most points scored in a single game by a player between january 1st 2005 and december 31st 2005

Between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005, Kobe Bryant dropped the most points in a game, with 62 points against the Mavericks on December 20, 2005.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a single regular-season game by a player between january 1st 2005 and december 31st 2005

	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	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	60	2/12/2005	PHI	vs	ORL	42	4	6	5	1	17	36	47.2	2	5	40.0	24	27	88.9	62.7	1	3	3	1	+27
3	LeBron James L. James	56	3/20/2005	CLE	@	TOR	48	10	5	2	0	18	36	50.0	6	12	50.0	14	15	93.3	65.7	2	8	4	0	-7
4	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	55	1/4/2005	IND	vs	MIL	36	11	3	0	2	18	28	64.3	0	0		19	25	76.0	70.5	3	8	3	3	+22
5	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	54	1/14/2005	POR	@	NOH	43	0	1	1	0	20	32	62.5	8	16	50.0	6	6	100.0	77.9	0	0	0	3	-7
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	53	12/23/2005	PHI	@	ATL	45	6	5	2	0	17	31	54.8	0	1	0.0	19	21	90.5	65.9	0	6	0	0	-5
7	LeBron James L. James	52	12/10/2005	CLE	@	MIL	43	7	7	2	0	19	29	65.5	5	9	55.6	9	10	90.0	77.8	0	7	3	5	-3
8	Vince Carter V. Carter	51	12/23/2005	NJN	@	MIA	44	8	4	0	0	13	25	52.0	2	5	40.0	23	24	95.8	71.7	2	6	2	3	+16
9	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	50	1/2/2005	PHX	vs	POR	41	11	3	1	1	20	27	74.1	0	1	0.0	10	17	58.8	72.5	5	6	1	3	+25
10	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	48	4/14/2005	MIA	@	PHI	49	10	6	1	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	13	76.9	62.0	2	8	3	4	0
11	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	48	4/6/2005	PHI	vs	CHA	48	7	8	2	0	17	31	54.8	1	8	12.5	13	14	92.9	64.6	0	7	5	2	+3
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	48	3/1/2005	PHI	@	MIL	44	3	8	4	0	18	30	60.0	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	71.6	0	3	4	1	+10
13	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	48	1/21/2005	SAS	@	PHX	44	5	6	1	0	16	22	72.7	5	7	71.4	11	12	91.7	88.0	1	4	3	4	+16
14	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	47	12/30/2005	WAS	vs	MIA	42	7	8	0	0	15	29	51.7	4	9	44.4	13	14	92.9	66.8	3	4	3	6	-9
15	Darius Miles D. Miles	47	4/19/2005	POR	@	DEN	40	12	0	4	5	19	33	57.6	1	3	33.3	8	14	57.1	60.0	4	8	1	3	0
16	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	47	1/4/2005	MIN	vs	PHX	42	17	4	2	0	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	9	11	81.8	71.6	3	14	3	2	+1
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	46	11/27/2005	LAL	vs	NJN	50	3	3	2	0	14	36	38.9	4	12	33.3	14	16	87.5	53.4	0	3	5	5	-10
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45	12/28/2005	LAL	vs	MEM	47	7	4	2	1	13	37	35.1	4	8	50.0	15	19	78.9	49.6	2	5	2	5	-6
19	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	45	12/27/2005	DEN	vs	PHI	39	8	1	1	0	17	30	56.7	1	2	50.0	10	12	83.3	63.8	5	3	4	5	+2
20	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	45	11/23/2005	PHI	@	MIL	45	3	5	1	0	13	30	43.3	2	5	40.0	17	19	89.5	58.7	2	1	6	1	-18
21	Vince Carter V. Carter	45	4/9/2005	NJN	vs	BOS	36	7	3	4	1	18	32	56.3	7	9	77.8	2	3	66.7	67.5	1	6	2	2	+23
22	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	45	3/29/2005	NYK	@	LAL	42	6	10	1	0	12	22	54.5	6	8	75.0	15	16	93.8	77.5	2	4	6	3	-8
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	45	1/24/2005	PHI	vs	MIA	44	2	10	4	0	13	30	43.3	1	3	33.3	18	19	94.7	58.7	0	2	1	1	+11
24	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	45	1/9/2005	HOU	@	DEN	41	12	5	1	3	15	26	57.7	5	9	55.6	10	14	71.4	70.0	0	12	3	4	+27
25	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	44	4/9/2005	WAS	vs	PHI	47	4	3	0	1	13	24	54.2	6	14	42.9	12	15	80.0	71.9	0	4	1	2	-4