most points in an nba game one game after return from injury

Donovan Mitchell has posted the most points with more than 0 games played in a game 1, with 57 points in Game 1 of the 2020 First Round versus the Nuggets.

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most points in an NBA game one game by a player after return from injury
NAMEPTSGPDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
57
1
8/17/2020
UTA UTA
@
DEN DEN
43
9
7
1
0
19
33
57.6
6
15
40.0
13
13
100.0
73.6
2
7
5
2
-11
2Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
55
1
4/20/2003
PHI PHI
vs
NOH NOH
47
4
8
2
0
21
32
65.6
3
5
60.0
10
11
90.9
74.6
0
4
4
2
+13
3John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
54
1
4/1/1973
BOS BOS
vs
ATL ATL
48
9
6
24
36
66.7
6
6
100.0
69.9
2
4Jerry West
J. West
53
1
4/23/1969
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
46
3
10
21
41
51.2
11
13
84.6
56.7
3
5LeBron James
L. James
51
1
5/31/2018
CLE CLE
@
GSW GSW
48
8
8
1
1
19
32
59.4
3
7
42.9
10
11
90.9
69.2
4
4
5
2
-13
6Karl Malone
K. Malone
50
1
4/22/2000
UTA UTA
vs
SEA SEA
43
12
0
3
1
18
32
56.3
1
1
100.0
13
14
92.9
65.5
3
9
1
2
+12
7Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
50
1
4/28/1988
CHI CHI
vs
CLE CLE
44
7
2
2
2
19
35
54.3
0
0
12
12
100.0
62.1
1
6
5
3
8LeBron James
L. James
49
1
5/20/2009
CLE CLE
vs
ORL ORL
41
6
8
2
3
20
30
66.7
3
6
50.0
6
10
60.0
71.2
3
3
2
1
+7
9Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
49
1
4/17/1986
CHI CHI
@
BOS BOS
43
4
2
2
1
18
36
50.0
0
0
13
15
86.7
57.5
0
4
5
3
10Jerry West
J. West
49
1
4/3/1965
LAL LAL
vs
BAL BAL
6
8
15
35
42.9
19
21
90.5
55.4
5
11Trae Young
T. Young
48
1
6/23/2021
ATL ATL
@
MIL MIL
41
7
11
1
0
17
34
50.0
4
13
30.8
10
12
83.3
61.1
1
6
6
3
+10
12Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
48
1
5/17/2011
DAL DAL
vs
OKC OKC
41
6
4
0
4
12
15
80.0
0
0
24
24
100.0
93.9
0
6
2
3
+12
13Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
48
1
6/6/2001
PHI PHI
@
LAL LAL
52
5
6
5
0
18
41
43.9
3
8
37.5
9
9
100.0
53.4
2
3
3
0
+6
14Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
48
1
4/28/1995
CHI CHI
@
CHA CHA
47
9
8
1
1
18
32
56.3
1
4
25.0
11
11
100.0
65.1
1
8
3
1
15George Mikan
G. Mikan
47
1
3/29/1952
MIN MIN
@
ROC ROC
15
26
57.7
17
18
94.4
69.3
4
16LaMarcus Aldridge
L. Aldridge
46
1
4/20/2014
POR POR
@
HOU HOU
45
18
2
0
2
17
31
54.8
2
2
100.0
10
13
76.9
62.6
7
11
3
6
+17
17Dwight Howard
D. Howard
46
1
4/16/2011
ORL ORL
vs
ATL ATL
46
19
1
0
1
16
23
69.6
0
1
0.0
14
22
63.6
70.4
6
13
8
5
-10
18Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
46
1
4/19/2003
DAL DAL
vs
POR POR
47
10
2
1
1
16
27
59.3
4
5
80.0
10
11
90.9
72.2
1
9
2
2
+10
19Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
46
1
4/23/2000
LAL LAL
vs
SAC SAC
46
17
1
2
5
21
33
63.6
0
0
4
5
80.0
65.3
7
10
2
5
+16
20Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
46
1
4/25/1997
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
35
11
2
1
2
17
27
63.0
0
0
12
18
66.7
65.9
3
8
1
3
+23
21Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
46
1
4/24/1992
CHI CHI
vs
MIA MIA
41
11
9
3
1
21
34
61.8
0
0
4
4
100.0
64.3
1
10
5
4
22Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
46
1
3/14/1961
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
32
2
19
39
48.7
8
14
57.1
50.9
3
23James Harden
J. Harden
45
1
5/1/2023
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
39
1
6
2
0
17
30
56.7
7
14
50.0
4
4
100.0
70.8
0
1
3
4
+8
24Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
45
1
5/2/2022
DAL DAL
@
PHX PHX
44
12
8
0
1
15
30
50.0
4
11
36.4
11
14
78.6
62.2
2
10
5
1
-4
25Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
45
1
6/8/2021
UTA UTA
vs
LAC LAC
37
3
5
1
1
16
30
53.3
6
15
40.0
7
8
87.5
67.1
0
3
3
0
+5
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