Donovan Mitchell has dropped the most points in a game on January 2, with 71 points against the Bulls on January 2, 2023.

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most points by a player in a game in january 2

	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	71	1/2/2023	CLE	vs	CHI	50	8	11	0	1	22	34	64.7	7	15	46.7	20	25	80.0	78.9	3	5	4	3	+19
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	56	1/2/1961	PHI	vs	NYK	48	28	0			23	37	62.2				10	20	50.0	61.1				2
3	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	54	1/2/2023	GSW	vs	ATL	46	8	3	0	1	21	39	53.8	10	21	47.6	2	2	100.0	67.7	2	6	3	4	+13
4	Tony Delk T. Delk	53	1/2/2001	PHX	@	SAC	50	6	0	1	0	20	27	74.1	0	1	0.0	13	15	86.7	78.9	3	3	2	1	+7
5	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	52	1/2/2017	CHI	vs	CHA	38	12	6	3	1	15	24	62.5	1	4	25.0	21	22	95.5	77.2	3	9	2	0	+15
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	52	1/2/1975	MIL	vs	ATL	43	10	1	0	2	18	29	62.1				16	20	80.0	68.8				5
7	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	50	1/2/2022	BOS	vs	ORL	46	11	4	1	2	19	29	65.5	5	10	50.0	7	8	87.5	76.9	0	11	7	4	+10
8	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	50	1/2/2005	PHX	vs	POR	41	11	3	1	1	20	27	74.1	0	1	0.0	10	17	58.8	72.5	5	6	1	3	+25
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	50	1/2/1966	PHI	vs	NYK	47	23	6			22	38	57.9				6	11	54.5	58.4				3
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	47	1/2/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	36	1			18	36	50.0				11	14	78.6	55.7				2
11	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	46	1/2/1961	LAL		DET	33	22	4			16	31	51.6				14	17	82.4	59.8				6
12	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	45	1/2/1980	KCK	@	UTA	45	7	2		0	19	31	61.3	1	2	50.0	6	7	85.7	66.0				3
13	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	44	1/2/2023	CHI	@	CLE	46	3	4	4	1	16	32	50.0	2	6	33.3	10	12	83.3	59.0	1	2	1	4	-9
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	1/2/1998	CHI	vs	MIL	43	5	1	2	0	15	22	68.2	1	1	100.0	13	15	86.7	76.9	1	4	0	1	+15
15	Terry Teagle T. Teagle	44	1/2/1990	GSW	vs	UTA	48	8	6	2	0	16	26	61.5	0	0		12	12	100.0	70.3	3	5	5	3
16	LeBron James L. James	43	1/2/2023	LAL	@	CHA	40	11	6	1	0	16	26	61.5	0	5	0.0	11	15	73.3	66.0	0	11	3	1	+9
17	Rick Barry R. Barry	43	1/2/1966	SFW		DET	43	13	2			17	26	65.4				9	10	90.0	70.7				4
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43	1/2/1965	SFW	@	BAL	41	23	2			20	42	47.6				3	7	42.9	47.7				3
19	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	42	1/2/2023	PHI	vs	NOP	36	11	5	1	1	15	24	62.5	2	3	66.7	10	10	100.0	73.9	2	9	4	5	+10
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	42	1/2/2019	PHI	@	PHX	36	18	2	3	2	12	23	52.2	1	1	100.0	17	19	89.5	67.0	4	14	4	3	+6
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	1/2/2005	LAL	vs	DEN	36	5	4	4	1	14	29	48.3	2	6	33.3	12	16	75.0	58.3	0	5	7	5	+26
22	Glen Rice G. Rice	42	1/2/1998	CHA	vs	MIA	49	2	3	1	0	14	23	60.9	4	5	80.0	10	11	90.9	75.4	0	2	4	3	+12
23	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	42	1/2/1998	MIL	@	CHI	45	5	3	2	1	17	29	58.6	3	4	75.0	5	6	83.3	66.4	2	3	4	4	-10
24	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	1/2/1980	SAS	vs	PHX	39	4	2	2	0	18	26	69.2	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	73.3	0	4	2	3
25	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	42	1/2/1964	SFW	vs	STL	48	21	4			18	31	58.1				6	11	54.5	58.6				4