most points in a game with less than 62 pts

11 players are tied for the most points in a game with fewer than 62 points, with 61 points. The first three are Nikola Jokić on April 1, Jalen Brunson on March 29, 2024 and Damian Lillard on August 11, 2020 and on January 20, 2020.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game with less than 62 pts

	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	61	4/1/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
2	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	61	3/29/2024	NYK	@	SAS	43	4	6	1	0	25	47	53.2	5	13	38.5	6	6	100.0	61.4	1	3	1	2	+20
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	61	8/11/2020	POR	@	DAL	41	5	8	1	0	17	32	53.1	9	17	52.9	18	18	100.0	76.4	2	3	3	2	+8
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	61	1/20/2020	POR	vs	GSW	45	10	7	1	0	17	37	45.9	11	20	55.0	16	16	100.0	69.3	0	10	2	1	+13
5	James Harden J. Harden	61	3/22/2019	HOU	vs	SAS	37	7	1	3	0	19	34	55.9	9	13	69.2	14	17	82.4	73.5	2	5	3	3	+18
6	James Harden J. Harden	61	1/23/2019	HOU	@	NYK	40	15	4	5	0	17	38	44.7	5	20	25.0	22	25	88.0	62.2	6	9	5	3	+19
7	LeBron James L. James	61	3/3/2014	MIA	vs	CHA	41	7	4	0	0	22	33	66.7	8	10	80.0	9	12	75.0	79.7	3	4	2	2	+16
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	61	2/2/2009	LAL	@	NYK	37	0	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	3	6	50.0	20	20	100.0	76.6	0	0	2	1	+19
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	61	3/6/2000	LAL	@	LAC	45	23	3	0	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		13	22	59.1	68.3	7	16	4	2	+16
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	61	1/27/1990	UTA	vs	MIL	33	18	2	3	0	21	26	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	61	4/16/1987	CHI	vs	ATL	41	10	1	4	1	22	38	57.9	0	3	0.0	17	21	81.0	64.6	5	5	3	3
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	61	3/4/1987	CHI	@	DET	43	7	3	3	3	22	39	56.4	0	0		17	18	94.4	65.0	3	4	5	0
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	61	12/18/1962	SFW	vs	STL	45	27	2			26	53	49.1				9	14	64.3	51.6				0
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	61	12/11/1962	SFW	vs	SYR	48	26	1			27	57	47.4				7	11	63.6	49.3				0
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	61	11/21/1962	SFW	vs	CIN	48	22	3			27	52	51.9				7	15	46.7	52.0				3
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	61	2/28/1962	PHI	@	CHI	48	28	6			24	46	52.2				13	17	76.5	57.0				4
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	61	2/22/1962	PHI	vs	STL	48	26	1			21	36	58.3				19	34	55.9	59.9				0
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	61	12/9/1961	PHI	vs	CHI	48	36	0			28	48	58.3				5	10	50.0	58.2				3
19	George Mikan G. Mikan	61	1/20/1952	MIN	vs	ROC		36				22	45	48.9				17	21	81.0	56.2				4
20	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	60	11/15/2024	SAC	vs	MIN	44	3	7	3	1	22	35	62.9	6	10	60.0	10	11	90.9	75.3	2	1	6	3	+1
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	60	2/3/2024	GSW	@	ATL	41	6	4	0	1	22	38	57.9	10	23	43.5	6	6	100.0	73.8	1	5	2	1	-1
22	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	1/25/2023	POR	vs	UTA	40	7	8	3	0	21	29	72.4	9	15	60.0	9	10	90.0	89.8	0	7	4	1	+11
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	60	12/27/2022	DAL	vs	NYK	47	21	10	2	1	21	31	67.7	2	6	33.3	16	22	72.7	73.7	5	16	4	5	+7
24	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	60	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	35	6	4	4	1	20	31	64.5	8	12	66.7	12	13	92.3	81.7	2	4	1	3	+36
25	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	60	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	36	17	3	1	0	19	31	61.3	7	11	63.6	15	16	93.8	78.9	2	15	6	5	+16