most points ever scored on a sunday in a nba game

Kobe Bryant has posted the most points in a game on Sundays, with 81 points versus the Raptors on January 22, 2006.

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most points by a player ever scored on a sunday in a NBA regular-season game

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	81	1/22/2006	LAL	vs	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
2	David Thompson D. Thompson	73	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	43	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7				17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	71	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	39	6	6	0	0	22	38	57.9	13	22	59.1	14	14	100.0	80.4	1	5	2	0	+21
4	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
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	70	3/10/1963	SFW	@	SYR	48	18	3			27	38	71.1				16	22	72.7	73.4				2
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	67	2/25/1962	PHI	vs	NYK	48	21	1			25	38	65.8				17	22	77.3	70.3				1
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	66	2/9/1969	LAL	vs	PHX	48	27	4			29	35	82.9				8	18	44.4	76.9				1
8	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	64	11/8/1959	MIN	vs	BOS		17	8			25	47	53.2				14	19	73.7	57.8				4
9	George Gervin G. Gervin	63	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	33	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9				17	20	85.0	54.5				3
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	62	1/3/2021	GSW	vs	POR	36	5	4	0	0	18	31	58.1	8	16	50.0	18	19	94.7	78.8	1	4	5	0	+20
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	62	11/15/1964	SFW	@	CIN	48	22	1			26	44	59.1				10	21	47.6	58.2				1
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	62	1/21/1962	PHI		SYR	53	23	3			25	42	59.5				12	17	70.6	62.7				1
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	62	1/14/1962	PHI	@	BOS	48	28	2			27	45	60.0				8	11	72.7	62.2				1
14	George Mikan G. Mikan	61	1/20/1952	MIN	vs	ROC		36				22	45	48.9				17	21	81.0	56.2				4
15	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	60	12/17/2006	WAS	@	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
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	60	1/26/1969	LAL		CIN		21				22	36	61.1				16	24	66.7	64.4				1
17	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
18	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
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	59	4/3/1988	CHI	@	DET	42	4	6	2	2	21	27	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	12/2/1962	SFW	vs	STL	48	24	2			25	36	69.4				9	14	64.3	70.0				1
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	11/18/1962	SFW	@	CIN	48	17	0			24	51	47.1				11	16	68.8	50.8				2
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	58	3/4/1962	PHI	@	NYK	48	35	4			24	41	58.5				10	16	62.5	60.4				0
23	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	58	2/21/1960	PHI	@	NYK	48	24	3			26	47	55.3				6	9	66.7	56.9				1
24	Deron Williams D. Williams	57	3/4/2012	NJN	@	CHA	38	6	7	1	1	16	29	55.2	4	11	36.4	21	21	100.0	74.5	1	5	5	2	+11
25	James Harden J. Harden	56	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	35	2	13	2	0	19	25	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25