most points scored against dirk nowitzki in a game

Kobe Bryant has dropped the most points in a game versus Dirk Nowitzki, with 62 points on December 20, 2005.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player scored against Dirk Nowitzki in a regular-season game

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	62	12/20/2005	LAL	vs	DAL	33	8	0	3	0	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	53	12/26/2001	SAS	vs	DAL	50	11	4	0	3	19	28	67.9	0	0		15	15	100.0	76.6	4	7	6	5	-1
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	52	1/18/2013	OKC	@	DAL	50	9	1	2	0	13	31	41.9	5	9	55.6	21	21	100.0	64.6	0	9	4	2	-1
4	Andre Miller A. Miller	52	1/30/2010	POR	@	DAL	42	5	2	2	0	22	31	71.0	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	75.3	1	4	2	2	+4
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	52	3/2/2008	LAL	vs	DAL	51	11	4	1	2	15	27	55.6	2	3	66.7	20	27	74.1	66.9	1	10	5	2	+4
6	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	51	4/9/2019	PHX	@	DAL	38	5	5	1	1	18	30	60.0	7	13	53.8	8	9	88.9	75.1	0	5	4	4	-5
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	51	2/4/2015	GSW	vs	DAL	37	4	4	1	0	16	26	61.5	10	16	62.5	9	11	81.8	82.7	0	4	3	3	0
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	48	1/13/2019	GSW	@	DAL	37	6	5	1	2	17	32	53.1	11	19	57.9	3	3	100.0	72.0	3	3	0	5	+9
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	48	12/28/2018	NOP	vs	DAL	43	17	4	2	2	20	32	62.5	0	2	0.0	8	11	72.7	65.1	7	10	1	3	+2
10	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	48	12/2/2004	HOU	@	DAL	49	9	9	2	3	19	36	52.8	6	13	46.2	4	7	57.1	61.4	5	4	2	3	0
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	47	11/20/2017	BOS	@	DAL	39	3	6	1	0	16	22	72.7	5	7	71.4	10	11	90.9	87.6	1	2	3	3	+21
12	Danilo Gallinari D. Gallinari	47	4/10/2015	DEN	vs	DAL	46	9	2	1	1	15	23	65.2	7	12	58.3	10	10	100.0	85.8	2	7	0	4	+20
13	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	46	2/3/2010	GSW	@	DAL	41	4	2	1	1	17	23	73.9	4	6	66.7	8	13	61.5	80.1	3	1	7	5	-9
14	LeBron James L. James	46	3/29/2006	CLE	vs	DAL	43	5	4	3	0	16	23	69.6	4	7	57.1	10	13	76.9	80.1	0	5	2	3	+16
15	Jason Terry J. Terry	46	1/15/2002	ATL	vs	DAL	45	3	5	3	0	15	23	65.2	3	5	60.0	13	17	76.5	75.5	0	3	5	4	-3
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	12/5/2001	LAL	vs	DAL	40	15	2	1	1	18	23	78.3	0	0		10	22	45.5	70.4	6	9	3	4	+8
17	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	45	1/16/2007	HOU	@	DAL	40	5	7	1	1	17	29	58.6	4	11	36.4	7	9	77.8	68.3	0	5	1	1	0
18	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	44	2/24/2014	NYK	vs	DAL	42	9	4	0	1	14	29	48.3	7	12	58.3	9	9	100.0	66.7	4	5	4	3	+2
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	43	3/25/2014	OKC	@	DAL	51	5	6	1	0	15	27	55.6	5	11	45.5	8	8	100.0	70.4	1	4	5	3	-13
20	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	43	3/27/2009	DEN	@	DAL	42	11	1	1	0	18	29	62.1	2	3	66.7	5	6	83.3	68.0	1	10	1	4	+8
21	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	43	3/30/2007	NYK	@	DAL	40	5	3	0	0	14	29	48.3	5	12	41.7	10	13	76.9	61.9	0	5	5	5	-1
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	43	12/12/2005	LAL	@	DAL	43	5	2	4	1	15	33	45.5	3	9	33.3	10	12	83.3	56.2	2	3	2	3	-1
23	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	43	1/18/2005	WAS	@	DAL	42	3	3	2	0	11	23	47.8	6	10	60.0	15	18	83.3	69.5	1	2	2	6	-18
24	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	42	11/4/2016	POR	@	DAL	37	4	4	0	0	12	18	66.7	5	6	83.3	13	14	92.9	86.9	0	4	1	4	+17
25	LeBron James L. James	42	2/18/2014	MIA	@	DAL	38	9	6	2	0	16	23	69.6	4	8	50.0	6	8	75.0	79.2	2	7	3	2	+19