most points in a game by a center since 2016

Since 2015-16, Joel Embiid has dropped the most points by a center in a game, with 70 points versus the Spurs on January 22, 2024.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a center since 2016

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	55	12/20/2016	SAC	vs	POR	41	14	1	1	3	17	28	60.7	5	8	62.5	16	17	94.1	77.5	1	13	5	5	+3
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	53	12/11/2022	PHI	vs	CHA	34	12	3	0	1	20	32	62.5	2	3	66.7	11	11	100.0	71.9	3	9	2	2	+11
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	52	4/4/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	39	13	6	0	2	20	25	80.0	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	84.6	2	11	3	3	+17
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	51	12/20/2023	PHI	vs	MIN	36	12	3	2	1	17	25	68.0	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	77.5	2	10	2	5	+4
14	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	50	11/13/2024	SAS	vs	WAS	32	6	2	1	3	18	29	62.1	8	16	50.0	6	9	66.7	75.8	1	5	1	3	+13
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	12/6/2023	PHI	@	WAS	38	13	7	1	1	19	29	65.5	1	2	50.0	11	13	84.6	72.0	6	7	6	2	+8
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	1/19/2022	PHI	vs	ORL	27	12	2	1	3	17	23	73.9	1	4	25.0	15	17	88.2	82.0	1	11	2	3	+24
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	2/19/2021	PHI	vs	CHI	35	17	5	2	4	17	26	65.4	1	2	50.0	15	17	88.2	74.7	6	11	2	2	+22
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	50	2/6/2021	DEN	@	SAC	41	8	12	1	3	20	33	60.6	3	6	50.0	7	7	100.0	69.3	1	7	1	2	+2
19	Anthony Davis A. Davis	50	10/26/2016	NOP	vs	DEN	41	15	5	5	4	17	34	50.0	0	2	0.0	16	17	94.1	60.3	1	14	3	4	-3
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	49	1/19/2022	DEN	vs	LAC	41	14	10	3	1	16	25	64.0	3	5	60.0	14	16	87.5	76.5	7	7	5	4	+15
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	49	2/24/2020	PHI	vs	ATL	36	14	3	3	1	17	24	70.8	1	3	33.3	14	15	93.3	80.1	4	10	4	4	+19
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	48	12/8/2024	DEN	@	ATL	35	14	8	3	0	17	29	58.6	3	6	50.0	11	13	84.6	69.1	3	11	3	2	+25
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	11/6/2023	PHI	vs	WAS	31	11	6	1	1	17	25	68.0	0	2	0.0	14	14	100.0	77.0	2	9	1	2	+15
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	12/27/2022	PHI	@	WAS	36	10	1	3	3	17	32	53.1	1	5	20.0	13	14	92.9	62.9	4	6	3	5	+8
25	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	48	3/24/2019	SAS	@	BOS	37	13	6	0	1	20	31	64.5	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	69.5	3	10	3	5	+23