nba regular season players with exactly 46 points in a game before 2026

Quentin Grimes posted 46 points versus the Rockets on March 17.

	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	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	3/17/2025	46	PHI	@	HOU	43	13	4	2	1	15	27	55.6	8	14	57.1	8	13	61.5	70.3	2	11	6	3	-6
2	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	3/7/2025	46	CHA	vs	CLE	39	8	2	2	0	15	32	46.9	4	10	40.0	12	13	92.3	61.0	1	7	1	4	+5
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2/28/2025	46	BOS	vs	CLE	41	16	9	0	3	19	37	51.4	4	12	33.3	4	5	80.0	58.7	5	11	3	4	+5
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1/4/2025	46	DEN	@	SAS	43	9	10	2	2	19	35	54.3	3	8	37.5	5	6	83.3	61.1	4	5	2	3	+7
5	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	12/28/2024	46	DAL	@	POR	39	2	2	2	1	16	26	61.5	5	12	41.7	9	9	100.0	76.8	1	1	4	1	-17
6	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	11/13/2024	46	NYK	vs	CHI	39	10	3	3	0	18	30	60.0	6	12	50.0	4	8	50.0	68.6	1	9	4	5	+4
7	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	3/13/2024	46	CHI	@	IND	44	9	3	2	1	15	24	62.5	1	6	16.7	15	17	88.2	73.1	0	9	2	1	+18
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	3/1/2024	46	MIL	@	CHI	37	16	6	1	1	16	22	72.7	2	3	66.7	12	16	75.0	79.2	5	11	1	3	+6
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1/27/2024	46	GSW	vs	LAL	43	3	7	1	0	17	35	48.6	9	21	42.9	3	3	100.0	63.3	0	3	4	4	-2
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	1/24/2024	46	PHX	@	DAL	35	7	3	2	0	17	23	73.9	6	10	60.0	6	8	75.0	86.7	1	6	2	0	+33
11	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	4/9/2023	46	BKN	vs	PHI	43	2	1	1	1	16	29	55.2	6	8	75.0	8	8	100.0	70.7	0	2	4	1	-20
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	3/24/2023	46	PHI	@	GSW	38	9	8	2	1	13	23	56.5	1	5	20.0	19	22	86.4	70.4	1	8	3	2	+13
13	Devin Booker D. Booker	3/19/2023	46	PHX	@	OKC	36	3	1	1	0	18	28	64.3	3	7	42.9	7	8	87.5	73.0	0	3	3	5	-5
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	3/13/2023	46	MIL	@	SAC	34	12	4	1	0	19	28	67.9	2	2	100.0	6	7	85.7	74.0	1	11	5	2	+15
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	2/24/2023	46	NYK	@	WAS	36	2	2	2	0	16	29	55.2	7	14	50.0	7	7	100.0	71.7	0	2	1	1	+8
16	LeBron James L. James	1/24/2023	46	LAL	vs	LAC	33	8	7	2	1	16	29	55.2	9	14	64.3	5	5	100.0	73.7	1	7	0	0	-14
17	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1/10/2023	46	CLE	@	UTA	36	5	6	3	0	14	27	51.9	7	18	38.9	11	11	100.0	72.2	1	4	0	0	-4
18	Darius Garland D. Garland	12/26/2022	46	CLE	vs	BKN	40	3	8	1	0	14	20	70.0	5	7	71.4	13	15	86.7	86.5	1	2	1	1	+6
19	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	11/4/2022	46	CHI	@	BOS	36	3	5	2	1	13	23	56.5	0	3	0.0	20	22	90.9	70.4	0	3	2	3	+10
20	Trae Young T. Young	3/14/2022	46	ATL	vs	POR	39	6	12	1	0	15	31	48.4	5	14	35.7	11	11	100.0	64.2	2	4	3	1	+10
21	Julius Randle J. Randle	3/7/2022	46	NYK	@	SAC	34	9	2	1	1	18	31	58.1	8	16	50.0	2	2	100.0	72.1	2	7	1	5	+18
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3/6/2022	46	DEN	vs	NOP	43	12	11	3	4	16	22	72.7	3	5	60.0	11	12	91.7	84.3	3	9	5	3	+22
23	Ja Morant J. Morant	2/26/2022	46	MEM	@	CHI	36	4	3	1	0	15	28	53.6	3	4	75.0	13	15	86.7	66.5	1	3	5	2	+11
24	RJ Barrett	2/25/2022	46	NYK	vs	MIA	38	9	2	0	0	13	22	59.1	6	11	54.5	14	22	63.6	72.6	0	9	3	5	-3
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	12/23/2021	46	GSW	vs	MEM	37	4	4	2	0	13	22	59.1	8	14	57.1	12	12	100.0	84.3	0	4	3	1	+15