youngest player to score 20 points in a single game

Jermaine O'Neal is the youngest in a game with 20+ points. He was 18 years and 101 days old versus the Seattle SuperSonics on January 22, 1997.

Interpreted as:
youngest player to score 20 or more points in a single 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 Jermaine O'Neal
J. O'Neal
18-101
20
1/22/1997
POR POR
@
SEA SEA
25
6
0
0
2
8
10
80.0
0
0
4
4
100.0
85.0
2
4
1
4
+19
2 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
18-133
21
1/3/1997
LAL LAL
vs
SAC SAC
22
5
1
2
2
6
10
60.0
0
2
0.0
9
10
90.0
72.9
2
3
0
1
+10
3 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
18-148
21
1/18/1997
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
32
2
5
1
0
8
13
61.5
3
5
60.0
2
2
100.0
75.6
0
2
4
1
-1
4 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
18-216
20
3/27/1997
LAL LAL
@
VAN VAN
43
8
4
3
0
6
16
37.5
1
5
20.0
7
7
100.0
52.4
4
4
3
3
+14
5 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
18-228
24
4/8/1997
LAL LAL
@
GSW GSW
25
2
3
1
0
9
11
81.8
2
3
66.7
4
7
57.1
85.2
1
1
5
3
+23
6 Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
18-265
22
2/13/1998
TOR TOR
@
NJN NJN
37
8
1
1
1
7
16
43.8
0
0
8
10
80.0
53.9
3
5
1
1
-9
7 LeBron James
L. James
18-303
25
10/29/2003
CLE CLE
@
SAC SAC
42
6
9
4
0
12
20
60.0
0
2
0.0
1
3
33.3
58.6
2
4
2
3
-9
8 LeBron James
L. James
18-304
21
10/30/2003
CLE CLE
@
PHX PHX
41
12
8
1
0
8
17
47.1
1
5
20.0
4
7
57.1
52.3
2
10
7
1
-3
9 LeBron James
L. James
18-312
23
11/7/2003
CLE CLE
@
IND IND
44
5
3
0
0
8
18
44.4
1
2
50.0
6
7
85.7
54.6
0
5
7
2
-7
10 LeBron James
L. James
18-320
22
11/15/2003
CLE CLE
vs
PHI PHI
47
5
8
1
2
10
19
52.6
0
1
0.0
2
4
50.0
53.0
0
5
5
2
+8
11 Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
18-323
20
4/12/1998
TOR TOR
vs
NJN NJN
35
7
6
3
1
9
13
69.2
0
0
2
2
100.0
72.0
4
3
3
2
-15
12 LeBron James
L. James
18-324
28
11/19/2003
CLE CLE
@
WAS WAS
40
7
8
2
1
10
18
55.6
2
4
50.0
6
8
75.0
65.1
2
5
4
2
-5
13 Bill Willoughby
B. Willoughby
18-326
20
4/10/1976
ATL ATL
vs
PHI PHI
42
18
4
2
3
7
14
50.0
6
11
54.5
53.1
2
14 LeBron James
L. James
18-334
33
11/29/2003
CLE CLE
vs
MEM 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
15 LeBron James
L. James
18-346
23
12/11/2003
CLE CLE
vs
DET DET
43
3
9
1
1
8
21
38.1
1
3
33.3
6
8
75.0
46.9
1
2
4
3
+9
16 LeBron James
L. James
18-348
37
12/13/2003
CLE CLE
vs
BOS 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
17 LeBron James
L. James
18-350
27
12/15/2003
CLE CLE
@
IND IND
44
4
6
3
3
10
16
62.5
0
3
0.0
7
8
87.5
69.2
1
3
6
1
-12
18 Dwight Howard
D. Howard
18-354
24
11/26/2004
ORL ORL
@
ATL ATL
42
9
2
2
0
8
11
72.7
0
0
8
12
66.7
73.7
3
6
4
2
+12
19 LeBron James
L. James
18-354
36
12/19/2003
CLE CLE
@
PHI 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
20 LeBron James
L. James
18-355
32
12/20/2003
CLE CLE
@
CHI 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
21 LeBron James
L. James
18-358
22
12/23/2003
CLE CLE
vs
NOH NOH
39
6
2
6
1
7
22
31.8
1
6
16.7
7
8
87.5
43.1
2
4
5
1
+9
22 LeBron James
L. James
18-360
34
12/25/2003
CLE CLE
@
ORL 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
23 LeBron James
L. James
18-363
32
12/28/2003
CLE CLE
vs
POR 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
24 Dwight Howard
D. Howard
18-364
23
12/6/2004
ORL ORL
@
DEN DEN
42
10
4
4
0
7
12
58.3
0
0
9
15
60.0
61.8
4
6
4
0
-4
25 LeBron James
L. James
19
22
12/30/2003
CLE CLE
vs
IND IND
38
10
4
0
0
9
20
45.0
0
4
0.0
4
6
66.7
48.6
2
8
4
2
-2

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Team Rankings

ORTG

111.7

23rd

DRTG

114.7

16th

NETRTG

-3.0

22nd

3P%

34.2

26th

2024-25 Conference Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
10
Mavericks Mavericks
39
43
.476
29.0
11
Suns Suns
36
46
.439
32.0
12
Trail Blazers Trail Blazers
36
46
.439
32.0
13
Spurs Spurs
34
48
.415
34.0
14
Pelicans Pelicans
21
61
.256
47.0
Last Game

109

Final

81

LAL Lakers

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NBA 2024-25 Leaders

NBA 2024-25 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2024-25

NBA 2024-25 Betting

NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0

NBA 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
3/24
GSW GSW
@
MIA MIA
86-112
Mon
3/24
ATL ATL
@
HOU HOU
114-121
Mon
3/24
MEM MEM
@
UTA UTA
140-103
Mon
3/24
OKC OKC
@
SAC SAC
121-105
Mon
3/24
CLE CLE
@
POR POR
122-111

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
5/3
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
7:30 PM
Sun
5/4
IND IND
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
5/4
GSW GSW
@
HOU HOU
8:30 PM
Mon
5/5
NYK NYK
@
BOS BOS
1:00 PM
Tue
5/6
IND IND
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM