which bench player has the most points in an nba game

Jamal Crawford has posted the most points by a player off the bench in a game, with 51 points against the Mavericks on April 9, 2019.

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Which bench player has the most points in an NBA regular-season game?

	NAME	PTS	DATE	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	51	4/9/2019	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	Malachi Flynn M. Flynn	50	4/3/2024	DET	@	ATL	34	6	5	3	0	18	25	72.0	5	9	55.6	9	12	75.0	82.6	0	6	4	2	+14
3	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	50	4/23/1993	ORL	@	NJN	33	3	2	2	0	17	25	68.0	4	7	57.1	12	12	100.0	82.6	2	1	1	1
4	Mike Woodson M. Woodson	48	2/20/1983	KCK	vs	HOU	32	3	2	1	1	22	24	91.7	1	1	100.0	3	6	50.0	90.1			0	2
5	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	48	12/6/1980	HOU	vs	DEN	34	4	6	2	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		10	13	76.9	67.2	1	3	3	2
6	Darius Miles D. Miles	47	4/19/2005	POR	@	DEN	40	12	0	4	5	19	33	57.6	1	3	33.3	8	14	57.1	60.0	4	8	1	3	0
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	4/12/1985	BOS	vs	MIL	38	14	2	1	3	15	31	48.4	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	61.1	4	10	4	4
8	Andrew Toney A. Toney	46	3/7/1982	PHI	vs	LAL	35	1	5		0	21	29	72.4	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	73.7				3
9	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	46	3/24/1974	GSW	@	PHX	40	2	5	2	1	21	38	55.3				4	4	100.0	57.8	1	1		1
10	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	46	11/10/1973	GSW	vs	BUF	37	6	5	1		20	33	60.6				6	7	85.7	63.7	1	5		4
11	Malik Monk M. Monk	45	2/24/2023	SAC	@	LAC	41	2	6	0	0	15	24	62.5	6	12	50.0	9	10	90.0	79.2	0	2	2	3	+22
12	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	45	3/12/2022	UTA	vs	SAC	35	0	2	1	1	15	21	71.4	7	13	53.8	8	8	100.0	91.8	0	0	2	3	+17
13	Lou Williams L. Williams	45	2/11/2019	LAC	@	MIN	34	1	4	1	0	13	25	52.0	3	8	37.5	16	16	100.0	70.2	0	1	7	3	+7
14	JR Smith	45	4/13/2009	DEN	vs	SAC	30	4	1	1	0	13	22	59.1	11	18	61.1	8	8	100.0	88.2	0	4	0	0	+23
15	Kevin Martin K. Martin	45	1/3/2009	SAC	@	IND	37	2	6	1	0	13	24	54.2	7	12	58.3	12	12	100.0	76.8	0	2	5	1	+2
16	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	45	12/5/1989	MIL	@	SAC	36	3	2	1	0	17	26	65.4	3	4	75.0	8	9	88.9	75.1	3	0	3	2
17	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	44	2/4/2023	BKN	vs	WAS	29	5	5	0	0	16	23	69.6	4	5	80.0	8	9	88.9	81.6	2	3	4	2	+6
18	Brice Sensabaugh B. Sensabaugh	43	1/14/2026	UTA	@	CHI	34	5	2	2	0	15	22	68.2	5	10	50.0	8	8	100.0	84.2	2	3	2	2	-2
19	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	43	3/5/2025	BOS	vs	POR	43	10	5	0	0	14	20	70.0	10	16	62.5	5	5	100.0	96.8	4	6	0	2	+12
20	P.J. Washington	43	1/27/2024	CHA	vs	UTA	36	2	3	2	0	17	22	77.3	7	9	77.8	2	3	66.7	92.2	1	1	2	1	-7
21	JR Smith	43	2/22/2008	DEN	@	CHI	33	5	1	2	0	15	25	60.0	8	14	57.1	5	8	62.5	75.4	1	4	3	3	+8
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	43	3/1/2002	PHI	vs	NJN	43	5	5	2	1	15	30	50.0	4	5	80.0	9	14	64.3	59.5	0	5	3	2	+1
23	Buddy Hield B. Hield	42	1/27/2020	SAC	@	MIN	38	5	3	0	0	14	24	58.3	9	14	64.3	5	5	100.0	80.2	1	4	2	3	+19
24	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	42	2/13/2019	CLE	vs	BKN	48	8	5	1	1	16	34	47.1	7	17	41.2	3	3	100.0	59.5	3	5	5	2	-10
25	Al Harrington A. Harrington	42	10/31/2009	NYK	vs	PHI	36	6	2	0	0	16	23	69.6	1	5	20.0	9	11	81.8	75.4	2	4	4	6	+9

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