most nba points by a bench nuggets pelicans player in 1 game ever regular season and playoffs in

JR Smith has posted the most points by a player off the bench for the Nuggets in a regular-season or postseason game, with 45 points against the Kings on April 13, 2009.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	JR Smith	45	4/13/2009	DEN	vs	SAC	30	4	1	1	0	13	22	59.1	11	18	61.1	8	8	100.0	88.2	0	4	0	0	+23
2	JR Smith	43	2/22/2008	DEN	@	CHI	33	5	1	2	0	15	25	60.0	8	14	57.1	5	8	62.5	75.4	1	4	3	3	+8
3	JR Smith	41	12/23/2009	DEN	vs	ATL	30	2	3	0	0	15	25	60.0	10	17	58.8	1	6	16.7	74.2	0	2	0	1	+6
4	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	41	1/3/1984	DEN	vs	SEA	35	5	2	3	0	18	25	72.0	0	0		5	5	100.0	75.4	3	2	2	5
5	David Thompson D. Thompson	41	1/2/1982	DEN	@	SAS	27	2	0	0	2	13	21	61.9	0	0		15	19	78.9	69.8	2	0	3	5
6	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	39	11/3/1983	DEN	@	KCK	31	5	3	2	1	16	22	72.7	0	0		7	8	87.5	76.4	1	4	2	3
7	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	38	12/4/2022	NOP	vs	DEN	27	3	2	1	0	12	19	63.2	8	11	72.7	6	7	85.7	86.1	0	3	0	3	+21
8	Mike Evans M. Evans	38	3/1/1985	DEN	@	DAL	30	4	8	1	0	15	20	75.0	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	89.1	0	4	7	3
9	Will Barton W. Barton	37	11/30/2017	DEN	vs	CHI	35	2	3	3	0	13	19	68.4	6	9	66.7	5	6	83.3	85.5	0	2	3	3	+12
10	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	37	2/23/2010	NOH	@	CLE	31	2	2	2	0	15	22	68.2	3	7	42.9	4	4	100.0	77.9	1	1	2	0	+4
11	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	37	12/11/1983	DEN	@	NJN	39	6	0	0	1	14	26	53.8	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	60.9	0	6	0	3
12	Walter Davis W. Davis	36	1/6/1990	DEN	vs	UTA	38	6	4	5	0	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	69.9	0	6	3	2
13	Will Barton W. Barton	35	3/16/2017	DEN	vs	LAC	36	5	3	1	0	12	18	66.7	7	10	70.0	4	5	80.0	86.6	2	3	2	1	+16
14	Wilson Chandler W. Chandler	35	3/18/2013	DEN	@	CHI	39	9	4	2	0	13	21	61.9	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	70.1	2	7	2	2	+8
15	Wilson Chandler W. Chandler	35	3/1/2013	DEN	vs	OKC	36	3	1	0	0	13	19	68.4	6	7	85.7	3	4	75.0	84.3	0	3	4	4	+18
16	Johnny Newman J. Newman	35	4/9/1998	DEN	vs	SAC	39	2	2	3	0	10	17	58.8	2	3	66.7	13	13	100.0	77.0	1	1	5	2	+20
17	Walter Davis W. Davis	35	12/15/1989	DEN	vs	SAC	28	3	2	2	0	13	23	56.5	0	1	0.0	9	9	100.0	64.9	1	2	1	0
18	Antonio Reeves A. Reeves	34	11/20/2024	NOP	@	CLE	40	5	3	0	0	14	25	56.0	4	12	33.3	2	2	100.0	65.7	1	4	0	1	-16
19	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	34	3/5/2024	NOP	@	TOR	29	6	1	1	0	11	17	64.7	10	14	71.4	2	4	50.0	90.6	2	4	0	0	+44
20	JR Smith	34	4/4/2009	DEN	vs	LAC	26	1	3	2	0	12	20	60.0	7	14	50.0	3	3	100.0	79.7	1	0	1	2	+24
21	Johnny Newman J. Newman	34	2/10/1998	DEN	vs	BOS	29	2	1	2	1	9	13	69.2	1	1	100.0	15	18	83.3	81.3	1	1	3	3	-4
22	Orlando Woolridge O. Woolridge	34	2/15/1991	DEN	@	NJN	29	6	5	0	0	11	20	55.0	0	0		12	15	80.0	63.9	5	1	3	3
23	Walter Davis W. Davis	34	4/28/1989	DEN	@	PHX	33	2	2	2	0	15	29	51.7	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	55.3	1	1	4	3
24	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	34	12/27/1983	DEN	@	LAL	39	3	3	1	0	12	24	50.0	0	0		10	12	83.3	58.1	0	3	2	3
25	David Thompson D. Thompson	34	12/12/1981	DEN	@	CLE	28	3	4	1	2	12	20	60.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	68.4	1	2	4	2