nba regular season players with exactly 48 points in a game before 2018

Russell Westbrook scored 48 points against the Suns on March 3, 2017.

	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	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	3/3/2017	48	OKC	@	PHX	38	17	9	3	0	14	30	46.7	3	12	25.0	17	18	94.4	63.3	1	16	4	4	+10
2	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	1/23/2016	48	SAC	vs	IND	39	13	2	1	0	17	29	58.6	1	2	50.0	13	20	65.0	63.5	2	11	5	4	+16
3	Paul George P. George	12/5/2015	48	IND	@	UTA	42	8	3	3	0	15	27	55.6	8	11	72.7	10	13	76.9	73.3	0	8	2	4	-12
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	10/30/2015	48	OKC	@	ORL	48	11	8	1	1	17	36	47.2	1	5	20.0	13	16	81.3	55.8	5	6	6	3	+2
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2/6/2015	48	OKC	vs	NOP	40	9	11	4	0	15	28	53.6	3	5	60.0	15	15	100.0	69.4	3	6	3	4	+5
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1/7/2014	48	OKC	@	UTA	45	7	5	4	2	14	34	41.2	3	13	23.1	17	19	89.5	56.7	0	7	0	2	-12
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1/4/2014	48	OKC	@	MIN	43	7	7	2	1	16	32	50.0	4	9	44.4	12	13	92.3	63.6	0	7	3	2	0
8	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	2/7/2012	48	GSW	vs	OKC	42	7	2	2	1	18	29	62.1	3	6	50.0	9	10	90.0	71.9	1	6	3	2	+5
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/10/2012	48	LAL	vs	PHX	39	5	3	3	0	18	31	58.1	0	3	0.0	12	13	92.3	65.4	0	5	2	2	+16
10	Vince Carter V. Carter	2/8/2010	48	ORL	vs	NOH	38	7	2	0	0	19	27	70.4	6	10	60.0	4	4	100.0	83.4	0	7	2	5	+19
11	LeBron James L. James	12/30/2009	48	CLE	vs	ATL	43	10	6	2	2	15	23	65.2	4	6	66.7	14	16	87.5	79.9	3	7	3	3	+7
12	Kevin Martin K. Martin	11/2/2009	48	SAC	vs	MEM	52	5	4	4	1	14	27	51.9	7	10	70.0	13	18	72.2	68.7	1	4	3	2	+10
13	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	3/9/2009	48	MIA	vs	CHI	50	6	12	4	3	15	21	71.4	5	6	83.3	13	18	72.2	83.0	1	5	5	0	+20
14	Kevin Martin K. Martin	3/7/2008	48	SAC	vs	MIN	42	6	1	0	0	12	23	52.2	2	5	40.0	22	24	91.7	71.5	2	4	1	3	-2
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/14/2008	48	LAL	@	SEA	42	2	2	1	0	21	44	47.7	2	8	25.0	4	7	57.1	51.0	0	2	1	1	-3
16	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	12/28/2007	48	MIA	vs	ORL	52	7	11	3	3	16	21	76.2	0	0		16	23	69.6	77.1	0	7	5	4	-2
17	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	4/17/2007	48	WAS	vs	ORL	48	9	1	1	0	14	26	53.8	5	9	55.6	15	24	62.5	65.6	4	5	0	3	-6
18	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	3/4/2007	48	CHI	@	MIL	47	1	5	1	0	18	32	56.3	6	12	50.0	6	7	85.7	68.4	0	1	4	1	+19
19	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	3/26/2006	48	TOR	@	MIL	46	9	3	1	0	20	32	62.5	6	11	54.5	2	3	66.7	72.0	4	5	3	4	-6
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/6/2006	48	LAL	vs	PHI	35	10	2	2	0	19	29	65.5	7	7	100.0	3	4	75.0	78.0	0	10	7	2	+23
21	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	4/14/2005	48	MIA	@	PHI	49	10	6	1	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	13	76.9	62.0	2	8	3	4	0
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4/6/2005	48	PHI	vs	CHA	48	7	8	2	0	17	31	54.8	1	8	12.5	13	14	92.9	64.6	0	7	5	2	+3
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	3/1/2005	48	PHI	@	MIL	44	3	8	4	0	18	30	60.0	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	71.6	0	3	4	1	+10
24	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	1/21/2005	48	SAS	@	PHX	44	5	6	1	0	16	22	72.7	5	7	71.4	11	12	91.7	88.0	1	4	3	4	+16
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/28/2004	48	LAL	vs	TOR	46	2	4	2	0	14	26	53.8	4	7	57.1	16	18	88.9	70.8	0	2	5	2	+21