most points in a game scored before age of 23

Devin Booker has dropped the most points by a player younger than 23 in a game, with 70 points against the Celtics on March 24, 2017.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game scored before age of 23

	NAME	PTS	AGE	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Devin Booker D. Booker	70	20-145	3/24/2017	PHX	@	BOS	45	8	6	3	1	21	40	52.5	4	11	36.4	24	26	92.3	68.0	2	6	5	3	-6
2	Devin Booker D. Booker	59	22-146	3/25/2019	PHX	@	UTA	41	4	4	1	0	19	34	55.9	5	8	62.5	16	17	94.1	71.1	1	3	6	5	-13
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	59	22-347	2/21/2016	NOP	@	DET	43	20	4	0	1	24	34	70.6	2	2	100.0	9	10	90.0	76.8	6	14	2	1	+17
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	57	22-354	3/12/2015	CLE	@	SAS	47	3	5	4	0	20	32	62.5	7	7	100.0	10	10	100.0	78.3	1	2	2	3	+6
5	Rick Barry R. Barry	57	22-215	10/29/1966	SFW	@	CIN	48	15	7			21	44	47.7				15	17	88.2	55.4				2
6	Rick Barry R. Barry	57	21-261	12/14/1965	SFW	@	NYK	44	15	3			18	29	62.1				21	22	95.5	73.7				5
7	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	56	22-133	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
8	LeBron James L. James	56	20-080	3/20/2005	CLE	@	TOR	48	10	5	2	0	18	36	50.0	6	12	50.0	14	15	93.3	65.7	2	8	4	0	-7
9	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	55	22-311	1/28/2015	CLE	vs	POR	39	4	5	2	0	17	36	47.2	11	19	57.9	10	10	100.0	68.1	2	2	3	0	+12
10	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	55	20-052	11/14/2009	MIL	vs	GSW	41	5	5	0	0	21	34	61.8	7	8	87.5	6	8	75.0	73.3	1	4	4	1	+11
11	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	54	22-362	11/13/1968	SDR	vs	DET	48	22				20	45	44.4				14	17	82.4	51.4				2
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	53	22-045	4/20/1994	ORL	vs	MIN	36	18	4	2	2	22	31	71.0	0	0		9	13	69.2	72.2	7	11	3	3
13	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	53	22-037	12/6/1972	BAL	vs	POR	42	1	4			22	31	71.0				9	11	81.8	73.9				0
14	Ja Morant J. Morant	52	22-202	2/28/2022	MEM	vs	SAS	34	7	2	0	0	22	30	73.3	4	4	100.0	4	7	57.1	78.6	1	6	4	1	+23
15	LeBron James L. James	52	20-345	12/10/2005	CLE	@	MIL	43	7	7	2	0	19	29	65.5	5	9	55.6	9	10	90.0	77.8	0	7	3	5	-3
16	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	52	22-150	2/22/1974	BUF	vs	BOS	48	22	2		7	20	28	71.4				12	14	85.7	76.1				4
17	Rick Barry R. Barry	52	22-325	2/16/1967	SFW		CHI	43	9	2			18	40	45.0				16	19	84.2	53.8				4
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	51	22-248	4/9/2024	MIN	vs	WAS	38	6	7	0	0	17	29	58.6	6	13	46.2	11	11	100.0	75.4	1	5	2	0	+6
19	Darius Garland D. Garland	51	22-291	11/13/2022	CLE	vs	MIN	40	2	6	2	0	16	31	51.6	10	15	66.7	9	13	69.2	69.4	1	1	2	3	+6
20	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	51	22-342	3/17/2022	DET	@	ORL	39	9	4	3	0	17	27	63.0	10	14	71.4	7	10	70.0	81.2	0	9	1	1	+11
21	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	51	22-347	2/10/2022	DAL	vs	LAC	40	9	6	1	1	17	26	65.4	7	14	50.0	10	14	71.4	79.3	0	9	7	4	+9
22	Terrence Ross T. Ross	51	22-354	1/25/2014	TOR	vs	LAC	44	9	1	1	0	16	29	55.2	10	17	58.8	9	10	90.0	76.3	3	6	3	4	-4
23	LeBron James L. James	51	21-022	1/21/2006	CLE	@	UTA	43	5	8	2	0	19	35	54.3	4	8	50.0	9	11	81.8	64.0	0	5	3	4	+19
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	51	22-105	12/6/2000	LAL	@	GSW	51	7	8	2	1	18	35	51.4	2	7	28.6	13	13	100.0	62.6	3	4	8	4	-2
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	51	22-311	2/21/1970	MIL		SEA	43	8	3			18	25	72.0				15	23	65.2	72.6				4