Jerry West has put up the most points in a game on April 23, with 53 points in Game 1 of the 1969 NBA Finals against the Celtics.

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most points by a player in a NBA game on april 23

	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	Jerry West J. West	53	4/23/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	46	3	10			21	41	51.2				11	13	84.6	56.7				3
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	4/23/2019	POR	vs	OKC	45	7	6	3	1	17	33	51.5	10	18	55.6	6	8	75.0	68.5	2	5	6	2	+9
3	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	50	4/23/1993	ORL	@	NJN	33	3	2	2	0	17	25	68.0	4	7	57.1	12	12	100.0	82.6	2	1	1	1
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	49	4/23/2008	LAL	vs	DEN	42	4	10	1	1	18	27	66.7	5	9	55.6	8	9	88.9	79.1	1	3	2	4	+13
5	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	46	4/23/2003	ORL	@	DET	45	5	1	1	0	16	26	61.5	4	9	44.4	10	11	90.9	74.6	0	5	7	3	-13
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	4/23/2000	LAL	vs	SAC	46	17	1	2	5	21	33	63.6	0	0		4	5	80.0	65.3	7	10	2	5	+16
7	Bonzi Wells B. Wells	45	4/23/2003	POR	@	DAL	43	3	0	3	0	16	24	66.7	5	6	83.3	8	11	72.7	78.0	1	2	4	4	0
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	43	4/23/2023	DEN	@	MIN	39	11	6	2	0	15	26	57.7	5	8	62.5	8	12	66.7	68.7	2	9	4	3	-14
9	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	43	4/23/2014	POR	@	HOU	36	8	1	0	3	18	28	64.3	0	0		7	8	87.5	68.2	3	5	1	2	+3
10	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	41	4/23/2007	UTA	@	HOU	42	12	6	0	0	17	30	56.7	0	0		7	9	77.8	60.4	3	9	1	4	-6
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40	4/23/2015	GSW	@	NOP	44	5	9	0	0	10	29	34.5	7	18	38.9	13	14	92.9	56.9	1	4	3	3	+13
12	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	40	4/23/1992	CLE	vs	NJN	47	16	9	1	2	12	22	54.5	0	1	0.0	16	17	94.1	67.8	3	13	2	2
13	Drazen Petrovic D. Petrovic	40	4/23/1992	NJN	@	CLE	47	4	1	1	0	17	31	54.8	0	4	0.0	6	6	100.0	59.5	3	1	1	4
14	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	40	4/23/1989	POR	vs	SAC	50	8	10	2	0	17	26	65.4	0	0		6	7	85.7	68.8	4	4	5	4
15	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	40	4/23/1976	BUF	@	BOS	48	8	2			17	33	51.5				6	10	60.0	53.5				2
16	George Mikan G. Mikan	40	4/23/1950	MIN	vs	SYR			2			13	20	65.0				14	17	82.4	72.8				6
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	39	4/23/2022	BOS	@	BKN	45	5	6	6	0	13	29	44.8	4	13	30.8	9	10	90.0	58.4	2	3	6	4	+4
18	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	39	4/23/1994	CHA	vs	DET	40	12	2	1	5	14	22	63.6	0	0		11	15	73.3	68.2	6	6	2	5
19	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	39	4/23/1989	SEA	@	LAL	39	5	4	1	1	16	25	64.0	3	3	100.0	4	4	100.0	72.9	3	2	0	1
20	Jalen Green J. Green	38	4/23/2025	HOU	vs	GSW	35	4	6	3	0	13	25	52.0	8	18	44.4	4	5	80.0	69.9	0	4	2	1	+19
21	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	38	4/23/2023	SAC	@	GSW	40	9	5	1	0	14	31	45.2	4	11	36.4	6	8	75.0	55.0	3	6	3	4	-4
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	38	4/23/2021	BOS	@	BKN	39	10	4	0	0	14	27	51.9	6	12	50.0	4	7	57.1	63.2	2	8	5	3	+1
23	Dennis Scott D. Scott	38	4/23/1995	ORL	@	NYK	31	4	1	0	0	14	22	63.6	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	78.5	1	3	3	3
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	4/23/1993	CHI	@	CHA	38	4	3	0	0	15	27	55.6	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	62.3	1	3	2	3
25	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	37	4/23/2024	IND	@	MIL	37	11	6	0	0	16	23	69.6	3	4	75.0	2	3	66.7	76.1	1	10	0	3	+6