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List of NBA single-game scoring leaders

List of NBA single-game scoring leaders

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This is a complete listing of National Basketball Association players who have scored 60 or more points in a regular season game.

This feat has been accomplished 89 times in NBA history. Thirty-six players have scored 60 or more points in a game, while just ten players have joined the 70-point club. Only 10 players have scored 60 or more points on more than one occasion: Wilt Chamberlain (32 times); Kobe Bryant (6 times); Damian Lillard (5 times); Michael Jordan and James Harden (4 times); Elgin Baylor (3 times); and Karl-Anthony Towns, Devin Booker, Luka Dončić, and Stephen Curry (2 times). Chamberlain holds the single-game scoring record, having scored 100 points in a game in 1962. The youngest player to score at least 60 points in a regular season game is Devin Booker (70 points; 20 years and 145 days),[1] and the oldest is Bryant (60 points; 37 years and 234 days).[2]

Single-game leaders

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^ Denotes player who is currently active in the NBA
* Denotes player who has been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
† Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration[lower-alpha 1]
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Notes

A Chamberlain set the following, still-standing (as of the 2023–24 season) single-game NBA records: points scored (100), points scored in a half (59), shots made (36), shots attempted (63), and free throws made (28). Also set a then-record for points scored in a quarter (31). Last game in a streak in which Chamberlain scored 60 points or more in four straight games. The game, which wasn't televised, was played at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
B Outscored the Raptors 55–41 in the second half. Led Lakers from an 18-point deficit. Bryant was in the middle of a free throw scoring streak which came to an end at 62. Scored 28 of the Lakers' 31 points in the fourth quarter. Scored 19 consecutive Laker points between the end of the first half and the middle of the third quarter.
C 3 OT; set a then-record for points in a game. Most points scored in a losing effort. Also recorded 43 rebounds.
D Set a then-record for points in a regulation game.
E Most points scored in an opposing arena.
F Last game of the season; George Gervin scored 63 on the same night to win the scoring title by a .07 margin.
G Set a then-record for points in a game.
H Last game of regular season to win a scoring title over Shaquille O'Neal.
I Scored 13 points in OT.
J Youngest player to score at least 60 points in a game.
K 8 points in overtime. OT victory; also recorded his regular season career-high for rebounds in this game with 18.
L Last time Chamberlain scored 60.
M Scored basket that sent game in OT. Scored nine in extra period.
N Set a then-record for points in a game.
O Scored 7 points in OT.
P Pre-shot clock era; set a then-record for points in a game.
Q 3 OT.
R Scored a then-record 33 points in the second quarter. Lost game but won the scoring title on last game of the season over David Thompson.
S OT; Game played at Detroit, Michigan.
T OT; Game played at Utica, New York.
U Sat out the fourth quarter; outscored Dallas alone through three quarters, 62–61.
V Anthony made a half-court buzzer-beater at the end of the first half.
W 2 OT; Mikan scored 67% of his team's points.
X Scored four points in OT.
Y Part of a streak in which Jordan scored 50 or more points in three consecutive games to become the only player besides Wilt Chamberlain with a 3,000-point season.
Z On his 28th birthday.
AA Made his first 8 three-pointers.
AB Chamberlain's seventh straight 50+ point game (an NBA record) and 13th straight 40+ point game (he would push this streak to 14 the next evening). Game played at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
AC Game played at Cleveland, Ohio.
AD Scored last basket at the buzzer. Game played at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.
AE Scored 16 of his team's 21 points in OT, setting an NBA record.
AF 3rd game of a four-game 50+ streak; Bryant's 50+ streak exceeded only by Chamberlain's streaks of seven (twice), six, and five (four times).
AG Final game of Bryant's career. Oldest player to score 60.
AH Sat out the fourth quarter.
AI Also had 10 rebounds and 11 assists, setting the record for highest-scoring triple-double in NBA history.
AJ Scored two points in OT.
AK Sat out the fourth quarter.
AL Scored ten points in OT.
AM Scored seven points in OT; also had 21 rebounds and 10 assists, tying the record for highest-scoring triple-double in NBA history.
AN Scored eight points in OT, joined Kobe Bryant as the only players in NBA history to score 60 after turning 35 years old.
  1. A player is not eligible for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame until he has been fully retired for three calendar years.

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