who has the most 23 points games in nba history

LeBron James has the most games with 23+ points, with 1,133 games.

Interpreted as:

Who has the most 23 or more points regular-season games in NBA history?

	NAME	GP	PTS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	1,133	34,659	38.8	30.6	7.7	7.4	1.6	0.8	11.2	21.1	53.2	1.9	5.1	38.0	6.2	8.4	74.5	61.8	1.2	6.5	3.5	43,905	8,708	8,359	1,781	874	3,991	2,070	+6319
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	943	28,007	39.2	29.7	11.0	3.6	1.5	0.8	10.9	20.0	54.4	0.1	0.3	30.7	7.9	10.4	76.1	60.6	2.7	8.2	3.1	36,944	10,353	3,365	1,387	787	2,928	3,021	+2354
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	920	27,940		30.4	13.2				12.5			0.0	0.0	0.0	5.4	7.4	72.5						12,178
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	888	27,028	38.0	30.4	7.2	4.5	1.1	1.2	10.5	20.1	52.3	2.3	5.5	41.4	7.2	8.1	88.4	64.4	0.7	6.6	3.3	33,716	6,428	4,007	940	1,028	2,906	1,782	+4411
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	836	28,241	39.4	33.8	6.4	5.3	2.5	0.9	12.7	24.6	51.7	0.6	1.8	34.7	7.7	9.2	84.1	59.0	1.7	4.7	2.8	32,970	5,339	4,444	2,106	747	2,355	2,254	+1261
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	783	25,088	39.7	32.0	5.9	4.9	1.6	0.5	11.2	23.5	47.5	1.8	4.8	36.4	8.0	9.5	84.4	57.9	1.3	4.6	3.1	31,088	4,605	3,837	1,270	403	2,449	2,055	+3710
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	691	26,346		38.1	24.5				15.4						7.3	13.6	53.7						16,898
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	669	20,144	38.4	30.1	12.3	2.9	0.7	2.6	11.9	19.9	60.1	0.0	0.0	5.3	6.2	11.5	54.3	60.4	4.1	8.3	2.9	25,710	8,262	1,927	462	1,706	1,933	2,276	+3410
9	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	659	20,874		31.7				0.0	11.2						9.2	10.9	84.6		0.0	0.0						0
10	Jerry West J. West	658	20,648		31.4					11.3						8.8	10.7	82.3
11	James Harden J. Harden	651	20,877	37.5	32.1	6.3	8.2	1.7	0.7	9.4	20.0	47.1	3.8	9.4	39.9	9.5	10.8	87.2	64.7	0.9	5.5	4.3	24,408	4,122	5,339	1,126	432	2,783	1,719	+4069
12	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	647	19,069	37.8	29.5	6.8	3.1	1.1	0.5	10.5	21.4	49.2	1.6	4.0	40.2	6.8	8.2	82.7	58.9	1.8	4.9	2.8	24,435	4,385	1,991	740	351	1,797	1,952	+2495
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	646	20,127	38.5	31.2	7.6	2.8		0.6	11.6	23.3	49.6	0.9			7.1	8.6	83.0	57.4				24,871	4,892	1,829		412		1,294	-25
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	644	18,506	38.6	28.7	9.0	2.8	1.0	1.0	10.1	19.4	51.8	1.7	3.8	45.4	6.9	7.7	89.3	63.0	1.3	7.7	2.0	24,843	5,767	1,800	616	635	1,264	1,631	+4638
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	632	19,774	35.4	31.3	5.1	6.3	1.5	0.3	10.5	20.6	51.1	5.2	11.2	46.5	5.0	5.5	91.7	68.1	0.7	4.4	3.2	22,395	3,200	3,963	955	168	2,019	1,350	+5109
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	609	19,432	43.0	31.9	3.9	6.3	2.4	0.2	11.0	24.3	45.2	1.4	4.1	35.0	8.4	10.6	79.6	55.0	0.8	3.1	3.7	26,215	2,382	3,857	1,457	103	2,257	1,189	+1893
17	Alex English A. English	583	17,526	37.6	30.1	6.0	4.6			12.4	22.9	54.3	0.0			5.1	6.1	84.4	58.7				21,907	3,475	2,659				1,694
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	572	16,828	39.5	29.4	12.7	2.9	1.9	3.6	11.7	21.2	55.2	0.0	0.1	21.3	6.0	8.1	73.8	59.4	3.8	8.8	3.2	22,577	7,246	1,643	1,103	2,045	1,841	2,151	+277
19	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	572	18,618		32.5					12.3						8.0	10.2	79.1
20	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	571	16,900		29.6					11.9			0.0			5.8	8.3	69.0
21	Moses Malone M. Malone	569	16,692	39.3	29.3	14.8	1.6			10.2	18.8	54.0	0.0			9.0	11.5	78.8	61.6				22,375	8,443	904				1,469
22	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	560	16,260	37.4	29.0	4.8	4.6	1.1	0.3	10.3	19.8	51.9	0.8	2.2	36.9	7.7	8.9	86.1	61.2	0.7	4.1	2.1	20,939	2,699	2,549	630	174	1,155	1,268	+1277
23	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	549	16,880		30.7					10.9						9.0	11.6	77.3
24	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	546	17,077		31.3					11.0			0.0			9.2	11.0	83.4
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	526	16,596	34.6	31.6	11.7	5.8	1.2	1.2	11.6	19.8	58.5	0.8	2.7	30.1	7.5	10.9	69.5	64.2	2.3	9.3	3.4	18,191	6,129	3,047	642	655	1,809	1,580	+3266

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PPG

26.7

Mitchell

RPG

7.8

Mobley

APG

6.5

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

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3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 5/13	CLE	@	DET	8:00 PM
Fri 5/15	DET	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Sun 5/17	CLE	@	DET	1:00 PM

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Pistons

2 - 2

103

Final

112

Cavaliers

2 - 2

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Playoffs PPG Leaders

29.2

Cunningham

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Tatum

10.5

Wembanyama

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.5

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.4

Wembanyama

2.0

Allen

1.8

Holmgren

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.8

126.0

115.7

114.1

113.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.3

105.7

107.0

107.4

108.5

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

11.3

3.6

3.0

0.8

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

510.3

Cunningham

443

Towns

431.9

James

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

551.3

Cunningham

458

Towns

451.3

James

Playoffs USG% Leaders

44.1

Lanier

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

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2.30

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2.00

Richardson

2.00

Lanier

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2.33

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2.20

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2.00

Lanier

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53-38

50-37-1

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39-54

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36-46

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0