most pts scored in a game less than 60 pts

10 players are tied for the most points in a game with fewer than 60 points, with 59 points. The first three are Giannis Antetokounmpo on November 13, Joel Embiid on November 13, 2022 and James Harden on October 30, 2019.

Interpreted as:

most pts by a player scored in a regular-season game less than 60 pts

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	59	4/3/1988	CHI	@	DET	42	4	6	2	2	21	27	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4
8	Purvis Short P. Short	59	11/17/1984	GSW	vs	NJN	40	5	0	1	0	20	28	71.4	4	6	66.7	15	16	93.8	84.2	2	3	3	2
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	2/11/1964	SFW	@	DET	53	18	4			25	50	50.0				9	21	42.9	49.8				4
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	1/28/1964	SFW	@	PHI	47	13	9			24	36	66.7				11	20	55.0	65.8				2
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	12/6/1963	SFW	vs	LAL	48	27	4			22	45	48.9				15	29	51.7	51.1				1
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	12/2/1962	SFW	vs	STL	48	24	2			25	36	69.4				9	14	64.3	70.0				1
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	11/18/1962	SFW	@	CIN	48	17	0			24	51	47.1				11	16	68.8	50.8				2
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	10/30/1962	SFW	vs	NYK	48	35	6			24	44	54.5				11	12	91.7	59.9				0
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	2/8/1962	PHI		NYK	48	24	0			23	37	62.2				13	19	68.4	65.0				0
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	12/25/1961	PHI	@	NYK	58	36	0			23	44	52.3				13	22	59.1	55.0				3
17	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	59	1/15/1960	CIN	vs	MIN		14				21	39	53.8				17	20	85.0	61.7				3
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	58	12/29/2006	LAL	@	CHA	54	5	4	0	0	22	45	48.9	4	11	36.4	10	12	83.3	57.7	0	5	4	6	+5
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	58	1/15/2002	PHI	vs	HOU	50	2	6	2	0	21	42	50.0	2	3	66.7	14	14	100.0	60.2	0	2	6	2	+8
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	58	2/26/1987	CHI	vs	NJN	37	8	3	3	2	16	25	64.0	0	0		26	27	96.3	78.6	1	7	3	4
25	Fred Brown F. Brown	58	3/23/1974	SEA	@	GSW	45	6	3	2		24	37	64.9				10	13	76.9	67.9	2	4		2