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Jun 10 2011

Top 10 Highest Scoring NBA Players in a Game

Category: Best List | Best of | NBA | new list | top 10 lists — The List Ninja @ 07:25

The unofficial record for the most points scored in one game goes to Wilt Chamberlain for scoring 100 points back before there was sufficient record keeping and video archiving. This list is based on performances since 1985 according to team at Basketball Reference. Several of the best players of all time consistently make the Top 10 list of all time scoring performances.

Here are the Top 10 scoring performances by an NBA player since 1985:

Rank	Player	Points	Date	Team
1.	Kobe Bryant	81	2006-01-22	LAL
2.	David Robinson*	71	1994-04-24	SAS
3.	Michael Jordan*	69	1990-03-28	CHI
4.	Kobe Bryant	65	2007-03-16	LAL
5.	Michael Jordan*	64	1993-01-16	CHI
6.	Kobe Bryant	62	2005-12-20	LAL
	Tracy McGrady	62	2004-03-10	ORL
8.	Kobe Bryant	61	2009-02-02	LAL
	Shaquille O'Neal	61	2000-03-06	LAL
	Karl Malone*	61	1990-01-27	UTA
	Michael Jordan*	61	1987-04-16	CHI
	Michael Jordan*	61	1987-03-04	CHI

Which of these games to you remember the most?

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