most 21 points games by player nba

LeBron James has the most games with 21+ points, with 1,256 games.

Interpreted as:
most 21 or more points regular-season games by player NBA
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,256
37,273
38.5
29.7
7.7
7.4
1.6
0.8
10.9
20.7
52.6
1.9
5.0
37.1
6.1
8.1
74.4
61.2
1.2
6.5
3.5
48,359
9,628
9,289
1,950
963
4,399
2,269
+6892
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
957
28,360
37.7
29.6
7.2
4.5
1.1
1.2
10.2
19.7
51.9
2.2
5.4
40.8
7.0
7.9
88.6
63.9
0.7
6.5
3.2
36,068
6,898
4,296
1,013
1,120
3,095
1,913
+4837
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
11Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
726
22,321
30.7
0.0
10.8
9.0
10.7
84.5
1.0
0.5
0
12James Harden
J. Harden
725
22,422
37.4
30.9
6.2
8.2
1.7
0.6
9.1
19.6
46.5
3.6
9.2
39.0
9.1
10.5
87.0
63.9
0.9
5.4
4.2
27,113
4,530
5,929
1,229
465
3,062
1,887
+4378
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
656
18,257
37.2
27.8
4.8
4.5
1.1
0.3
9.9
19.4
50.9
0.8
2.2
35.6
7.3
8.6
85.9
60.2
0.7
4.0
2.0
24,377
3,122
2,965
718
212
1,330
1,488
+1142
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
632
18,002
36.2
28.5
7.8
8.7
1.7
0.3
10.2
21.3
47.8
1.6
4.5
35.7
6.6
8.2
79.7
57.3
1.7
6.1
4.3
22,880
4,925
5,479
1,099
204
2,708
1,666
+2311
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

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.8

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

8.8

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.9

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

118.3

5th

DRTG

113.8

10th

NETRTG

4.4

8th

3P%

35.8

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
36
19
.655
5.5
3
35
21
.625
7.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
35
21
.625
7.0
5
33
23
.589
9.0
6
30
25
.545
11.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
2/20
@
7:00 PM
Sun
2/22
@
1:00 PM
Tue
2/24
@
7:30 PM
Wed
2/25
@
8:00 PM
Fri
2/27
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
BKN Nets

15 - 39

84

Final

112

CLE Cavaliers

35 - 21

Thu 19 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
41
13
.759
2
36
19
.655
5.5
3
35
21
.625
7.0
4
35
21
.625
7.0
5
33
23
.589
9.0
6
30
25
.545
11.5
7
29
25
.537
12.0
8
29
27
.518
13.0
9
27
30
.474
15.5
10
26
30
.464
16.0
11
23
30
.434
17.5
12
24
32
.429
18.0
13
15
39
.278
26.0
14
15
39
.278
26.0
15
15
41
.268
27.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
42
14
.750
2
39
16
.709
2.5
3
35
20
.636
6.5
4
34
20
.630
7.0
5
33
21
.611
8.0
6
34
22
.607
8.0
7
32
24
.571
10.0
8
29
27
.518
13.0
9
27
29
.482
15.0
10
26
28
.481
15.0
11
20
33
.377
20.5
12
19
35
.352
22.0
13
18
38
.321
24.0
14
15
41
.268
27.0
15
12
45
.211
30.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
1/17
@
110-119
Sat
1/17
@
110-87
Sat
1/17
@
117-110
Sat
1/17
@
93-110
Sun
1/18
@
112-110

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
2/20
@
7:00 PM
Fri
2/20
@
7:00 PM
Fri
2/20
@
7:00 PM
Fri
2/20
@
7:30 PM
Fri
2/20
@
7:30 PM