most points scored in a single minute

LeBron James has dropped the most career points, with 42,988 points.

Interpreted as:
most points scored in a single minute by a player
NAMEPTSMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
42,988
60,275
1,599
37.7
26.9
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.9
19.5
50.6
1.6
4.7
34.9
5.5
7.5
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
11,943
11,849
2,385
1,171
5,585
2,833
+7359
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
38,387
57,446
1,560
36.8
24.6
11.2
3.6
0.9
2.6
10.2
18.1
55.9
0.0
0.0
5.6
4.3
6.0
72.1
59.2
2.4
7.6
2.7
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
36,928
54,852
1,476
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
33,643
48,637
1,346
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
5Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
32,292
41,011
1,072
38.3
30.1
6.2
5.3
2.3
0.8
11.4
22.9
49.7
0.5
1.7
32.7
6.8
8.2
83.5
56.9
1.6
4.7
2.7
6,672
5,633
2,514
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
6Kevin Durant
K. Durant
31,897
43,107
1,174
36.7
27.2
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.7
50.2
2.0
5.0
39.1
6.4
7.3
88.2
62.1
0.7
6.3
3.2
8,103
5,134
1,216
1,320
3,715
2,241
+4973
7Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
31,560
51,368
1,522
33.8
20.7
7.5
2.4
0.8
0.8
7.3
15.6
47.1
1.3
3.4
38.0
4.8
5.4
87.9
57.7
1.0
6.6
1.6
11,489
3,651
1,210
1,281
2,494
3,601
+6541
8Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31,419
47,859
1,045
45.8
30.1
22.9
4.4
12.1
22.5
54.0
5.8
11.4
51.1
54.7
23,924
4,643
2,075
9James Harden
J. Harden
28,897
41,729
1,200
34.8
24.1
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.3
7.1
8.2
86.3
60.8
0.8
4.8
3.7
6,710
8,717
1,777
675
4,437
2,952
+4671
10Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
28,596
41,918
1,207
34.7
23.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
11Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
28,289
43,514
1,260
34.5
22.5
6.2
2.7
1.0
0.5
8.0
18.0
44.7
1.4
3.9
35.5
5.0
6.2
81.4
54.3
1.6
4.6
2.4
7,808
3,422
1,223
644
3,052
3,543
+1528
12Moses Malone
M. Malone
27,409
45,071
1,329
33.9
20.6
12.2
1.4
0.8
1.3
7.1
14.5
49.1
0.0
0.1
10.0
6.4
8.3
76.9
56.9
5.1
7.1
3.1
16,212
1,796
1,089
1,733
3,804
3,076
13Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
27,313
50,000
1,303
38.4
21.0
12.5
1.8
1.0
2.0
8.4
18.6
45.2
0.0
0.1
14.7
4.1
6.1
67.0
49.1
3.1
7.8
2.4
16,279
2,398
864
1,771
1,358
4,193
14Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
27,013
42,731
1,291
33.1
20.9
7.0
8.0
1.6
0.3
7.5
17.2
43.8
1.1
3.7
30.8
4.7
6.1
77.1
52.6
1.6
5.4
3.9
8,976
10,270
2,025
415
5,014
3,288
+2636
15Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
26,946
44,222
1,238
35.7
21.8
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
8.7
17.0
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.2
4.4
6.2
71.2
55.3
3.3
7.8
3.0
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
16Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
26,710
43,886
1,040
42.2
25.7
7.5
9.5
1.1
0.1
9.1
18.9
48.5
7.4
8.8
83.8
56.4
1.0
3.0
7,804
9,887
77
4
2,931
17Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
26,668
38,113
1,074
35.5
24.8
6.7
2.5
1.3
0.6
9.3
20.1
46.1
0.7
2.1
31.9
5.6
6.9
81.1
53.6
2.7
3.9
2.5
7,169
2,677
1,378
642
2,669
2,061
-392
18Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
26,496
47,368
1,392
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
19Stephen Curry
S. Curry
26,447
36,196
1,065
34.0
24.8
4.7
6.3
1.5
0.3
8.4
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.4
42.2
4.0
4.3
91.2
62.6
0.6
4.0
3.1
4,957
6,729
1,597
281
3,298
2,384
+6239
20Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
26,397
45,880
1,343
34.2
19.7
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.2
6.4
80.6
56.8
0.8
4.8
2.6
7,527
4,708
1,752
745
3,532
3,643
+3345
21John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
26,395
46,471
1,270
36.6
20.8
6.3
4.8
1.2
0.3
8.3
18.8
43.9
4.2
5.2
81.5
49.2
1.5
3.5
2.5
8,007
6,114
476
117
204
3,281
22DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
26,372
43,096
1,245
34.6
21.2
4.3
4.1
1.0
0.3
7.6
16.1
47.0
0.5
1.7
30.2
5.5
6.5
84.3
55.7
0.7
3.6
2.0
5,389
5,091
1,237
408
2,444
2,776
-300
23Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
26,071
50,418
1,462
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
14,662
5,445
1,859
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
24Vince Carter
V. Carter
25,728
46,367
1,541
30.1
16.7
4.3
3.1
1.0
0.6
6.0
13.8
43.5
1.5
4.0
37.1
3.1
3.9
79.8
53.6
1.1
3.2
1.7
6,606
4,714
1,530
888
2,590
3,995
+1817
25Alex English
A. English
25,613
38,063
1,193
31.9
21.5
5.5
3.6
0.9
0.7
8.9
17.6
50.7
0.0
0.1
21.7
3.6
4.3
83.2
55.0
2.3
3.2
2.5
6,538
4,351
1,067
833
2,821
3,027
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes played going back to the 1951-52 season.

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PPG

28.8

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

8.8

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.9

Mitchell

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Team Rankings

ORTG

118.5

5th

DRTG

114.1

12th

NETRTG

4.5

9th

3P%

35.9

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
42
13
.764
2
36
19
.655
6.0
3
Cavaliers Cavaliers
36
21
.632
7.0
4
35
21
.625
7.5
5
33
23
.589
9.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
2/22
@
1:00 PM
Tue
2/24
@
7:30 PM
Wed
2/25
@
8:00 PM
Fri
2/27
@
7:00 PM
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Last Game
CLE Cavaliers

36 - 21

118

Final

113

CHA Hornets

26 - 31

Fri 20 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
42
13
.764
2
36
19
.655
6.0
3
36
21
.632
7.0
4
35
21
.625
7.5
5
33
23
.589
9.5
6
30
26
.536
12.5
7
29
26
.527
13.0
8
30
27
.526
13.0
9
27
31
.466
16.5
10
26
31
.456
17.0
11
24
30
.444
17.5
12
24
33
.421
19.0
13
16
39
.291
26.0
14
15
40
.273
27.0
15
15
42
.263
28.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
43
14
.754
2
39
16
.709
3.0
3
36
21
.632
7.0
4
34
20
.630
7.5
5
34
21
.618
8.0
6
35
22
.614
8.0
7
33
24
.579
10.0
8
29
27
.518
13.5
9
27
29
.482
15.5
10
27
30
.474
16.0
11
21
33
.389
20.5
12
19
36
.345
23.0
13
18
39
.316
25.0
14
16
42
.276
27.5
15
12
45
.211
31.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
1/19
@
110-138
Mon
1/19
@
106-111
Mon
1/19
@
122-127
Mon
1/19
@
115-107
Mon
1/19
@
145-127

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
2/22
@
1:00 PM
Sun
2/22
@
3:30 PM
Sun
2/22
@
3:30 PM
Sun
2/22
@
3:30 PM
Sun
2/22
@
5:00 PM