most points in a game by a player in his thirteenth season

Kobe Bryant put up the most points by a player in a game in his 13th season, with 61 points against the Knicks on February 2, 2009.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a player in his thirteenth season

	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	61	2/2/2009	LAL	@	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
2	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
3	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
4	Bernard King B. King	52	12/29/1990	WAS	vs	DEN	39	8	6	1	0	20	35	57.1	0	0		12	14	85.7	63.2	3	5	4	3
5	Alex English A. English	51	3/10/1989	DEN	@	MIA	51	3	9	2	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	69.4	1	2	3	5
6	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	50	3/31/2022	CHI	vs	LAC	43	5	6	1	0	17	26	65.4	2	2	100.0	14	15	93.3	76.7	0	5	2	4	+19
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	50	11/8/2021	GSW	vs	ATL	35	7	10	4	1	14	28	50.0	9	19	47.4	13	13	100.0	74.1	2	5	2	0	+31
8	Lou Williams L. Williams	50	1/10/2018	LAC	@	GSW	35	2	7	0	0	16	27	59.3	8	16	50.0	10	10	100.0	79.6	0	2	4	0	+8
9	Bernard King B. King	50	3/6/1991	WAS	vs	UTA	48	6	2	4	0	18	31	58.1	0	2	0.0	14	16	87.5	65.7	3	3	4	2
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	49	3/1/2009	LAL	@	PHX	39	11	2	1	1	18	38	47.4	3	9	33.3	10	10	100.0	57.8	4	7	1	5	-11
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	11/21/1997	CHI	@	LAC	52	5	5	1	1	18	38	47.4	0	2	0.0	13	19	68.4	52.8	2	3	4	3	+15
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	49	3/15/1992	BOS	vs	POR	54	14	12	4	1	19	35	54.3	2	8	25.0	9	10	90.0	62.2	0	14	5	5
13	Bernard King B. King	49	1/31/1991	WAS	@	NYK	43	11	5	1	0	20	35	57.1	0	0		9	10	90.0	62.2	3	8	3	3
14	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	48	4/7/2024	DAL	vs	HOU	45	7	2	1	0	15	25	60.0	3	8	37.5	15	17	88.2	73.9	0	7	2	1	+21
15	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
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	48	1/30/1997	HOU	vs	DEN	43	10	3	0	2	24	40	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	3	7	3	3	-1
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	47	3/14/2022	GSW	vs	WAS	35	6	6	1	0	16	25	64.0	7	14	50.0	8	8	100.0	82.4	0	6	2	1	+17
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	12/27/1997	CHI	vs	ATL	36	4	2	3	1	18	26	69.2	0	0		11	13	84.6	74.1	2	2	4	2	+11
19	Bernard King B. King	47	2/7/1991	WAS	vs	NJN	40	8	7	2	0	19	35	54.3	0	0		9	11	81.8	59.0	3	5	6	5
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	46	12/23/2021	GSW	vs	MEM	37	4	4	2	0	13	22	59.1	8	14	57.1	12	12	100.0	84.3	0	4	3	1	+15
21	Bernard King B. King	46	1/3/1991	WAS	vs	CHA	36	6	1	4	0	17	24	70.8	0	1	0.0	12	15	80.0	75.2	2	4	5	2
22	Bernard King B. King	46	12/22/1990	WAS	@	CLE	42	6	6	0	1	20	30	66.7	0	0		6	6	100.0	70.5	4	2	1	3
23	Paul George P. George	45	12/31/2022	LAC	@	IND	40	9	4	3	0	15	25	60.0	7	13	53.8	8	8	100.0	78.9	2	7	4	4	-4
24	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	45	2/6/2022	CHI	vs	PHI	41	9	7	1	0	18	30	60.0	0	2	0.0	9	11	81.8	64.6	1	8	3	3	-3
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	45	10/21/2021	GSW	vs	LAC	38	10	1	1	1	16	25	64.0	8	13	61.5	5	5	100.0	82.7	0	10	6	2	-2