the 15 highest scoring games in nba history by a single player

LeBron James has dropped the most career points, with 42,284 points.

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the 15 or more highest scoring games in NBA history by a single player
NAMEPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
42,284
1,534
37.9
27.6
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
10.1
19.8
51.2
1.7
4.8
35.4
5.6
7.6
73.9
59.6
1.2
6.4
3.5
58,095
11,551
11,394
2,310
1,142
5,384
2,732
+7503
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
36,276
1,362
26.6
11.9
11.0
0.0
0.0
7.7
4.6
6.4
72.2
16,223
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
35,271
1,324
38.1
26.6
10.5
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.8
18.6
52.5
0.1
0.2
27.8
7.1
9.5
74.6
58.6
2.5
8.0
3.1
50,404
13,878
4,795
1,916
1,061
4,097
4,133
+3112
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
31,905
1,145
38.2
27.9
5.6
4.9
1.5
0.5
9.7
21.2
45.9
1.5
4.4
34.2
7.0
8.3
84.0
56.2
1.2
4.4
3.1
43,766
6,406
5,619
1,772
566
3,536
2,985
+4417
5Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
31,693
1,017
38.7
31.2
6.3
5.3
2.4
0.8
11.8
23.4
50.2
0.6
1.7
33.0
7.1
8.5
83.6
57.4
1.6
4.7
2.8
39,408
6,409
5,409
2,452
859
2,821
2,688
+1470
6Kevin Durant
K. Durant
31,540
1,128
37.1
28.0
7.0
4.4
1.1
1.1
9.6
19.0
50.7
2.0
5.2
39.5
6.6
7.5
88.4
62.6
0.7
6.3
3.2
41,892
7,904
4,991
1,188
1,284
3,595
2,173
+5232
7Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
29,908
882
33.9
23.7
13.7
6.5
12.5
51.8
20,900
8Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
28,121
1,158
36.5
24.3
8.3
2.6
0.9
0.9
8.6
17.4
49.2
1.5
3.6
41.1
5.7
6.4
88.3
60.0
1.1
7.2
1.8
42,246
9,588
3,060
1,015
1,061
2,115
2,854
+6833
9Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
26,725
1,017
36.7
26.3
11.6
2.7
0.6
2.5
10.4
17.7
58.9
0.0
0.0
4.8
5.5
10.2
53.4
59.3
3.8
7.8
2.8
37,330
11,767
2,738
653
2,492
2,895
3,524
+4711
10James Harden
J. Harden
26,687
966
36.5
27.6
6.0
7.9
1.6
0.6
8.2
18.0
45.3
3.2
8.5
37.8
8.1
9.3
86.6
62.4
0.8
5.2
4.1
35,262
5,797
7,644
1,507
592
3,922
2,390
+4841
11Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
25,614
996
36.2
25.7
6.5
3.0
1.1
0.5
9.2
19.6
46.8
1.5
4.0
38.1
5.9
7.2
82.0
56.5
1.7
4.9
2.6
36,074
6,514
2,950
1,056
530
2,608
2,908
+2714
12Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
25,230
891
28.3
0.0
10.0
8.2
9.8
84.1
1
13Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
25,102
908
37.3
27.6
7.1
2.7
0.6
10.3
21.7
47.5
0.7
6.3
7.7
82.0
55.1
33,886
6,469
2,420
574
1,795
-196
14Stephen Curry
S. Curry
24,703
895
34.9
27.6
4.9
6.4
1.6
0.3
9.3
19.2
48.7
4.5
10.2
43.7
4.4
4.8
91.6
64.8
0.7
4.2
3.2
31,243
4,363
5,768
1,396
226
2,842
2,000
+6321
15Moses Malone
M. Malone
24,644
992
37.6
24.8
13.7
1.5
8.5
16.8
50.9
0.0
7.8
10.0
77.7
58.7
37,282
13,631
1,503
2,522
16Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
24,492
982
24.9
10.0
0.0
4.8
7.1
67.8
17Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
24,482
978
38.0
25.0
12.0
2.7
1.9
3.4
10.0
18.9
52.6
0.0
0.1
21.1
5.1
7.1
72.2
56.8
3.6
8.4
3.2
37,146
11,711
2,625
1,858
3,287
3,146
3,609
+565
18Jerry West
J. West
24,392
853
28.6
10.2
8.1
9.9
81.9
19DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
23,760
967
36.3
24.6
4.6
4.4
1.1
0.3
8.8
17.9
48.9
0.6
2.0
32.6
6.4
7.5
85.1
57.9
0.7
3.9
2.0
35,084
4,438
4,277
1,020
324
1,967
2,174
+1013
20Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
23,553
947
35.0
24.9
7.5
8.4
1.7
0.3
8.9
19.4
46.2
1.4
4.1
33.4
5.6
7.2
78.4
55.2
1.6
5.8
4.1
33,138
7,062
7,947
1,584
296
3,883
2,476
+2977
21Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
23,307
813
42.1
28.7
3.8
6.3
2.3
0.2
10.0
22.8
43.6
1.3
3.9
32.8
7.5
9.5
78.5
53.0
0.8
3.0
3.6
34,193
3,105
5,123
1,830
142
2,951
1,579
+1629
22John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
23,295
977
23.8
9.5
4.8
5.9
82.0
23Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
22,984
959
37.2
24.0
6.2
3.9
1.5
0.6
7.8
16.7
47.0
1.9
4.7
40.4
6.4
7.9
81.1
59.5
0.9
5.3
2.9
35,711
5,968
3,726
1,413
593
2,796
2,807
+3276
24Alex English
A. English
22,951
869
36.0
26.4
6.0
4.3
11.0
20.9
52.3
0.0
4.5
5.3
84.0
56.7
31,289
5,181
3,733
2,402
25Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
22,487
1,000
36.4
22.5
11.7
3.1
0.8
2.4
8.7
16.5
52.9
0.0
0.1
18.9
5.0
7.1
70.5
57.3
3.1
8.6
2.6
36,436
11,681
3,138
784
2,355
2,610
2,539
+6883

