most 17 point games in nba history

LeBron James has the most games with 17+ points, with 1,487 games.

Interpreted as:
most 17 or more point regular-season games by a player in NBA history
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,487
41,628
38.0
28.0
7.6
7.4
1.5
0.7
10.3
19.9
51.6
1.7
4.8
35.8
5.7
7.7
73.9
60.0
1.2
6.4
3.5
56,441
11,237
11,028
2,249
1,112
5,211
2,665
+7526
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1,267
34,801
27.5
12.2
11.3
0.0
0.0
9.1
4.8
6.6
72.3
15,450
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
1,261
34,296
38.3
27.2
10.6
3.6
1.4
0.8
10.0
18.8
52.9
0.1
0.2
27.9
7.2
9.6
74.8
59.0
2.6
8.0
3.1
48,242
13,305
4,553
1,820
1,029
3,907
3,970
+3015
4Kevin Durant
K. Durant
1,107
31,385
37.2
28.4
7.0
4.5
1.1
1.1
9.8
19.2
51.1
2.1
5.2
39.9
6.7
7.6
88.3
63.0
0.7
6.4
3.2
41,236
7,784
4,935
1,166
1,259
3,525
2,133
+5385
5Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1,079
30,879
38.5
28.6
5.6
4.9
1.6
0.5
10.0
21.6
46.2
1.5
4.5
34.6
7.1
8.5
84.0
56.5
1.2
4.4
3.1
41,567
6,067
5,325
1,692
536
3,354
2,811
+4294
6Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
1,040
26,291
36.9
25.3
8.4
2.7
0.9
0.9
8.9
17.8
49.9
1.6
3.7
42.5
5.9
6.7
88.5
60.8
1.1
7.3
1.8
38,358
8,749
2,797
918
966
1,918
2,575
+6584
7Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
985
31,191
38.9
31.7
6.3
5.3
2.4
0.9
11.9
23.6
50.5
0.6
1.7
33.3
7.2
8.6
83.7
57.7
1.6
4.7
2.8
38,307
6,238
5,239
2,402
839
2,734
2,606
+1430
8Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
949
25,670
37.1
27.0
11.7
2.7
0.7
2.5
10.7
18.1
59.0
0.0
0.0
4.8
5.6
10.5
53.5
59.4
3.9
7.9
2.9
35,248
11,138
2,603
617
2,350
2,711
3,278
+4343
9Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
922
24,464
36.6
26.5
6.7
3.0
1.1
0.5
9.5
20.0
47.3
1.5
4.0
38.5
6.1
7.4
82.2
57.0
1.7
5.0
2.7
33,782
6,146
2,785
1,000
498
2,449
2,696
+2774
10Moses Malone
M. Malone
914
23,439
38.0
25.6
13.9
1.5
8.9
17.2
51.5
0.0
7.9
10.2
77.7
59.1
34,709
12,735
1,408
2,315
11Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
903
23,318
38.3
25.8
12.1
2.8
1.9
3.4
10.3
19.4
53.0
0.0
0.1
20.4
5.3
7.2
72.7
57.3
3.6
8.5
3.2
34,618
10,942
2,488
1,742
3,096
2,917
3,353
+638
12James Harden
J. Harden
900
25,735
36.8
28.6
6.1
8.0
1.6
0.6
8.4
18.5
45.7
3.4
8.7
38.4
8.4
9.6
86.7
62.9
0.8
5.2
4.1
33,104
5,458
7,215
1,436
554
3,695
2,252
+4721
13Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
878
22,881
26.1
10.5
0.0
5.0
7.4
68.0
14DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
876
22,421
36.6
25.6
4.6
4.5
1.1
0.3
9.1
18.3
49.6
0.7
2.0
33.3
6.7
7.9
85.5
58.7
0.7
3.9
2.0
32,048
4,046
3,919
934
290
1,776
1,962
+1088
15John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
872
21,661
24.8
9.9
5.1
6.2
82.2
16Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
871
24,524
37.6
28.2
7.2
2.7
0.6
10.5
22.0
47.7
0.8
6.4
7.8
82.2
55.4
32,730
6,277
2,359
556
1,727
-169
17Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
861
20,328
37.1
23.6
12.0
3.1
0.8
2.4
9.1
17.1
53.4
0.0
0.2
19.1
5.3
7.5
70.8
57.8
3.2
8.8
2.7
31,978
10,328
2,706
682
2,063
2,317
2,247
+5978
18Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
857
21,407
37.7
25.0
6.3
3.9
1.5
0.6
8.2
17.2
47.5
2.0
4.9
41.3
6.6
8.2
81.3
60.1
1.0
5.4
2.9
32,282
5,430
3,385
1,285
532
2,512
2,498
+3227
19Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
853
22,101
35.3
25.9
7.5
8.4
1.7
0.3
9.3
19.9
46.7
1.4
4.2
34.2
5.9
7.5
78.8
55.8
1.7
5.9
4.2
30,116
6,432
7,197
1,431
276
3,542
2,219
+2957
20Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
850
19,530
38.4
23.0
11.5
4.5
1.4
1.6
9.1
17.3
52.6
0.2
0.6
31.7
4.6
5.7
79.8
57.9
2.6
8.9
2.5
32,610
9,814
3,788
1,196
1,359
2,117
2,155
+4157
21Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
849
24,585
29.0
0.1
10.3
8.4
10.0
84.2
1
22Stephen Curry
S. Curry
841
23,894
35.0
28.4
4.9
6.4
1.6
0.3
9.6
19.5
49.2
4.6
10.5
44.4
4.6
5.0
91.7
65.5
0.7
4.3
3.2
29,463
4,153
5,416
1,321
221
2,695
1,861
+6226
23Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
834
29,163
35.0
23.9
14.2
6.7
12.8
52.1
19,955
24Jerry West
J. West
831
24,050
28.9
10.4
8.2
10.1
81.9
25Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
820
21,064
37.7
25.7
10.9
2.1
1.1
2.8
10.1
19.1
52.9
0.0
0.1
19.0
5.5
7.4
74.9
57.6
2.6
8.2
3.3
30,881
8,906
1,747
862
2,297
2,688
2,927
+715

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