most points in an nba game 3

Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan are tied for the most points in a game 3, with 56 points.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player in an NBA game 3
NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
56
5/4/1994
@
41
14
4
3
1
23
31
74.2
3
4
75.0
7
9
77.8
80.1
5
9
2
2
2Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
56
4/29/1992
@
43
5
5
4
2
20
30
66.7
0
0
16
18
88.9
73.8
1
4
2
3
3Rick Barry
R. Barry
55
4/18/1967
vs
46
12
5
22
48
45.8
11
19
57.9
48.8
4
4Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
53
3/14/1960
vs
47
22
2
24
42
57.1
5
16
31.3
54.0
0
5Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
50
4/25/2024
vs
41
8
4
0
1
13
19
68.4
5
7
71.4
19
21
90.5
88.5
1
7
3
3
+16
6Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
50
5/28/2021
vs
41
6
7
2
1
16
30
53.3
5
11
45.5
13
15
86.7
68.3
0
6
1
3
+1
7Vince Carter
V. Carter
50
5/11/2001
vs
45
6
7
1
4
19
29
65.5
9
13
69.2
3
3
100.0
82.5
3
3
1
3
+24
8Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
49
5/11/1990
@
42
5
5
4
1
19
34
55.9
4
11
36.4
7
9
77.8
64.5
2
3
5
4
9Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
48
5/1/1990
@
46
9
5
1
2
20
35
57.1
1
5
20.0
7
9
77.8
61.6
2
7
5
4
10Devin Booker
D. Booker
47
5/5/2023
vs
42
6
9
3
1
20
25
80.0
5
8
62.5
2
2
100.0
90.8
0
6
3
5
+7
11Stephen Curry
S. Curry
47
6/5/2019
vs
43
8
7
2
0
14
31
45.2
6
14
42.9
13
14
92.9
63.2
2
6
3
1
-8
12LeBron James
L. James
47
5/9/2009
@
43
12
8
1
1
15
25
60.0
5
10
50.0
12
16
75.0
73.3
2
10
1
2
+26
13Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
47
5/2/1995
@
46
12
2
2
2
16
26
61.5
4
8
50.0
11
13
84.6
74.1
1
11
4
5
14Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
47
5/26/1990
vs
43
10
4
1
0
17
32
53.1
2
2
100.0
11
13
84.6
62.3
3
7
4
3
15Kevin Durant
K. Durant
46
5/4/2019
@
50
3
6
0
0
14
31
45.2
6
10
60.0
12
12
100.0
63.4
0
3
0
1
-6
16Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
46
5/11/1996
@
51
4
2
2
0
17
35
48.6
2
5
40.0
10
13
76.9
56.5
3
1
4
2
17Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
46
5/10/1991
@
42
4
6
1
4
20
34
58.8
0
0
6
9
66.7
60.6
0
4
2
3
18Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
46
5/27/1989
vs
45
7
5
5
0
16
26
61.5
0
3
0.0
14
15
93.3
70.6
3
4
2
2
19Bernard King
B. King
46
4/22/1984
vs
40
10
4
0
1
19
27
70.4
0
0
8
12
66.7
71.3
6
4
2
5
20Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
46
4/5/1964
@
48
23
2
19
36
52.8
8
16
50.0
53.4
5
21Ja Morant
J. Morant
45
4/22/2023
@
42
9
13
0
0
13
26
50.0
6
10
60.0
13
14
92.9
70.0
3
6
3
2
+3
22Devin Booker
D. Booker
45
4/20/2023
@
45
6
3
3
2
18
29
62.1
3
7
42.9
6
7
85.7
70.1
1
5
0
2
+3
23Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
45
4/26/2007
vs
45
6
6
1
1
15
26
57.7
2
3
66.7
13
13
100.0
70.9
0
6
5
3
+1
24Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
45
5/12/1990
vs
45
13
6
0
3
14
24
58.3
0
0
17
18
94.4
70.5
3
10
1
4
25Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
44
5/28/2021
vs
39
9
9
1
0
15
28
53.6
7
13
53.8
7
13
53.8
65.2
2
7
5
2
+3

More Suns Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

25.6

Booker

Devin Booker

RPG

8.0

Williams

Mark Williams

APG

6.4

Booker

Devin Booker
Team Rankings

ORTG

114.9

17th

DRTG

114.7

13th

NETRTG

0.2

16th

3P%

36.2

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
5
19
10
.655
7.0
6
17
9
.654
7.5
7
Suns Suns
15
13
.536
10.5
8
15
15
.500
11.5
9
13
16
.448
13.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/23
@
9:00 PM
Fri
12/26
@
8:00 PM
Sat
12/27
@
7:00 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:00 PM
Wed
12/31
@
3:30 PM
Last Game
PHX Suns

15 - 13

116

Final

119

GSW Warriors

14 - 15

Sat 20 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
23
6
.793
2
20
8
.714
2.5
3
18
11
.621
5.0
4
16
11
.593
6.0
5
17
13
.567
6.5
6
16
13
.552
7.0
7
16
14
.533
7.5
8
15
14
.517
8.0
9
15
15
.500
8.5
10
13
15
.464
9.5
11
11
18
.379
12.0
12
9
20
.310
14.0
13
8
19
.296
14.0
14
6
23
.207
17.0
15
5
22
.185
17.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
26
3
.897
2
21
7
.750
4.5
3
21
7
.750
4.5
4
19
8
.704
6.0
5
19
10
.655
7.0
6
17
9
.654
7.5
7
15
13
.536
10.5
8
15
15
.500
11.5
9
13
16
.448
13.0
10
12
17
.414
14.0
11
11
19
.367
15.5
12
10
18
.357
15.5
13
8
22
.267
18.5
14
7
21
.250
18.5
15
7
22
.241
19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
11/20
@
115-118
Thu
11/20
@
113-114
Thu
11/20
@
112-109
Thu
11/20
@
127-123
Thu
11/20
@
144-112

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/23
@
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM