Tim Duncan has put up the most points in a game on December 26, with 53 points against the Mavericks on December 26, 2001.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a game on december 26th

	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	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	53	12/26/2001	SAS	vs	DAL	50	11	4	0	3	19	28	67.9	0	0		15	15	100.0	76.6	4	7	6	5	-1
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	51	12/26/1961	PHI		SYR	48	29	1			21	53	39.6				9	14	64.3	43.1				2
3	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	50	12/26/1976	NOJ	vs	WAS	48	3	5			23	39	59.0				4	5	80.0	60.7				2
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	49	12/26/1963	SFW	@	PHI	48	13	5			16	31	51.6				17	22	77.3	60.2				3
5	George Yardley G. Yardley	48	12/26/1957	DET	@	STL						14	32	43.8				20	24	83.3	56.4				3
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	47	12/26/1995	UTA	vs	POR	41	8	5	3	0	21	31	67.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	69.9	2	6	2	4
7	Darius Garland D. Garland	46	12/26/2022	CLE	vs	BKN	40	3	8	1	0	14	20	70.0	5	7	71.4	13	15	86.7	86.5	1	2	1	1	+6
8	David Robinson D. Robinson	46	12/26/1993	SAS	vs	BOS	45	9	3	1	5	16	26	61.5	0	0		14	23	60.9	63.7	2	7	3	3
9	Rick Barry R. Barry	46	12/26/1974	GSW	vs	POR	43	9	10	1	1	14	35	40.0				18	18	100.0	53.6	1	8		2
10	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	45	12/26/2024	OKC	@	IND	38	7	8	1	2	15	22	68.2	4	5	80.0	11	11	100.0	83.8	0	7	1	2	+10
11	James Harden J. Harden	44	12/26/2020	HOU	@	POR	43	4	17	1	0	12	21	57.1	6	13	46.2	14	16	87.5	78.5	1	3	5	1	-6
12	CJ McCollum	44	12/26/2020	POR	vs	HOU	44	3	8	1	0	17	30	56.7	9	16	56.3	1	2	50.0	71.2	0	3	0	1	+8
13	Michael Adams M. Adams	44	12/26/1990	DEN	@	SAC	37	4	10	5	0	17	26	65.4	7	11	63.6	3	4	75.0	79.3	1	3	5	5
14	Jerry West J. West	44	12/26/1964	LAL	vs	SFW	45	7	5			17	25	68.0				10	10	100.0	74.8				3
15	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	44	12/26/1960	LAL	@	NYK		25	4			20	29	69.0				4	7	57.1	68.6				4
16	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	44	12/26/1957	BOS	vs	NYK	39	4				17	37	45.9				10	11	90.9	52.6				4
17	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	43	12/26/2023	SAC	@	POR	38	8	4	1	1	16	26	61.5	7	15	46.7	4	6	66.7	75.1	2	6	5	2	-2
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	43	12/26/2005	BOS	@	SEA	41	5	5	1	1	13	25	52.0	1	4	25.0	16	21	76.2	62.8	1	4	3	5	-3
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43	12/26/1972	MIL	@	DET	46	17	2			21	35	60.0				1	3	33.3	59.2				3
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43	12/26/1962	SFW	@	BOS	48	32	4			16	36	44.4				11	16	68.8	50.0				1
21	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	43	12/26/1960	CIN	@	DET		5	13			17						9	10	90.0					5
22	Moses Malone M. Malone	42	12/26/1981	HOU	@	UTA	36	11	2	0	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		8	10	80.0	73.9			4	2
23	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	42	12/26/1972	SEA	@	GSW	43	14	3			18	30	60.0				6	7	85.7	63.5				4
24	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	42	12/26/1969	BOS	@	SEA	41	8	4			17	24	70.8				8	12	66.7	71.7				0
25	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	41	12/26/2023	DET	vs	BKN	37	9	5	1	1	15	21	71.4	3	4	75.0	8	10	80.0	80.7	1	8	3	4	+5