most points in a nba game by a player in december

Nikola Jokić put up the most points in a game in December 2024, with 56 points against the Wizards on December 7.

	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	56	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
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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	48	12/8/2024	DEN	@	ATL	35	14	8	3	0	17	29	58.6	3	6	50.0	11	13	84.6	69.1	3	11	3	2	+25
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	46	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
5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	45	12/26/2024	OKC	@	IND	38	7	8	1	2	15	22	68.2	4	5	80.0	11	11	100.0	83.8	0	7	1	2	+10
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	45	12/15/2024	DAL	@	GSW	38	11	13	3	2	16	23	69.6	6	11	54.5	7	9	77.8	83.5	2	9	3	1	+18
7	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	44	12/27/2024	BOS	vs	IND	37	5	3	4	0	16	24	66.7	6	11	54.5	6	6	100.0	82.6	3	2	1	0	+30
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	43	12/21/2024	BOS	@	CHI	36	15	10	0	0	16	24	66.7	9	15	60.0	2	2	100.0	86.4	1	14	4	2	+13
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	43	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
10	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	42	12/25/2024	SAS	@	NYK	40	18	4	1	4	16	31	51.6	6	16	37.5	4	4	100.0	64.1	2	16	4	1	+7
11	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	42	12/19/2024	SAS	vs	ATL	37	6	5	2	4	13	24	54.2	7	15	46.7	9	12	75.0	71.7	0	6	5	0	+17
12	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	41	12/25/2024	NYK	vs	SAS	43	1	4	2	2	17	25	68.0	6	9	66.7	1	1	100.0	80.6	1	0	0	2	+8
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	41	12/23/2024	OKC	vs	WAS	35	9	3	3	3	14	25	56.0	3	6	50.0	10	10	100.0	69.7	3	6	3	3	+25
14	James Harden J. Harden	41	12/16/2024	LAC	vs	UTA	31	1	6	1	1	11	17	64.7	7	11	63.6	12	14	85.7	88.5	0	1	4	2	+27
15	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	41	12/7/2024	CLE	@	CHA	34	10	2	1	3	16	23	69.6	6	8	75.0	3	4	75.0	82.8	3	7	3	4	+19
16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	40	12/31/2024	OKC	vs	MIN	34	3	2	4	0	15	23	65.2	3	5	60.0	7	9	77.8	74.2	1	2	3	1	+11
17	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	40	12/16/2024	PHI	@	CHA	40	5	5	4	0	12	28	42.9	6	12	50.0	10	13	76.9	59.3	1	4	4	3	+18
18	Anthony Davis A. Davis	40	12/15/2024	LAL	vs	MEM	33	16	2	2	1	15	22	68.2	1	4	25.0	9	12	75.0	73.3	4	12	4	4	+14
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	39	12/25/2024	DAL	vs	MIN	37	5	2	0	1	14	27	51.9	5	14	35.7	6	6	100.0	65.8	1	4	2	1	-4
20	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	39	12/21/2024	NYK	@	NOP	40	1	6	2	0	13	19	68.4	7	10	70.0	6	6	100.0	90.1	0	1	4	1	+25
21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	39	12/10/2024	OKC	vs	DAL	38	8	5	3	1	15	23	65.2	5	9	55.6	4	4	100.0	78.8	0	8	2	3	+22
22	Jordan Poole J. Poole	39	12/7/2024	WAS	vs	DEN	40	5	8	0	0	12	26	46.2	9	20	45.0	6	7	85.7	67.1	0	5	6	2	+8
23	LeBron James L. James	39	12/6/2024	LAL	@	ATL	43	10	11	2	3	14	25	56.0	6	11	54.5	5	6	83.3	70.5	0	10	4	3	+3
24	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	39	12/5/2024	CHI	@	SAS	35	8	5	1	0	16	22	72.7	2	6	33.3	5	6	83.3	79.1	2	6	3	3	+14
25	James Harden J. Harden	39	12/1/2024	LAC	vs	DEN	38	9	11	1	0	10	26	38.5	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	61.5	2	7	5	4	+14