most 21 point games by a player nba history

LeBron James has the most games with 21+ points, with 1,262 games.

Interpreted as:
most 21 or more point regular-season games by a player by a player NBA history
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,262
37,414
38.5
29.6
7.7
7.4
1.5
0.8
10.9
20.6
52.6
1.9
5.0
37.2
6.0
8.1
74.4
61.2
1.2
6.5
3.5
48,548
9,663
9,325
1,955
969
4,419
2,278
+6957
2Karl Malone
K. Malone
1,064
30,600
38.8
28.8
10.9
3.6
1.5
0.8
10.5
19.6
53.7
0.1
0.3
29.2
7.6
10.1
75.7
59.8
2.7
8.2
3.1
41,328
11,557
3,816
1,558
883
3,302
3,374
+2659
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1,049
30,724
29.3
12.8
12.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.1
7.1
72.2
13,434
4Kevin Durant
K. Durant
971
28,767
37.7
29.6
7.2
4.5
1.1
1.2
10.2
19.7
51.9
2.2
5.4
40.9
7.0
7.9
88.6
64.0
0.7
6.5
3.2
36,580
6,975
4,362
1,027
1,132
3,133
1,927
+4871
5Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
900
29,614
39.2
32.9
6.4
5.3
2.5
0.9
12.4
24.2
51.2
0.6
1.8
34.3
7.5
9.0
84.0
58.5
1.6
4.8
2.8
35,322
5,742
4,812
2,258
791
2,525
2,424
+1379
6Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
884
27,248
39.3
30.8
5.8
4.9
1.6
0.5
10.7
22.8
47.2
1.7
4.7
35.8
7.7
9.1
84.0
57.5
1.3
4.5
3.1
34,738
5,131
4,372
1,420
454
2,773
2,315
+4179
7Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
780
21,424
38.0
27.5
8.8
2.8
0.9
1.0
9.6
18.8
51.2
1.7
3.7
44.1
6.5
7.4
88.8
62.2
1.2
7.6
1.9
29,646
6,838
2,152
725
747
1,497
1,965
+5359
8Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
775
22,426
38.1
28.9
12.2
2.8
0.7
2.6
11.5
19.3
59.6
0.0
0.0
5.0
6.0
11.1
53.9
59.9
4.0
8.1
2.9
29,493
9,424
2,186
517
1,981
2,219
2,639
+3822
9Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
743
21,131
37.3
28.4
6.7
3.1
1.1
0.6
10.2
20.9
48.7
1.6
4.0
39.8
6.5
7.9
82.4
58.4
1.8
4.9
2.7
27,749
4,964
2,272
837
413
2,023
2,212
+2839
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
743
27,468
37.0
24.3
15.0
7.1
13.3
53.2
18,044
11James Harden
J. Harden
731
22,584
37.4
30.9
6.2
8.2
1.7
0.6
9.1
19.5
46.6
3.6
9.2
39.1
9.1
10.5
87.0
64.0
0.8
5.4
4.2
27,323
4,564
5,972
1,234
468
3,082
1,904
+4414
12Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
726
22,321
30.7
0.0
10.8
9.0
10.7
84.5
1.0
0.5
0
13Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
722
21,768
38.3
30.1
7.5
2.8
0.6
11.2
22.9
48.9
0.8
6.9
8.4
82.6
56.6
27,660
5,382
2,031
469
1,444
-8
14Jerry West
J. West
715
21,874
30.6
11.0
8.6
10.5
82.1
15Stephen Curry
S. Curry
705
21,340
35.4
30.3
5.0
6.4
1.5
0.3
10.2
20.2
50.5
5.0
10.9
45.9
4.9
5.3
91.8
67.2
0.7
4.3
3.2
24,936
3,517
4,497
1,081
189
2,261
1,526
+5599
16Moses Malone
M. Malone
695
19,397
38.8
27.9
14.4
1.6
9.7
18.2
53.1
0.0
8.6
10.9
78.5
60.6
26,981
10,035
1,105
1,775
17Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
687
19,301
39.2
28.1
12.5
2.9
1.9
3.5
11.2
20.4
54.7
0.0
0.1
20.5
5.7
7.8
73.5
58.9
3.8
8.7
3.3
26,915
8,567
1,964
1,328
2,402
2,253
2,570
+339
18Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
673
20,808
42.8
30.9
3.9
6.3
2.4
0.2
10.7
23.8
44.8
1.4
4.1
34.0
8.2
10.3
79.3
54.5
0.8
3.0
3.7
28,788
2,608
4,266
1,584
118
2,475
1,329
+1819
19Alex English
A. English
671
19,424
37.2
28.9
6.0
4.5
12.0
22.4
53.6
0.0
5.0
5.9
84.0
58.0
24,990
4,047
3,017
1,925
20Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
671
19,049
28.4
11.4
0.0
5.5
8.0
68.8
21DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
660
18,397
37.2
27.9
4.8
4.5
1.1
0.3
9.9
19.4
50.9
0.8
2.2
35.5
7.4
8.6
85.9
60.2
0.7
4.0
2.0
24,531
3,136
3,000
724
213
1,343
1,498
+1165
22Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
642
20,123
31.3
11.8
7.8
9.8
79.2
23John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
641
17,372
27.1
10.8
5.6
6.8
82.7
24Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
635
18,072
36.2
28.5
7.8
8.7
1.7
0.3
10.1
21.2
47.8
1.6
4.5
35.7
6.5
8.2
79.8
57.3
1.7
6.1
4.3
22,973
4,943
5,501
1,101
204
2,714
1,670
+2321
25Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
620
17,345
38.5
28.0
11.2
2.2
1.1
2.9
11.0
20.2
54.1
0.0
0.1
20.0
6.0
7.9
76.0
58.9
2.7
8.5
3.3
23,861
6,956
1,346
681
1,803
2,021
2,245
+472

