nba most points in 1 game in the past 2 years

Between May 10, 2023 and May 10, 2025, Luka Dončić has posted the most points in a game, with 73 points versus the Hawks on January 26, 2024.

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NBA most points by a player in 1 regular-season game in the past 2 years

	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	73	1/26/2024	DAL	@	ATL	45	10	7	1	0	25	33	75.8	8	13	61.5	15	16	93.8	91.2	0	10	4	1	+13
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	70	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	37	18	5	1	1	24	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	64	12/13/2023	MIL	vs	IND	37	14	3	4	1	20	28	71.4	0	3	0.0	24	32	75.0	76.0	3	11	4	1	+29
4	Devin Booker D. Booker	62	1/26/2024	PHX	@	IND	38	5	4	1	2	22	37	59.5	6	12	50.0	12	13	92.3	72.6	0	5	4	2	+1
5	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	62	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	38	8	2	0	0	21	35	60.0	10	15	66.7	10	14	71.4	75.3	3	5	7	2	0
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	61	4/1/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
7	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	61	3/29/2024	NYK	@	SAS	43	4	6	1	0	25	47	53.2	5	13	38.5	6	6	100.0	61.4	1	3	1	2	+20
8	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	60	11/15/2024	SAC	vs	MIN	44	3	7	3	1	22	35	62.9	6	10	60.0	10	11	90.9	75.3	2	1	6	3	+1
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	60	2/3/2024	GSW	@	ATL	41	6	4	0	1	22	38	57.9	10	23	43.5	6	6	100.0	73.8	1	5	2	1	-1
10	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
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	56	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	34	4	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	56	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	39	16	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
13	Jamal Murray J. Murray	55	2/12/2025	DEN	vs	POR	42	4	5	2	0	20	36	55.6	7	15	46.7	8	9	88.9	68.8	2	2	2	3	+26
14	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	55	12/28/2024	NYK	@	WAS	44	3	9	0	0	18	31	58.1	3	11	27.3	16	17	94.1	71.5	0	3	3	1	+1
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	54	1/22/2025	OKC	vs	UTA	37	8	5	3	2	17	35	48.6	3	10	30.0	17	18	94.4	62.9	3	5	3	3	+9
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	54	11/9/2023	MIL	@	IND	36	12	3	0	0	19	25	76.0	0	1	0.0	16	18	88.9	82.0	2	10	8	4	+6
17	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	53	1/4/2025	MIN	@	DET	44	6	2	0	0	16	31	51.6	10	15	66.7	11	12	91.7	73.0	1	5	6	4	-3
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	52	4/1/2025	GSW	@	MEM	37	10	8	5	1	16	31	51.6	12	20	60.0	8	8	100.0	75.3	1	9	2	2	+17
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	52	1/29/2025	OKC	@	GSW	39	3	4	1	0	16	29	55.2	2	6	33.3	18	21	85.7	68.0	0	3	3	4	+1
20	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	52	4/7/2024	PHI	@	SAS	54	5	7	2	0	19	41	46.3	2	10	20.0	12	12	100.0	56.2	0	5	1	2	+14
21	Devin Booker D. Booker	52	4/1/2024	PHX	@	NOP	39	3	9	0	1	19	28	67.9	8	16	50.0	6	7	85.7	83.7	1	2	3	3	+8
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	52	1/19/2024	PHX	@	NOP	37	4	5	0	0	18	30	60.0	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	75.6	1	3	1	0	+12
23	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	51	3/3/2025	OKC	vs	HOU	36	5	7	1	1	18	30	60.0	5	9	55.6	10	10	100.0	74.1	2	3	2	1	+6
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	51	4/9/2024	MIN	vs	WAS	38	6	7	0	0	17	29	58.6	6	13	46.2	11	11	100.0	75.4	1	5	2	0	+6
25	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	51	2/1/2024	PHI	@	UTA	41	2	1	0	1	17	27	63.0	7	9	77.8	10	11	90.9	80.1	0	2	0	4	-2