List of NBA single-game scoring leaders

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 91 times in NBA history. 37 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 ; Kobe Bryant ; Damian Lillard ; Michael Jordan and James Harden ; Elgin Baylor ; and Karl-Anthony Towns, Devin Booker, Luka Dončić, and Stephen Curry. 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, and the oldest is Bryant.

Single-game leaders

Rank	Points	Player	Date	Team	Opponent	Score								Notes	Ref.
1	100	*		Philadelphia Warriors	New York Knicks	169–147	48	36	63	—	—	28	32
2	81	*		Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors	122–104	42	28	46	7	13	18	20
3	78	*		Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers	147–151	63	31	62	—	—	16	31
4	73	*		Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Packers	135–117	48	29	48	—	—	15	25
4	73	*		San Francisco Warriors	New York Knicks	127–111	48	29	43	—	—	15	19
4	73	*		Denver Nuggets	Detroit Pistons	137–139	43	28	38	—	—	17	20
4	73	^		Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks	148–143	45	25	33	8	13	15	16
8	72	*		San Francisco Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers	115–127	—	29	48	—	—	14	18
9	71	*		Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks	123–108	45	28	48	—	—	15	18
9	71	*		San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Clippers	112–97	44	26	41	1	2	18	25
9	71	^		Cleveland Cavaliers	Chicago Bulls	145–134	50	22	34	7	15	20	25
9	71	^		Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets	131–114	39	22	38	13	22	14	14
13	70	*		San Francisco Warriors	Syracuse Nationals	148–163	48	27	38	—	—	16	22
13	70	^		Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics	120–130	45	21	40	4	11	24	26
13	70	^		Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs	133–123	37	24	41	1	2	21	23
16	69	*		Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers	117–113	50	23	37	2	6	21	23
17	68	*		Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls	143–123	—	30	40	—	—	8	22
17	68	*		New Orleans Jazz	New York Knicks	124–107	43	26	43	—	—	16	19
19	67	*		Philadelphia Warriors	New York Knicks	135–126	—	27	37	—	—	13	17
19	67	*		Philadelphia Warriors	St. Louis Hawks	121–128	48	26	44	—	—	15	20
19	67	*		Philadelphia Warriors	New York Knicks	135–149	48	25	38	—	—	17	22
19	67	*		San Francisco Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers	129–134	—	28	47	—	—	11	17
23	66	*		Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns	134–116	48	29	35	—	—	8	18
24	65	*		Philadelphia Warriors	Cincinnati Royals	132–152	48	24	40	—	—	17	30
24	65	*		Philadelphia Warriors	St. Louis Hawks	147–137	48	25	43	—	—	15	20
24	65	*		Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers	132–125	—	28	43	—	—	9	20
24	65	*		Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers	116–111	50	23	39	8	12	11	12
28	64	*		Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics	136–115	—	25	47	—	—	14	19
28	64	*		Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers	143–120	43	30	45	—	—	4	5
28	64	*		Chicago Bulls	Orlando Magic	124–128	47	27	49	1	5	9	11
28	64	^		Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers	140–126	37	20	28	0	3	24	32
32	63	*		Philadelphia Warriors	Indianapolis Jets	108–87	—	27	56	—	—	9	14
32	63	*		Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia Warriors	151–147	—	23	55	—	—	17	24
32	63	*		Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks	129–121	39	22	36	—	—	19	22
32	63	*		San Francisco Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers	118–120	—	24	41	—	—	15	20
32	63	*		San Francisco Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers	117–128	—	27	58	—	—	9	20
32	63	*		San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Jazz	132–153	33	23	49	—	—	17	20
38	62	*		Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics	136–145	48	27	45	—	—	8	10
38	62	*		Philadelphia Warriors	St. Louis Hawks	136–130	53	24	48	—	—	14	20
38	62	*		Philadelphia Warriors	Syracuse Nationals	139–132	53	25	42	—	—	12	17
38	62	*		San Francisco Warriors	New York Knicks	123–103	—	27	44	—	—	8	17
38	62	*		San Francisco Warriors	Cincinnati Royals	122–106	—	26	44	—	—	10	21
