who is the last nba player to score 46 points in a game

Donovan Mitchell dropped 48 points in Game 2 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Pacers on May 6.

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Who is the last NBA player to score 46 or more points in a game?

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5/6/2025	48	CLE	vs	IND	36	5	9	4	1	15	30	50.0	1	7	14.3	17	21	81.0	61.2	2	3	5	4	+13
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	4/1/2025	52	GSW	@	MEM	37	10	8	5	1	16	31	51.6	12	20	60.0	8	8	100.0	75.3	1	9	2	2	+17
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/1/2025	61	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
4	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	3/17/2025	46	PHI	@	HOU	43	13	4	2	1	15	27	55.6	8	14	57.1	8	13	61.5	70.3	2	11	6	3	-6
5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3/15/2025	48	OKC	@	DET	38	4	6	3	1	17	26	65.4	4	6	66.7	10	10	100.0	78.9	0	4	2	1	+18
6	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	3/7/2025	46	CHA	vs	CLE	39	8	2	2	0	15	32	46.9	4	10	40.0	12	13	92.3	61.0	1	7	1	4	+5
7	James Harden J. Harden	3/5/2025	50	LAC	vs	DET	38	4	5	1	1	14	24	58.3	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	76.2	0	4	5	2	+13
8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3/3/2025	51	OKC	vs	HOU	36	5	7	1	1	18	30	60.0	5	9	55.6	10	10	100.0	74.1	2	3	2	1	+6
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2/28/2025	46	BOS	vs	CLE	41	16	9	0	3	19	37	51.4	4	12	33.3	4	5	80.0	58.7	5	11	3	4	+5
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2/27/2025	56	GSW	@	ORL	34	4	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
11	Jamal Murray J. Murray	2/12/2025	55	DEN	vs	POR	42	4	5	2	0	20	36	55.6	7	15	46.7	8	9	88.9	68.8	2	2	2	3	+26
12	Devin Booker D. Booker	2/7/2025	47	PHX	vs	UTA	49	6	11	1	0	18	33	54.5	3	10	30.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	1	5	4	4	+7
13	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	2/5/2025	49	MIN	vs	CHI	37	9	3	1	1	13	28	46.4	6	14	42.9	17	18	94.4	68.2	3	6	5	2	+17
14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2/5/2025	50	OKC	vs	PHX	34	8	5	2	1	18	29	62.1	3	7	42.9	11	12	91.7	72.9	2	6	1	3	+42
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1/29/2025	52	OKC	@	GSW	39	3	4	1	0	16	29	55.2	2	6	33.3	18	21	85.7	68.0	0	3	3	4	+1
16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1/22/2025	54	OKC	vs	UTA	37	8	5	3	2	17	35	48.6	3	10	30.0	17	18	94.4	62.9	3	5	3	3	+9
17	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1/4/2025	53	MIN	@	DET	44	6	2	0	0	16	31	51.6	10	15	66.7	11	12	91.7	73.0	1	5	6	4	-3
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1/4/2025	46	DEN	@	SAS	43	9	10	2	2	19	35	54.3	3	8	37.5	5	6	83.3	61.1	4	5	2	3	+7
19	CJ McCollum	1/3/2025	50	NOP	vs	WAS	31	3	2	0	0	18	27	66.7	10	16	62.5	4	4	100.0	86.9	1	2	1	2	+21
20	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	12/28/2024	55	NYK	@	WAS	44	3	9	0	0	18	31	58.1	3	11	27.3	16	17	94.1	71.5	0	3	3	1	+1
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	12/28/2024	46	DAL	@	POR	39	2	2	2	1	16	26	61.5	5	12	41.7	9	9	100.0	76.8	1	1	4	1	-17
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12/8/2024	48	DEN	@	ATL	35	14	8	3	0	17	29	58.6	3	6	50.0	11	13	84.6	69.1	3	11	3	2	+25
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12/7/2024	56	DEN	@	WAS	39	16	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
24	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	11/23/2024	50	CHA	@	MIL	40	5	10	1	0	17	38	44.7	6	17	35.3	10	13	76.9	57.2	0	5	4	3	+7
25	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	11/16/2024	49	SAC	vs	UTA	36	3	9	2	0	16	30	53.3	3	4	75.0	14	19	73.7	63.9	0	3	4	3	+1