most efficient shooting 50 point game ever

Aaron Gordon has the highest career field-goal percentage when scoring 50+ points, at 81.0 percent.

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Data note: Field-Goal Percentage: player game data complete from 1982-83

	NAME	FG%	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	81.0	50	1	38.7	50.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	17.0	21.0	10.0	11.0	90.9	6.0	6.0	100.0	105.8	0.0	8.0	2.0	39	8	2	0	1	2	1	-1
2	Dana Barros D. Barros	80.8	50	1	42.0	50.0	6.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	21.0	26.0	6.0	8.0	75.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	93.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	42	6	8	2	0	4	2
3	Kevin McHale K. McHale	78.6	56	1	41.0	56.0	16.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	22.0	28.0	0.0	0.0		12.0	13.0	92.3	83.0	10.0	6.0	4.0	41	16	4	1	3	4	3
4	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	74.1	50	1	41.0	50.0	11.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	20.0	27.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	17.0	58.8	72.5	5.0	6.0	1.0	41	11	3	1	1	1	3	+25
5	Tony Delk T. Delk	74.1	53	1	50.0	53.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	20.0	27.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	78.9	3.0	3.0	2.0	50	6	0	1	0	2	1	+7
6	Glen Rice G. Rice	74.1	56	1	45.0	56.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	27.0	7.0	8.0	87.5	9.0	10.0	90.0	89.2	1.0	3.0	2.0	45	4	0	0	0	2	4
7	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	74.1	57	1	38.0	57.0	9.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	27.0	0.0	0.0		17.0	22.0	77.3	77.7	3.0	6.0	2.0	38	9	3	0	0	2	5
8	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	73.9	54	1	37.1	54.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	17.0	23.0	11.0	14.0	78.6	9.0	9.0	100.0	100.1	0.0	3.0	1.0	37	3	2	3	3	1	2	+20
9	Ja Morant J. Morant	73.3	52	1	34.3	52.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	22.0	30.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	4.0	7.0	57.1	78.6	1.0	6.0	4.0	34	7	2	0	0	4	1	+23
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	72.1	220	4	40.8	55.0	14.5	2.5	1.8	1.0	20.0	27.8	0.3	0.3	100.0	14.8	18.5	79.7	76.6	5.0	9.5	2.3	163	58	10	7	4	9	12	+1
11	Malachi Flynn M. Flynn	72.0	50	1	34.1	50.0	6.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	18.0	25.0	5.0	9.0	55.6	9.0	12.0	75.0	82.6	0.0	6.0	4.0	34	6	5	3	0	4	2	+14
12	Rashard Lewis R. Lewis	72.0	50	1	37.0	50.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	18.0	25.0	4.0	7.0	57.1	10.0	13.0	76.9	81.4	2.0	6.0	0.0	37	8	4	0	1	0	1	+22
13	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	71.2	101	2	42.0	50.5	6.5	5.0	1.5	1.0	21.0	29.5	0.5	0.5	100.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	75.5	1.5	5.0	3.0	84	13	10	3	2	6	4
14	Andre Miller A. Miller	71.0	52	1	42.2	52.0	5.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	22.0	31.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	7.0	8.0	87.5	75.3	1.0	4.0	2.0	42	5	2	2	0	2	2	+4
15	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	70.8	50	1	39.0	50.0	12.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	17.0	24.0	0.0	0.0		16.0	17.0	94.1	79.4	6.0	6.0	4.0	39	12	1	0	2	4	3
16	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	70.0	50	1	45.0	50.0	12.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	21.0	30.0	0.0	0.0		8.0	8.0	100.0	74.6	3.0	9.0	2.0	45	12	5	2	1	2	1	+12
17	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	70.0	101	2	41.5	50.5	16.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	21.0	30.0	0.0	0.0		8.5	9.5	89.5	73.9	4.0	12.5	4.5	83	33	3	1	3	9	10
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	69.6	164	3	41.0	54.7	16.7	3.0	1.0	1.0	21.3	30.7	0.0	0.0		12.0	18.3	65.5	70.6	5.7	11.0	4.0	123	50	9	3	3	12	9	+31
19	Jamal Murray J. Murray	69.3	210	4	39.5	52.5	5.5	3.8	1.3	0.0	19.8	28.5	8.5	12.5	68.0	4.5	5.0	90.0	85.5	1.0	4.5	2.0	158	22	15	5	0	8	9	+83
20	CJ McCollum	69.2	100	2	30.0	50.0	4.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	18.0	26.0	8.0	12.5	64.0	6.0	6.0	100.0	87.3	1.0	3.0	2.0	60	8	4	1	0	4	3	+50
21	Alex English A. English	69.2	105	2	44.0	52.5	3.5	5.0	1.0	0.0	22.5	32.5	0.0	0.0		7.5	8.0	93.8	72.9	1.0	2.5	2.0	88	7	10	2	0	4	8
22	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	69.2	56	1	37.0	56.0	6.0	4.0			18.0	26.0	0.0	0.0		20.0	22.0	90.9	78.5				37	6	4				4
23	T.J. Warren	69.0	53	1	40.6	53.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	20.0	29.0	9.0	12.0	75.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	86.2	0.0	4.0	1.0	41	4	3	0	2	1	4	+18
24	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	68.8	52	1	42.0	52.0	14.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	22.0	32.0	0.0	0.0		8.0	13.0	61.5	68.9	7.0	7.0	1.0	42	14	1	1	5	1	2
25	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	68.0	52	1	41.2	52.0	9.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	25.0	2.0	6.0	33.3	16.0	18.0	88.9	79.0	3.0	6.0	1.0	41	9	7	1	0	1	2	+8

