Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored more points than any NBA player ever – and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar may have set the record for most kinds of post-basketball success, from doing fight scenes with Bruce Lee to writing on the reboot of Veronica Mars.

Wilt Chamberlain

The record number of points scored in one NBA game by a single player, set by Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors on March 2, 1962.

Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain

Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain hold the record for most points scored in a single NBA Finals game with 61 points.

LeBron James

LeBron James scored an NBA season-high 51 points on Thursday as the Miami Heat topped the Orlando Magic 104-100 and closed in on the Boston Celtics for first place in the Eastern Conference.

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant once scored 81 points in a regular season NBA professional basketball game.

Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain

Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain had scored more points in NBA history.

Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant

Only Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant have scored more points than David Thompson in one NBA game.

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan scored 100 points in an NBA game and was the most physically dominating player in history; possibly in any sport.

Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain

Only Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain have scored more points in a team’s first 2 games in NBA history (sic).

only Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor

At the time only Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor had ever scored more points in an NBA game.

Kobe Bryant (33,643)

Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all-time points leader with 38,387 points, followed by Karl Malone (36,928) and Kobe Bryant (33,643) with Michael Jordan one place ahead of James at 32,292.

James Harden

Lillard had 11 3’s against Golden State on Jan. 20, the night James Harden scored an NBA season-high 61 points.

Michael Jordan, and Shaquille O’Neal

Two games where LeBron James recorded back-to-back 40+ points game, joining Jerry West, Rick Barry, Michael Jordan, and Shaquille O’Neal as the only players to accomplish the feat in NBA history.

Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook led the NBA in scoring with 31.9 per game.

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Square Pass: passings to a teammate running nearby. Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored the most number of points in a single NBA game, giving Wilt Chamberlain's team 100 of the total 169 scored against the New York Knicks in March 2, 1962.

Only Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant

Only Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant have scored more points in an NBA game.

Kyrie Irving and Lebron James

Kyrie Irving and Lebron James scored 27 points in a game , Lebron James scored 20+ points in 17 consecutive games against Denver Nuggets.

only Kobe Bryant and Klay Thompson

In the last quarter century—or pre-Wilt—in the NBA, only Kobe Bryant and Klay Thompson scored more points in the first half of a game.

Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James

Only two players in NBA history—Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James—scored more points in their first 300 contests.

Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Kevin Durant

only Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Kevin Durant, three of the NBA’s most prolific scorers.