nba regular season players with exactly 49 points in a game before 1986

Michael Jordan put up 49 points against the Pistons on February 12, 1985.

NAMEDATEPTSTMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
2/12/1985
49
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
45
15
5
4
0
19
31
61.3
0
0
11
13
84.6
66.7
7
8
6
5
2Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
1/28/1985
49
DAL DAL
vs
PHI PHI
39
9
3
0
0
17
25
68.0
2
3
66.7
13
19
68.4
73.4
4
5
3
4
3Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
1/1/1983
49
DEN DEN
vs
PHX PHX
38
3
2
0
0
18
24
75.0
1
1
100.0
12
12
100.0
83.7
1
2
3
4
4Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/13/1982
49
HOU HOU
vs
POR POR
45
12
3
1
5
17
26
65.4
0
0
15
19
78.9
71.3
5
7
4
3
5Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
3/12/1982
49
DET DET
vs
GSW GSW
47
8
1
3
0
19
28
67.9
0
0
11
16
68.8
69.9
4
4
4
4
6George Gervin
G. Gervin
2/17/1982
49
SAS SAS
vs
DET DET
33
2
3
1
0
22
29
75.9
0
1
0.0
5
6
83.3
77.4
4
1
7George Gervin
G. Gervin
2/17/1981
49
SAS SAS
vs
BOS BOS
40
6
2
0
0
17
31
54.8
0
2
0.0
15
17
88.2
63.7
4
8Paul Westphal
P. Westphal
2/21/1980
49
PHX PHX
@
DET DET
39
2
2
1
1
18
30
60.0
2
2
100.0
11
12
91.7
69.4
0
2
3
0
9Otis Birdsong
O. Birdsong
1/29/1980
49
KCK KCK
@
DEN DEN
40
4
3
3
1
20
25
80.0
0
0
9
15
60.0
77.5
1
3
2
3
10World B. Free
W. B. Free
12/16/1979
49
SDC SDC
vs
DET DET
40
6
5
0
0
21
33
63.6
0
0
7
12
58.3
64.0
6
1
11World B. Free
W. B. Free
2/2/1979
49
SDC SDC
vs
DEN DEN
39
6
4
1
0
18
33
54.5
13
14
92.9
62.6
3
3
5
6
12Pete Maravich
P. Maravich
2/10/1976
49
NOJ NOJ
@
GSW GSW
46
3
4
3
1
18
36
50.0
13
18
72.2
55.8
0
3
3
13Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
3/21/1975
49
BUF BUF
@
BOS BOS
48
17
2
19
29
65.5
11
15
73.3
68.8
3
14Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
1/21/1975
49
BUF BUF
vs
SEA SEA
46
19
3
5
21
28
75.0
7
10
70.0
75.6
4
15Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
12/19/1974
49
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
44
11
1
0
4
20
35
57.1
9
12
75.0
60.8
2
9
5
16Cazzie Russell
C. Russell
12/11/1973
49
GSW GSW
vs
HOU HOU
41
6
0
0
22
43
51.2
5
6
83.3
53.7
6
0
1
17Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
12/9/1973
49
BUF BUF
BOS BOS
47
17
1
21
29
72.4
7
9
77.8
74.3
0
18Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
10/28/1973
49
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
40
5
5
4
0
18
28
64.3
13
13
100.0
72.7
2
3
0
19Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
2/13/1973
49
KCO KCO
vs
HOU HOU
47
2
10
22
33
66.7
5
5
100.0
69.6
4
20Bob Love
B. Love
2/6/1973
49
CHI CHI
vs
KCO KCO
46
9
2
16
28
57.1
17
20
85.0
66.6
3
21Bob Love
B. Love
2/4/1973
49
CHI CHI
vs
MIL MIL
43
12
2
19
33
57.6
11
13
84.6
63.3
3
22Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
10/17/1972
49
MIL MIL
@
POR POR
46
23
1
20
38
52.6
9
12
75.0
56.6
1
23Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
2/2/1972
49
CIN CIN
vs
NYK NYK
2
5
17
35
48.6
15
16
93.8
58.3
3
24Dave Bing
D. Bing
3/9/1971
49
DET DET
vs
PHX PHX
44
5
3
17
29
58.6
15
18
83.3
66.4
6
25Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
11/18/1970
49
ATL ATL
@
POR POR
42
4
0
22
35
62.9
5
12
41.7
60.8
2

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Team Rankings

ORTG

114.2

22nd

DRTG

117.6

22nd

NETRTG

-3.4

21st

3P%

37.0

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
9
76ers 76ers
11
9
.550
5.0
10
Bucks Bucks
10
13
.435
7.5
11
Bulls Bulls
9
12
.429
7.5
12
Hornets Hornets
6
16
.273
11.0
13
Nets Nets
5
16
.238
11.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/5
IND IND
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Sun
12/7
GSW GSW
@
CHI CHI
7:00 PM
Fri
12/12
CHI CHI
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Sun
12/14
NOP NOP
@
CHI CHI
7:00 PM
Wed
12/17
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Last Game
BKN Nets

5 - 16

113

Final

103

CHI Bulls

9 - 12

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

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NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
21
1
.955
2
Lakers Lakers
15
5
.750
5.0
3
Rockets Rockets
14
5
.737
5.5
4
Spurs Spurs
15
6
.714
5.5
5
Nuggets Nuggets
15
6
.714
5.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
13
8
.619
7.5
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
17
5
.773
2
Raptors Raptors
15
7
.682
2.0
3
Knicks Knicks
14
7
.667
2.5
4
Heat Heat
14
8
.636
3.0
5
Magic Magic
13
9
.591
4.0
6
Celtics Celtics
12
9
.571
4.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
11/6
CHA CHA
@
MIA MIA
108-126
Thu
11/6
UTA UTA
@
MIN MIN
97-137
Thu
11/6
OKC OKC
@
SAC SAC
132-101
Thu
11/6
GSW GSW
@
DEN DEN
104-129
Fri
11/7
DAL DAL
@
WAS WAS
111-105

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/5
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
7:00 PM
Fri
12/5
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Fri
12/5
UTA UTA
@
NYK NYK
7:30 PM
Fri
12/5
SAS SAS
@
CLE CLE
7:30 PM
Fri
12/5
DEN DEN
@
ATL ATL
7:30 PM