youngest nba players to score 30 points in a game before 2020

Before 2019-20, LeBron James was the youngest in a game with 30+ points. He was 18 years and 334 days old against the Grizzlies on November 29, 2003.

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	NAME	Age	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	18-334	33	11/29/2003	CLE	vs	MEM	55	16	7	1	1	14	28	50.0	3	6	50.0	2	3	66.7	56.3	2	14	8	1	-10
2	LeBron James L. James	18-348	37	12/13/2003	CLE	vs	BOS	45	3	4	0	0	10	20	50.0	1	5	20.0	16	18	88.9	66.3	1	2	2	2	-2
3	LeBron James L. James	18-354	36	12/19/2003	CLE	@	PHI	42	4	5	4	0	14	24	58.3	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	71.1	1	3	4	1	+9
4	LeBron James L. James	18-355	32	12/20/2003	CLE	@	CHI	42	6	10	2	2	11	22	50.0	0	5	0.0	10	12	83.3	58.7	1	5	4	2	+9
5	LeBron James L. James	18-360	34	12/25/2003	CLE	@	ORL	47	2	6	2	1	13	28	46.4	4	10	40.0	4	5	80.0	56.3	1	1	8	0	-9
6	LeBron James L. James	18-363	32	12/28/2003	CLE	vs	POR	39	10	9	3	0	15	23	65.2	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	67.0	3	7	5	1	+11
7	LeBron James L. James	19-033	38	2/1/2004	CLE	@	WAS	43	6	4	0	2	14	27	51.9	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	59.7	3	3	6	4	0
8	LeBron James L. James	19-036	32	2/4/2004	CLE	vs	LAL	43	4	4	0	0	12	26	46.2	4	4	100.0	4	5	80.0	56.7	0	4	0	0	-2
9	LeBron James L. James	19-052	32	2/20/2004	CLE	vs	SAS	39	11	2	2	1	14	23	60.9	0	0		4	4	100.0	64.6	2	9	2	0	+3
10	LeBron James L. James	19-059	30	2/27/2004	CLE	@	ORL	49	11	3	3	1	11	19	57.9	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	66.6	1	10	5	1	+7
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	19-062	35	11/30/2007	SEA	vs	IND	40	5	2	2	3	12	20	60.0	3	5	60.0	8	12	66.7	69.2	0	5	7	4	+13
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	19-069	35	12/7/2007	SEA	vs	MIL	39	8	1	0	5	9	20	45.0	2	6	33.3	15	16	93.8	64.7	2	6	3	4	+18
13	LeBron James L. James	19-069	34	3/8/2004	CLE	@	ATL	45	6	7	1	0	11	23	47.8	1	4	25.0	11	13	84.6	59.2	2	4	2	1	+11
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	19-074	30	12/12/2007	SEA	@	NYK	35	5	4	2	0	11	20	55.0	1	5	20.0	7	8	87.5	63.8	1	4	3	1	+8
15	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	19-076	36	11/30/2018	MEM	@	BKN	43	8	2	0	0	13	22	59.1	3	7	42.9	7	7	100.0	71.8	3	5	1	4	+13
16	Devin Booker D. Booker	19-081	32	1/19/2016	PHX	vs	IND	40	0	2	0	0	9	16	56.3	6	11	54.5	8	8	100.0	82.0	0	0	4	3	-9
17	LeBron James L. James	19-088	41	3/27/2004	CLE	vs	NJN	43	6	13	3	0	15	29	51.7	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	61.4	2	4	2	1	+10
18	LeBron James L. James	19-095	34	4/3/2004	CLE	vs	GSW	46	8	10	1	1	12	28	42.9	3	5	60.0	7	11	63.6	51.8	3	5	3	1	-3
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	19-113	30	12/14/1997	LAL	vs	DAL	32	3	3	0	0	12	21	57.1	3	7	42.9	3	4	75.0	65.9	1	2	2	3	+13
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	19-116	33	12/17/1997	LAL	@	CHI	29	3	2	0	0	12	20	60.0	3	5	60.0	6	9	66.7	68.9	2	1	0	4	0
21	Devin Booker D. Booker	19-125	34	3/3/2016	PHX	@	MIA	39	3	4	0	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	9	9	100.0	68.1	0	3	4	4	-8
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	19-131	32	3/9/2016	PHX	vs	NYK	39	3	1	0	0	14	28	50.0	3	8	37.5	1	2	50.0	55.4	1	2	3	2	-25
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	19-132	35	3/10/2016	PHX	@	DEN	44	3	5	1	1	12	24	50.0	1	5	20.0	10	11	90.9	60.7	0	3	5	3	-16
24	Devin Booker D. Booker	19-150	30	3/28/2016	PHX	@	MIN	43	3	5	0	1	10	22	45.5	2	4	50.0	8	9	88.9	57.8	0	3	4	4	-4
25	Kevin Knox II K. Knox II	19-155	31	1/13/2019	NYK	vs	PHI	44	7	0	2	0	12	23	52.2	4	9	44.4	3	4	75.0	62.6	0	7	4	4	+11

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Before 2019-20, LeBron James was the youngest in a game with 30+ points. He was 18 years and 334 days old against the Grizzlies on November 29, 2003.

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

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9.9

8.3

2.0

2.0

1.9

3.1

1.9

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4.0

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NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

3,909.3

3,685.5

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36.1

33.4

38.0

37.4

36.4

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