most points scored by a center in a game since 2023

Since 2022-23, Joel Embiid has put up the most points by a center in a game, with 70 points versus the Spurs on January 22, 2024.

Interpreted as:

most points scored by a center in a regular-season game since 2023

	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	70	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	37	18	5	1	1	24	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
2	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	62	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	38	8	2	0	0	21	35	60.0	10	15	66.7	10	14	71.4	75.3	3	5	7	2	0
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	61	4/1/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	59	11/13/2022	PHI	vs	UTA	37	11	8	1	7	19	28	67.9	1	5	20.0	20	24	83.3	76.5	1	10	5	3	+25
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	56	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	39	16	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	53	12/11/2022	PHI	vs	CHA	34	12	3	0	1	20	32	62.5	2	3	66.7	11	11	100.0	71.9	3	9	2	2	+11
7	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	52	4/4/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	39	13	6	0	2	20	25	80.0	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	84.6	2	11	3	3	+17
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	51	12/20/2023	PHI	vs	MIN	36	12	3	2	1	17	25	68.0	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	77.5	2	10	2	5	+4
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	12/6/2023	PHI	@	WAS	38	13	7	1	1	19	29	65.5	1	2	50.0	11	13	84.6	72.0	6	7	6	2	+8
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	48	12/8/2024	DEN	@	ATL	35	14	8	3	0	17	29	58.6	3	6	50.0	11	13	84.6	69.1	3	11	3	2	+25
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	11/6/2023	PHI	vs	WAS	31	11	6	1	1	17	25	68.0	0	2	0.0	14	14	100.0	77.0	2	9	1	2	+15
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	12/27/2022	PHI	@	WAS	36	10	1	3	3	17	32	53.1	1	5	20.0	13	14	92.9	62.9	4	6	3	5	+8
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	47	1/28/2023	PHI	vs	DEN	38	18	5	3	2	18	31	58.1	4	7	57.1	7	10	70.0	66.4	6	12	6	2	+14
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	46	1/4/2025	DEN	@	SAS	43	9	10	2	2	19	35	54.3	3	8	37.5	5	6	83.3	61.1	4	5	2	3	+7
15	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	46	11/13/2024	NYK	vs	CHI	39	10	3	3	0	18	30	60.0	6	12	50.0	4	8	50.0	68.6	1	9	4	5	+4
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	46	3/24/2023	PHI	@	GSW	38	9	8	2	1	13	23	56.5	1	5	20.0	19	22	86.4	70.4	1	8	3	2	+13
17	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	45	3/5/2024	HOU	vs	SAS	37	16	3	5	1	19	32	59.4	2	3	66.7	5	7	71.4	64.1	6	10	2	3	+18
18	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	44	2/12/2025	NYK	vs	ATL	47	10	3	2	0	14	25	56.0	7	10	70.0	9	11	81.8	73.7	1	9	7	4	+7
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	44	1/4/2025	NYK	@	CHI	37	16	5	1	0	17	29	58.6	3	7	42.9	7	10	70.0	65.9	6	10	3	3	-5
20	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	44	10/30/2024	NYK	@	MIA	39	13	2	0	0	17	25	68.0	4	5	80.0	6	6	100.0	79.6	3	10	2	5	+15
21	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	44	12/13/2023	MEM	@	HOU	40	7	2	4	1	15	24	62.5	3	8	37.5	11	13	84.6	74.0	1	6	3	4	-1
22	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	44	12/23/2022	PHI	vs	LAC	38	7	3	1	2	18	30	60.0	1	4	25.0	7	7	100.0	66.5	2	5	1	5	+2
23	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	43	1/15/2023	CHI	vs	GSW	39	13	4	4	0	18	31	58.1	5	10	50.0	2	2	100.0	67.4	4	9	1	1	+12
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	43	12/14/2022	DEN	vs	WAS	33	14	8	5	1	17	20	85.0	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	88.1	2	12	8	2	+28
25	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	42	3/1/2025	MEM	vs	SAS	35	4	2	2	2	15	25	60.0	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	73.6	1	3	2	3	+10