Which player scored the most points in one game in each season?

vegan_vicky

I would like to see a statistic showing which player has scored the most points in one basketball game every season. I know Wilt Chamberlain holds the general record, but it would be nice to see who came close and who had the best scoring game in each season.

Originally asked by Peter Noble on Stack Exchange (sports) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Since the 1963-1964 season as of the 2023-2024 NBA season: 2023-2024 : Luka Doncic (73 - 01/26/2024) 2022-2023 : Damian Lillard (71 - 02/26/2023), Donovan Mitchell (71 - 01/02/2023) 2021-2022 : Kyrie Irving (60 - 03/15/2022), Karl-Anthony Towns (60 - 03/14/2022) 2020-2021 : Stephen Curry (62 - 01/03/2021) 2019-2020 : Damian Lillard (61 - 08/11/2020, 01/20/2020) 2018-2019: James Harden (61 - 01/23/2019, 03/22/2019) 2017-2018: James Harden (60 - 01/30/2018) 2016-2017: Devin Booker (70 - 03/24/2017) 2015-2016: Kobe Bryant (60 - 04/13/2016) 2014-2015: Kyrie Irving (57 - 03/12/2015) 2013-2014: Carmelo Anthony (62 - 01/24/2014) 2012-2013: Stephen Curry (54 - 02/27/2013) 2011-2012: Deron Williams...

Full answer by user527: https://sports.stackexchange.com/a/4005 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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