most points by a big man in a game since 1970

Since 1969-70, David Robinson has put up the most points by a big man in a game, with 71 points versus the Los Angeles Clippers on April 24, 1994.

Interpreted as:

most points by a big man in a regular-season game since 1970

	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	David Robinson D. Robinson	71	4/24/1994	SAS	@	LAC	44	14	5	0	2	26	41	63.4	1	2	50.0	18	25	72.0	68.3	4	10	8	2
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	70	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	37	18	5	1	1	24	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	64	12/13/2023	MIL	vs	IND	37	14	3	4	1	20	28	71.4	0	3	0.0	24	32	75.0	76.0	3	11	4	1	+29
4	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	62	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	38	8	2	0	0	21	35	60.0	10	15	66.7	10	14	71.4	75.3	3	5	7	2	0
5	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	62	1/24/2014	NYK	vs	CHA	39	13	0	0	0	23	35	65.7	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	78.7	1	12	0	1	+34
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	61	4/1/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
7	LeBron James L. James	61	3/3/2014	MIA	vs	CHA	41	7	4	0	0	22	33	66.7	8	10	80.0	9	12	75.0	79.7	3	4	2	2	+16
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	61	3/6/2000	LAL	@	LAC	45	23	3	0	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		13	22	59.1	68.3	7	16	4	2	+16
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	61	1/27/1990	UTA	vs	MIL	33	18	2	3	0	21	26	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
10	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	60	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	36	17	3	1	0	19	31	61.3	7	11	63.6	15	16	93.8	78.9	2	15	6	5	+16
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	60	4/30/2021	BOS	vs	SAS	45	8	5	0	1	20	37	54.1	5	7	71.4	15	17	88.2	67.4	2	6	0	2	+6
12	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	60	3/24/1990	PHX	vs	SEA	42	6	4	1	2	22	32	68.8	0	0		16	18	88.9	75.2	1	5	1	5
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	59	11/13/2024	MIL	vs	DET	44	14	7	2	3	21	34	61.8	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	71.1	3	11	3	1	+7
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	59	11/13/2022	PHI	vs	UTA	37	11	8	1	7	19	28	67.9	1	5	20.0	20	24	83.3	76.5	1	10	5	3	+25
15	Anthony Davis A. Davis	59	2/21/2016	NOP	@	DET	43	20	4	0	1	24	34	70.6	2	2	100.0	9	10	90.0	76.8	6	14	2	1	+17
16	Julius Randle J. Randle	57	3/20/2023	NYK	vs	MIN	37	4	1	0	0	19	29	65.5	8	14	57.1	11	13	84.6	82.1	0	4	4	4	-6
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	56	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	39	16	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
18	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	56	1/10/2019	SAS	vs	OKC	49	9	4	0	4	20	33	60.6	0	0		16	16	100.0	69.9	4	5	5	2	+7
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	56	3/28/2018	MIN	vs	ATL	41	15	4	0	1	19	32	59.4	6	8	75.0	12	15	80.0	72.5	4	11	2	4	+7
20	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	56	1/25/2016	SAC	vs	CHA	46	12	4	1	2	21	30	70.0	1	3	33.3	13	16	81.3	75.6	1	11	7	6	+15
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	56	4/7/1998	UTA	@	GSW	42	9	2	1	4	18	29	62.1	1	1	100.0	19	23	82.6	71.6	2	7	3	2	+1
22	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	56	2/18/1990	PHX	@	GSW	43	8	2	1	0	19	29	65.5	2	2	100.0	16	19	84.2	74.9	3	5	2	4
23	Kevin McHale K. McHale	56	3/3/1985	BOS	vs	DET	41	16	4	1	3	22	28	78.6	0	0		12	13	92.3	83.0	10	6	4	3
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	55	1/3/2023	MIL	vs	WAS	37	10	7	2	0	20	33	60.6	0	3	0.0	15	16	93.8	68.7	2	8	5	3	+25
25	Anthony Davis A. Davis	55	12/4/2022	LAL	@	WAS	38	17	1	0	3	22	30	73.3	2	3	66.7	9	9	100.0	81.0	3	14	2	1	+17