nba regular season players with exactly 55 points in a game prior to 2009

Jermaine O'Neal put up 55 points against the Bucks on January 4, 2005.

	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	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	1/4/2005	55	IND	vs	MIL	36	11	3	0	2	18	28	64.3	0	0		19	25	76.0	70.5	3	8	3	3	+22
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3/28/2003	55	LAL	vs	WAS	41	5	3	3	0	15	29	51.7	9	13	69.2	16	18	88.9	74.5	0	5	3	5	+21
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/28/1995	55	CHI	@	NYK	39	4	2	1	0	21	37	56.8	3	4	75.0	10	11	90.9	65.7	0	4	2	3
4	Bernard King B. King	2/16/1985	55	NYK	vs	NJN	44	11	3	1	0	19	33	57.6	0	1	0.0	17	23	73.9	63.8	7	4	6	4
5	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2/6/1981	55	UTA	vs	DEN	47	7	3	1	1	24	36	66.7	0	0		7	8	87.5	69.6	6	1	4	4
6	George Gervin G. Gervin	1/23/1980	55	SAS	@	IND	39	5	5	0	1	21	32	65.6	1	2	50.0	12	15	80.0	71.2				0
7	Rick Barry R. Barry	3/25/1978	55	GSW	vs	NYK	44	9	9	3	0	19	31	61.3				17	18	94.4	70.7	1	8	2	3
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	1/23/1975	55	GSW	vs	PHI	46	5	5	7	1	23	49	46.9				9	10	90.0	51.5	2	3		0
9	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	2/23/1972	55	CIN	vs	POR	44	3	7			20	31	64.5				15	19	78.9	69.9				0
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	12/10/1971	55	MIL	vs	BOS	47	17	3			23	36	63.9				9	11	81.8	67.3				4
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3/14/1964	55	SFW	@	LAL	47	14	8			22	38	57.9				11	18	61.1	59.9				0
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	11/2/1963	55	SFW	vs	LAL	48	29	6			23	41	56.1				9	15	60.0	57.8				3
13	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	2/11/1962	55	STL	vs	CIN	48	14				19	39	48.7				17	17	100.0	59.2				4
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1/30/1962	55	PHI	@	NYK	48	27	3			22	40	55.0				11	19	57.9	56.9				1
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1/24/1962	55	PHI		CHI	48	32	5			23	56	41.1				9	11	81.8	45.2				1
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1/7/1962	55	PHI	@	STL	48	21	2			23	41	56.1				9	17	52.9	56.7				3
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	12/20/1961	55	PHI	@	DET	48	19	0			24	47	51.1				7	11	63.6	53.0				0
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	12/10/1961	55	PHI		CHI	48	16	2			23	44	52.3				9	16	56.3	53.9				4
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	11/9/1961	55	PHI	vs	SYR	48	29	0			20	38	52.6				15	27	55.6	55.1				1
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	10/27/1961	55	PHI	vs	SYR	48	24	3			21	45	46.7				13	21	61.9	50.7				3
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	2/5/1961	55	PHI	vs	NYK	53	29	1			21	34	61.8				13	18	72.2	65.6				4
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	11/12/1959	55	PHI	@	CIN	47	29	2			23	43	53.5				9	16	56.3	55.0				3
23	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	2/25/1959	55	MIN		CIN		12				22	38	57.9				11	17	64.7	60.5				3