most points scored in a single game by current players under 60 points regular season and playoffs

6 players are tied for the most points by an active player with fewer than 60 points in a regular-season or postseason game, with 59 points. The first three are Giannis Antetokounmpo on November 13, 2024, Joel Embiid on November 13, 2022 and James Harden on October 30, 2019.

	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	59	11/13/2024	MIL	vs	DET	44	14	7	2	3	21	34	61.8	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	71.1	3	11	3	1	+7
2	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
3	James Harden J. Harden	59	10/30/2019	HOU	@	WAS	38	3	9	1	0	18	32	56.3	6	14	42.9	17	18	94.4	73.9	1	2	4	3	+6
4	Devin Booker D. Booker	59	3/25/2019	PHX	@	UTA	41	4	4	1	0	19	34	55.9	5	8	62.5	16	17	94.1	71.1	1	3	6	5	-13
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	59	4/8/2017	POR	vs	UTA	42	6	5	1	1	18	34	52.9	9	14	64.3	14	16	87.5	71.9	0	6	0	0	+19
6	Anthony Davis A. Davis	59	2/21/2016	NOP	@	DET	43	20	4	0	1	24	34	70.6	2	2	100.0	9	10	90.0	76.8	6	14	2	1	+17
7	Devin Booker D. Booker	58	12/17/2022	PHX	vs	NOP	42	6	5	0	0	21	35	60.0	6	12	50.0	10	15	66.7	69.7	1	5	2	3	+11
8	James Harden J. Harden	58	2/28/2019	HOU	vs	MIA	44	7	10	4	1	16	32	50.0	8	18	44.4	18	18	100.0	72.6	2	5	4	1	+10
9	James Harden J. Harden	58	1/16/2019	HOU	vs	BKN	45	10	6	1	1	16	34	47.1	5	19	26.3	21	23	91.3	65.7	1	9	4	5	-8
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	58	3/7/2017	OKC	vs	POR	36	3	9	3	1	21	39	53.8	3	9	33.3	13	16	81.3	63.0	1	2	4	4	+7
11	Julius Randle J. Randle	57	3/20/2023	NYK	vs	MIN	37	4	1	0	0	19	29	65.5	8	14	57.1	11	13	84.6	82.1	0	4	4	4	-6
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	57	2/6/2021	GSW	@	DAL	37	2	5	1	0	19	31	61.3	11	19	57.9	8	8	100.0	82.6	0	2	3	3	+7
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	43	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	73.6	2	7	5	2	-11
14	James Harden J. Harden	57	3/20/2019	HOU	@	MEM	46	7	8	2	2	18	39	46.2	9	17	52.9	12	12	100.0	64.4	1	6	3	3	+11
15	James Harden J. Harden	57	1/14/2019	HOU	vs	MEM	34	9	2	2	1	17	33	51.5	6	15	40.0	17	18	94.4	69.6	2	7	5	4	+25
16	LeBron James L. James	57	11/3/2017	CLE	@	WAS	43	11	7	3	2	23	34	67.6	2	4	50.0	9	9	100.0	75.1	5	6	3	2	+6
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	57	3/29/2017	OKC	@	ORL	42	13	11	3	0	21	40	52.5	6	15	40.0	9	11	81.8	63.6	3	10	7	3	+8
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	57	3/12/2015	CLE	@	SAS	47	3	5	4	0	20	32	62.5	7	7	100.0	10	10	100.0	78.3	1	2	2	3	+6
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	56	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	34	4	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
20	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
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	56	4/24/2023	MIA	vs	MIL	41	9	2	0	1	19	28	67.9	3	8	37.5	15	18	83.3	78.0	4	5	1	0	+4
22	LeBron James L. James	56	3/5/2022	LAL	vs	GSW	39	10	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	6	11	54.5	12	13	92.3	76.3	2	8	4	0	+13
23	Trae Young T. Young	56	1/3/2022	ATL	@	POR	37	4	14	0	0	17	26	65.4	7	12	58.3	15	15	100.0	85.9	1	3	4	1	+10
24	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
25	James Harden J. Harden	56	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	35	2	13	2	0	19	25	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25