all-time most nba single game points scored

LeBron James has scored the most career points, with 42,268 points.

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all-time most NBA single game points by a player scored

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	42,268	1,568	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	59,239	11,757	11,631	2,349	1,151	5,482	2,790	+7400
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38,387	1,559		24.6	11.2				10.2			0.0	0.0	5.9	4.3	6.0	72.1						17,441
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,928	1,475	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,839	14,966	5,247	2,087	1,145	4,521	4,574	+3014
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33,643	1,331	36.5	25.3	5.3	4.7	1.5	0.5	8.8	19.7	44.8	1.4	4.2	33.0	6.3	7.5	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.2	3.0	48,538	7,034	6,297	1,942	638	4,000	3,338	+4172
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32,292	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	6,672	5,633	2,515	892	2,924	2,783	+1438
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,560	1,509	34.0	20.9	7.6	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.4	15.7	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.2	4.8	5.5	87.9	57.8	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,266	11,470	3,650	1,209	1,279	2,486	3,588	+6572
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31,422	1,044		30.1	22.9				12.1						5.8	11.4	51.1						23,908
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31,051	1,141	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	1.9	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,904	7,919	4,982	1,192	1,285	3,606	2,184	+4902
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,596	1,205	34.8	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,903	13,093	3,026	739	2,729	3,307	4,141	+4891
10	James Harden J. Harden	28,303	1,173	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,818	6,597	8,503	1,742	665	4,351	2,906	+4549
11	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28,289	1,257	34.6	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.1	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.6	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	43,472	7,801	3,419	1,222	644	3,050	3,541	+1540
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,405	1,302		21.0	12.4				7.2	14.7	49.2	0.0			6.6	8.5	77.0	56.9					16,168
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27,311	1,285		21.3					8.5			0.0			4.2	6.2	67.0
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,946	1,235	35.8	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.4	3.3	7.9	3.0	44,190	13,737	3,057	2,161	3,822	3,665	4,378	+561
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	26,714	1,037		25.8				0.1	9.2						7.4	8.9	83.8									4
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,666	1,067	35.7	25.0	6.7	2.5			9.3	20.2	46.2	0.7			5.7	7.0	81.1	53.7				38,089	7,162	2,673				2,057	-378
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26,514	1,258	33.2	21.1	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.7	30.7	4.8	6.2	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,790	8,824	10,073	1,984	409	4,903	3,210	+2899
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,496	1,390	34.1	19.1	10.9	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,343	15,085	4,223	1,025	3,020	3,380	3,301	+8919
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,397	1,322	34.5	20.0	5.7	3.6	1.3	0.6	6.6	14.7	44.7	1.6	4.4	37.1	5.2	6.5	80.6	56.9	0.8	4.8	2.7	45,649	7,496	4,697	1,747	737	3,517	3,618	+3389
20	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,396	1,269		20.8					8.3						4.2	5.2	81.5
21	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26,071	1,449	34.7	18.0	10.1	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.6	49.8	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.4	4.3	79.0	54.7	2.2	7.9	2.2	50,250	14,619	5,427	1,852	2,035	3,174	3,537	+4951
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,832	1,037	34.2	24.9	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.5	18.0	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.3	4.0	4.3	91.2	62.6	0.6	4.0	3.1	35,439	4,872	6,600	1,573	273	3,233	2,339	+6226
23	Vince Carter V. Carter	25,728	1,473	31.0	17.5	4.4	3.2	1.0	0.6	6.3	14.4	43.9	1.6	4.1	37.7	3.3	4.1	79.8	54.0	1.1	3.3	1.7	45,644	6,516	4,665	1,510	875	2,562	3,912	+2006
24	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,703	1,205	34.8	21.3	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.3	47.0	0.5	1.7	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.3	55.7	0.7	3.7	2.0	41,902	5,270	4,943	1,200	397	2,399	2,698	+58
25	Alex English A. English	25,613	1,171	32.4	21.9	5.6	3.7			9.1	17.9	50.8	0.0			3.7	4.4	83.2	55.1				37,919	6,520	4,344				3,009