most games with 17 points by an nba player in a career

LeBron James has the most games with 17+ points, with 1,484 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games with 17 or more points by an NBA player in a career
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,484
41,556
38.0
28.0
7.6
7.4
1.5
0.7
10.3
20.0
51.6
1.7
4.8
35.7
5.7
7.7
73.9
60.0
1.2
6.4
3.5
56,360
11,219
10,999
2,240
1,111
5,201
2,663
+7466
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
1,105
31,323
37.2
28.3
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
41,159
7,770
4,923
1,165
1,257
3,519
2,130
+5371
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
899
25,715
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
5.3
4.1
33,079
5,458
7,210
1,436
554
3,690
2,251
+4755
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
840
23,870
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
29,434
4,147
5,413
1,320
220
2,692
1,861
+6213
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

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

9.1

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.3

6th

DRTG

115.0

15th

NETRTG

4.3

9th

3P%

36.0

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
54
25
.684
3.5
3
51
28
.646
6.5
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
51
29
.638
7.0
5
45
35
.563
13.0
6
44
35
.557
13.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
4/10
@
7:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Last Game
ATL Hawks

45 - 35

116

Final

122

CLE Cavaliers

51 - 29

Wed 8 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
58
22
.725
2
54
25
.684
3.5
3
51
28
.646
6.5
4
51
29
.638
7.0
5
45
35
.563
13.0
6
44
35
.557
13.5
7
44
36
.550
14.0
8
43
36
.544
14.5
9
43
37
.538
15.0
10
41
38
.519
16.5
11
Bucks Bucks - e
31
49
.388
27.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
30
49
.380
27.5
13
Nets Nets - e
20
59
.253
37.5
14
18
61
.228
39.5
15
17
62
.215
40.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
63
16
.797
2
Spurs Spurs - x
60
19
.759
3.0
3
51
28
.646
12.0
4
50
29
.633
13.0
5
50
29
.633
13.0
6
47
33
.588
16.5
7
43
36
.544
20.0
8
41
38
.519
22.0
9
40
39
.506
23.0
10
37
42
.468
26.0
11
26
54
.325
37.5
12
25
54
.316
38.0
13
25
54
.316
38.0
14
Kings Kings - e
21
59
.263
42.5
15
Jazz Jazz - e
21
59
.263
42.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
3/12
@
101-92
Thu
3/12
@
115-122
Thu
3/12
@
138-105
Thu
3/12
@
105-107
Thu
3/12
@
114-124

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
4/9
@
7:00 PM
Thu
4/9
@
7:00 PM
Thu
4/9
@
7:30 PM
Thu
4/9
@
7:30 PM
Thu
4/9
@
8:00 PM