List of National Basketball Association career playoff scoring leaders
James, LeBron LeBron James ^ SF Cleveland Cavaliers (2006 -- 2010, 2015 -- 2017) Miami Heat (2011 -- 2014) 6,163 217 28.4 2,182 331 1,468
List of career achievements by Kobe Bryant
Bryant currently ranks third both on the league's all - time post-season scoring and all - time regular season scoring lists. He has been selected to 15 All - NBA Team (eleven times to the All - NBA First Team) and 12 All - Defensive Team (nine times to the All - Defensive First Team). He was selected to play in the NBA All - Star Game on 18 occasions, winning All - Star MVP Awards in 2002, 2007, 2009 and 2011 (he shared the 2009 award with Shaquille O'Neal). He also won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1997. He has had 1 eighty - point game, 6 sixty - point games (including his final game), 26 fifty - point games, and 134 forty - point games in his career. Kobe had been also in a three way tie with Stephen Curry and Donyell Marshall for most three pointers with 12 in a game until November 8, 2016 when Curry set a new record with 13. In his final game on April 13, 2016, at 37 years old, he became the oldest player to score 60 in a single game and set the highest point total in the 2015 - 16 regular season.
List of career achievements by LeBron James
Number Date Opponent Box Score Minutes played Points Field goals Three - point field goals Free throws Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Notes March 3, 2014 vs Charlotte Bobcats W 124 -- 107 41: 12 61 22 -- 33 8 -- 10 9 -- 12 7 0 0
Mac McClung
Prior to his final high school season, on October 6, 2017, McClung decommitted from Rutgers. Over one week later, he committed to Georgetown. On December 12, he made his senior debut by scoring 47 points, shooting 18 - of - 23, in a 96 -- 43 win over Lee High School. Among those in attendance was Georgetown head coach Patrick Ewing. On January 11, 2018, after opposing coach James Schooler reportedly told him ``you're going to Georgetown to sit, ''McClung scored 44 points against Fern Creek High School of Louisville, Kentucky at the Arby's Classic tournament in Bristol, Tennessee. McClung broke the VHSL single - season scoring record previously held by Hall of Famer Allen Iverson during the 2018 VHSL regional playoffs on February 21, surpassing Iverson's record of 948 points in 25 games -- five fewer than it took Iverson to amass the previous record. He ended his high school career with Gate City's first state championship, scoring 47 points in an 80 -- 65 title - game win over Staunton's Robert E. Lee High. The 47 points broke a VHSL all - classes scoring record for a championship game that had been held by current NBA player J.J. Redick. McClung finished the season with 1,153 points and 2,801 for his career, also a VHSL all - classes record, and was again named Southwest Virginia Player of the Year by the Herald Courier.
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant Bryant with the Lakers in 2015 (1978 - 08 - 23) August 23, 1978 (age 40) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nationality American Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Listed weight 212 lb (96 kg) Career information High school Lower Merion (Ardmore, Pennsylvania) NBA draft 1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall Selected by the Charlotte Hornets Playing career 1996 -- 2016 Position Shooting guard Number 8, 24 Career history 1996 -- 2016 Los Angeles Lakers Career highlights and awards 5 × NBA champion (2000 -- 2002, 2009, 2010) 2 × NBA Finals MVP (2009, 2010) NBA Most Valuable Player (2008) 18 × NBA All - Star (1998, 2000 -- 2016) 4 × NBA All - Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011) 11 × All - NBA First Team (2002 -- 2004, 2006 -- 2013) 2 × All - NBA Second Team (2000, 2001) 2 × All - NBA Third Team (1999, 2005) 9 × NBA All - Defensive First Team (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006 -- 2011) 3 × NBA All - Defensive Second Team (2001, 2002, 2012) 2 × NBA scoring champion (2006, 2007) NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1997) NBA All - Rookie Second Team (1997) Naismith Prep Player of the Year (1996) Nos. 8 & 24 retired by Los Angeles Lakers Career statistics Points 33,643 (25.0 ppg) Rebounds 7,047 (5.2 rpg) Assists 6,306 (4.7 apg) Stats at Basketball-Reference.com Medals (hide) Men's basketball Representing United States Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team FIBA Americas Championship 2007 Las Vegas Team
Michael Jordan
Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, ten scoring titles (both all - time records), five MVP Awards, ten All - NBA First Team designations, nine All - Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All - Star Game selections, three All - Star Game MVP Awards, three steals titles, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press' list of athletes of the century. Jordan is a two - time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, having been enshrined in 2009 for his individual career, and again in 2010 as part of the group induction of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team (``The Dream Team ''). He became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015.
