nba most games with 26 points since 1980

Since 1979-80, LeBron James has the most games with 26+ points, with 892 games.

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NBA most regular-season games by a player with 26 or more points since 1980

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	892	28,850	39.3	32.3	7.8	7.3	1.6	0.8	11.8	21.9	54.1	2.1	5.4	39.2	6.6	8.7	75.2	62.9	1.2	6.5	3.6	35,063	6,914	6,511	1,420	696	3,170	1,676	+4684
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	737	25,870	39.7	35.1	6.5	5.3	2.6	0.9	13.2	25.2	52.1	0.7	1.9	35.2	8.1	9.7	84.3	59.5	1.7	4.8	2.8	29,294	4,762	3,914	1,890	680	2,066	1,997	+985
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	722	22,707	39.6	31.5	11.2	3.6	1.5	0.8	11.4	20.6	55.7	0.1	0.3	32.0	8.5	11.0	76.9	61.9	2.8	8.4	3.1	28,586	8,055	2,575	1,074	601	2,242	2,331	+1945
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	703	22,571	38.5	32.1	7.4	4.6	1.1	1.2	11.0	20.8	52.8	2.4	5.8	42.2	7.7	8.7	88.6	65.2	0.7	6.7	3.3	27,062	5,204	3,202	747	818	2,335	1,465	+3637
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	646	21,803	40.2	33.8	5.9	4.8	1.6	0.5	11.7	24.3	48.2	1.9	5.0	37.4	8.4	9.9	84.8	58.8	1.3	4.6	3.2	25,966	3,829	3,111	1,054	325	2,056	1,722	+3045
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	525	17,205	38.9	32.8	7.7	2.8		0.6	12.2	24.1	50.4	0.9	2.4	37.6	7.6	9.0	83.5	58.3				20,409	4,052	1,495		337		1,050	-10
7	James Harden J. Harden	521	17,758	37.8	34.1	6.4	8.2	1.8	0.7	10.0	20.9	47.9	4.0	9.9	40.6	10.0	11.5	87.1	65.6	0.9	5.5	4.4	19,686	3,358	4,255	927	354	2,279	1,386	+3581
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	507	16,264	39.0	32.1	12.7	2.9	0.7	2.6	12.7	20.8	61.1	0.0	0.0	6.3	6.7	12.0	55.5	61.5	4.3	8.4	2.9	19,776	6,414	1,494	359	1,302	1,468	1,694	+2578
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	502	16,863	43.5	33.6	4.0	6.3	2.4	0.2	11.6	25.2	46.0	1.5	4.3	35.7	8.9	11.2	80.0	55.9	0.8	3.2	3.7	21,843	2,008	3,162	1,207	89	1,876	983	+1448
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	494	16,457	35.7	33.3	5.1	6.2	1.5	0.3	11.2	21.4	52.5	5.6	11.7	48.2	5.2	5.7	92.2	69.8	0.7	4.4	3.3	17,636	2,540	3,063	748	139	1,618	1,064	+4010
11	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	455	14,469	38.6	31.8	7.0	3.2	1.2	0.6	11.3	22.5	50.2	1.7	4.2	41.4	7.5	9.0	83.7	60.1	2.0	5.0	2.8	17,582	3,192	1,435	538	254	1,280	1,393	+1825
12	Alex English A. English	450	14,303	38.3	31.8	5.9	4.6			13.2	23.9	55.0	0.0			5.4	6.4	85.1	59.4				17,225	2,674	2,088				1,329
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	446	13,759	39.3	30.8	9.2	2.8	1.0	1.0	10.8	20.3	52.9	1.8	4.0	46.3	7.5	8.3	89.9	64.3	1.3	7.9	2.0	17,546	4,088	1,266	446	441	888	1,146	+3376
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	445	14,651	34.8	32.9	11.9	5.8	1.2	1.2	12.1	20.4	59.1	0.9	2.8	30.7	7.9	11.4	69.9	64.8	2.4	9.5	3.4	15,482	5,309	2,582	554	547	1,520	1,327	+2966
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	415	13,055	40.3	31.5	13.0	2.9	2.0	3.6	12.5	22.2	56.0	0.0	0.1	22.0	6.5	8.7	74.7	60.3	3.9	9.1	3.2	16,711	5,399	1,205	829	1,505	1,311	1,545	+106
16	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	400	13,287	37.4	33.2	4.5	7.0	1.0	0.3	10.6	21.4	49.4	4.3	10.1	43.1	7.7	8.5	91.3	66.2	0.6	3.9	2.9	14,952	1,815	2,811	398	122	1,166	777	+1940
17	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	380	11,943	38.1	31.4	5.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	11.1	21.1	52.9	0.9	2.3	37.1	8.3	9.6	86.5	62.2	0.8	4.3	2.1	14,460	1,907	1,782	425	130	796	877	+1076
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	377	12,617	39.9	33.5	6.2	3.7		0.1	11.9	20.0	59.4	0.0			9.7	11.6	83.4	66.6				15,055	2,353	1,407		45		1,058
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	375	12,143	37.1	32.4	8.1	8.6	1.8	0.3	11.5	23.4	49.1	1.8	4.9	37.0	7.6	9.4	81.1	58.8	1.7	6.3	4.5	13,920	3,023	3,219	679	122	1,680	997	+1579
20	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	372	11,650	39.6	31.3	11.8	2.3	1.1	3.0	12.3	21.9	56.1	0.0	0.1	23.8	6.8	8.7	77.5	61.0	3.0	8.8	3.3	14,749	4,379	843	420	1,121	1,234	1,351	+236
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	371	12,055	40.6	32.5	10.4	6.6			12.7	22.9	55.6	1.1	2.6	43.8	5.9	6.5	90.7	63.0				15,060	3,871	2,434				953
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	369	11,609	41.0	31.5	13.2	4.1	1.8	1.0	11.1	18.4	60.0	0.8	2.4	33.3	8.6	11.3	75.7	67.2	4.9	8.3	3.5	15,139	4,884	1,513	664	360	1,297	1,178	+116
23	Anthony Davis A. Davis	364	11,823	37.4	32.5	12.3	2.8	1.5	2.4	12.0	21.3	56.2	0.8	2.2	35.1	7.7	9.4	82.4	63.8	3.1	9.2	2.1	13,622	4,470	1,023	532	876	778	874	+1363
24	Moses Malone M. Malone	359	11,315	39.6	31.5	14.8	1.6			10.9	20.0	54.4	0.0			9.8	12.3	79.4	62.0				14,229	5,323	566				928
25	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	353	11,286	38.8	32.0	5.5	6.4	1.8	1.1	11.4	21.2	53.7	0.8	2.3	35.0	8.4	10.5	80.1	62.0	1.4	4.1	3.5	13,687	1,927	2,250	648	403	1,228	856	+2097

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0