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.3

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

8.7

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.8

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

118.3

7th

DRTG

114.3

13th

NETRTG

4.0

8th

3P%

35.9

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
43
22
.662
3.5
3
42
25
.627
5.5
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
40
26
.606
7.0
5
36
28
.563
10.0
6
37
29
.561
10.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
3/13
@
7:30 PM
Sun
3/15
@
3:30 PM
Tue
3/17
@
8:00 PM
Thu
3/19
@
8:00 PM
Sat
3/21
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Cavaliers

40 - 26

122

Final

128

ORL Magic

36 - 28

Wed 11 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
46
18
.719
2
43
22
.662
3.5
3
42
25
.627
5.5
4
40
26
.606
7.0
5
36
28
.563
10.0
6
37
29
.561
10.0
7
36
29
.554
10.5
8
35
30
.538
11.5
9
34
31
.523
12.5
10
34
33
.507
13.5
11
27
37
.422
19.0
12
27
38
.415
19.5
13
17
48
.262
29.5
14
16
48
.250
30.0
15
15
50
.231
31.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
51
15
.773
2
48
17
.738
2.5
3
40
25
.615
10.5
4
40
25
.615
10.5
5
40
26
.606
11.0
6
40
26
.606
11.0
7
38
27
.585
12.5
8
33
32
.508
17.5
9
32
33
.492
18.5
10
31
35
.470
20.0
11
23
41
.359
27.0
12
22
45
.328
29.5
13
21
44
.323
29.5
14
20
46
.303
31.0
15
Kings Kings - e
16
51
.239
35.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
2/6
@
99-105
Fri
2/6
@
109-103
Fri
2/6
@
132-126
Fri
2/6
@
115-122
Sat
2/7
@
111-89

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/12
@
7:30 PM
Thu
3/12
@
7:30 PM
Thu
3/12
@
8:00 PM
Thu
3/12
@
9:00 PM
Thu
3/12
@
9:30 PM