NBA: 40+ points in a game by players

[Iceman#44]

NBA: 40+ points in a game by players

Wilt Chamberlain 271
Michael Jordan 173
Kobe Bryant * 120
Elgin Baylor 88
Allen Iverson 79
Oscar Robertson 77
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 70
Rick Barry 70
George Gervin 68
Jerry West 66
Bob McAdoo 58
Dominique Wilkins 56
Adrian Dantley 52
LeBron James * 52
Shaquille O'Neal 49
Larry Bird 47
Bob Pettit 47
Bernard King 45
Tracy McGrady 45
Karl Malone 44
Kevin Durant * 41
Nate Archibald 37
Elvin Hayes 37
Pete Maravich 35
Carmelo Anthony * 34
Alex English 33
Vince Carter * 32
Hakeem Olajuwon 32
Dwyane Wade * 32
Patrick Ewing 30
Gilbert Arenas 29
Walt Bellamy 27
Moses Malone 26
Lou Hudson 23
George Mikan 23
Mark Aguirre 22
David Robinson 22
Charles Barkley 21
Clyde Drexler 21
Bob Lanier 21
Paul Pierce * 21
Dirk Nowitzki * 19
Purvis Short 18
Amare Stoudemire * 18
John Drew 17
Gail Goodrich 17
David Thompson 17
World B. Free 16
Richie Guerin 16
Stephon Marbury 16
Glen Rice 16
Jack Twyman 16
Kiki Vandeweghe 15
Dave Bing 14
Joe Dumars 14
Dale Ellis 14
Mike Mitchell 14
Ray Allen * 13
Bob Love 13
Geoff Petrie 13
Tom Chambers 12
Hal Greer 12
John Havlicek 12
Latrell Sprewell 12
George Yardley 12
Michael Redd 11
Chris Bosh * 10
Billy Cunningham 10
Walter Davis 10
Cliff Hagan 10
Billy Knight 10
Kevin Love * 10
Earl Monroe 10
Jerry Stackhouse 10
Isiah Thomas 10
Kelly Tripucka 10
John Williamson 10






Melo+LBJ+KD+DWade: 159 40+ games

WILT 271 :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[inclinerator]

wilt playoffs

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[Cold soul]

Melo+LBJ+KD+DWade: 159 40+ games

WILT 271 :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

Thanks for updated list.

[Iceman#44]

Gervin's 68 40+ games are great...if you think about that he play also some years in the ABA...

Now seriously, what about Durant, Lebron and Melo? I think KD can get more than 100 40+ games if healthy...
LeBron...don't know...maybe around 60-65 games
Melo: maybe in the 50

[Psileas]

wilt playoffs

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Fail.

Wilt, playoffs = Still top 4
Wilt, high scoring years, playoffs = 21.2% of his games were at 40+

For comparison:

1985-1993 Jordan = 27% of his games were at 40+
1962-1970 West = 18.5% of his games were at 40+
1998-2002 Shaq = 12.7% of his games were at 40+

[Marlo_Stanfield]

dat big dick dipper:applause: :applause: :bowdown:

[Psileas]

Gervin's 68 40+ games are great...if you think about that he play also some years in the ABA...

So are Rick Barry's. Actually, I think Barry is at around 115, combining his NBA+ABA career - and that's with the whole 1968 season missed (in his prime) + big parts of the 1969, 1970, 1971 seasons also missed. :bowdown:

[Lebronxrings]

weak eras don't count. Wilts stats are meaningless in the modern day, where guys like lebron would run circles around him.

[riseagainst]

weak eras don't count. Wilts stats are meaningless in the modern day, where guys like lebron would run circles around him.

:lol

[Psileas]

weak eras don't count. Wilts stats are meaningless in the modern day, where guys like lebron would run circles around him.

