most points in a nba game in the last 20 years

Between March 16, 2006 and March 16, 2026, Bam Adebayo has put up the most points in a game, with 83 points versus the Wizards on Tuesday.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player in a NBA regular-season game in the last 20 years
NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
83
3/10/2026
vs
42
9
3
2
2
20
43
46.5
7
22
31.8
36
43
83.7
67.0
1
8
5
3
+20
2Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
73
1/26/2024
@
45
10
7
1
0
25
33
75.8
8
13
61.5
15
16
93.8
91.2
0
10
4
1
+13
3Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
71
2/26/2023
vs
39
6
6
0
0
22
38
57.9
13
22
59.1
14
14
100.0
80.4
1
5
2
0
+21
4Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
71
1/2/2023
vs
50
8
11
0
1
22
34
64.7
7
15
46.7
20
25
80.0
78.9
3
5
4
3
+19
5Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
70
1/22/2024
vs
37
18
5
1
1
24
41
58.5
1
2
50.0
21
23
91.3
68.5
9
9
1
2
+11
6Devin Booker
D. Booker
70
3/24/2017
@
45
8
6
3
1
21
40
52.5
4
11
36.4
24
26
92.3
68.0
2
6
5
3
-6
7Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
65
3/16/2007
vs
50
7
3
3
0
23
39
59.0
8
12
66.7
11
12
91.7
73.4
1
6
2
3
+4
8Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
64
12/13/2023
vs
37
14
3
4
1
20
28
71.4
0
3
0.0
24
32
75.0
76.0
3
11
4
1
+29
9Devin Booker
D. Booker
62
1/26/2024
@
38
5
4
1
2
22
37
59.5
6
12
50.0
12
13
92.3
72.6
0
5
4
2
+1
10Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
62
1/22/2024
vs
38
8
2
0
0
21
35
60.0
10
15
66.7
10
14
71.4
75.3
3
5
7
2
0
11Stephen Curry
S. Curry
62
1/3/2021
vs
36
5
4
0
0
18
31
58.1
8
16
50.0
18
19
94.7
78.8
1
4
5
0
+20
12Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
62
1/24/2014
vs
39
13
0
0
0
23
35
65.7
6
11
54.5
10
10
100.0
78.7
1
12
0
1
+34
13Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
61
4/1/2025
vs
53
10
10
2
0
18
29
62.1
6
11
54.5
19
24
79.2
77.1
2
8
4
5
+2
14Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
61
3/29/2024
@
43
4
6
1
0
25
47
53.2
5
13
38.5
6
6
100.0
61.4
1
3
1
2
+20
15Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
61
8/11/2020
@
41
5
8
1
0
17
32
53.1
9
17
52.9
18
18
100.0
76.4
2
3
3
2
+8
16Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
61
1/20/2020
vs
45
10
7
1
0
17
37
45.9
11
20
55.0
16
16
100.0
69.3
0
10
2
1
+13
17James Harden
J. Harden
61
3/22/2019
vs
37
7
1
3
0
19
34
55.9
9
13
69.2
14
17
82.4
73.5
2
5
3
3
+18
18James Harden
J. Harden
61
1/23/2019
@
40
15
4
5
0
17
38
44.7
5
20
25.0
22
25
88.0
62.2
6
9
5
3
+19
19LeBron James
L. James
61
3/3/2014
vs
41
7
4
0
0
22
33
66.7
8
10
80.0
9
12
75.0
79.7
3
4
2
2
+16
20Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
61
2/2/2009
@
37
0
3
0
1
19
31
61.3
3
6
50.0
20
20
100.0
76.6
0
0
2
1
+19
21De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
60
11/15/2024
vs
44
3
7
3
1
22
35
62.9
6
10
60.0
10
11
90.9
75.3
2
1
6
3
+1
22Stephen Curry
S. Curry
60
2/3/2024
@
41
6
4
0
1
22
38
57.9
10
23
43.5
6
6
100.0
73.8
1
5
2
1
-1
23Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
60
1/25/2023
vs
40
7
8
3
0
21
29
72.4
9
15
60.0
9
10
90.0
89.8
0
7
4
1
+11
24Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
60
12/27/2022
vs
47
21
10
2
1
21
31
67.7
2
6
33.3
16
22
72.7
73.7
5
16
4
5
+7
25Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
60
3/15/2022
@
35
6
4
4
1
20
31
64.5
8
12
66.7
12
13
92.3
81.7
2
4
1
3
+36

More Heat Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

22.5

Powell

Norman Powell

RPG

9.7

Adebayo

Bam Adebayo

APG

6.6

Mitchell

Davion Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

115.9

13th

DRTG

112.2

4th

NETRTG

3.7

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
5
38
28
.576
9.5
6
38
29
.567
10.0
7
Heat Heat
38
30
.559
10.5
8
37
31
.544
11.5
9
36
31
.537
12.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
3/17
@
7:00 PM
Thu
3/19
@
8:00 PM
Sat
3/21
@
8:00 PM
Mon
3/23
@
7:00 PM
Wed
3/25
@
7:30 PM
Last Game
ORL Magic

38 - 28

121

Final

117

MIA Heat

38 - 30

Sat 14 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
48
19
.716
2
44
23
.657
4.0
3
44
25
.638
5.0
4
41
27
.603
7.5
5
38
28
.576
9.5
6
38
29
.567
10.0
7
38
30
.559
10.5
8
37
31
.544
11.5
9
36
31
.537
12.0
10
34
34
.500
14.5
11
28
39
.418
20.0
12
27
40
.403
21.0
13
Nets Nets - e
17
50
.254
31.0
14
16
50
.242
31.5
15
15
53
.221
33.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
53
15
.779
2
49
18
.731
3.5
3
42
25
.627
10.5
4
41
25
.621
11.0
5
41
27
.603
12.0
6
41
27
.603
12.0
7
39
28
.582
13.5
8
34
33
.507
18.5
9
32
35
.478
20.5
10
32
36
.471
21.0
11
23
43
.348
29.0
12
23
45
.338
30.0
13
22
46
.324
31.0
14
20
48
.294
33.0
15
Kings Kings - e
18
51
.261
35.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
2/10
@
105-102
Tue
2/10
@
136-109
Tue
2/10
@
93-121
Tue
2/10
@
116-122
Tue
2/10
@
126-113

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
3/16
@
7:00 PM
Mon
3/16
@
7:00 PM
Mon
3/16
@
7:30 PM
Mon
3/16
@
7:30 PM
Mon
3/16
@
8:00 PM