most points in a loss by a player in nba game

Nikola Jokić had the most points in a loss this season, with 61 points against the Timberwolves on April 1.

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most points in a regular-season loss by a player in NBA game this season

	NAME	PTS	L	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	1	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	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	60	1	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
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	56	1	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	39	16	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
4	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	53	1	1/4/2025	MIN	@	DET	44	6	2	0	0	16	31	51.6	10	15	66.7	11	12	91.7	73.0	1	5	6	4	-3
5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	52	1	1/29/2025	OKC	@	GSW	39	3	4	1	0	16	29	55.2	2	6	33.3	18	21	85.7	68.0	0	3	3	4	+1
6	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	50	1	11/23/2024	CHA	@	MIL	40	5	10	1	0	17	38	44.7	6	17	35.3	10	13	76.9	57.2	0	5	4	3	+7
7	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	46	1	3/17/2025	PHI	@	HOU	43	13	4	2	1	15	27	55.6	8	14	57.1	8	13	61.5	70.3	2	11	6	3	-6
8	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	46	1	3/7/2025	CHA	vs	CLE	39	8	2	2	0	15	32	46.9	4	10	40.0	12	13	92.3	61.0	1	7	1	4	+5
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	46	1	2/28/2025	BOS	vs	CLE	41	16	9	0	3	19	37	51.4	4	12	33.3	4	5	80.0	58.7	5	11	3	4	+5
10	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	46	1	12/28/2024	DAL	@	POR	39	2	2	2	1	16	26	61.5	5	12	41.7	9	9	100.0	76.8	1	1	4	1	-17
11	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	46	1	11/13/2024	NYK	vs	CHI	39	10	3	3	0	18	30	60.0	6	12	50.0	4	8	50.0	68.6	1	9	4	5	+4
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	45	1	3/13/2025	LAL	@	MIL	36	11	3	2	1	14	27	51.9	7	13	53.8	10	12	83.3	69.7	1	10	6	2	-16
13	Jordan Poole J. Poole	45	1	2/7/2025	WAS	vs	CLE	37	4	5	1	0	16	32	50.0	4	17	23.5	9	11	81.8	61.1	2	2	3	3	-2
14	Desmond Bane D. Bane	44	1	3/17/2025	MEM	@	SAC	41	6	4	1	0	15	25	60.0	7	7	100.0	7	7	100.0	78.3	0	6	4	2	0
15	Ja Morant J. Morant	44	1	3/14/2025	MEM	vs	CLE	35	8	7	1	0	17	22	77.3	1	4	25.0	9	10	90.0	83.3	0	8	2	3	-6
16	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	44	1	2/10/2025	MIN	@	CLE	37	6	1	1	0	13	28	46.4	8	15	53.3	10	13	76.9	65.2	0	6	7	0	-12
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	44	1	1/4/2025	NYK	@	CHI	37	16	5	1	0	17	29	58.6	3	7	42.9	7	10	70.0	65.9	6	10	3	3	-5
18	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	44	1	11/25/2024	CHA	vs	ORL	40	9	7	1	1	17	30	56.7	4	11	36.4	6	8	75.0	65.6	0	9	7	4	-2
19	Devin Booker D. Booker	44	1	11/17/2024	PHX	@	MIN	40	6	7	0	1	15	29	51.7	6	13	46.2	8	9	88.9	66.7	3	3	4	4	+4
20	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	43	1	3/14/2025	ORL	@	MIN	37	10	3	0	0	16	32	50.0	2	7	28.6	9	11	81.8	58.4	1	9	1	2	-2
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	43	1	12/21/2024	PHX	vs	DET	39	5	6	2	0	14	26	53.8	4	9	44.4	11	11	100.0	69.7	1	4	8	4	-9
22	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	43	1	11/15/2024	BKN	@	NYK	39	2	3	1	1	16	22	72.7	7	10	70.0	4	6	66.7	87.3	0	2	4	2	-1
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	43	1	11/10/2024	MIL	vs	BOS	39	13	5	0	2	18	29	62.1	1	2	50.0	6	10	60.0	64.4	1	12	1	4	-6
24	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	43	1	11/10/2024	DAL	@	DEN	35	5	5	1	1	17	22	77.3	6	8	75.0	3	3	100.0	92.2	0	5	1	1	-6
25	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	42	1	3/1/2025	MEM	vs	SAS	35	4	2	2	2	15	25	60.0	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	73.6	1	3	2	3	+10