You mean the same LeBron who, for like 7 years, couldn't even post against a midget to save his life? If weak eras don't count, you better get him the hell out of the list. :oldlol:

[Iceman#44]

So are Rick Barry's. Actually, I think Barry is at around 115, combining his NBA+ABA career - and that's with the whole 1968 season missed (in his prime) + big parts of the 1969, 1970, 1971 seasons also missed. :bowdown:
Right. however, i was looking at some ABA stats: hell doctor j erving scored 63 and 58 and had more than 35 games with 40+, while in his entire nba career had just 9 40+ points games!:biggums:

[Mr.Kite]

Weak Era...try playing with the 2014 heats

[BigBoss]

Swaggy P with 2 this season

[Imtheman]

Didn't realize Kobe had that many:biggums:

[LAZERUSS]

wilt playoffs

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Maybe you can provide the list of players who put up a 50+ point game, in a "win-or-go-home" elimination game in the post-season?

Guess who would be #1????

[kennethgriffin]

someone the other day tried saying dirk was a better scorer than kobe or jordan

i said "kobe and mj probly have 50 more 40+ point games each


i was wrong



















they have 100+ more each

:coleman:

[IrishIggy]

Man I wish I had seen Stoudemire in his prime, only 3 less 40+ games than Barkley and Drexler, 1 less than Dirk too.

[Iceman#44]

someone the other day tried saying dirk was a better scorer than kobe or jordan

i said "kobe and mj probly have 50 more 40+ point games each


i was wrong



















they have 100+ more each

:coleman: Actually Kobe and MJ had more 40+ point games in ONE SEASON than Pierce or Dirk in their CAREER

[necya]

Fail.

Wilt, playoffs = Still top 4
Wilt, high scoring years, playoffs = 21.2% of his games were at 40+

For comparison:

1985-1993 Jordan = 27% of his games were at 40+
1962-1970 West = 18.5% of his games were at 40+
1998-2002 Shaq = 12.7% of his games were at 40+

i don't like when people manipulate statistics to fit their opinion.
i wonder what you call the high scoring years of Wilt and how did you find 21,2% while taking a 9 years spans for West to find 18,5%.

[strifed169]

Wilt playing against a bunch of short white dudes, overrated as fk

[The-Legend-24]

MJ & Kobe top 2, not surprised.

[L.Kizzle]

The two most surprising players on the list. Tracy McGrady and Gilbert Arenas.


T-Mac is tied for 15th All-Time with another great scorer with a short peak, Bernard King. That should show you all how great Mac was, (for those that put King up so highly.) Right below McGrady, is Karl Malone and right above him, the duo of Pettit and Bird.


Gilbert Arenas, had a total of (29) 40 point games. 28 of those came in that three year span with the Wizards. The other was I think in his rookie season with Golden State. He has more than Drexler, Barkley and Robinson. More than Dirk, Pierce and Ray Allen of the same era.

[BlkMambaGOAT]

MJ & Kobe top 2, not surprised.

:applause: Top 2 GOAT :applause:

[Psileas]

i don't like when people manipulate statistics to fit their opinion.
i wonder what you call the high scoring years of Wilt and how did you find 21,2% while taking a 9 years spans for West to find 18,5%.

You don't like it, yet you responded to my post and not to the bullshit it was addressing? If anything, everything I posted is a fact and what I addressed was, like I said, BS.
I don't manipulate anything. On the contrary, my point since...forever, has been that raw stats are the ones that manipulate minds a lot easier.

I have both Wilt's and West's game logs, so it was easy for me to compare the % of 40 point games iin their high scoring years.

[LAZERUSS]

i don't like when people manipulate statistics to fit their opinion.
i wonder what you call the high scoring years of Wilt and how did you find 21,2% while taking a 9 years spans for West to find 18,5%.

Psileas certainly doesn't need defending but West's "scoring seasons" were from 61-62 thru his 69-70 season (he led the league BTW.)

Wilt's "scoring seasons" were from 59-60 thru 65-66. And, his team was so pathetic in his 62-63 season, they didn't make the playoffs...in a season in which Wilt averaged 44.8 ppg on a .528 eFG%.

