which player scored the most points in a game on april 7th

Karl Malone has posted the most points in a game on April 7, with 56 points against the Warriors on April 7, 1998.

	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	56	4/7/1998	UTA	@	GSW	42	9	2	1	4	18	29	62.1	1	1	100.0	19	23	82.6	71.6	2	7	3	2	+1
2	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	52	4/7/2024	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
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	51	4/7/2006	LAL	@	PHX	42	5	3	1	0	19	33	57.6	5	11	45.5	8	10	80.0	68.2	0	5	2	3	-6
4	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	49	4/7/2022	MIN	vs	SAS	39	6	8	1	0	16	28	57.1	6	14	42.9	11	14	78.6	71.7	2	4	2	2	+18
5	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	48	4/7/2024	DAL	vs	HOU	45	7	2	1	0	15	25	60.0	3	8	37.5	15	17	88.2	73.9	0	7	2	1	+21
6	Vince Carter V. Carter	46	4/7/2007	NJN	vs	WAS	47	16	10	1	3	16	28	57.1	7	13	53.8	7	9	77.8	72.0	4	12	5	2	+12
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44	4/7/1997	PHI	@	CHI	48	1	8	2	0	16	32	50.0	6	14	42.9	6	8	75.0	61.9	1	0	4	2	-26
8	Jerry West J. West	44	4/7/1965	LAL	@	BAL		7	4			13	29	44.8				18	19	94.7	58.9				5
9	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	43	4/7/2025	SAC	@	DET	45	3	4	1	0	16	28	57.1	8	11	72.7	3	4	75.0	72.2	0	3	1	4	+6
10	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	43	4/7/2024	NYK	@	MIL	39	6	8	0	0	16	32	50.0	2	6	33.3	9	11	81.8	58.4	1	5	1	4	+11
11	Eddy Curry E. Curry	43	4/7/2007	NYK	@	MIL	50	13	1	2	0	17	20	85.0	1	1	100.0	8	12	66.7	85.0	4	9	4	1	-1
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	4/7/1990	CHI	@	DAL	40	3	4	2	1	15	26	57.7	3	5	60.0	10	13	76.9	67.8	2	1	0	3
13	Glen Rice G. Rice	42	4/7/1997	CHA	@	CLE	50	6	4	0	0	11	21	52.4	5	9	55.6	15	16	93.8	74.9	0	6	2	2	+7
14	Alex English A. English	42	4/7/1985	DEN	vs	GSW	41	10	8	1	0	14	26	53.8	0	0		14	16	87.5	63.6	4	6	3	3
15	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	42	4/7/1978	HOU	vs	NOJ	46	5	1			17	32	53.1				8	8	100.0	59.1				3
16	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	41	4/7/2021	UTA	@	PHX	41	8	3	0	0	16	35	45.7	4	12	33.3	5	7	71.4	53.8	0	8	1	5	-11
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	41	4/7/2018	GSW	vs	NOP	36	10	5	0	0	16	26	61.5	4	8	50.0	5	7	71.4	70.5	0	10	4	2	+1
18	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	41	4/7/2006	WAS	@	ATL	42	6	7	3	0	11	27	40.7	6	11	54.5	13	15	86.7	61.0	2	4	8	5	-6
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	4/7/1991	CHI	vs	PHI	48	4	5	4	2	16	27	59.3	0	0		9	14	64.3	61.8	1	3	0	2
20	Talen Horton-Tucker T. Horton-Tucker	40	4/7/2022	LAL	@	GSW	37	3	3	4	0	15	28	53.6	2	6	33.3	8	9	88.9	62.6	0	3	2	2	-5
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	40	4/7/2002	LAL	@	MIA	41	11	2	0	2	14	22	63.6	0	0		12	19	63.2	65.9	3	8	2	4	+10
22	David Robinson D. Robinson	40	4/7/1996	SAS	@	LAL	44	11	5	1	5	15	26	57.7	0	0		10	13	76.9	63.1	5	6	0	4
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	4/7/1989	CHI	vs	DET	42	7	11	2	0	11	18	61.1	0	0		18	21	85.7	73.4	1	6	1	6
24	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	40	4/7/1982	SAS	vs	KCK	42	10	3	2	1	14	27	51.9	0	0		12	14	85.7	60.3			2	2
25	Paul George P. George	39	4/7/2024	LAC	vs	CLE	44	11	7	1	1	10	24	41.7	3	9	33.3	16	16	100.0	62.8	1	10	5	3	+9