who has the most points scored in a game on december 18th ever

Wilt Chamberlain has posted the most points in a game on December 18, with 61 points against the St. Louis Hawks on December 18, 1962.

	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	61	12/18/1962	SFW	vs	STL	45	27	2			26	53	49.1				9	14	64.3	51.6				0
2	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	56	12/18/1964	CIN	vs	LAL		9	12			17	33	51.5				22	23	95.7	64.9				2
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	54	12/18/2004	PHI	@	MIL	40	8	5	2	0	17	29	58.6	4	7	57.1	16	21	76.2	70.6	2	6	3	0	+25
4	Brandon Roy B. Roy	52	12/18/2008	POR	vs	PHX	44	5	6	0	1	14	27	51.9	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	71.7	1	4	0	1	+12
5	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	47	12/18/1948	PHI	@	PRO						18	41	43.9				11	14	78.6	49.8				4
6	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	45	12/18/2009	WAS	@	GSW	43	3	13	0	1	15	25	60.0	4	10	40.0	11	16	68.8	70.2	1	2	5	2	+17
7	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	45	12/18/1979	UTA	vs	CLE	43	11	5	5	0	15	28	53.6	0	0		15	18	83.3	62.6	5	6	2	3
8	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	43	12/18/2023	DET	@	ATL	44	5	7	3	1	16	24	66.7	3	5	60.0	8	9	88.9	76.9	1	4	3	1	-2
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	43	12/18/2022	BKN	@	DET	36	6	2	1	2	14	22	63.6	3	5	60.0	12	13	92.3	77.6	1	5	6	3	-3
10	Jordan Poole J. Poole	43	12/18/2022	GSW	@	TOR	35	1	6	1	0	14	23	60.9	5	11	45.5	10	11	90.9	77.2	0	1	4	4	+11
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	43	12/18/2015	CHI	vs	DET	56	8	2	2	2	14	29	48.3	1	4	25.0	14	16	87.5	59.7	1	7	3	5	-5
12	Kevin Love K. Love	43	12/18/2010	MIN	@	DEN	43	17	3	0	0	14	23	60.9	5	5	100.0	10	12	83.3	76.0	7	10	2	2	+1
13	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	42	12/18/1996	MIL	vs	LAL	46	6	2	0	1	19	30	63.3	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	68.0	3	3	1	3	-10
14	Bradley Beal B. Beal	41	12/18/2016	WAS	vs	LAC	38	3	3	1	0	13	23	56.5	6	10	60.0	9	11	81.8	73.6	0	3	1	2	+10
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	41	12/18/2002	PHI	vs	MIN	47	4	2	4	0	14	29	48.3	2	4	50.0	11	16	68.8	56.9	0	4	3	1	+7
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	12/18/1996	LAL	@	MIL	43	13	2	2	3	15	25	60.0	0	0		11	16	68.8	64.0	1	12	4	4	+14
17	Sean Elliott S. Elliott	41	12/18/1992	SAS	vs	DAL	37	4	2	1	1	16	22	72.7	2	3	66.7	7	10	70.0	77.7	1	3	2	2
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	12/18/1986	CHI	@	IND	39	3	6	0	1	15	27	55.6	0	0		11	12	91.7	63.5	2	1	2	2
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	41	12/18/1964	SFW	vs	PHI	45	24	5			19	31	61.3				3	10	30.0	57.9				2
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	40	12/18/2023	PHI	vs	CHI	37	14	6	0	2	15	28	53.6	2	6	33.3	8	9	88.9	62.6	1	13	4	5	-5
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	40	12/18/2022	DEN	vs	CHA	40	27	10	2	0	13	26	50.0	2	4	50.0	12	17	70.6	59.7	7	20	5	4	+20
22	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	40	12/18/1973	LAL	vs	MIL	44	2	4			18	31	58.1				4	4	100.0	61.1				0
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	12/18/1970	MIL	vs	BOS	40	15	1			19	27	70.4				2	5	40.0	68.5				5
24	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	40	12/18/1968	SDR	@	DET		19	3			16	26	61.5				8	12	66.7	63.9				4
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	12/18/1990	CHI	vs	MIA	36	9	6	6	2	14	22	63.6	0	0		11	12	91.7	71.5	3	6	2	2