most points single game one player nba last 15 years

Between September 24, 2011 and September 24, 2026, LeBron James has posted the most points in game ones, with 1,043 points.

	NAME	PTS	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	LeBron James L. James	1,043	40	39.6	26.1	9.2	7.5	1.5	1.0	10.0	19.4	51.5	1.3	4.4	29.5	4.8	6.6	72.3	58.5	1.7	7.6	3.6	1,585	369	299	58	38	144	78	+34
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	786	28	38.3	28.1	8.1	4.2	0.8	1.5	9.9	20.8	47.7	1.7	5.0	33.6	6.5	7.4	88.0	58.3	0.7	7.4	3.0	1,071	226	117	23	41	84	69	+142
3	James Harden J. Harden	762	30	34.6	25.4	4.9	6.8	1.5	0.3	8.1	18.2	44.3	3.3	8.2	40.7	5.9	6.8	87.7	60.0	0.8	4.0	3.6	1,039	146	204	45	10	107	87	+38
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	742	28	36.7	26.5	5.8	5.5	1.6	0.2	9.4	19.2	48.8	4.5	10.0	45.2	3.3	3.7	87.5	63.7	0.8	5.0	3.4	1,026	161	155	45	5	96	71	+213
5	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	568	27	33.3	21.0	6.9	2.6	1.9	0.4	7.5	14.1	52.9	1.6	4.1	38.2	4.5	5.2	87.1	64.0	1.4	5.5	1.8	900	185	70	52	12	49	55	+174
6	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	555	29	36.4	19.1	3.8	3.0	0.9	0.9	7.2	17.1	42.1	2.9	7.8	37.8	1.8	2.2	82.5	53.0	0.6	3.2	1.7	1,055	110	86	26	25	49	76	+197
7	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	541	23	39.8	23.5	6.6	4.7	2.3	0.6	8.0	16.7	47.8	1.3	3.4	38.0	6.3	8.0	78.8	58.3	2.3	4.3	2.1	915	151	109	52	13	49	47	+89
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	532	23	40.1	23.1	8.9	4.6	1.4	1.0	7.9	18.5	42.7	2.0	6.3	31.5	5.3	6.3	84.1	54.3	1.0	7.8	3.0	923	204	105	32	23	70	56	+206
9	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	512	21	37.2	24.4	3.8	5.4	1.6	0.8	9.0	19.6	46.2	2.3	6.1	37.5	4.0	4.5	89.4	56.6	1.0	2.8	2.3	782	80	113	33	17	48	52	+93
10	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	466	24	34.1	19.4	6.3	2.8	1.2	0.5	7.3	14.9	49.3	2.1	5.2	40.3	2.7	3.6	73.6	58.9	1.5	4.7	2.5	819	150	66	29	11	60	59	+150
11	Paul George P. George	452	20	37.9	22.6	5.8	4.0	1.4	0.3	6.8	16.4	41.3	3.1	7.5	41.3	6.0	6.8	88.2	58.4	0.9	4.9	2.9	758	115	79	28	6	58	66	+41
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	451	17	37.3	26.5	12.1	7.2	1.4	0.8	10.3	19.6	52.6	1.5	4.1	36.2	4.5	5.4	82.6	60.4	2.9	9.2	3.2	635	205	122	24	14	54	53	+25
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	449	14	37.2	32.1	5.1	4.2	1.9	0.4	11.8	24.4	48.4	3.5	10.0	35.0	5.0	5.8	86.4	59.6	0.9	4.2	3.1	521	71	59	27	5	43	26	-52
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	430	20	34.1	21.5	6.9	7.5	1.4	0.3	7.7	18.5	41.4	1.1	4.4	25.3	5.1	6.0	85.0	50.9	1.4	5.5	4.0	681	137	150	28	6	80	51	+50
15	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	420	15	36.7	28.0	3.8	4.8	0.9	0.1	10.2	22.5	45.4	1.4	5.1	27.6	6.2	7.2	86.1	54.6	1.1	2.7	2.8	550	57	72	14	1	42	38	+20
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	420	21	34.9	20.0	5.2	7.8	2.0	0.2	7.5	14.3	52.7	2.3	5.0	46.2	2.6	3.2	82.1	63.7	0.8	4.4	2.9	733	109	163	42	4	60	57	+147
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	401	16	35.0	25.1	12.1	5.0	1.2	1.1	9.4	18.8	49.8	0.9	3.1	28.6	5.4	9.8	55.4	54.2	2.4	9.7	3.6	560	194	80	19	17	57	54	+1
18	Al Horford A. Horford	384	27	33.6	14.2	8.4	3.5	0.7	1.1	5.6	10.7	52.1	1.5	3.7	39.6	1.6	1.9	84.6	61.8	2.1	6.2	1.4	908	226	95	18	31	39	63	+84
19	Draymond Green D. Green	366	31	34.2	11.8	8.6	6.3	1.9	1.5	4.2	9.5	44.1	1.0	3.3	31.4	2.4	3.2	74.0	54.0	1.5	7.1	2.5	1,060	266	195	59	47	78	103	+347
20	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	356	13	40.1	27.4	4.5	5.5	1.0	0.2	8.3	20.8	39.9	3.5	8.6	40.2	7.3	8.2	89.6	56.0	0.7	3.8	3.2	521	59	71	13	2	42	28	-45
21	Anthony Davis A. Davis	352	12	38.9	29.3	11.8	2.6	1.4	3.2	10.8	20.8	51.8	0.4	2.3	18.5	7.4	8.7	85.6	59.7	2.8	9.0	1.9	467	141	31	17	38	23	27	-28
22	Jamal Murray J. Murray	335	14	37.6	23.9	4.4	6.7	1.2	0.2	8.6	19.2	45.0	2.9	7.4	39.4	3.7	3.9	96.3	57.2	0.7	3.7	2.1	527	62	94	17	3	29	36	+73
23	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	332	17	33.4	19.5	6.8	3.2	0.6	0.7	7.8	15.2	51.6	1.1	3.2	34.5	2.8	3.8	72.3	57.9	1.6	5.2	1.3	568	116	54	11	12	22	48	+33
24	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	300	16	34.3	18.8	3.3	4.7	1.4	0.6	7.6	15.4	49.4	0.3	0.9	35.7	3.2	4.0	79.7	54.5	1.0	2.3	2.6	550	52	75	22	10	41	36	+63
25	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	293	15	37.2	19.5	7.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	7.5	17.7	42.1	2.2	6.6	33.3	2.4	3.0	80.0	51.3	0.7	6.3	2.7	557	105	71	16	4	41	45	+50

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Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
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Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
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