most 22 point games in nba history by player

LeBron James has the most games with 22+ points, with 1,200 games.

Interpreted as:

most 22 or more point regular-season games in NBA history by player

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	1,200	36,133	38.6	30.1	7.7	7.4	1.6	0.8	11.0	20.9	52.9	1.9	5.1	37.5	6.1	8.2	74.3	61.5	1.2	6.5	3.5	46,327	9,201	8,892	1,873	922	4,226	2,181	+6636
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	995	29,151	39.0	29.3	10.9	3.6	1.5	0.8	10.7	19.8	54.1	0.1	0.3	30.7	7.8	10.2	75.9	60.2	2.7	8.2	3.1	38,835	10,889	3,561	1,447	825	3,104	3,167	+2406
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	995	29,590		29.7	13.0				12.3			0.0	0.0	0.0	5.2	7.2	72.4						12,898
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	927	27,886	37.8	30.1	7.2	4.5	1.1	1.2	10.4	19.9	52.1	2.3	5.5	41.3	7.1	8.0	88.5	64.2	0.7	6.5	3.3	35,075	6,691	4,161	974	1,075	3,019	1,845	+4620
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	865	28,879	39.4	33.4	6.4	5.3	2.5	0.9	12.6	24.4	51.5	0.6	1.8	34.4	7.6	9.1	84.1	58.7	1.6	4.7	2.8	34,042	5,505	4,596	2,181	764	2,432	2,333	+1317
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	822	25,946	39.5	31.6	5.8	4.9	1.6	0.5	11.0	23.2	47.3	1.7	4.8	36.1	7.8	9.3	84.2	57.7	1.3	4.6	3.1	32,503	4,800	4,028	1,327	423	2,577	2,164	+3872
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	725	21,376	38.2	29.5	12.2	2.9	0.7	2.6	11.7	19.5	59.8	0.0	0.0	5.0	6.1	11.3	54.3	60.2	4.1	8.2	2.9	27,704	8,878	2,089	488	1,853	2,069	2,458	+3642
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	721	27,006		37.5	24.4				15.1						7.2	13.4	53.4						17,560
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	706	19,870	38.4	28.1	8.9	2.8	0.9	1.0	9.9	19.2	51.6	1.7	3.8	44.7	6.7	7.5	89.2	62.6	1.2	7.7	2.0	27,086	6,272	1,972	663	691	1,378	1,793	+5076
10	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	699	21,754		31.1				0.0	11.0						9.1	10.8	84.7		0.0	0.0						0
11	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	693	20,081	37.6	29.0	6.7	3.1	1.1	0.5	10.4	21.2	49.0	1.6	4.0	39.9	6.7	8.1	82.5	58.6	1.8	4.9	2.7	26,067	4,663	2,128	789	379	1,902	2,070	+2604
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	691	21,117	38.4	30.6	7.5	2.8		0.6	11.4	23.1	49.2	0.8			7.0	8.5	82.7	56.9				26,502	5,164	1,943		444		1,380	-8
13	Jerry West J. West	687	21,286		31.0					11.1						8.7	10.6	82.2
14	James Harden J. Harden	685	21,625	37.4	31.6	6.3	8.2	1.7	0.7	9.3	19.8	46.9	3.7	9.4	39.6	9.3	10.7	87.1	64.4	0.9	5.4	4.3	25,650	4,306	5,595	1,177	452	2,914	1,803	+4114
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	676	20,742	35.4	30.7	5.0	6.3	1.5	0.3	10.3	20.3	50.8	5.1	11.0	46.2	5.0	5.4	91.7	67.7	0.7	4.3	3.2	23,926	3,376	4,292	1,026	182	2,175	1,449	+5507
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	641	20,136	42.9	31.4	3.9	6.3	2.4	0.2	10.9	24.1	45.1	1.4	4.1	34.6	8.3	10.4	79.5	54.8	0.8	3.0	3.7	27,502	2,487	4,066	1,526	105	2,367	1,276	+1932
17	Alex English A. English	633	18,626	37.4	29.4	6.0	4.6			12.2	22.7	53.8	0.0			5.0	5.9	84.4	58.2				23,682	3,800	2,883				1,832
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	630	18,104	39.3	28.7	12.6	2.9	1.9	3.5	11.4	20.9	54.8	0.0	0.1	21.3	5.8	7.9	73.6	59.0	3.8	8.8	3.2	24,776	7,914	1,808	1,226	2,206	2,043	2,355	+304
19	Moses Malone M. Malone	628	17,990	39.0	28.6	14.6	1.6			9.9	18.5	53.6	0.0			8.8	11.2	78.7	61.1				24,523	9,182	1,007				1,620
20	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	620	17,978		29.0					11.7			0.0			5.6	8.1	69.1
21	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	607	19,388		31.9					12.0						7.9	9.9	79.0
22	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	605	17,250	37.3	28.5	4.8	4.5	1.1	0.3	10.1	19.7	51.3	0.8	2.2	36.1	7.5	8.7	86.0	60.6	0.7	4.0	2.0	22,554	2,885	2,752	673	197	1,240	1,365	+1184
23	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	585	16,196		27.7					11.0						5.7	6.9	82.7
24	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	577	17,496		30.3					10.7						8.9	11.5	77.2
25	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	574	17,693		30.8					10.9			0.0			9.0	10.8	83.5

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.9

Mitchell

RPG

8.3

Mobley

APG

5.8

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 5/23	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Mon 5/25	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Wed 5/27	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Fri 5/29	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Sun 5/31	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

0 - 2

Final

109

Knicks

2 - 0

Thu 21 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

12.3

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.8

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

125.0

124.0

117.5

113.7

112.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.8

105.4

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

19.2

14.0

12.1

3.0

1.7

-0.3

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

629.4

Mobley

627.9

Cunningham

626.1

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

639.5

Mitchell

621

Mobley

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.65

Wembanyama

1.58

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

56-39

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-57

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0