nba most points scored in one game in 2021 season

Stephen Curry had the most points in a game in 2020-21, with 62 points versus the Trail Blazers on January 3, 2021.

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NBA most points by a player scored in one regular-season game in 2021 season

	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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	62	1/3/2021	GSW	vs	POR	36	5	4	0	0	18	31	58.1	8	16	50.0	18	19	94.7	78.8	1	4	5	0	+20
2	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	60	4/30/2021	BOS	vs	SAS	45	8	5	0	1	20	37	54.1	5	7	71.4	15	17	88.2	67.4	2	6	0	2	+6
3	Bradley Beal B. Beal	60	1/6/2021	WAS	@	PHI	38	7	5	1	0	20	35	57.1	7	10	70.0	13	15	86.7	72.1	4	3	4	3	-9
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	57	2/6/2021	GSW	@	DAL	37	2	5	1	0	19	31	61.3	11	19	57.9	8	8	100.0	82.6	0	2	3	3	+7
5	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	54	2/2/2021	TOR	@	ORL	37	3	2	3	3	17	23	73.9	11	14	78.6	9	9	100.0	100.1	0	3	1	2	+20
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	53	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	36	6	4	0	0	14	24	58.3	10	18	55.6	15	16	93.8	85.4	0	6	5	3	+16
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	53	4/9/2021	BOS	vs	MIN	41	10	4	0	1	16	25	64.0	6	10	60.0	15	16	93.8	82.7	1	9	5	3	+5
8	Bradley Beal B. Beal	50	5/8/2021	WAS	@	IND	39	5	1	1	2	19	31	61.3	3	7	42.9	9	11	81.8	69.8	4	1	1	1	+8
9	Kevin Porter Jr. K. Porter Jr.	50	4/29/2021	HOU	vs	MIL	41	5	11	0	1	16	26	61.5	9	15	60.0	9	11	81.8	81.1	0	5	5	5	+19
10	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	50	4/9/2021	CHI	@	ATL	39	8	5	0	0	18	31	58.1	7	12	58.3	7	8	87.5	72.4	1	7	3	1	-3
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	3/16/2021	POR	vs	NOP	41	6	10	0	0	13	20	65.0	6	13	46.2	18	18	100.0	89.5	1	5	4	3	+9
12	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	2/19/2021	DEN	@	CLE	38	6	2	2	0	21	25	84.0	8	10	80.0	0	0		100.0	0	6	1	4	+24
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	2/19/2021	PHI	vs	CHI	35	17	5	2	4	17	26	65.4	1	2	50.0	15	17	88.2	74.7	6	11	2	2	+22
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	50	2/6/2021	DEN	@	SAC	41	8	12	1	3	20	33	60.6	3	6	50.0	7	7	100.0	69.3	1	7	1	2	+2
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	5/8/2021	GSW	vs	OKC	29	5	2	1	0	14	26	53.8	11	21	52.4	10	10	100.0	80.6	0	5	1	2	+31
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	49	5/2/2021	MIL	vs	BKN	36	8	4	1	3	21	36	58.3	4	8	50.0	3	6	50.0	63.4	1	7	1	2	+5
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	4/19/2021	GSW	@	PHI	37	3	5	0	0	14	28	50.0	10	17	58.8	11	12	91.7	73.6	0	3	6	2	+11
18	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	48	5/7/2021	UTA	vs	DEN	39	8	2	2	0	16	23	69.6	8	11	72.7	8	8	100.0	90.5	1	7	5	4	+4
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	47	4/19/2021	DEN	vs	MEM	45	15	8	0	1	20	31	64.5	2	6	33.3	5	6	83.3	69.9	7	8	7	3	+3
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	47	4/17/2021	GSW	@	BOS	37	7	3	0	0	15	27	55.6	11	19	57.9	6	8	75.0	77.0	0	7	5	2	-7
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	47	4/2/2021	MIL	@	POR	33	12	2	1	3	18	21	85.7	0	3	0.0	11	13	84.6	87.9	1	11	4	2	+17
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	47	2/10/2021	MIL	@	PHX	38	11	5	1	0	15	23	65.2	0	4	0.0	17	21	81.0	72.9	2	9	2	2	-3
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	47	1/31/2021	DEN	vs	UTA	37	12	5	2	1	17	26	65.4	4	4	100.0	9	10	90.0	77.3	3	9	3	2	+14
24	Bradley Beal B. Beal	47	1/27/2021	WAS	@	NOP	40	4	6	4	0	17	37	45.9	6	14	42.9	7	7	100.0	58.6	2	2	3	3	-17
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	46	5/16/2021	GSW	vs	MEM	40	7	9	1	1	16	36	44.4	9	22	40.9	5	6	83.3	59.5	1	6	7	2	+14