most points scored in a month in the 2000s in the nba

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Kobe Bryant posted the most points in a month, with 578 points in March 2006.

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most points by a player scored in a month in the 2000s in the NBA

	NAME	PTS	MONTH	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	578	March 2006	17	42.2	34.0	4.9	4.3	1.8	0.4	12.2	28.4	42.9	1.7	6.1	28.2	7.9	8.8	90.6	52.7	0.6	4.3	3.8	717	84	73	31	7	64	45	+59
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	569	February 2003	14	41.6	40.6	4.9	3.6	2.6	0.9	13.9	29.4	47.2	2.4	5.5	42.9	10.6	12.5	84.6	58.3	0.9	4.1	3.4	583	69	50	37	13	48	33	+122
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	564	January 2006	13	41.6	43.4	5.6	4.1	1.8	0.1	13.9	29.6	47.0	3.5	8.9	39.7	12.0	13.4	89.7	61.1	0.5	5.1	3.5	541	73	53	23	1	46	39	+50
4	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	547	March 2003	15	39.5	36.5	5.7	6.3	2.0	0.7	12.3	25.1	48.8	3.2	7.5	42.5	8.7	11.1	78.9	60.8	1.7	4.1	3.3	592	86	95	30	11	49	29	+141
5	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	545	December 2006	16	40.4	34.1	4.3	6.2	1.8	0.1	11.3	23.6	47.6	3.7	9.1	40.7	7.9	9.8	80.3	61.0	0.6	3.7	3.7	646	68	99	29	1	59	52	+143
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	544	November 2005	16	44.2	34.0	3.4	7.9	2.0	0.1	11.4	25.3	45.2	1.1	3.5	30.4	10.1	12.4	80.9	55.2	0.8	2.6	2.9	707	55	127	32	1	46	26	+7
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	540	March 2000	16	39.4	33.8	12.3	4.0	0.4	2.1	13.9	23.5	59.0	0.0	0.0		6.0	9.9	60.8	60.6	3.9	8.4	2.6	631	197	64	6	34	41	51	+161
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	525	March 2007	13	44.8	40.4	6.2	4.5	1.1	0.5	13.7	29.8	45.9	2.7	7.2	37.2	10.3	11.9	86.5	57.5	1.6	4.5	2.8	582	80	58	14	6	36	30	-36
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	519	March 2005	16	43.6	32.4	3.8	7.8	3.0	0.2	10.8	25.4	42.3	1.9	5.4	34.5	9.1	10.4	87.3	54.1	0.6	3.2	6.1	697	60	124	48	3	97	29	-7
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	519	January 2001	15	44.4	34.6	2.9	4.4	2.7	0.4	11.9	26.2	45.5	1.5	4.3	34.4	9.3	11.2	82.7	55.6	0.3	2.6	3.2	666	44	66	40	6	48	30	+131
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	517	December 2000	16	42.3	32.3	4.8	4.9	1.3	0.6	12.1	24.9	48.7	1.3	3.9	32.3	6.8	8.0	85.2	56.9	1.3	3.5	2.7	677	77	78	21	10	43	53	+96
12	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	514	January 2004	16	40.6	32.1	5.1	5.3	1.6	0.7	10.9	25.1	43.6	3.5	9.2	38.1	6.8	8.4	80.6	55.9	1.2	3.9	2.6	650	81	84	26	11	42	23	-37
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	512	December 2005	16	38.9	32.0	5.9	4.8	1.3	0.6	10.8	23.9	45.0	1.6	4.9	31.6	8.9	11.3	79.4	55.5	1.4	4.5	2.8	622	95	77	20	10	44	45	+94
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	510	March 2006	17	40.7	30.0	10.2	3.3	0.8	1.0	10.6	21.6	49.2	1.4	3.5	40.0	7.3	8.1	90.5	59.5	1.6	8.5	2.1	692	173	56	13	17	36	32	+65
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	509	February 2001	14	43.8	36.4	3.9	4.6	2.4	0.3	12.3	29.6	41.4	2.2	5.2	42.5	9.6	12.0	79.8	52.1	0.8	3.1	3.6	613	54	65	34	4	50	33	+87
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	506	March 2003	16	38.0	31.6	11.0	2.6	0.7	2.9	11.8	20.0	58.8	0.0	0.0		8.1	12.6	64.7	61.9	3.9	7.1	3.0	608	176	42	11	46	48	53	+49
17	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	505	March 2009	15	39.8	33.7	5.3	7.9	2.9	1.1	12.1	24.1	50.1	1.5	4.3	35.4	8.0	10.4	76.9	58.8	1.4	3.9	3.4	597	79	119	43	17	51	27	+64
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	499	March 2001	17	38.9	29.4	12.8	3.0	0.6	2.5	10.7	19.2	55.7	0.0	0.0		7.9	12.5	63.4	59.3	4.4	8.5	3.4	662	218	51	10	42	57	60	+99
19	LeBron James L. James	492	January 2006	15	41.8	32.8	8.1	7.5	1.6	0.8	12.1	24.8	48.7	2.1	5.8	35.6	6.6	10.1	65.6	56.1	0.9	7.1	3.3	627	121	112	24	12	49	30	+101
20	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	492	November 2002	16	43.2	30.8	4.1	4.8	2.8	0.0	10.8	25.6	42.2	1.2	4.4	26.8	7.9	10.0	79.4	51.2	0.8	3.4	3.6	691	66	76	45	0	57	34	+92
21	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	489	January 2002	15	43.7	32.6	3.8	4.9	2.3	0.3	11.8	28.3	41.6	1.3	4.3	29.2	7.7	9.1	85.3	50.4	0.9	2.9	4.0	656	57	74	34	4	60	27	+117
22	Vince Carter V. Carter	487	March 2000	17	40.7	28.6	5.7	3.9	1.0	0.9	10.0	22.4	44.7	1.8	4.5	40.8	6.8	8.8	77.3	54.6	1.9	3.8	2.2	692	97	67	17	16	38	55	+3
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	482	December 2005	14	43.4	34.4	3.5	6.5	2.6	0.3	12.5	27.3	45.8	0.9	2.7	34.2	8.5	11.5	73.9	53.2	0.7	2.8	3.3	608	49	91	36	4	46	22	+42
24	LeBron James L. James	481	November 2007	15	40.0	32.1	7.7	8.4	2.0	1.6	11.3	22.7	49.6	1.6	4.7	33.8	7.9	11.1	71.3	58.0	1.5	6.3	3.1	600	116	126	30	24	46	30	+45
25	LeBron James L. James	479	March 2009	17	40.6	28.2	8.9	8.4	1.8	1.3	9.4	19.8	47.2	1.9	4.9	38.6	7.6	10.0	75.9	58.2	1.5	7.4	2.6	689	152	143	30	22	44	22	+162