most points in a game while having under 56 points in a regular season or post season game

27 players are tied for the most points with fewer than 56 points in a regular-season or postseason game, with 55 points. The first three are Jamal Murray on February 12, Jalen Brunson on December 28 and Giannis Antetokounmpo on January 3, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a game while having under 56 points in a regular season or post season game

	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	Jamal Murray J. Murray	55	2/12/2025	DEN	vs	POR	42	4	5	2	0	20	36	55.6	7	15	46.7	8	9	88.9	68.8	2	2	2	3	+26
2	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	55	12/28/2024	NYK	@	WAS	44	3	9	0	0	18	31	58.1	3	11	27.3	16	17	94.1	71.5	0	3	3	1	+1
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	55	1/3/2023	MIL	vs	WAS	37	10	7	2	0	20	33	60.6	0	3	0.0	15	16	93.8	68.7	2	8	5	3	+25
4	Anthony Davis A. Davis	55	12/4/2022	LAL	@	WAS	38	17	1	0	3	22	30	73.3	2	3	66.7	9	9	100.0	81.0	3	14	2	1	+17
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	55	4/2/2022	BKN	@	ATL	42	7	3	1	0	19	28	67.9	8	10	80.0	9	11	81.8	83.7	0	7	4	1	+1
6	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	55	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	52	6	10	1	3	17	24	70.8	12	17	70.6	9	10	90.0	96.8	1	5	1	0	+2
7	Bradley Beal B. Beal	55	2/24/2020	WAS	vs	MIL	41	2	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	8	13	61.5	9	10	90.0	73.5	1	1	9	4	-4
8	James Harden J. Harden	55	12/11/2019	HOU	@	CLE	41	3	8	2	2	20	34	58.8	10	18	55.6	5	5	100.0	76.0	0	3	6	3	+10
9	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	55	12/20/2016	SAC	vs	POR	41	14	1	1	3	17	28	60.7	5	8	62.5	16	17	94.1	77.5	1	13	5	5	+3
10	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	55	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
11	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	55	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
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	55	4/12/2009	MIA	vs	NYK	39	9	4	0	1	19	30	63.3	6	12	50.0	11	13	84.6	77.0	2	7	3	3	+24
13	LeBron James L. James	55	2/20/2009	CLE	@	MIL	40	5	9	0	0	16	29	55.2	8	11	72.7	15	22	68.2	71.1	1	4	6	3	+13
14	Tony Parker T. Parker	55	11/5/2008	SAS	@	MIN	51	7	10	0	0	22	36	61.1	2	3	66.7	9	10	90.0	68.1	0	7	4	0	+7
15	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	55	1/4/2005	IND	vs	MIL	36	11	3	0	2	18	28	64.3	0	0		19	25	76.0	70.5	3	8	3	3	+22
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	55	4/20/2003	PHI	vs	NOH	47	4	8	2	0	21	32	65.6	3	5	60.0	10	11	90.9	74.6	0	4	4	2	+13
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	55	3/28/2003	LAL	vs	WAS	41	5	3	3	0	15	29	51.7	9	13	69.2	16	18	88.9	74.5	0	5	3	5	+21
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	55	4/27/1997	CHI	vs	WAS	44	7	2	2	0	22	35	62.9	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	69.8	3	4	2	3	+10
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	55	3/28/1995	CHI	@	NYK	39	4	2	1	0	21	37	56.8	3	4	75.0	10	11	90.9	65.7	0	4	2	3
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	55	6/16/1993	CHI	vs	PHX	46	8	4	0	0	21	37	56.8	0	1	0.0	13	18	72.2	61.2	1	7	1	3
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	55	5/1/1988	CHI	vs	CLE	44	6	3	4	1	24	45	53.3	0	0		7	7	100.0	57.2	3	3	1	4
22	Bernard King B. King	55	2/16/1985	NYK	vs	NJN	44	11	3	1	0	19	33	57.6	0	1	0.0	17	23	73.9	63.8	7	4	6	4
23	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	55	2/6/1981	UTA	vs	DEN	47	7	3	1	1	24	36	66.7	0	0		7	8	87.5	69.6	6	1	4	4
24	George Gervin G. Gervin	55	1/23/1980	SAS	@	IND	39	5	5	0	1	21	32	65.6	1	2	50.0	12	15	80.0	71.2				0
25	Rick Barry R. Barry	55	3/25/1978	GSW	vs	NYK	44	9	9	3	0	19	31	61.3				17	18	94.4	70.7	1	8	2	3