nba players to score 56 points in a game

Nikola Jokić dropped 61 points against the Timberwolves on April 1.

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NBA players to score 56 or more points in a regular-season game

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/1/2025	61	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
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2/27/2025	56	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
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12/7/2024	56	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
4	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	11/15/2024	60	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
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	11/13/2024	59	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
6	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	3/29/2024	61	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
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2/3/2024	60	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
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	1/26/2024	62	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
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1/26/2024	73	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
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1/22/2024	70	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
11	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	1/22/2024	62	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
12	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	12/13/2023	64	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
13	Julius Randle J. Randle	3/20/2023	57	NYK	vs	MIN	37	4	1	0	0	19	29	65.5	8	14	57.1	11	13	84.6	82.1	0	4	4	4	-6
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	2/26/2023	71	POR	vs	HOU	39	6	6	0	0	22	38	57.9	13	22	59.1	14	14	100.0	80.4	1	5	2	0	+21
15	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1/25/2023	60	POR	vs	UTA	40	7	8	3	0	21	29	72.4	9	15	60.0	9	10	90.0	89.8	0	7	4	1	+11
16	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1/2/2023	71	CLE	vs	CHI	50	8	11	0	1	22	34	64.7	7	15	46.7	20	25	80.0	78.9	3	5	4	3	+19
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	12/27/2022	60	DAL	vs	NYK	47	21	10	2	1	21	31	67.7	2	6	33.3	16	22	72.7	73.7	5	16	4	5	+7
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	12/17/2022	58	PHX	vs	NOP	42	6	5	0	0	21	35	60.0	6	12	50.0	10	15	66.7	69.7	1	5	2	3	+11
19	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	11/13/2022	59	PHI	vs	UTA	37	11	8	1	7	19	28	67.9	1	5	20.0	20	24	83.3	76.5	1	10	5	3	+25
20	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	3/15/2022	60	BKN	@	ORL	35	6	4	4	1	20	31	64.5	8	12	66.7	12	13	92.3	81.7	2	4	1	3	+36
21	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	3/14/2022	60	MIN	@	SAS	36	17	3	1	0	19	31	61.3	7	11	63.6	15	16	93.8	78.9	2	15	6	5	+16
22	LeBron James L. James	3/5/2022	56	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
23	Trae Young T. Young	1/3/2022	56	ATL	@	POR	37	4	14	0	0	17	26	65.4	7	12	58.3	15	15	100.0	85.9	1	3	4	1	+10
24	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4/30/2021	60	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
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2/6/2021	57	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