who has the most points in a game on april 22

Karl Malone has posted the most points in a game on April 22, with 50 points in Game 1 of the 2000 First Round against the Seattle SuperSonics.

	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	50	4/22/2000	UTA	vs	SEA	43	12	0	3	1	18	32	56.3	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	65.5	3	9	1	2	+12
2	Bernard King B. King	46	4/22/1984	NYK	vs	DET	40	10	4	0	1	19	27	70.4	0	0		8	12	66.7	71.3	6	4	2	5
3	Ja Morant J. Morant	45	4/22/2023	MEM	@	LAL	42	9	13	0	0	13	26	50.0	6	10	60.0	13	14	92.9	70.0	3	6	3	2	+3
4	Jerry West J. West	45	4/22/1966	LAL	vs	BOS	47	4	10			19	31	61.3				7	10	70.0	63.6				2
5	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	43	4/22/2017	SAS	@	MEM	44	8	3	6	0	14	30	46.7	7	10	70.0	8	8	100.0	64.1	1	7	4	4	+18
6	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	42	4/22/2016	BOS	vs	ATL	37	4	1	1	0	12	24	50.0	5	12	41.7	13	15	86.7	68.6	1	3	1	2	+3
7	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	42	4/22/2010	PHX	@	POR	37	8	2	3	0	13	19	68.4	8	12	66.7	8	10	80.0	89.7	2	6	0	3	+15
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	41	4/22/2019	MIL	@	DET	32	9	3	1	4	12	23	52.2	2	6	33.3	15	20	75.0	64.5	2	7	1	2	+22
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	41	4/22/1988	UTA	@	SEA	46	18	0	2	0	16	29	55.2	0	0		9	13	69.2	59.0	6	12	7	4
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	40	4/22/2000	PHI	@	CHA	45	5	3	3	0	13	25	52.0	3	3	100.0	11	16	68.8	62.4	3	2	4	1	+11
11	Dee Brown D. Brown	40	4/22/1994	BOS	@	CHI	54	7	5	4	0	12	22	54.5	2	3	66.7	14	15	93.3	69.9	1	6	2	2
12	Rik Smits R. Smits	40	4/22/1994	IND	vs	PHI	27	11	4	2	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		6	7	85.7	73.9	3	8	2	1
13	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	40	4/22/1984	DET	@	NYK	44	7	2	1	0	15	25	60.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	67.0	2	5	4	5
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	4/22/1977	LAL	vs	GSW	40	19	3	3	9	18	28	64.3				4	6	66.7	65.3	7	12		4
15	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	39	4/22/2012	NYK	@	ATL	42	10	2	2	0	14	32	43.8	3	5	60.0	8	9	88.9	54.2	2	8	2	2	+6
16	LeBron James L. James	39	4/22/2010	CLE	@	CHI	44	10	8	2	3	14	26	53.8	4	8	50.0	7	13	53.8	61.5	2	8	5	3	+5
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	39	4/22/2007	LAL	@	PHX	43	5	1	0	0	15	33	45.5	4	8	50.0	5	7	71.4	54.0	0	5	2	3	-13
18	Bernard King B. King	39	4/22/1990	WAS	vs	IND	38	6	2	1	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		7	8	87.5	63.9	4	2	2	3
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	38	4/22/2011	BOS	@	NYK	33	3	1	3	0	14	19	73.7	6	8	75.0	4	4	100.0	91.5	0	3	3	3	+23
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	38	4/22/1994	UTA	@	DEN	43	12	7	0	4	16	22	72.7	0	0		6	12	50.0	69.6	5	7	2	2
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38	4/22/1974	MIL	@	CHI	47	24	4	0	2	18	26	69.2				2	3	66.7	69.5				3
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	37	4/22/2023	LAC	vs	PHX	40	6	4	1	1	17	29	58.6	3	6	50.0	0	0		63.8	1	5	4	3	-8
23	Troy Hudson T. Hudson	37	4/22/2003	MIN	vs	LAL	35	2	10	2	0	9	16	56.3	4	6	66.7	15	16	93.8	80.3	0	2	2	2	+31
24	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	37	4/22/1973	NYK	vs	BOS	57	9	4			15	30	50.0				7	12	58.3	52.4				5
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37	4/22/1972	MIL	vs	LAL	48	25	8			16	37	43.2				5	5	100.0	47.2				5