nba regular season players with exactly 48 points in a game before 2026

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 48 points against the Pistons on March 15.

	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	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3/15/2025	48	OKC	@	DET	38	4	6	3	1	17	26	65.4	4	6	66.7	10	10	100.0	78.9	0	4	2	1	+18
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12/8/2024	48	DEN	@	ATL	35	14	8	3	0	17	29	58.6	3	6	50.0	11	13	84.6	69.1	3	11	3	2	+25
3	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	4/7/2024	48	DAL	vs	HOU	45	7	2	1	0	15	25	60.0	3	8	37.5	15	17	88.2	73.9	0	7	2	1	+21
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2/3/2024	48	MIL	@	DAL	40	6	10	5	1	20	28	71.4	2	5	40.0	6	10	60.0	74.1	1	5	1	3	+15
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1/6/2024	48	MIL	@	HOU	39	17	2	0	1	16	25	64.0	1	2	50.0	15	21	71.4	70.1	3	14	2	4	-1
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	11/6/2023	48	PHI	vs	WAS	31	11	6	1	1	17	25	68.0	0	2	0.0	14	14	100.0	77.0	2	9	1	2	+15
7	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	3/31/2023	48	NYK	@	CLE	38	4	9	0	0	18	32	56.3	7	12	58.3	5	8	62.5	67.6	2	2	2	1	+3
8	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	1/20/2023	48	BKN	@	UTA	39	11	6	4	0	18	29	62.1	8	15	53.3	4	6	66.7	75.9	3	8	1	3	+23
9	LeBron James L. James	1/16/2023	48	LAL	vs	HOU	36	8	9	0	0	16	26	61.5	5	10	50.0	11	12	91.7	76.7	1	7	0	1	+19
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	12/27/2022	48	PHI	@	WAS	36	10	1	3	3	17	32	53.1	1	5	20.0	13	14	92.9	62.9	4	6	3	5	+8
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	1/17/2022	48	PHX	@	SAS	35	5	6	3	0	18	33	54.5	5	13	38.5	7	8	87.5	65.7	0	5	0	2	+3
12	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	11/10/2021	48	MIN	@	GSW	42	6	5	2	0	16	27	59.3	7	13	53.8	9	12	75.0	74.3	2	4	6	1	-3
13	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	5/7/2021	48	UTA	vs	DEN	39	8	2	2	0	16	23	69.6	8	11	72.7	8	8	100.0	90.5	1	7	5	4	+4
14	Trae Young T. Young	2/9/2020	48	ATL	vs	NYK	48	1	13	2	0	13	30	43.3	6	13	46.2	16	16	100.0	64.8	0	1	7	1	+10
15	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1/31/2020	48	POR	@	LAL	40	9	10	2	0	17	30	56.7	7	12	58.3	7	8	87.5	71.6	1	8	1	1	+12
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	12/16/2019	48	MIL	vs	DAL	34	14	4	1	1	18	31	58.1	1	6	16.7	11	16	68.8	63.1	4	10	3	3	-1
17	Devin Booker D. Booker	3/30/2019	48	PHX	vs	MEM	43	3	11	0	0	19	29	65.5	3	6	50.0	7	8	87.5	73.8	1	2	6	3	+1
18	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	3/24/2019	48	SAS	@	BOS	37	13	6	0	1	20	31	64.5	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	69.5	3	10	3	5	+23
19	James Harden J. Harden	1/19/2019	48	HOU	vs	LAL	42	8	6	4	1	14	30	46.7	8	19	42.1	12	15	80.0	65.6	3	5	6	3	+11
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1/13/2019	48	GSW	@	DAL	37	6	5	1	2	17	32	53.1	11	19	57.9	3	3	100.0	72.0	3	3	0	5	+9
21	Anthony Davis A. Davis	12/28/2018	48	NOP	vs	DAL	43	17	4	2	2	20	32	62.5	0	2	0.0	8	11	72.7	65.1	7	10	1	3	+2
22	Jamal Murray J. Murray	11/5/2018	48	DEN	vs	BOS	38	5	4	0	0	19	30	63.3	5	11	45.5	5	5	100.0	74.5	1	4	5	1	-4
23	Anthony Davis A. Davis	1/14/2018	48	NOP	@	NYK	50	17	0	4	3	17	30	56.7	2	6	33.3	12	15	80.0	65.6	6	11	4	2	0
24	James Harden J. Harden	12/9/2017	48	HOU	@	POR	37	8	3	3	0	16	29	55.2	4	7	57.1	12	14	85.7	68.3	1	7	2	2	+9
25	James Harden J. Harden	11/16/2017	48	HOU	@	PHX	35	2	7	2	1	12	22	54.5	6	11	54.5	18	18	100.0	80.2	0	2	5	3	+15