nba players with the most 35 point games since 1999

Since 1998-99, LeBron James has the most games with 35+ points, with 249 games.

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NBA players with the most 35 or more point regular-season games since 1999

	NAME	GP	PTS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	249	9,770	41.1	39.2	8.0	6.9	1.6	0.9	14.0	24.9	56.4	2.9	6.4	44.8	8.3	10.7	78.2	66.4	1.3	6.7	3.4	10,222	2,004	1,711	405	214	849	502	+1505
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	236	9,715	42.1	41.2	6.2	4.6	1.7	0.6	14.2	28.0	50.6	2.5	5.9	41.2	10.4	12.1	85.9	61.8	1.2	5.0	3.4	9,944	1,469	1,091	401	133	795	651	+1208
3	James Harden J. Harden	202	8,359	38.8	41.4	7.1	8.2	1.9	0.7	12.2	24.5	49.9	5.1	11.8	43.3	11.9	13.5	88.0	68.1	1.1	6.0	4.6	7,841	1,425	1,652	389	143	923	588	+1682
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	182	7,172	41.0	39.4	7.9	4.5	1.1	1.2	13.3	24.2	55.1	3.2	6.9	45.8	9.6	10.7	89.2	68.1	0.8	7.1	3.6	7,459	1,442	825	201	210	663	417	+794
5	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	179	7,156	44.3	40.0	4.2	6.2	2.5	0.2	14.0	28.6	48.8	1.7	4.5	37.3	10.4	12.6	82.1	58.5	0.9	3.4	3.7	7,938	760	1,117	442	30	668	340	+1007
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	168	6,822	36.5	40.6	5.2	6.0	1.5	0.3	13.5	23.9	56.3	7.4	13.9	53.1	6.3	6.8	92.6	75.4	0.7	4.5	3.5	6,124	877	1,009	260	57	594	352	+1563
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	140	5,634	37.9	40.2	9.4	9.0	1.6	0.5	13.6	25.2	54.1	4.7	10.9	43.0	8.3	10.5	78.8	67.4	1.0	8.4	3.9	5,302	1,318	1,254	226	71	549	370	+778
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	130	5,207	35.7	40.1	12.3	5.8	1.1	1.1	14.8	23.4	63.3	1.1	3.1	36.2	9.4	13.2	70.9	68.6	2.5	9.8	3.3	4,639	1,604	759	147	146	428	370	+1062
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	126	5,149	38.3	40.9	4.6	6.9	1.1	0.3	12.9	23.8	54.1	5.7	11.8	48.4	9.4	10.1	92.6	72.3	0.6	4.0	3.0	4,825	581	870	137	38	380	237	+755
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	113	4,487	37.7	39.7	4.9	5.7	0.9	0.4	14.0	25.0	56.0	3.6	8.0	45.6	8.1	9.1	89.5	68.6	0.8	4.1	3.4	4,265	550	646	97	50	383	331	+583
11	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	113	4,466	41.2	39.5	7.6	5.4	1.7	0.9	14.2	28.4	49.9	3.1	6.8	45.2	8.1	10.3	79.1	60.0	1.8	5.8	2.7	4,659	855	614	191	103	310	224	+710
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	111	4,448	35.4	40.1	12.4	4.1	1.1	1.8	13.1	22.4	58.5	1.5	3.6	41.6	12.3	14.3	86.4	69.8	2.7	9.6	3.4	3,924	1,373	452	127	196	374	331	+1088
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	111	4,394	38.9	39.6	13.2	2.8	1.5	2.2	14.4	24.5	58.9	1.1	2.7	39.3	9.6	11.5	83.7	66.9	3.4	9.8	2.2	4,314	1,463	316	169	249	249	255	+633
14	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	110	4,282	40.5	38.9	7.5	2.9	1.2	0.6	14.0	25.5	54.8	2.2	4.8	46.3	8.8	10.5	83.7	64.7	2.2	5.3	2.9	4,459	823	323	128	68	316	362	+442
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	105	4,227	38.7	40.3	9.5	8.5	1.8	0.3	14.1	27.8	50.8	2.5	6.3	39.6	9.5	11.7	81.7	61.2	1.9	7.6	4.7	4,066	997	891	184	34	495	285	+377
16	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	93	3,624	37.1	39.0	5.0	5.2	1.4	0.4	13.5	25.4	52.9	4.8	10.8	44.7	7.2	8.4	85.9	66.9	1.0	3.9	3.1	3,452	462	482	128	35	285	249	+662
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	93	3,659	37.9	39.3	13.3	8.5	1.7	1.0	15.0	24.6	60.8	2.2	5.1	43.7	7.2	8.7	82.2	69.1	3.4	9.8	3.2	3,529	1,234	788	157	91	294	257	+926
18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	91	3,574	36.9	39.3	5.6	6.1	1.9	1.1	13.4	23.5	57.0	1.9	4.5	42.4	10.6	12.0	88.3	68.2	0.8	4.8	2.3	3,356	509	557	170	98	213	228	+885
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	88	3,535	38.7	40.2	4.5	5.7	1.5	0.6	14.4	25.0	57.6	4.8	9.2	52.4	6.6	7.2	91.6	71.4	0.9	3.6	2.7	3,406	399	500	131	57	238	223	+450
20	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	88	3,384	39.2	38.5	5.8	4.8	1.0	0.3	13.4	24.1	55.6	1.2	2.8	42.7	10.4	12.1	86.4	65.3	0.9	4.8	2.4	3,449	506	426	84	30	208	200	+424
21	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	86	3,370	41.0	39.2	6.0	6.6	2.0	1.3	13.5	24.2	55.7	1.3	3.2	41.5	10.8	13.5	80.4	64.9	1.5	4.5	3.7	3,530	515	567	172	109	320	228	+508
22	Trae Young T. Young	85	3,346	37.5	39.4	4.1	10.0	1.0	0.2	12.1	23.9	50.7	4.7	10.4	45.7	10.4	11.8	88.0	67.6	0.8	3.3	4.6	3,191	345	852	83	13	392	151	+458
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	78	2,960	41.8	37.9	9.7	2.8	1.2	1.0	13.3	24.2	55.0	2.0	4.3	47.5	9.3	10.4	89.1	65.9	1.6	8.1	2.4	3,263	754	221	91	81	184	199	+599
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	72	2,777	41.3	38.6	13.3	3.5	0.6	2.6	14.9	23.7	62.9	0.0	0.0		8.8	14.9	58.8	63.7	4.8	8.5	2.8	2,975	955	251	44	184	204	229	+600
25	Paul George P. George	70	2,709	37.7	38.7	7.1	4.2	2.2	0.5	13.0	23.7	54.9	5.3	10.6	50.3	7.3	8.5	86.7	70.5	0.9	6.2	2.7	2,637	497	296	155	35	191	202	+628

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.9

Mitchell

RPG

8.4

Mobley

APG

6.0

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 5/21	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Sat 5/23	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Mon 5/25	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Wed 5/27	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Fri 5/29	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

0 - 1

104

Final

115

Knicks

1 - 0

Tue 19 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.4

Brunson

28.1

Cunningham

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

12.3

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.8

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

125.0

124.1

117.5

113.7

113.2

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.8

105.4

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

19.3

14.0

12.1

3.0

1.7

0.8

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

627.9

Cunningham

626.1

Wembanyama

598.7

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

618.5

Wembanyama

604.5

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.65

Wembanyama

1.58

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

56-39

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-56

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0