most 16 point games in nba history by player

LeBron James has the most games with 16+ points, with 1,521 games.

Interpreted as:
most 16 or more point regular-season games in NBA history by player
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,521
42,172
37.9
27.7
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
10.2
19.8
51.4
1.7
4.8
35.6
5.6
7.6
73.9
59.8
1.2
6.4
3.5
57,613
11,483
11,290
2,294
1,134
5,341
2,714
+7580
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1,317
35,601
27.0
12.0
11.2
0.0
0.0
9.1
4.7
6.5
72.3
15,862
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
1,291
34,776
38.2
26.9
10.5
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.9
18.7
52.8
0.1
0.2
27.9
7.1
9.6
74.7
58.8
2.6
8.0
3.1
49,274
13,579
4,661
1,863
1,040
3,997
4,052
+3116
4Kevin Durant
K. Durant
1,130
31,753
37.2
28.1
7.0
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.7
19.1
50.8
2.1
5.2
39.7
6.7
7.5
88.3
62.8
0.7
6.3
3.2
42,007
7,912
5,024
1,180
1,280
3,596
2,170
+5275
5Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1,115
31,455
38.3
28.2
5.6
4.9
1.6
0.5
9.8
21.4
46.0
1.5
4.4
34.4
7.0
8.4
84.0
56.3
1.2
4.4
3.1
42,743
6,235
5,479
1,741
550
3,448
2,899
+4367
6Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
1,100
27,251
36.7
24.8
8.3
2.7
0.9
0.9
8.7
17.6
49.6
1.5
3.6
41.8
5.8
6.5
88.5
60.5
1.1
7.2
1.8
40,338
9,176
2,941
969
1,010
2,017
2,710
+6831
7Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1,007
31,543
38.8
31.3
6.3
5.3
2.4
0.8
11.8
23.5
50.3
0.6
1.7
33.1
7.1
8.5
83.7
57.5
1.6
4.7
2.8
39,078
6,361
5,359
2,437
854
2,803
2,662
+1459
8Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
984
26,230
36.9
26.7
11.6
2.7
0.7
2.5
10.6
17.9
59.0
0.0
0.0
4.8
5.5
10.4
53.5
59.3
3.8
7.8
2.9
36,328
11,461
2,668
642
2,418
2,814
3,405
+4496
9Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
962
25,104
36.4
26.1
6.6
3.0
1.1
0.5
9.3
19.8
47.0
1.5
4.0
38.3
6.0
7.3
82.0
56.7
1.7
4.9
2.6
35,045
6,358
2,885
1,034
513
2,541
2,816
+2781
10Moses Malone
M. Malone
949
23,999
37.8
25.3
13.8
1.5
8.7
17.0
51.3
0.0
7.8
10.1
77.7
59.0
35,866
13,132
1,446
2,401
11James Harden
J. Harden
948
26,503
36.6
28.0
6.0
7.9
1.6
0.6
8.3
18.2
45.5
3.3
8.6
38.1
8.2
9.4
86.6
62.6
0.8
5.2
4.1
34,680
5,705
7,521
1,484
580
3,846
2,351
+4753
12Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
942
23,942
38.1
25.4
12.0
2.7
1.9
3.4
10.1
19.1
53.0
0.0
0.1
21.6
5.2
7.1
72.6
57.2
3.6
8.4
3.2
35,915
11,330
2,558
1,800
3,195
3,037
3,494
+615
13Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
935
21,512
36.8
23.0
11.9
3.2
0.8
2.4
8.9
16.8
53.1
0.0
0.1
19.0
5.2
7.3
70.8
57.5
3.1
8.7
2.6
34,365
11,088
2,956
737
2,217
2,472
2,392
+6548
14John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
931
22,605
24.3
9.7
4.9
6.0
82.1
15Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
929
23,697
25.5
10.3
0.0
4.9
7.2
68.0
16DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
926
23,221
36.4
25.1
4.6
4.5
1.1
0.3
8.9
18.1
49.3
0.7
2.0
32.9
6.6
7.7
85.4
58.3
0.7
3.9
2.0
33,680
4,226
4,137
974
307
1,873
2,075
+963
17Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
926
20,746
38.1
22.4
11.4
4.4
1.4
1.6
8.9
17.1
52.1
0.2
0.6
30.4
4.4
5.5
80.0
57.3
2.6
8.8
2.5
35,305
10,574
4,053
1,284
1,474
2,269
2,361
+4434
18Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
904
22,159
37.5
24.5
6.3
3.9
1.5
0.6
8.0
17.0
47.3
2.0
4.8
40.8
6.5
8.0
81.2
59.8
0.9
5.4
2.9
33,897
5,694
3,527
1,331
562
2,642
2,638
+3226
19Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
895
22,773
35.2
25.4
7.5
8.4
1.7
0.3
9.1
19.7
46.4
1.4
4.2
34.0
5.8
7.3
78.6
55.6
1.6
5.8
4.1
31,490
6,707
7,554
1,498
288
3,701
2,340
+2877
20Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
894
24,892
37.4
27.8
7.2
2.7
0.6
10.4
21.8
47.6
0.7
6.3
7.7
82.1
55.2
33,468
6,393
2,403
566
1,776
-189
21Stephen Curry
S. Curry
865
24,278
34.9
28.1
4.9
6.5
1.6
0.3
9.5
19.3
49.0
4.6
10.4
44.1
4.5
4.9
91.5
65.2
0.7
4.3
3.2
30,232
4,259
5,580
1,352
224
2,758
1,914
+6294
22Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
864
24,825
28.7
0.0
10.2
8.4
9.9
84.1
1
23Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
862
21,736
37.4
25.2
10.7
2.1
1.0
2.8
9.9
18.8
52.6
0.0
0.1
18.3
5.4
7.3
75.0
57.4
2.6
8.2
3.3
32,238
9,266
1,808
904
2,382
2,810
3,074
+764
24Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
859
29,563
34.4
23.8
13.9
6.6
12.6
51.9
20,471
25Alex English
A. English
852
22,696
36.1
26.6
6.0
4.3
11.0
21.1
52.5
0.0
4.5
5.4
84.2
56.9
30,770
5,078
3,674
2,363

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