most points scored by an nba player in a game on may 5

Michael Jordan has put up the most points in a game on May 5, with 50 points in Game 4 of the 1989 First Round versus the Cavaliers.

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	5/5/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	43	3	4	3	0	14	28	50.0	0	1	0.0	22	27	81.5	62.7	0	3	1	6
2	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	5/5/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	42	6	9	3	1	20	25	80.0	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	90.8	0	6	3	5	+7
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	5/5/1996	CHI	vs	NYK	41	5	2	0	0	17	35	48.6	1	5	20.0	9	9	100.0	56.5	1	4	1	4
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	5/5/1988	CHI	@	CLE	42	5	4	4	2	18	25	72.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	76.0	2	3	4	6
5	Rick Barry R. Barry	44	5/5/1976	GSW	vs	PHX	46	6	4	1	0	17	31	54.8				10	12	83.3	60.6	0	6		3
6	James Harden J. Harden	43	5/5/2017	HOU	vs	SAS	40	2	5	3	0	14	28	50.0	5	13	38.5	10	11	90.9	65.5	1	1	5	4	-14
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	42	5/5/2025	DEN	@	OKC	42	22	6	1	2	15	29	51.7	2	6	33.3	10	13	76.9	60.5	5	17	7	5	+10
8	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	42	5/5/2021	MIN	vs	MEM	38	6	7	1	1	17	22	77.3	8	9	88.9	0	1	0.0	93.6	1	5	3	4	+11
9	Bradley Beal B. Beal	42	5/5/2021	WAS	@	MIL	39	4	3	1	0	14	24	58.3	3	6	50.0	11	14	78.6	69.6	0	4	2	2	-8
10	Jerry West J. West	42	5/5/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	48	13	12			14	29	48.3				14	18	77.8	56.9				2
11	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	41	5/5/1999	NJN	vs	MIL	46	2	11	0	0	13	24	54.2	4	10	40.0	11	14	78.6	68.0	1	1	1	1	+17
12	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	41	5/5/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	41	9	6	1	0	12	18	66.7	4	8	50.0	13	14	92.9	84.9	3	6	1	3
13	Glen Rice G. Rice	40	5/5/1999	LAL	vs	POR	38	5	3	0	0	14	20	70.0	8	10	80.0	4	4	100.0	91.9	0	5	0	2	+31
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40	5/5/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	38	8	3	0	1	14	22	63.6	0	0		12	15	80.0	69.9	2	6	2	5
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40	5/5/1988	HOU	vs	DAL	44	15	3	2	1	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	72.7	3	12	1	3
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	40	5/5/1987	BOS	vs	MIL	44	11	7	4	1	13	23	56.5	1	1	100.0	13	13	100.0	69.6	2	9	3	2
17	Alex English A. English	40	5/5/1985	DEN	@	UTA	42	7	4	1	0	14	19	73.7	0	0		12	14	85.7	79.5	1	6	3	2
18	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	39	5/5/2024	CLE	vs	ORL	45	9	5	1	1	11	27	40.7	2	8	25.0	15	17	88.2	56.6	1	8	1	3	+17
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	39	5/5/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	43	9	8	0	2	12	31	38.7	1	5	20.0	14	16	87.5	51.3	0	9	0	4	+11
20	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	39	5/5/2019	TOR	@	PHI	43	14	5	0	0	13	20	65.0	5	7	71.4	8	12	66.7	77.1	3	11	7	2	+7
21	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	39	5/5/1990	PHI	vs	CLE	41	4	2	4	0	14	26	53.8	4	6	66.7	7	8	87.5	66.1	1	3	2	3
22	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	38	5/5/2024	ORL	@	CLE	42	16	2	3	1	10	28	35.7	3	6	50.0	15	18	83.3	52.9	4	12	5	3	-7
23	LeBron James L. James	38	5/5/2018	CLE	vs	TOR	41	6	7	3	1	14	26	53.8	1	4	25.0	9	11	81.8	61.6	1	5	4	1	+2
24	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	38	5/5/1988	DAL	@	HOU	33	5	2	3	1	13	21	61.9	3	4	75.0	9	9	100.0	76.1	3	2	3	4
25	Ja Morant J. Morant	37	5/5/2021	MEM	@	MIN	37	4	10	2	1	14	25	56.0	1	2	50.0	8	11	72.7	62.0	0	4	4	0	+8