nba player with most points in a game on january 1st

DeMar DeRozan has posted the most points in a game on January 1, with 52 points versus the Bucks on January 1, 2018.

	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	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	52	1/1/2018	TOR	vs	MIL	43	5	8	1	1	17	29	58.6	5	9	55.6	13	13	100.0	74.9	1	4	2	4	+9
2	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	49	1/1/1983	DEN	vs	PHX	38	3	2	0	0	18	24	75.0	1	1	100.0	12	12	100.0	83.7	1	2	3	4
3	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	49	1/1/1962	STL	@	DET	42	19				19	28	67.9				11	12	91.7	73.6				6
4	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	45	1/1/2019	TOR	vs	UTA	35	6	1	0	0	16	22	72.7	0	3	0.0	13	17	76.5	76.3	0	6	2	2	+8
5	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	45	1/1/2013	NYK	vs	POR	41	7	4	1	0	14	24	58.3	5	11	45.5	12	14	85.7	74.6	2	5	2	3	+1
6	CJ McCollum	43	1/1/2017	POR	@	MIN	39	5	3	3	1	16	25	64.0	3	6	50.0	8	9	88.9	74.2	1	4	3	3	+7
7	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	41	1/1/2017	TOR	@	LAL	39	9	7	0	0	12	16	75.0	6	7	85.7	11	11	100.0	98.4	1	8	4	3	+12
8	Nate Robinson N. Robinson	41	1/1/2010	NYK	@	ATL	38	6	8	1	0	18	24	75.0	3	5	60.0	2	5	40.0	78.2	3	3	4	0	+18
9	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	41	1/1/1972	NYK	vs	CIN	45	9	3			17	24	70.8				7	8	87.5	74.5				3
10	Jerry West J. West	41	1/1/1971	LAL	vs	SDR	46	10	7			17	34	50.0				7	8	87.5	54.6				3
11	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	40	1/1/1971	SDR	@	LAL	48	21	4			19	41	46.3				2	4	50.0	46.8				1
12	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	40	1/1/1971	POR	@	SEA	41	6	5			15	27	55.6				10	11	90.9	62.8				3
13	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	40	1/1/1960	CIN		BOS		10				17						6	8	75.0					2
14	Julius Randle J. Randle	39	1/1/2024	NYK	vs	MIN	36	9	0	0	0	14	24	58.3	2	6	33.3	9	13	69.2	65.6	3	6	6	5	+2
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	39	1/1/2010	LAL	vs	SAC	47	5	5	1	0	13	27	48.1	5	7	71.4	8	11	72.7	61.2	0	5	3	3	+1
16	Bob Love B. Love	39	1/1/1974	CHI	@	GSW	44	10	2	0	0	16	30	53.3				7	11	63.6	56.0	3	7		1
17	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	39	1/1/1974	POR	vs	BUF	45	5	4	0	0	15	27	55.6				9	12	75.0	60.4	1	4		2
18	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	39	1/1/1965	CIN		BAL		5	15			13	23	56.5				13	13	100.0	67.9				5
19	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	39	1/1/1961	LAL	@	DET		22				13						13	14	92.9					5
20	Moses Malone M. Malone	38	1/1/1984	PHI	@	POR	41	17	2	1	0	14	21	66.7	0	0		10	14	71.4	70.0	5	12	5	3
21	George Mikan G. Mikan	38	1/1/1950	MIN	vs	AND			6			16	25	64.0				6	7	85.7	67.7				5
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	37	1/1/1988	PHI	@	POR	39	16	2	4	3	12	24	50.0	1	3	33.3	12	17	70.6	58.8	7	9	3	5
23	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	37	1/1/1988	POR	vs	PHI	42	12	4	3	0	11	23	47.8	0	0		15	16	93.8	61.6	9	3	2	5
24	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	37	1/1/1969	CIN		SFW	48	5	8			12	22	54.5				13	16	81.3	63.7				1
25	Sam Jones S. Jones	37	1/1/1966	BOS	@	STL	37	5	3			16	29	55.2				5	5	100.0	59.3				0