nba player with most points in a game on march 5

LeBron James has put up the most points in a game on March 5, with 56 points against the Warriors on March 5, 2022.

	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	LeBron James L. James	56	3/5/2022	LAL	vs	GSW	39	10	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	6	11	54.5	12	13	92.3	76.3	2	8	4	0	+13
2	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	52	3/5/1983	GSW	vs	UTA	42	14	1	1	5	22	32	68.8	0	0		8	13	61.5	68.9	7	7	1	2
3	James Harden J. Harden	50	3/5/2025	LAC	vs	DET	38	4	5	1	1	14	24	58.3	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	76.2	0	4	5	2	+13
4	LeBron James L. James	50	3/5/2008	CLE	@	NYK	44	8	10	4	0	16	30	53.3	7	13	53.8	11	16	68.8	67.5	1	7	2	3	+11
5	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	48	3/5/2003	ORL	vs	MIL	43	10	5	3	0	17	34	50.0	6	11	54.5	8	13	61.5	60.4	4	6	5	2	+9
6	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	48	3/5/1987	POR	@	SEA	45	3	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	65.4	1	2	1	2
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	48	3/5/1965	PHI	@	CIN		22	1			17	32	53.1				14	25	56.0	55.8				1
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	47	3/5/1961	PHI	@	BOS	48	26	2			20	39	51.3				7	12	58.3	53.1				2
9	Willis Reed W. Reed	46	3/5/1965	NYK	vs	LAL		22				17	33	51.5				12	13	92.3	59.4
10	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	45	3/5/2024	HOU	vs	SAS	37	16	3	5	1	19	32	59.4	2	3	66.7	5	7	71.4	64.1	6	10	2	3	+18
11	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	44	3/5/2022	SAC	@	DAL	40	2	6	1	0	18	31	58.1	3	4	75.0	5	6	83.3	65.4	0	2	1	4	+6
12	Bob Love B. Love	44	3/5/1971	CHI		SFW	44	13	1			17	32	53.1				10	14	71.4	57.7				2
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	44	3/5/1966	CIN	vs	NYK	53	8	22			16	22	72.7				12	12	100.0	80.6				4
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	44	3/5/1964	SFW	vs	STL	48	23	2			15	25	60.0				14	25	56.0	61.1				2
15	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	43	3/5/2025	BOS	vs	POR	43	10	5	0	0	14	20	70.0	10	16	62.5	5	5	100.0	96.8	4	6	0	2	+12
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	43	3/5/2015	OKC	@	CHI	38	8	7	2	0	14	32	43.8	3	5	60.0	12	15	80.0	55.7	2	6	5	3	-8
17	Vince Carter V. Carter	43	3/5/2002	TOR	@	HOU	44	7	1	1	0	18	31	58.1	2	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	63.9	3	4	1	3	-10
18	Alex English A. English	43	3/5/1987	DEN	vs	SAS	41	2	8	1	0	18	22	81.8	0	0		7	7	100.0	85.7	0	2	2	3
19	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	43	3/5/1977	NYK	vs	PHI	45	18	1			17	25	68.0				9	12	75.0	71.0				2
20	Jerry Sloan J. Sloan	43	3/5/1969	CHI	@	MIL	44	12	7			19	36	52.8				5	6	83.3	55.6				3
21	Willis Reed W. Reed	43	3/5/1967	NYK	@	SFW	45	16	3			17	31	54.8				9	10	90.0	60.7				3
22	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	42	3/5/2023	CHI	vs	IND	38	4	4	0	0	13	23	56.5	5	8	62.5	11	13	84.6	73.1	0	4	3	1	-1
23	Paul George P. George	42	3/5/2023	LAC	vs	MEM	35	11	3	1	0	12	23	52.2	4	9	44.4	14	15	93.3	70.9	3	8	3	4	+2
24	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	42	3/5/2008	CHA	vs	GSW	48	7	2	1	0	15	32	46.9	5	12	41.7	7	7	100.0	59.9	2	5	4	3	+9
25	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	42	3/5/1994	DET	@	MIL	39	6	4	3	0	16	25	64.0	6	9	66.7	4	4	100.0	78.5	2	4	3	2