nba player with most points in a minute from 1946-47 to 2022-23

Between the 1946-47 and 2022-23 seasons, LeBron James had the most points when playing >0 minutes, with 38,652 points.

	NAME	PTS	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	38,652	54,094	1,421	38.1	27.2	7.5	7.3	1.5	0.8	10.0	19.7	50.5	1.6	4.6	34.5	5.7	7.7	73.5	58.8	1.2	6.3	3.5	10,667	10,420	2,186	1,073	4,966	2,604	+7223
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38,387	57,446	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,928	54,852	1,476	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	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33,643	48,637	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32,292	41,011	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	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,560	51,368	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31,419	47,859	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				23,924	4,643				2,075
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,596	41,918	1,207	34.7	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	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
9	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28,289	43,514	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1528
10	Moses Malone M. Malone	27,409	45,071	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
11	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27,313	50,000	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.4	18.6	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	49.1	3.1	7.8	2.4	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,946	44,222	1,238	35.7	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	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	26,892	36,180	986	36.7	27.3	7.1	4.3	1.1	1.1	9.3	18.7	49.9	1.9	4.9	38.5	6.7	7.6	88.6	61.9	0.7	6.4	3.2	6,959	4,267	1,055	1,105	3,120	1,900	+4481
14	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	26,710	43,886	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
15	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,668	38,113	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,496	47,368	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	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	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,397	45,880	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
18	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	26,395	46,471	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.8	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26,071	50,418	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
20	Vince Carter V. Carter	25,728	46,367	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
21	Alex English A. English	25,613	38,063	1,193	31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	8.9	17.6	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	55.0	2.3	3.2	2.5	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027
22	Reggie Miller R. Miller	25,279	47,619	1,389	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	5.9	12.6	47.1	1.8	4.7	39.5	4.5	5.1	88.8	61.4	0.6	2.4	1.7	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	2,730	+2015
23	Jerry West J. West	25,192	36,571	932	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	2.8		5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435
24	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24,815	40,594	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	4,034	+412
25	James Harden J. Harden	24,693	34,752	1,000	34.8	24.7	5.6	7.0	1.5	0.5	7.3	16.5	44.2	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.4	8.6	86.0	60.9	0.8	4.9	3.7	5,648	7,015	1,520	543	3,734	2,568	+3975