David Thompson is the youngest in a game with 71+ points. He was 23 years and 270 days old versus the Pistons on April 9, 1978.
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youngest NBA players to score 71 or more points in a regular-season game| 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 |  | D. Thompson | 23-270 | 73 | 4/9/1978 |  DEN | @ |  DET | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 73.7 | 17 | 20 | 85.0 | 78.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 2 |  | L. Dončić | 24-332 | 73 | 1/26/2024 |  DAL | @ |  ATL | 45 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 33 | 75.8 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 91.2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | +13 |
| 3 |  | W. Chamberlain | 25-109 | 78 | 12/8/1961 |  PHI | vs |  LAL | 63 | 43 | 1 | 31 | 62 | 50.0 | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 51.6 | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | | W. Chamberlain | 25-145 | 73 | 1/13/1962 | PHI | vs |  CHI | 48 | 36 | 0 | 29 | 48 | 60.4 | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 61.9 | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | | W. Chamberlain | 25-193 | 100 | 3/2/1962 | PHI |  NYK | 48 | 25 | 2 | 36 | 63 | 57.1 | 28 | 32 | 87.5 | 64.9 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 6 |  | E. Baylor | 26-060 | 71 | 11/15/1960 | LAL | @ | NYK | 45 | 25 | 1 | 28 | 48 | 58.3 | 15 | 19 | 78.9 | 63.0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 7 | | W. Chamberlain | 26-074 | 72 | 11/3/1962 |  SFW | @ | LAL | 48 | 18 | 1 | 29 | 48 | 60.4 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 64.4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 | | W. Chamberlain | 26-087 | 73 | 11/16/1962 | SFW | @ | NYK | 48 | 14 | 1 | 29 | 43 | 67.4 | 15 | 19 | 78.9 | 71.1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 9 |  | D. Mitchell | 26-117 | 71 | 1/2/2023 |  CLE | vs |  CHI | 50 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 20 | 25 | 80.0 | 78.9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | +19 |
| 10 |  | K. Bryant | 27-152 | 81 | 1/22/2006 | LAL | vs |  TOR | 42 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 46 | 60.9 | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 73.9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | +25 |
| 11 |  | D. Robinson | 28-261 | 71 | 4/24/1994 |  SAS | @ |  LAC | 44 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 41 | 63.4 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 18 | 25 | 72.0 | 68.3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | |
| 12 |  | D. Lillard | 32-226 | 71 | 2/26/2023 |  POR | vs |  HOU | 39 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | 80.4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | +21 |
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