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.2

Murray

RPG

10.8

Jokić

APG

9.0

Jokić

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.6

9th

DRTG

116.4

22nd

NETRTG

1.2

15th

3P%

35.4

14th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
7	Warriors	8	5	.615	3.0
8	Thunder	8	5	.615	3.0
9	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
10	Mavericks	7	5	.583	3.5
11	Suns	5	6	.455	5.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	DEN	@	NOP	7:00 PM
Mon 11/16	PHX	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Wed 11/18	BOS	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Fri 11/20	HOU	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Sun 11/22	DEN	@	CHI	7:00 PM

Last Game

Nuggets

6 - 4

123

Final

118

Grizzlies

7 - 4

Wed 11 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.6

Dončić

30.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Wembanyama

RPG Leaders

13.7

Towns

13.2

Sabonis

12.3

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.2

Mitchell

9.0

Jokić

8.8

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.9

Daniels

2.2

Flagg

2.2

Thybulle

BPG Leaders

4.2

Wembanyama

2.2

Kessler

2.2

Turner

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.3

Curry

4.1

Bane

TS% Leaders

73.7

Spencer

72.6

Gafford

71.9

Curry

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

120.4

120.3

119.2

DRtg Rankings

104.8

107.0

107.6

107.9

108.8

109.2

NetRtg Rankings

13.3

11.7

9.1

8.0

Tank Leaderboard

1-12

1-11

2-9

3-8

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

801.4

Wembanyama

685.6

Dončić

633.1

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

777

Wembanyama

723.3

Dončić

662

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.1

Dončić

36.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

35.4

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.2

Acuff

36.8

Wagner

36.4

Murray

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.10

Wembanyama

1.74

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.04

Wembanyama

1.83

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

11-1

9-4

8-4

7-4

Worst Record ATS

3-10

3-9

3-8

4-9

4-8

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	10	2	.833
2	76ers	10	3	.769	0.5
3	Pistons	8	3	.727	1.5
4	Hawks	7	6	.538	3.5
5	Heat	6	6	.500	4.0
6	Knicks	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Cavaliers	6	7	.462	4.5
8	Raptors	5	7	.417	5.0
9	Magic	5	7	.417	5.0
10	Pacers	5	8	.385	5.5
11	Hornets	4	8	.333	6.0
12	Wizards	4	9	.308	6.5
13	Nets	3	8	.273	6.5
14	Bulls	2	9	.182	7.5
15	Bucks	1	12	.077	9.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Spurs	11	2	.846
2	Lakers	11	2	.846
3	Rockets	10	3	.769	1.0
4	Trail Blazers	9	3	.750	1.5
5	Timberwolves	9	3	.750	1.5
6	Grizzlies	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Warriors	8	5	.615	3.0
8	Thunder	8	5	.615	3.0
9	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
10	Mavericks	7	5	.583	3.5
11	Suns	5	6	.455	5.0
12	Pelicans	4	9	.308	7.0
13	Clippers	3	8	.273	7.0
14	Kings	1	11	.083	9.5
15	Jazz	1	12	.077	10.0

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	DEN	@	NOP	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	DAL	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Sat 11/14	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	CHI	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	BKN	@	MEM	8:00 PM

Aaron Gordon has the highest career field-goal percentage when scoring 50+ points, at 81.0 percent.

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9.0

8.8

2.9

2.2

2.2

4.2

2.2

2.2

5.5

4.3

4.1

73.7

72.6

71.9

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

801.4

685.6

633.1

777

723.3

662

40.1

36.5

35.4

37.2

36.8

36.4

2.10

1.74

1.62

2.04

1.83

1.70

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