Dominique Wilkins has dropped the most points in a game on May 22, with 47 points in Game 7 of the 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Celtics.

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most points by a player in a NBA game on may 22

	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	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	43	5	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	2	3	0	0
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	41	5/22/2006	SAS	vs	DAL	50	15	6	1	3	12	24	50.0	0	1	0.0	17	23	73.9	60.1	6	9	3	4	-7
3	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	41	5/22/2005	PHX	vs	SAS	36	9	1	0	1	13	21	61.9	0	0		15	18	83.3	70.9	6	3	2	2	-9
4	LeBron James L. James	40	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	40	5/22/2022	DAL	vs	GSW	40	11	3	1	2	11	23	47.8	4	9	44.4	14	17	82.4	65.6	0	11	3	3	-19
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	39	5/22/1998	LAL	vs	UTA	41	15	2	0	1	17	30	56.7	0	0		5	13	38.5	54.6	7	8	5	6	-9
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	5/22/1992	UTA	vs	POR	45	7	7	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	0		11	13	84.6	67.9	1	6	4	2
8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	38	5/22/2025	OKC	vs	MIN	42	3	8	3	0	12	21	57.1	1	2	50.0	13	15	86.7	68.8	0	3	1	5	+25
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	37	5/22/2006	DAL	@	SAS	50	15	3	1	1	11	20	55.0	0	1	0.0	15	16	93.8	68.4	2	13	0	3	0
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	37	5/22/1999	SAS	@	LAL	45	14	4	3	1	9	19	47.4	0	0		19	23	82.6	63.5	5	9	4	6	+4
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36	5/22/2017	GSW	@	SAS	34	5	6	0	0	14	24	58.3	5	13	38.5	3	3	100.0	71.1	0	5	6	2	+15
12	Elton Brand E. Brand	36	5/22/2006	LAC	@	PHX	48	9	1	0	1	16	26	61.5	0	0		4	4	100.0	64.8	7	2	1	2	-20
13	LeBron James L. James	35	5/22/2009	CLE	vs	ORL	43	4	5	1	0	12	23	52.2	1	3	33.3	10	12	83.3	61.9	2	2	6	3	-7
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	34	5/22/2021	POR	@	DEN	40	2	13	0	0	10	25	40.0	5	12	41.7	9	9	100.0	58.7	0	2	2	2	+25
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	34	5/22/2021	DEN	vs	POR	35	16	1	0	0	14	27	51.9	3	7	42.9	3	4	75.0	59.1	3	13	1	1	-13
16	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	34	5/22/2011	MIA	vs	CHI	43	5	2	2	1	13	18	72.2	0	0		8	10	80.0	75.9	0	5	2	2	+15
17	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	34	5/22/2003	NJN	vs	DET	39	12	6	4	1	11	21	52.4	1	2	50.0	11	13	84.6	63.6	5	7	5	3	+8
18	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	34	5/22/2001	PHI	vs	MIL	48	4	6	1	0	13	35	37.1	3	4	75.0	5	7	71.4	44.6	1	3	3	4	+8
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	34	5/22/1988	BOS	vs	ATL	47	4	6	1	1	15	24	62.5	1	3	33.3	3	3	100.0	67.1	0	4	4	2
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33	5/22/2024	DAL	@	MIN	41	6	8	3	1	12	26	46.2	3	10	30.0	6	7	85.7	56.7	0	6	4	2	-9
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	33	5/22/2016	OKC	vs	GSW	32	8	2	0	3	10	15	66.7	1	3	33.3	12	12	100.0	81.4	1	7	1	3	+36
22	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	33	5/22/2007	UTA	@	SAS	42	15	3	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	0		5	7	71.4	63.3	4	11	1	3	0
23	Kevin McHale K. McHale	33	5/22/1988	BOS	vs	ATL	43	13	0	0	4	10	14	71.4	0	0		13	13	100.0	83.7	3	10	0	4
24	Julius Erving J. Erving	33	5/22/1977	PHI	vs	POR	43	5	4	3	0	14	24	58.3				5	5	100.0	63.0	1	4		3
25	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	32	5/22/2025	MIN	@	OKC	40	9	6	0	1	12	26	46.2	1	9	11.1	7	10	70.0	52.6	2	7	0	1	-22