Jerry West put up 63 points versus the Knicks on January 17, 1962.

most points scored in an nba game by the number 2 overall pick
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most points scored in an NBA regular-season game by the number 2 overall pick
1/17/1962 West 2/18/1961 Pettit 1/10/2019 Aldridge 2/13/1968 Monroe 4/2/2022 Durant 1/17/2014 Durant 2/21/1971 Bing 3/13/2022 Durant 1/29/1965 West 2/28/2022 Morant 11/8/2019 Russell 1/18/2013 Durant 1/31/1990 Cummings 3/17/1976 McAdoo 2/22/1974 McAdoo 11/16/1963 Pettit 1/20/1959 Pettit 12/12/2021 Durant 11/29/2018 Durant 3/21/2014 Durant 2/19/2012 Durant 3/18/1975 McAdoo 12/10/1965 West 12/3/1965 West 12/6/1961 Pettit 12/21/1957 Pettit 2/14/2018 Durant 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 63 57 56 56 55 54 54 53 53 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 50
NAME PTS DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK TOV FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% PF +/-
Jerry West Jerry West 63 1/17/1962
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
39 3 3 22 36 61.1 19 22 86.4 5
Bob Pettit Bob Pettit 57 2/18/1961
STL STL
@
DET DET
48 28 25 42 59.5 7 9 77.8 3
LaMarcus Aldridge LaMarcus Aldridge 56 1/10/2019
SAS SAS
vs
OKC OKC
49 9 4 0 4 5 20 33 60.6 0 0 16 16 100.0 2 +7
Earl Monroe Earl Monroe 56 2/13/1968
BAL BAL
vs
LAL LAL
51 7 3 20 33 60.6 16 22 72.7 4
Kevin Durant Kevin Durant 55 4/2/2022
BKN BKN
@
ATL ATL
42 7 3 1 0 4 19 28 67.9 8 10 80.0 9 11 81.8 1 +1
Kevin Durant Kevin Durant 54 1/17/2014
OKC OKC
vs
GSW GSW
44 4 6 2 1 5 19 28 67.9 5 9 55.6 11 13 84.6 1 +7
Dave Bing Dave Bing 54 2/21/1971
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
46 7 3 22 38 57.9 10 10 100.0 3
Kevin Durant Kevin Durant 53 3/13/2022
BKN BKN
vs
NYK NYK
43 6 9 2 0 5 19 37 51.4 4 13 30.8 11 12 91.7 3 +11
Jerry West Jerry West 53 1/29/1965
LAL LAL
vs
CIN CIN
6 3 21 36 58.3 11 12 91.7 6
Ja Morant Ja Morant 52 2/28/2022
MEM MEM
vs
SAS SAS
34 7 2 0 0 4 22 30 73.3 4 4 100.0 4 7 57.1 1 +23
D'Angelo Russell D'Angelo Russell 52 11/8/2019
GSW GSW
@
MIN MIN
40 9 5 3 2 3 19 37 51.4 7 17 41.2 7 8 87.5 0 -2
Kevin Durant Kevin Durant 52 1/18/2013
OKC OKC
@
DAL DAL
50 9 1 2 0 4 13 31 41.9 5 9 55.6 21 21 100.0 2 -1
Terry Cummings Terry Cummings 52 1/31/1990
SAS SAS
vs
CHA CHA
39 11 2 2 0 2 19 32 59.4 0 2 0.0 14 17 82.4 4
Bob McAdoo Bob McAdoo 52 3/17/1976
BUF BUF
@
SEA SEA
45 11 2 18 26 69.2 16 22 72.7 4
Bob McAdoo Bob McAdoo 52 2/22/1974
BUF BUF
vs
BOS BOS
48 22 2 7 20 28 71.4 12 14 85.7 4
Bob Pettit Bob Pettit 52 11/16/1963
STL STL
vs
BAL BAL
44 13 4 20 29 69.0 12 13 92.3 3
Bob Pettit Bob Pettit 52 1/20/1959
STL STL
vs
BOS BOS
41 19 20 32 62.5 12 16 75.0 4
Kevin Durant Kevin Durant 51 12/12/2021
BKN BKN
@
DET DET
41 7 9 1 2 5 16 31 51.6 5 10 50.0 14 15 93.3 5 +25
Kevin Durant Kevin Durant 51 11/29/2018
GSW GSW
@
TOR TOR
43 11 6 0 0 1 18 31 58.1 4 7 57.1 11 12 91.7 4 -5
Kevin Durant Kevin Durant 51 3/21/2014
OKC OKC
@
TOR TOR
52 12 7 1 1 5 15 32 46.9 7 12 58.3 14 19 73.7 3 +4
Kevin Durant Kevin Durant 51 2/19/2012
OKC OKC
vs
DEN DEN
45 8 3 4 0 5 19 28 67.9 5 6 83.3 8 10 80.0 1 +19
Bob McAdoo Bob McAdoo 51 3/18/1975
BUF BUF
@
HOU HOU
20 6 4 2 22 31 71.0 7 9 77.8 4
Jerry West Jerry West 51 12/10/1965
LAL LAL
@
CIN CIN
41 8 4 21 35 60.0 9 11 81.8 3
Jerry West Jerry West 51 12/3/1965
LAL LAL
vs
CIN CIN
7 7 16 26 61.5 19 20 95.0 4
Bob Pettit Bob Pettit 51 12/6/1961
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
30 5 22 43 51.2 7 10 70.0 3
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