nba regular season players with exactly 51 points in a game before 2020

Jamal Crawford dropped 51 points versus the Mavericks on April 9, 2019.

	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	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	4/9/2019	51	PHX	@	DAL	38	5	5	1	1	18	30	60.0	7	13	53.8	8	9	88.9	75.1	0	5	4	4	-5
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	3/7/2019	51	POR	vs	OKC	47	5	9	1	2	15	28	53.6	3	10	30.0	18	20	90.0	69.3	1	4	3	3	-5
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	11/29/2018	51	GSW	@	TOR	43	11	6	0	0	18	31	58.1	4	7	57.1	11	12	91.7	70.3	3	8	1	4	-5
4	LeBron James L. James	11/18/2018	51	LAL	@	MIA	38	8	3	2	1	19	31	61.3	6	8	75.0	7	10	70.0	72.0	1	7	2	3	+20
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	10/24/2018	51	GSW	vs	WAS	32	4	3	0	1	15	24	62.5	11	16	68.8	10	10	100.0	89.8	0	4	2	1	+19
6	James Harden J. Harden	12/22/2017	51	HOU	vs	LAC	41	4	8	3	0	15	28	53.6	6	14	42.9	15	16	93.8	72.8	0	4	8	6	-9
7	James Harden J. Harden	12/20/2017	51	HOU	vs	LAL	43	3	9	1	1	15	27	55.6	4	6	66.7	17	21	81.0	70.4	0	3	6	5	+4
8	Bradley Beal B. Beal	12/5/2017	51	WAS	@	POR	43	3	2	0	0	21	37	56.8	5	12	41.7	4	5	80.0	65.1	1	2	2	2	+12
9	James Harden J. Harden	1/27/2017	51	HOU	@	PHI	39	13	13	2	1	16	28	57.1	6	11	54.5	13	14	92.9	74.6	1	12	5	4	+13
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	10/28/2016	51	OKC	vs	PHX	45	13	10	2	0	17	44	38.6	2	10	20.0	15	20	75.0	48.3	3	10	5	3	+7
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2/25/2016	51	GSW	@	ORL	34	7	8	0	1	20	27	74.1	10	15	66.7	1	1	100.0	92.9	0	7	5	1	+11
12	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	2/19/2016	51	POR	vs	GSW	31	0	7	6	0	18	28	64.3	9	12	75.0	6	7	85.7	82.0	0	0	0	3	+26
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2/3/2016	51	GSW	@	WAS	36	7	2	3	0	19	28	67.9	11	15	73.3	2	3	66.7	87.0	1	6	7	3	+20
14	James Harden J. Harden	4/1/2015	51	HOU	vs	SAC	38	8	6	3	0	16	25	64.0	8	9	88.9	11	13	84.6	83.0	2	6	7	1	+10
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2/4/2015	51	GSW	vs	DAL	37	4	4	1	0	16	26	61.5	10	16	62.5	9	11	81.8	82.7	0	4	3	3	0
16	Corey Brewer C. Brewer	4/11/2014	51	MIN	vs	HOU	45	2	1	6	1	19	30	63.3	2	6	33.3	11	15	73.3	69.7	1	1	2	4	+4
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3/21/2014	51	OKC	@	TOR	52	12	7	1	1	15	32	46.9	7	12	58.3	14	19	73.7	63.2	1	11	5	3	+4
18	Terrence Ross T. Ross	1/25/2014	51	TOR	vs	LAC	44	9	1	1	0	16	29	55.2	10	17	58.8	9	10	90.0	76.3	3	6	3	4	-4
19	Kevin Love K. Love	3/23/2012	51	MIN	@	OKC	49	14	0	1	1	16	27	59.3	7	11	63.6	12	16	75.0	74.9	6	8	4	3	+4
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2/19/2012	51	OKC	vs	DEN	45	8	3	4	0	19	28	67.9	5	6	83.3	8	10	80.0	78.7	2	6	5	1	+19
21	LeBron James L. James	2/3/2011	51	MIA	@	ORL	43	11	8	1	1	17	25	68.0	3	5	60.0	14	17	82.4	78.5	2	9	3	2	+2
22	LeBron James L. James	3/13/2009	51	CLE	@	SAC	47	4	9	2	3	16	30	53.3	4	11	36.4	15	17	88.2	68.0	0	4	3	2	+6
23	LeBron James L. James	1/15/2008	51	CLE	@	MEM	47	8	9	3	1	18	28	64.3	6	12	50.0	9	16	56.3	72.8	3	5	4	1	+10
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	12/5/2007	51	DEN	vs	LAL	48	2	8	1	0	18	27	66.7	0	1	0.0	15	18	83.3	73.0	0	2	5	4	-4
25	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	1/15/2007	51	WAS	vs	UTA	41	3	5	1	0	14	29	48.3	7	12	58.3	16	17	94.1	69.9	1	2	1	3	+10