nba players career high points in a game less than 53 points

38 players are tied for the most points in a game with fewer than 53 points, with 52 points. The first three are Jamal Murray on December 3, Stephen Curry on April 1 and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on January 29, 2025.

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NBA players career high points in a regular-season game less than 53 points

	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	Jamal Murray J. Murray	52	12/3/2025	DEN	@	IND	36	6	4	1	0	19	25	76.0	10	11	90.9	4	5	80.0	95.6	0	6	1	0	+23
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	52	4/4/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	39	13	6	0	2	20	25	80.0	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	84.6	2	11	3	3	+17
8	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	52	12/21/2022	TOR	@	NYK	41	9	7	1	0	17	25	68.0	2	6	33.3	16	18	88.9	79.0	3	6	1	2	+8
9	Ja Morant J. Morant	52	2/28/2022	MEM	vs	SAS	34	7	2	0	0	22	30	73.3	4	4	100.0	4	7	57.1	78.6	1	6	4	1	+23
10	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	52	11/8/2019	GSW	@	MIN	40	9	5	3	2	19	37	51.4	7	17	41.2	7	8	87.5	64.2	0	9	3	0	-2
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	52	3/17/2019	MIL	vs	PHI	36	16	7	2	1	15	26	57.7	3	8	37.5	19	21	90.5	73.8	1	15	1	1	+12
12	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	27	4	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	14	24	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.0	0	4	2	2	+28
13	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
14	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	52	1/2/2017	CHI	vs	CHA	38	12	6	3	1	15	24	62.5	1	4	25.0	21	22	95.5	77.2	3	9	2	0	+15
15	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	52	12/30/2016	BOS	vs	MIA	37	2	0	1	0	15	26	57.7	9	13	69.2	13	13	100.0	82.0	1	1	2	2	+10
16	John Wall J. Wall	52	12/6/2016	WAS	vs	ORL	42	4	8	3	0	18	31	58.1	5	8	62.5	11	14	78.6	70.0	1	3	4	3	-1
17	Kemba Walker K. Walker	52	1/18/2016	CHA	vs	UTA	47	9	8	2	0	16	33	48.5	6	11	54.5	14	15	93.3	65.7	1	8	3	3	+4
18	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52	1/23/2015	GSW	vs	SAC	33	2	5	4	2	16	25	64.0	11	15	73.3	9	10	90.0	88.4	0	2	4	3	+38
19	Mo Williams M. Williams	52	1/13/2015	MIN	@	IND	44	4	7	0	0	19	33	57.6	6	11	54.5	8	9	88.9	70.3	0	4	3	2	+14
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	52	1/18/2013	OKC	@	DAL	50	9	1	2	0	13	31	41.9	5	9	55.6	21	21	100.0	64.6	0	9	4	2	-1
21	Andre Miller A. Miller	52	1/30/2010	POR	@	DAL	42	5	2	2	0	22	31	71.0	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	75.3	1	4	2	2	+4
22	LeBron James L. James	52	2/4/2009	CLE	@	NYK	44	9	11	0	2	17	33	51.5	2	7	28.6	16	19	84.2	62.9	0	9	3	1	+7
23	Brandon Roy B. Roy	52	12/18/2008	POR	vs	PHX	44	5	6	0	1	14	27	51.9	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	71.7	1	4	0	1	+12
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	52	3/2/2008	LAL	vs	DAL	51	11	4	1	2	15	27	55.6	2	3	66.7	20	27	74.1	66.9	1	10	5	2	+4
25	Michael Redd M. Redd	52	3/4/2007	MIL	vs	CHI	44	3	2	3	0	18	32	56.3	8	13	61.5	8	9	88.9	72.3	1	2	4	2	-12

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