The modern NBA game only has seen one player come close to Chamberlain’s 100-point game, and that’s the late great Kobe Bryant. Bryant scored 81 points on 28-for-46 shooting from the floor (60.9%). He also hit seven threes and made 18 of his 20 free throws in an 18-point win ...
1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1999 had no player score 50+ points in a game. Most points in the NBA by month. Month Pts Player Year January 81 Kobe Bryant 2006 February 71 Damian Lillard 2023 March 100 Wilt Chamberlain 1962 April 73 David Thompson 1978 May 56 Charles Barkley 19...
Michael Jordan has dropped the most points in a playoff game, with 63 points in Game 2 of the 1986 First Round against the Celtics.
In the NBA Playoffs, only two players have eclipsed 60 points in a single game — Elgin Baylor and Michael Jordan — and both did so against the same foe.Baylor set the single-game record in 1962 witha 61-point performancefor the Lakers in a win over the Celtics in Game 5 of the NB...
it would be 15 years before another 40-year-old reached the mark in the NBA. The player to reach that mark would beManu Ginobiliof theSan Antonio Spursin his 16th and final season. In a January game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Ginobili would have 26 points, 4...
most pointsby a playerin a NBAregular-seasongame NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/- 1 Wilt Chamberlain 100 3/2/1962 PHI NYK 48 25 2 36 63 57.1 28 32 87.5 64.9 2 2 Kobe Bryant 81
Full list of NBA players that were selected for the All-Star Game sorted by more selections, with details of times selected, games played, years and MVPs won.
In 1962, Warriors' center Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points against the Knicks. Warriors win 169-147. No one has passed this and it remains the record for most points scored by one player in a Basketball game. The closest was Kobe Bryant's 81 points.
Elgin Baylor has the record for most points scored in an NBA Final Game with 61. Baylor is one of seven players to cross the 50-point plateau in a Finals game, with Giannis Antetokounmpo being the most recent player to do so. Most points in a Finals game Rank Player(s) Poi...
Two current Lakers teammates sit atop the two leaderboards - for most points in a single NBA All-Star Game and most points in NBA All-Star Game history.