most points in a game vs joel embiid by center

Karl-Anthony Towns has scored the most points by a center in a game versus Joel Embiid, with 39 points on April 3, 2021.

	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	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	39	4/3/2021	MIN	@	PHI	44	14	5	1	1	11	23	47.8	4	12	33.3	13	14	92.9	66.9	2	12	2	6	+4
2	Mo Bamba M. Bamba	32	1/19/2022	ORL	@	PHI	30	4	2	0	3	12	15	80.0	7	8	87.5	1	2	50.0	100.8	4	0	1	6	-15
3	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	32	11/21/2016	MIA	@	PHI	33	13	0	0	2	13	19	68.4	0	0		6	8	75.0	71.0	7	6	3	5	+8
4	Myles Turner M. Turner	31	1/27/2026	MIL	@	PHI	35	4	3	1	2	10	16	62.5	4	8	50.0	7	8	87.5	79.4	1	3	2	3	-6
5	Alex Sarr A. Sarr	31	10/28/2025	WAS	vs	PHI	34	11	5	2	2	13	23	56.5	3	7	42.9	2	2	100.0	64.9	3	8	5	4	+3
6	Enes Kanter Freedom E. Kanter Freedom	31	12/25/2017	NYK	vs	PHI	36	22	1	0	0	12	21	57.1	0	0		7	8	87.5	63.2	11	11	2	3	+3
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	31	12/20/2016	NOP	@	PHI	35	16	2	0	2	12	30	40.0	0	1	0.0	7	10	70.0	45.1	5	11	1	2	+11
8	Clint Capela C. Capela	30	1/3/2020	HOU	vs	PHI	37	14	3	2	1	12	16	75.0	0	0		6	8	75.0	76.8	3	11	0	4	+10
9	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	30	11/14/2018	ORL	vs	PHI	39	8	4	2	0	10	19	52.6	3	6	50.0	7	8	87.5	66.6	0	8	1	1	+21
10	Dwight Howard D. Howard	30	3/6/2018	CHA	vs	PHI	30	6	0	1	3	12	17	70.6	1	1	100.0	5	7	71.4	74.7	1	5	3	2	-10
11	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	30	12/26/2016	SAC	vs	PHI	34	7	5	3	2	10	20	50.0	2	4	50.0	8	9	88.9	62.6	2	5	5	4	-11
12	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	29	2/26/2026	MIA	@	PHI	36	14	3	1	0	10	20	50.0	4	8	50.0	5	8	62.5	61.6	2	12	1	2	+2
13	Willy Hernangomez W. Hernangomez	29	1/25/2022	NOP	@	PHI	30	10	1	0	1	11	15	73.3	1	2	50.0	6	7	85.7	80.2	5	5	2	3	-4
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	28	11/27/2021	MIN	@	PHI	37	10	0	0	1	11	16	68.8	3	5	60.0	3	6	50.0	75.1	2	8	3	6	-2
15	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	28	3/25/2019	ORL	vs	PHI	29	11	4	0	0	11	21	52.4	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	61.5	2	9	0	0	+14
16	Kelly Olynyk K. Olynyk	27	5/5/2021	HOU	vs	PHI	39	11	8	1	3	9	16	56.3	3	6	50.0	6	8	75.0	69.2	5	6	1	4	-8
17	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	27	12/23/2019	DET	vs	PHI	32	9	3	1	0	13	16	81.3	0	0		1	2	50.0	80.0	3	6	1	3	-2
18	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	27	12/2/2019	UTA	@	PHI	36	12	2	0	3	11	15	73.3	0	0		5	10	50.0	69.6	5	7	1	2	-3
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	27	2/8/2019	DEN	@	PHI	35	10	10	3	0	11	22	50.0	1	5	20.0	4	4	100.0	56.8	2	8	4	2	+2
20	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	27	10/20/2018	ORL	@	PHI	38	13	12	2	0	10	15	66.7	4	4	100.0	3	3	100.0	82.7	4	9	2	2	+12
21	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	27	11/23/2016	MEM	@	PHI	45	4	4	3	3	10	20	50.0	2	5	40.0	5	6	83.3	59.6	3	1	5	4	+15
22	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	26	12/23/2024	SAS	@	PHI	37	9	4	0	8	9	19	47.4	6	13	46.2	2	2	100.0	65.4	1	8	5	2	-5
23	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	26	11/21/2023	CLE	@	PHI	35	13	3	0	0	12	20	60.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	62.3	6	7	2	4	-6
24	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	26	3/4/2023	MIL	vs	PHI	33	6	4	0	1	10	16	62.5	3	5	60.0	3	4	75.0	73.2	2	4	1	4	+11
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	26	11/8/2019	DEN	vs	PHI	38	10	6	2	2	10	22	45.5	2	9	22.2	4	5	80.0	53.7	2	8	1	4	+18

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Sun 10/25	TOR	@	MIN	7:00 PM
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Wed 10/28	GSW	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	LAC	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MIN	@	SAS	8:00 PM

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2	Pistons	2	0	1.000	0.5
3	Raptors	2	0	1.000	0.5
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13	Nets	0	2	.000	2.5
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Karl-Anthony Towns has scored the most points by a center in a game versus Joel Embiid, with 39 points on April 3, 2021.

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