most points by a player scored nba game in the 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Kobe Bryant had the most points in a game, with 81 points versus the Raptors on January 22, 2006.

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most points by a player scored NBA regular-season game in the 2000s
NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
81
1/22/2006
LAL LAL
vs
TOR TOR
42
6
2
3
1
28
46
60.9
7
13
53.8
18
20
90.0
73.9
2
4
3
1
+25
2Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
65
3/16/2007
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
50
7
3
3
0
23
39
59.0
8
12
66.7
11
12
91.7
73.4
1
6
2
3
+4
3Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
62
12/20/2005
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
33
8
0
3
0
18
31
58.1
4
10
40.0
22
25
88.0
73.8
3
5
2
3
+35
4Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
62
3/10/2004
ORL ORL
vs
WAS WAS
46
10
5
1
0
20
37
54.1
5
14
35.7
17
26
65.4
64.0
3
7
6
1
+10
5Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
61
2/2/2009
LAL LAL
@
NYK NYK
37
0
3
0
1
19
31
61.3
3
6
50.0
20
20
100.0
76.6
0
0
2
1
+19
6Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
61
3/6/2000
LAL LAL
@
LAC LAC
45
23
3
0
0
24
35
68.6
0
0
13
22
59.1
68.3
7
16
4
2
+16
7Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
60
3/22/2007
LAL LAL
@
MEM MEM
45
5
4
0
0
20
37
54.1
3
7
42.9
17
18
94.4
66.8
2
3
2
4
+2
8Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
60
12/17/2006
WAS WAS
@
LAL LAL
49
8
8
2
0
17
32
53.1
5
12
41.7
21
27
77.8
68.4
0
8
3
3
+10
9Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
60
2/12/2005
PHI PHI
vs
ORL ORL
42
4
6
5
1
17
36
47.2
2
5
40.0
24
27
88.9
62.7
1
3
3
1
+27
10Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
58
12/29/2006
LAL LAL
@
CHA CHA
54
5
4
0
0
22
45
48.9
4
11
36.4
10
12
83.3
57.7
0
5
4
6
+5
11Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
58
1/15/2002
PHI PHI
vs
HOU HOU
50
2
6
2
0
21
42
50.0
2
3
66.7
14
14
100.0
60.2
0
2
6
2
+8
12Michael Redd
M. Redd
57
11/11/2006
MIL MIL
vs
UTA UTA
46
2
0
3
1
18
32
56.3
6
12
50.0
15
17
88.2
72.2
0
2
3
2
+2
13Jerry Stackhouse
J. Stackhouse
57
4/3/2001
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
42
4
5
1
0
21
36
58.3
4
11
36.4
11
13
84.6
68.3
0
4
4
2
+34
14LeBron James
L. James
56
3/20/2005
CLE CLE
@
TOR TOR
48
10
5
2
0
18
36
50.0
6
12
50.0
14
15
93.3
65.7
2
8
4
0
-7
15Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
56
1/14/2002
LAL LAL
vs
MEM MEM
34
5
4
1
0
21
34
61.8
3
6
50.0
11
12
91.7
71.3
3
2
0
1
+40
16Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
55
4/12/2009
MIA MIA
vs
NYK NYK
39
9
4
0
1
19
30
63.3
6
12
50.0
11
13
84.6
77.0
2
7
3
3
+24
17LeBron James
L. James
55
2/20/2009
CLE CLE
@
MIL MIL
40
5
9
0
0
16
29
55.2
8
11
72.7
15
22
68.2
71.1
1
4
6
3
+13
18Tony Parker
T. Parker
55
11/5/2008
SAS SAS
@
MIN MIN
51
7
10
0
0
22
36
61.1
2
3
66.7
9
10
90.0
68.1
0
7
4
0
+7
19Jermaine O'Neal
J. O'Neal
55
1/4/2005
IND IND
vs
MIL MIL
36
11
3
0
2
18
28
64.3
0
0
19
25
76.0
70.5
3
8
3
3
+22
20Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
55
3/28/2003
LAL LAL
vs
WAS WAS
41
5
3
3
0
15
29
51.7
9
13
69.2
16
18
88.9
74.5
0
5
3
5
+21
21Ray Allen
R. Allen
54
1/12/2007
SEA SEA
vs
UTA UTA
43
10
5
1
0
17
32
53.1
8
12
66.7
12
12
100.0
72.4
3
7
2
2
+10
22Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
54
12/22/2006
WAS WAS
@
PHX PHX
48
3
4
1
0
21
37
56.8
6
12
50.0
6
6
100.0
68.1
0
3
4
5
+12
23Damon Stoudamire
D. Stoudamire
54
1/14/2005
POR POR
@
NOH NOH
43
0
1
1
0
20
32
62.5
8
16
50.0
6
6
100.0
77.9
0
0
0
3
-7
24Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
54
12/18/2004
PHI PHI
@
MIL MIL
40
8
5
2
0
17
29
58.6
4
7
57.1
16
21
76.2
70.6
2
6
3
0
+25
25Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
54
1/6/2001
PHI PHI
@
CLE CLE
44
3
3
3
1
20
30
66.7
4
7
57.1
10
13
76.9
75.6
0
3
4
3
+5
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