So, in his 52 playoff games in his "scoring seasons", 30 of which came against Russell BTW, he had 11 of 40+, and 4 of 50+ (three of which came in "must-win" games...including a 50-35 game against Russell.)

Furthermore, one can only imagine the playoff scoring records Chamberlain would own today, had he been in the Western Conference for all six of those post-seasons. In his one post-season in that conference (again, his 31-49 62-63 team didn't even make the post-season) he put up a 38.6 ppg seven game series on the Hawks, which included yet another 50 point game, and a series clinching performance of 39 points, on 19-29 shooting, with 26 rebounds, and 10 blocked shots.

Oh, and had he had the good fortune to have faced the Lakers in those post-seasons, he surely would own the post-season scoring records. In his 61-62 playoffs, his team lost a game seven to Russell's Celtics by a 109-107 margin. Russell went on to average 22.9 ppg, 27.0 rpg, and on a .543 FG% against LA in the Finals, including a game seven of 30 points and 40 rebounds.

In his 9 regular season H2H's with the 61-62 Lakers, Chamberlain averaged 51.6 ppg, 26.8 rpg, and shot .503 from the floor. Included were games of 60-21, 60-26, and a 78-43 game.

And it would not be a fluke, either. In Wilt's 62-63 season, and in 12 H2H games against the Lakers, he averaged 48.6 ppg, 23.9 rpg, and shot .541 from the field. Included were games of 63-30, 67-25, and 72-18. BTW, Russell averaged 21.2 ppg, 26.0 rpg, and on a .467 FG% against LA in the Finals.

In his 63-64 season, and in 12 more H2H games against LA, Wilt averaged 44.3 ppg, 20.8 ppg, and on a .484 FG%. included were games of 50-23, 55-14, 55-29, and 59-27. His low game against LA that season was 31 points.

In his 64-65 season, Wilt "stumbled" a bit against the Lakers, dropping to 29.9 ppg, 22.4 rpg, and on a .476 eFG%. Russell had a 5 game Finals against LA of 17.8 ppg, 25.0 rpg, and on a .702 FG%.

And in his last 'scoring season", in 65-66, and in 10 H2H games against LA, Wilt averaged 40.8 ppg, 25.8 rpg, and shot .546 from the field. Included were games, 49-30, 53-31, 65-29 and even a 30-15-13 game on 12-12 FG/FGA. And Russell averaged 23.6 ppg, on a .538 FG% against the Lakers in his 7 Finals games.

Again, one can only imagine the post-season scoring records Wilt would own today had he faced LA in any series from '62 thru '66.

[mr4speed]

Melo+LBJ+KD+DWade: 159 40+ games

WILT 271 :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Nice list! Did not know Oscar had 77 games = awesome.

[L.Kizzle]

A name I noticed that was not on the list, Dr. J.
You telling me that Julius Erving never put up more than ten 40 point games in his career? Clearly this must be a typo.

[Iceman#44]

A name I noticed that was not on the list, Dr. J.
You telling me that Julius Erving never put up more than ten 40 point games in his career? Clearly this must be a typo.
No. Erving had just 9 40+ Games in his NBA career

[L.Kizzle]

No. Erving had just 9 40+ Games in his NBA career
How about his ABA games? You'd think the Doctor would have at least 25 40 points games in the NBA.

[Iceman#44]

How about his ABA games? You'd think the Doctor would have at least 25 40 points games in the NBA.
More than 35 in the ABA, just 9 in the NBA:wtf:

[SilkkTheShocker]

You mean the same LeBron who, for like 7 years, couldn't even post against a midget to save his life? If weak eras don't count, you better get him the hell out of the list. :oldlol:

Wilt posted up against guys that sold car insurance in the offseason.

[LAZERUSS]

Wilt posted up against guys that sold car insurance in the offseason.

Yep... Lovellette, Reed, Bellamy, Cowens, Hayes, Unseld, Lanier, Thurmond, Russell, Kareem, ...even Gilmore...ALL in HOF...