38	62	*		Philadelphia 76ers	San Francisco Warriors	135–125	—	26	39	—	—	10	19
38	62	*		Orlando Magic	Washington Wizards	108–99	46	20	37	5	14	17	26
38	62	*		Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks	112–90	33	18	31	4	10	22	25
38	62	*		New York Knicks	Charlotte Bobcats	125–96	39	23	35	6	11	10	10
38	62	^		Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers	137–122	36	18	31	8	16	18	19
38	62	^		Minnesota Timberwolves	Charlotte Hornets	125–128	38	21	35	10	15	10	14
38	62	^		Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers	131–133	38	22	37	6	12	12	13
50	61	*		Minneapolis Lakers	Rochester Royals	91–81	—	22	45	—	—	17	21
50	61	*		Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Packers	135–113	48	28	48	—	—	5	10
50	61	*		Philadelphia Warriors	St. Louis Hawks	139–121	48	21	36	—	—	19	34
50	61	*		Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Packers	128–119	48	24	46	—	—	13	17
50	61	*		San Francisco Warriors	Cincinnati Royals	139–143	—	27	52	—	—	7	15
50	61	*		San Francisco Warriors	Syracuse Nationals	136–124	—	27	57	—	—	7	11
50	61	*		San Francisco Warriors	St. Louis Hawks	130–110	—	26	53	—	—	9	14
50	61	*		Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons	125–120	43	22	39	0	0	17	18
50	61	*		Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks	114–117	41	22	38	0	3	17	21
50	61	*		Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks	144–96	33	21	26	0	0	19	23
50	61	*		Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers	123–103	45	24	35	0	0	13	22
50	61	*		Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks	126–117	37	19	31	3	6	20	20
50	61	^		Miami Heat	Charlotte Bobcats	124–107	41	22	33	8	10	9	12
50	61	^		Houston Rockets	New York Knicks	114–110	40	17	38	5	20	22	25
50	61	^		Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs	111–105	37	19	34	9	13	14	17
50	61	^		Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors	129–124	45	17	37	11	20	16	16
50	61	^		Portland Trail Blazers	Dallas Mavericks	134–131	41	17	32	9	17	18	18
50	61	^		New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs	126–130	43	25	47	5	13	6	6
50	61	^		Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves	139–140	53	18	29	6	11	19	24
69	60	*		Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers	138–117	48	22	47	—	—	16	26
69	60	*		Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers	123–118	48	24	43	—	—	12	19
69	60	*		Los Angeles Lakers	Cincinnati Royals	126–113	—	22	36	—	—	16	24
69	60	*		New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets	114–120	41	19	30	0	0	22	26
69	60	*		Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks	126–115	43	22	36	1	4	15	16
69	60			Phoenix Suns	Seattle SuperSonics	121–95	42	22	32	0	0	16	18
69	60	*		Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic	112–99	42	17	36	2	5	24	27
69	60			Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers	147–141	49	17	32	5	12	21	27
69	60	*		Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies	121–119	45	20	37	3	7	17	18
69	60	*		Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz	101–96	42	22	50	6	21	10	12
69	60	^		Golden State Warriors	Indiana Pacers	142–106	29	21	33	8	14	10	11
69	60	^		Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic	114–107	46	19	30	5	14	17	18
69	60	^§		Charlotte Hornets	Philadelphia 76ers	119–122	45	21	34	6	14	12	12
69	60	^		Portland Trail Blazers	Brooklyn Nets	115–119	40	19	33	7	16	15	15
69	60	^		Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks	158–111	31	16	24	8	14	20	23
69	60	^		Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers	136–141	38	20	35	7	10	13	15
69	60	^		Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs	143–140	45	20	37	5	7	15	17
69	60	^		Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs	149–139	36	19	31	7	11	15	16
69	60	^		Brooklyn Nets	Orlando Magic	150–108	35	20	31	8	12	12	13
69	60	^		Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks	126–121	47	21	31	2	6	16	22
69	60	^		Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz	134–124	40	21	29	9	15	9	10
69	60	^		Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks	134–141	41	22	38	10	23	6	6
69	60	^		Sacramento Kings	Minnesota Timberwolves	126–130	44	22	35	6	10	10	11