who has the most points in a minute in nba history

LeBron James has dropped the most career points when playing >0 minutes, with 42,575 points.

	NAME	PTS	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	42,575	59,642	1,580	37.7	26.9	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.5	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	11,828	11,706	2,363	1,161	5,516	2,809	+7361
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38,387	57,446	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,928	54,852	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33,643	48,637	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32,292	41,011	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,560	51,368	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31,419	47,859	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				23,924	4,643				2,075
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31,405	42,393	1,155	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.3	88.2	62.1	0.6	6.3	3.2	7,991	5,050	1,195	1,305	3,652	2,208	+4984
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,596	41,918	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
10	James Harden J. Harden	28,532	41,181	1,184	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.8	3.7	6,630	8,581	1,755	665	4,377	2,922	+4609
11	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28,289	43,514	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1528
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,409	45,071	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27,313	50,000	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.4	18.6	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	49.1	3.1	7.8	2.4	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,946	44,222	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26,743	42,247	1,274	33.2	21.0	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.2	43.8	1.1	3.7	30.7	4.8	6.2	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	8,921	10,176	2,008	413	4,952	3,252	+2777
16	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	26,710	43,886	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
17	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,668	38,113	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,496	47,368	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,397	45,880	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
20	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,395	46,471	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.8	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	26,192	35,875	1,054	34.0	24.9	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.5	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.2	4.0	4.4	91.2	62.6	0.6	4.0	3.1	4,930	6,665	1,587	277	3,269	2,370	+6240
22	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26,071	50,418	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
23	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,972	42,454	1,224	34.7	21.2	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.2	47.0	0.5	1.7	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.3	55.7	0.7	3.7	2.0	5,334	5,009	1,222	403	2,421	2,736	-87
24	Vince Carter V. Carter	25,728	46,367	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
25	Alex English A. English	25,613	38,063	1,193	31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	8.9	17.6	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	55.0	2.3	3.2	2.5	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027

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RPG

8.8

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6.9

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117.0

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DRTG

114.6

13th

NETRTG

2.4

11th

3P%

35.1

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	76ers	20	15	.571	7.0
6	Magic	21	17	.553	7.5
7	Cavaliers	21	17	.553	7.5
8	Heat	20	17	.541	8.0
9	Hawks	18	21	.462	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 1/8	CLE	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Sat 1/10	MIN	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Mon 1/12	UTA	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 1/14	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Fri 1/16	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM

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120

Final

116

Pacers

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PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.7

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.4

Towns

11.2

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.3

Sarr

2.2

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.7

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.9

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

69.8

Williams

69.8

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

124.5

122.9

121.5

121.3

119.7

118.1

DRtg Rankings

106.5

110.8

112.2

112.5

112.6

NetRtg Rankings

13.2

8.3

7.3

6.9

6.0

5.6

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6-31

8-31

8-29

10-26

11-23

12-24

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,897

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,757.5

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,904.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,861

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USG% Leaders

38.1

Dončić

36.4

Brown

33.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.6

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.5

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

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21-13-1

22-15

21-15

21-16

Worst Record ATS

12-26

13-24

15-23

15-21

16-21

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	28	9	.757
2	Knicks	24	13	.649	4.0
3	Celtics	23	13	.639	4.5
4	Raptors	23	15	.605	5.5
5	76ers	20	15	.571	7.0
6	Magic	21	17	.553	7.5
7	Cavaliers	21	17	.553	7.5
8	Heat	20	17	.541	8.0
9	Hawks	18	21	.462	11.0
10	Bulls	17	20	.459	11.0
11	Bucks	16	21	.432	12.0
12	Hornets	13	24	.351	15.0
13	Nets	11	23	.324	15.5
14	Wizards	10	26	.278	17.5
15	Pacers	6	31	.162	22.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	31	7	.816
2	Spurs	26	11	.703	4.5
3	Nuggets	25	12	.676	5.5
4	Lakers	23	12	.657	6.5
5	Timberwolves	24	13	.649	6.5
6	Rockets	22	12	.647	7.0
7	Suns	22	15	.595	8.5
8	Warriors	20	18	.526	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	18	20	.474	13.0
10	Grizzlies	16	21	.432	14.5
11	Mavericks	14	23	.378	16.5
12	Clippers	13	23	.361	17.0
13	Jazz	12	24	.333	18.0
14	Kings	8	29	.216	22.5
15	Pelicans	8	31	.205	23.5