Michael Jordan and George Gervin are tied for the most points in a game on January 8, with 53 points.

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most points by a player in a game on january 8

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	53	1/8/1987	CHI	vs	POR	43	4	5	3	2	20	34	58.8	0	0		13	16	81.3	64.6	3	1	3	3
2	George Gervin G. Gervin	53	1/8/1980	SAS	vs	DEN	43	3	2	3	1	23	40	57.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	60.9	1	2	2	2
3	Phil Smith P. Smith	51	1/8/1976	GSW	vs	PHX	40	4	4	2	1	20	27	74.1				11	14	78.6	76.9	1	3		3
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	45	1/8/1963	SFW	vs	BOS	48	31	0			18	26	69.2				9	13	69.2	70.9				1
5	Lou Williams L. Williams	44	1/8/2016	LAL	vs	OKC	35	2	1	2	0	12	25	48.0	5	14	35.7	15	15	100.0	69.6	0	2	1	1	+4
6	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	44	1/8/1966	NYK	vs	LAL		25	8			19	24	79.2				6	10	60.0	77.5				4
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	43	1/8/2022	MIL	@	CHA	37	12	3	1	2	11	20	55.0	3	6	50.0	18	20	90.0	74.7	2	10	3	5	-13
8	Caris LeVert C. LeVert	43	1/8/2021	BKN	@	MEM	36	5	6	0	0	15	23	65.2	7	9	77.8	6	6	100.0	83.9	0	5	5	2	+8
9	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	43	1/8/2019	GSW	vs	NYK	34	2	0	2	2	18	29	62.1	7	16	43.8	0	0		74.1	1	1	1	1	+31
10	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	43	1/8/1960	CIN	vs	STL		13				16						11	13	84.6					4
11	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	42	1/8/2022	IND	vs	UTA	38	6	3	1	1	18	22	81.8	3	4	75.0	3	4	75.0	88.4	1	5	3	2	+13
12	Trae Young T. Young	42	1/8/2020	ATL	vs	HOU	39	13	10	0	1	11	30	36.7	4	11	36.4	16	18	88.9	55.4	4	9	3	1	+4
13	Vince Carter V. Carter	42	1/8/2006	NJN	@	TOR	45	10	3	2	0	18	35	51.4	3	5	60.0	3	5	60.0	56.5	4	6	3	4	+3
14	Bradley Beal B. Beal	41	1/8/2021	WAS	@	BOS	38	3	3	0	1	16	29	55.2	4	9	44.4	5	5	100.0	65.7	0	3	5	3	-7
15	James Harden J. Harden	41	1/8/2020	HOU	@	ATL	40	10	10	2	3	9	34	26.5	4	20	20.0	19	23	82.6	46.5	2	8	8	2	-3
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	1/8/1991	CHI	vs	NJN	32	6	4	2	2	18	28	64.3	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	67.9	2	4	1	1
17	Alex English A. English	41	1/8/1985	DEN	@	LAL	43	11	5	2	0	13	18	72.2	0	0		15	17	88.2	80.5	6	5	2	3
18	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	41	1/8/1974	ATL	@	BUF						17						7	8	87.5
19	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	41	1/8/1959	CIN	vs	SYR						14						13	18	72.2					5
20	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	40	1/8/2024	BOS	@	IND	38	5	2	0	0	17	26	65.4	3	4	75.0	3	5	60.0	70.9	1	4	5	2	-1
21	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	40	1/8/2019	MIN	@	OKC	38	10	4	1	1	11	24	45.8	2	4	50.0	16	18	88.9	62.7	3	7	1	5	-3
22	James Harden J. Harden	40	1/8/2017	HOU	@	TOR	38	10	11	2	2	13	26	50.0	4	9	44.4	10	10	100.0	65.8	3	7	10	3	-3
23	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	40	1/8/2016	POR	vs	GSW	38	3	10	2	2	12	27	44.4	6	15	40.0	10	12	83.3	62.0	1	2	3	2	-18
24	Kevin Durant K. Durant	40	1/8/2011	OKC	vs	MEM	41	8	4	0	1	13	24	54.2	1	7	14.3	13	14	92.9	66.3	1	7	2	5	+9
25	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	40	1/8/2005	WAS	vs	MIN	45	1	4	2	0	13	26	50.0	3	9	33.3	11	12	91.7	63.9	1	0	4	4	+10