most points scored in a game by a center since 1980

Since 1979-80, David Robinson has scored the most points by a center in a game, with 71 points against the Los Angeles Clippers on April 24, 1994.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a regular-season game by a center since 1980

	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	David Robinson D. Robinson	71	4/24/1994	SAS	@	LAC	44	14	5	0	2	26	41	63.4	1	2	50.0	18	25	72.0	68.3	4	10	8	2
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	61	3/6/2000	LAL	@	LAC	45	23	3	0	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		13	22	59.1	68.3	7	16	4	2	+16
6	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	60	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	36	17	3	1	0	19	31	61.3	7	11	63.6	15	16	93.8	78.9	2	15	6	5	+16
7	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
8	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
9	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	56	1/10/2019	SAS	vs	OKC	49	9	4	0	4	20	33	60.6	0	0		16	16	100.0	69.9	4	5	5	2	+7
10	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	56	3/28/2018	MIN	vs	ATL	41	15	4	0	1	19	32	59.4	6	8	75.0	12	15	80.0	72.5	4	11	2	4	+7
11	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	56	1/25/2016	SAC	vs	CHA	46	12	4	1	2	21	30	70.0	1	3	33.3	13	16	81.3	75.6	1	11	7	6	+15
12	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	55	12/20/2016	SAC	vs	POR	41	14	1	1	3	17	28	60.7	5	8	62.5	16	17	94.1	77.5	1	13	5	5	+3
13	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
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	53	4/20/1994	ORL	vs	MIN	36	18	4	2	2	22	31	71.0	0	0		9	13	69.2	72.2	7	11	3	3
15	Moses Malone M. Malone	53	2/2/1982	HOU	vs	SDC	42	22	4	2	1	19	30	63.3	0	0		15	18	83.3	69.9	11	11	3	2
16	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
17	David Robinson D. Robinson	52	1/16/1993	SAS	vs	CHA	40	14	3	0	7	20	28	71.4	1	2	50.0	11	15	73.3	75.1	3	11	2	3
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	52	4/19/1990	HOU	vs	DEN	42	18	4	3	3	21	34	61.8	0	0		10	13	76.9	65.5	6	12	11	6
19	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	52	3/5/1983	GSW	vs	UTA	42	14	1	1	5	22	32	68.8	0	0		8	13	61.5	68.9	7	7	1	2
20	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
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	51	1/18/1996	HOU	vs	BOS	45	14	3	3	2	20	37	54.1	0	0		11	14	78.6	59.1	5	9	2	3
22	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	51	3/24/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	41	18	1	1	0	20	29	69.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	73.4	5	13	5	6
23	Moses Malone M. Malone	51	11/14/1984	PHI	vs	DET	41	17	1	1	0	18	32	56.3	0	0		15	18	83.3	63.9	9	8	7	4
24	Moses Malone M. Malone	51	3/11/1981	HOU	vs	GSW	44	19	2	2	0	20	28	71.4	0			11	12	91.7	76.6			3	3
25	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