2.3	1.7	12.0	21.0	57.1	0.0	0.0		4.0	7.3	54.5	57.8	3.7	6.0	3.3	124	29	5	7	5	10	10	+17
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	79	3	38.3	26.3	9.0	4.3	1.7	0.0	9.3	17.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		7.7	12.7	60.5	57.5	1.7	7.3	3.7	115	27	13	5	0	11	7	+20
9	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	78	4	32.8	19.5	11.0	2.0	0.5	1.8	9.0	16.8	53.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.5	2.8	54.5	54.3	3.5	7.5	1.3	131	44	8	2	7	5	15	-2
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	78	3	44.3	26.0	8.0	6.0	2.0	0.3	10.0	19.0	52.6	2.3	3.0	77.8	3.7	4.3	84.6	62.2	1.3	6.7	4.7	133	24	18	6	1	14	12
11	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	75	3	39.3	25.0	4.0	2.7	1.3	1.3	10.0	16.7	60.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	4.7	5.7	82.4	65.2	0.3	3.7	2.7	118	12	8	4	4	8	11	+12
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	75	3	35.0	25.0	5.0	4.0	1.3	0.7	8.0	20.3	39.3	0.0	1.3	0.0	9.0	9.7	93.1	50.8	1.3	3.7	3.0	105	15	12	4	2	9	8	+12
13	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	74	6	29.5	12.3	3.2	4.3	0.3	0.3	5.0	9.3	53.6	1.2	2.5	46.7	1.2	1.3	87.5	62.2	1.0	2.2	1.8	177	19	26	2	2	11	15
14	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	73	3	30.2	24.3	10.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	8.3	16.0	52.1	0.3	0.3	100.0	7.3	8.3	88.0	61.9	3.3	6.7	1.3	91	30	1	0	7	4	7	-10
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	72	4	45.3	18.0	9.3	16.0	2.0	0.5	6.0	13.8	43.6	0.0	2.3	0.0	6.0	6.5	92.3	54.2			3.8	181	37	64	8	2	15	11
16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	71	2	39.4	35.5	3.0	6.0	1.5	1.5	13.0	22.0	59.1	3.5	4.5	77.8	6.0	8.0	75.0	69.6	0.0	3.0	0.0	79	6	12	3	3	0	5	+32
17	Steve Nash S. Nash	69	3	39.6	23.0	7.0	12.3	1.0	0.0	8.7	17.3	50.0	2.3	4.7	50.0	3.3	3.7	90.9	60.7	0.7	6.3	3.7	119	21	37	3	0	11	5	-17
18	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	69	5	39.4	13.8	10.6	2.2	1.6	1.0	6.2	10.6	58.5	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.2	63.6	59.6	2.6	8.0	2.6	197	53	11	8	5	13	16	+2
19	Vince Carter V. Carter	66	3	36.6	22.0	3.7	3.3	2.7	0.7	8.7	19.0	45.6	1.7	4.0	41.7	3.0	4.7	64.3	52.2	1.7	2.0	2.7	110	11	10	8	2	8	10	+5
20	James Worthy J. Worthy	64	3	39.0	21.3	6.3	4.0	0.7	0.3	8.7	17.3	50.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	6.3	63.2	53.0	2.0	4.3	2.3	117	19	12	2	1	7	8
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	63	4	31.2	15.8	7.3	5.0	1.8	0.5	5.0	14.3	35.1	0.8	4.3	17.6	5.0	5.3	95.2	47.6	2.5	4.8	3.0	125	29	20	7	2	12	12	-80
22	George Gervin G. Gervin	62	2	41.0	31.0	7.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	12.0	27.5	43.6	0.0	0.0		7.0	9.0	77.8	49.3			2.0	82	15	3	4	2	4	6
23	Shawn Marion S. Marion	61	3	43.9	20.3	10.0	1.3	2.7	2.3	8.3	17.3	48.1	1.7	3.7	45.5	2.0	2.7	75.0	54.9	4.7	5.3	1.7	132	30	4	8	7	5	8	-17
24	Kevin Durant K. Durant	60	2	38.3	30.0	5.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	11.5	20.5	56.1	1.5	4.0	37.5	5.5	5.5	100.0	65.4	1.0	4.5	6.5	77	11	2	3	1	13	5	-22
25	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	60	3	40.3	20.0	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.7	7.0	14.7	47.7	1.7	3.3	50.0	4.3	5.3	81.3	58.8	1.7	5.7	4.3	121	22	12	3	2	13	9