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

8.9

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.8

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.0

6th

DRTG

114.8

15th

NETRTG

4.2

8th

3P%

36.1

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
49
24
.671
4.0
3
48
26
.649
5.5
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
46
28
.622
7.5
5
41
32
.562
12.0
6
41
33
.554
12.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
3/30
@
9:00 PM
Tue
3/31
@
10:30 PM
Thu
4/2
@
10:00 PM
Sun
4/5
@
6:00 PM
Mon
4/6
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
MIA Heat

39 - 35

128

Final

149

CLE Cavaliers

46 - 28

Fri 27 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
53
20
.726
2
49
24
.671
4.0
3
48
26
.649
5.5
4
46
28
.622
7.5
5
41
32
.562
12.0
6
41
33
.554
12.5
7
40
33
.548
13.0
8
39
34
.534
14.0
9
39
34
.534
14.0
10
39
35
.527
14.5
11
29
43
.403
23.5
12
29
44
.397
24.0
13
17
55
.236
35.5
14
Nets Nets - e
17
56
.233
36.0
15
16
58
.216
37.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
58
16
.784
2
Spurs Spurs - x
55
18
.753
2.5
3
47
26
.644
10.5
4
47
28
.627
11.5
5
45
28
.616
12.5
6
44
29
.603
13.5
7
40
33
.548
17.5
8
38
36
.514
20.0
9
37
37
.500
21.0
10
35
38
.479
22.5
11
25
50
.333
33.5
12
24
49
.329
33.5
13
23
50
.315
34.5
14
Jazz Jazz - e
21
53
.284
37.0
15
Kings Kings - e
19
55
.257
39.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
2/28
@
106-92
Sat
2/28
@
98-114
Sat
2/28
@
100-87
Sat
2/28
@
117-137
Sat
2/28
@
104-128

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
3/28
@
3:00 PM
Sat
3/28
@
5:30 PM
Sat
3/28
@
6:00 PM
Sat
3/28
@
7:30 PM
Sat
3/28
@
8:00 PM