nba player most points in a game with 40+ fga since 1980

Since 1979-80, Kobe Bryant has posted the most points in a game with 40+ field-goal attempts, with 81 points against the Raptors on January 22, 2006.

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NBA player most points in a regular-season game with 40+ fga since 1980
NAME PTS FGA DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
81
46
1/22/2006
LAL LAL
vs
TOR TOR
42
6
2
3
1
28
60.9
7
13
53.8
18
20
90.0
73.9
2
4
3
1
+25
2 David Robinson
D. Robinson
71
41
4/24/1994
SAS SAS
@
LAC LAC
44
14
5
0
2
26
63.4
1
2
50.0
18
25
72.0
68.3
4
10
8
2
3 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
70
41
1/22/2024
PHI PHI
vs
SAS SAS
37
18
5
1
1
24
58.5
1
2
50.0
21
23
91.3
68.5
9
9
1
2
+11
4 Devin Booker
D. Booker
70
40
3/24/2017
PHX PHX
@
BOS BOS
45
8
6
3
1
21
52.5
4
11
36.4
24
26
92.3
68.0
2
6
5
3
-6
5 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
64
49
1/16/1993
CHI CHI
vs
ORL ORL
47
6
1
5
0
27
55.1
1
5
20.0
9
11
81.8
59.4
4
2
2
5
6 Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
61
47
3/29/2024
NYK NYK
@
SAS SAS
43
4
6
1
0
25
53.2
5
13
38.5
6
6
100.0
61.4
1
3
1
2
+20
7 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
60
50
4/13/2016
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
42
4
4
1
1
22
44.0
6
21
28.6
10
12
83.3
54.3
0
4
2
1
+7
8 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
58
45
12/29/2006
LAL LAL
@
CHA CHA
54
5
4
0
0
22
48.9
4
11
36.4
10
12
83.3
57.7
0
5
4
6
+5
9 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
58
42
1/15/2002
PHI PHI
vs
HOU HOU
50
2
6
2
0
21
50.0
2
3
66.7
14
14
100.0
60.2
0
2
6
2
+8
10 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
57
40
3/29/2017
OKC OKC
@
ORL ORL
42
13
11
3
0
21
52.5
6
15
40.0
9
11
81.8
63.6
3
10
7
3
+8
11 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
54
43
4/12/2015
OKC OKC
@
IND IND
40
9
8
1
0
21
48.8
5
15
33.3
7
11
63.6
56.4
1
8
2
5
-4
12 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
53
44
3/30/2007
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
48
2
2
0
0
19
43.2
3
9
33.3
12
14
85.7
52.8
1
1
3
2
+1
13 George Gervin
G. Gervin
53
40
1/8/1980
SAS SAS
vs
DEN DEN
43
3
2
3
1
23
57.5
0
0
7
8
87.5
60.9
1
2
2
2
14 Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
52
41
4/7/2024
PHI PHI
@
SAS SAS
54
5
7
2
0
19
46.3
2
10
20.0
12
12
100.0
56.2
0
5
1
2
+14
15 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
51
44
10/28/2016
OKC OKC
vs
PHX PHX
45
13
10
2
0
17
38.6
2
10
20.0
15
20
75.0
48.3
3
10
5
3
+7
16 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
51
40
1/21/2001
PHI PHI
vs
TOR TOR
51
3
4
1
0
20
50.0
4
8
50.0
7
8
87.5
58.6
1
2
4
4
-8
17 Chris Webber
C. Webber
51
47
1/5/2001
SAC SAC
vs
IND IND
50
26
5
3
2
24
51.1
0
1
0.0
3
6
50.0
51.4
10
16
4
4
-1
18 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
50
41
1/7/2006
LAL LAL
@
LAC LAC
45
8
8
1
0
17
41.5
7
15
46.7
9
10
90.0
55.1
3
5
3
2
+9
19 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
50
40
2/6/2000
PHI PHI
vs
SAC SAC
44
9
6
1
0
20
50.0
1
7
14.3
9
11
81.8
55.8
2
7
7
2
+14
20 James Harden
J. Harden
49
41
11/16/2019
HOU HOU
@
MIN MIN
39
6
6
0
0
16
39.0
8
22
36.4
9
11
81.8
53.4
1
5
5
4
+16
21 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
49
40
3/22/1996
ORL ORL
@
WAS WAS
45
17
2
1
3
21
52.5
0
0
7
13
53.8
53.6
8
9
3
4
22 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
49
43
2/14/1990
CHI CHI
@
ORL ORL
47
7
2
0
1
21
48.8
0
2
0.0
7
10
70.0
51.7
1
6
0
1
23 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
48
44
1/14/2008
LAL LAL
@
SEA SEA
42
2
2
1
0
21
47.7
2
8
25.0
4
7
57.1
51.0
0
2
1
1
-3
24 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
48
40
1/30/1997
HOU HOU
vs
DEN DEN
43
10
3
0
2
24
60.0
0
0
0
0
60.0
3
7
3
3
-1
25 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
45
40
11/15/2002
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
45
4
4
3
1
18
45.0
1
3
33.3
8
10
80.0
50.7
0
4
1
3
+6
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1982-83 season.

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TEAM 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
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
10/21
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Thu
12/25
HOU HOU
@
LAL LAL
8:00 PM
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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
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32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
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6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
3/30
UTA UTA
@
CHA CHA
106-110
Sun
3/30
BOS BOS
@
MEM MEM
117-103
Sun
3/30
CHI CHI
@
OKC OKC
117-145
Sun
3/30
BKN BKN
@
DAL DAL
113-109
Sun
3/30
HOU HOU
@
LAL LAL
98-104

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
10/21
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
7:30 PM
Tue
10/21
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Wed
10/22
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
7:00 PM
Wed
10/22
SAS SAS
@
DAL DAL
9:30 PM
Thu
10/23
OKC OKC
@
IND IND
7:30 PM