players to record a game with at least 50 points within the first three games of a regular season

Nikola Jokić dropped 61 points versus the Timberwolves on April 1.

	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/1/2025	61	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2/5/2025	50	OKC	vs	PHX	34	8	5	2	1	18	29	62.1	3	7	42.9	11	12	91.7	72.9	2	6	1	3	+42
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1/29/2025	52	OKC	@	GSW	39	3	4	1	0	16	29	55.2	2	6	33.3	18	21	85.7	68.0	0	3	3	4	+1
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1/22/2025	54	OKC	vs	UTA	37	8	5	3	2	17	35	48.6	3	10	30.0	17	18	94.4	62.9	3	5	3	3	+9
5	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	12/28/2024	55	NYK	@	WAS	44	3	9	0	0	18	31	58.1	3	11	27.3	16	17	94.1	71.5	0	3	3	1	+1
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12/7/2024	56	DEN	@	WAS	39	16	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
7	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	4/7/2024	52	PHI	@	SAS	54	5	7	2	0	19	41	46.3	2	10	20.0	12	12	100.0	56.2	0	5	1	2	+14
8	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	3/29/2024	61	NYK	@	SAS	43	4	6	1	0	25	47	53.2	5	13	38.5	6	6	100.0	61.4	1	3	1	2	+20
9	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	2/1/2024	51	PHI	@	UTA	41	2	1	0	1	17	27	63.0	7	9	77.8	10	11	90.9	80.1	0	2	0	4	-2
10	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	1/22/2024	62	MIN	vs	CHA	38	8	2	0	0	21	35	60.0	10	15	66.7	10	14	71.4	75.3	3	5	7	2	0
11	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	12/15/2023	50	NYK	@	PHX	35	6	9	5	0	17	23	73.9	9	9	100.0	7	9	77.8	92.7	1	5	2	0	+7
12	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	11/12/2023	50	PHI	vs	IND	39	7	5	0	3	20	32	62.5	7	11	63.6	3	3	100.0	75.0	3	4	2	2	+17
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	12/27/2022	60	DAL	vs	NYK	47	21	10	2	1	21	31	67.7	2	6	33.3	16	22	72.7	73.7	5	16	4	5	+7
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	12/23/2022	50	DAL	@	HOU	42	8	10	3	0	17	30	56.7	6	12	50.0	10	12	83.3	70.9	0	8	7	3	0
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	11/13/2022	59	PHI	vs	UTA	37	11	8	1	7	19	28	67.9	1	5	20.0	20	24	83.3	76.5	1	10	5	3	+25
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	3/14/2022	60	MIN	@	SAS	36	17	3	1	0	19	31	61.3	7	11	63.6	15	16	93.8	78.9	2	15	6	5	+16
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2/15/2022	50	MIL	vs	IND	36	14	4	0	0	17	21	81.0	2	3	66.7	14	18	77.8	86.4	4	10	3	3	+7
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	2/10/2022	51	DAL	vs	LAC	40	9	6	1	1	17	26	65.4	7	14	50.0	10	14	71.4	79.3	0	9	7	4	+9
19	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	1/23/2022	51	BOS	@	WAS	33	10	7	0	0	18	28	64.3	9	14	64.3	6	6	100.0	83.2	2	8	1	1	+31
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1/19/2022	50	PHI	vs	ORL	27	12	2	1	3	17	23	73.9	1	4	25.0	15	17	88.2	82.0	1	11	2	3	+24
21	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4/30/2021	60	BOS	vs	SAS	45	8	5	0	1	20	37	54.1	5	7	71.4	15	17	88.2	67.4	2	6	0	2	+6
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4/9/2021	53	BOS	vs	MIN	41	10	4	0	1	16	25	64.0	6	10	60.0	15	16	93.8	82.7	1	9	5	3	+5
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2/19/2021	50	PHI	vs	CHI	35	17	5	2	4	17	26	65.4	1	2	50.0	15	17	88.2	74.7	6	11	2	2	+22
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2/6/2021	50	DEN	@	SAC	41	8	12	1	3	20	33	60.6	3	6	50.0	7	7	100.0	69.3	1	7	1	2	+2
25	Bradley Beal B. Beal	2/24/2020	55	WAS	vs	MIL	41	2	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	8	13	61.5	9	10	90.0	73.5	1	1	9	4	-4