List of National Basketball Association single-game scoring leaders
This feat has been accomplished 67 times in NBA history. Twenty - three different players have scored 60 or more points in a game. Only four players have scored 60 or more points on more than one occasion: Wilt Chamberlain (32 times), Kobe Bryant (6 times), Michael Jordan (5 times), and Elgin Baylor (4 times).
List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders
Wilt Chamberlain holds the all - time records for total points scored (4,029) and points per game (50.4) in a season; both records were achieved in the 1961 -- 62 season. He also holds the rookie records for points per game when he averaged 37.6 points in the 1959 -- 60 season. Among active players, Kevin Durant has the highest point total (2,593) and the highest scoring average (32.0) in a season; both were achieved in the 2013 -- 14 season.
List of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky
Gretzky set records in both regular season and post-season play, holding the record for most career regular season goals (894), assists (1,963), points (2,857) and hat - tricks (50). The next closest player in total points for the regular season is Jaromir Jagr at 1,921, thus Gretzky had more career assists than any other player has total points. Gretzky scored his first 1,000 points faster (424 games) than any other player in NHL history, and scored a second 1,000 points (point number 1,001 through 2,000) faster (433 games) than any player other than himself. Gretzky's point total including regular season and playoffs stands at an imposing 3,239 (1,016 goals, 2,223 assists).
Daequan Cook
Daequan Cook was averaging 8.2 points per game in his rookie season with the Miami Heat before being sent to the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League in late February 2008. He returned to the Heat on March 8 and in his second game back on March 10 he scored a career-high 23 points in a one-point loss to the L.A. Clippers. He scored a new career-high of 27 against the Phoenix Suns on March 4, 2009, going 6–8 from 3-point range.
Tony Windis
Tony Windis (born January 27, 1933) is a former NBA basketball player for the Detroit Pistons. Windis played college basketball at the University of Wyoming, where he ranks 2nd all time in the school's career scoring average with 21.2 ppg. He was drafted with the second pick in the fifth round of the 1959 NBA Draft. He appeared in nine games for the Detroit Pistons in the 1959-60 NBA season and he averaged 4.0 points per game, 5.2 rebounds per game and 3.6 assists per game.
Game score
The highest game score for a nine - inning game in the history of baseball is Kerry Wood's one - hit, no walk, 20 - strikeout shutout performance for the Chicago Cubs against the Houston Astros on May 6, 1998. His game score was 105 (50 + 27 + 10 + 20 -- 2).
Lancaster Gordon
Lancaster Gordon (born June 24, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round (8th pick overall) of the 1984 NBA Draft. A 6'3" guard from the University of Louisville, Gordon was selected as the Most Valuable Player in the 1983 NCAA Mideast Regional, and went on to play four NBA seasons for the Clippers from 1984 to 1988. In his career, Gordon played in 201 games and scored a total of 1,125 points. Gordon also played parts of three seasons in the Continental Basketball Association from 1988 to 1991. He averaged 8.2 points per game in 39 games for the Pensacola Tornados, La Crosse Catbirds and Sioux Falls Skyforce.
List of oldest and youngest National Basketball Association players
The oldest player ever to play in the NBA was Nat Hickey who played one game in the 1947 -- 48 season when he was 45 years and 363 days old. Hickey, who was coaching the Providence Steamrollers at the time, decided to activate himself and played in a game for the Steamrollers. In his first and only game as a player for the Steamrollers, he missed all six of his shot attempts and only scored two points from three free throw attempts. The second oldest player is Kevin Willis. Willis, who had played 20 seasons (excluding the 1988 -- 89 season he missed due to injury) in the league before he sat out the 2005 -- 06 season and earned a contract with the Dallas Mavericks on April 2, 2007. He then played 5 games for the Mavericks at the age of 44. The third oldest player is Hall of Famer Robert Parish. Parish, who starred with the Boston Celtics in the 1980s, played his last season with the Chicago Bulls at the age of 43. He played in 1,611 regular season games during his 21 - year career, more than any other player in NBA history. When the Bulls won the 1997 Finals, Parish became the oldest player ever to win the NBA championship. There are currently 27 players who played in the NBA after they turned 40.
List of National Basketball Association single-game scoring leaders
This feat has been accomplished 68 times in NBA history. Twenty - five different players have scored 60 or more points in a game. Only four players have scored 60 or more points on more than one occasion: Wilt Chamberlain (32 times), Kobe Bryant (6 times), Michael Jordan (5 times), and Elgin Baylor (4 times). Chamberlain holds the single - game scoring record, having scored 100 points in a game in 1962.
Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game
Wilt Chamberlain set the single - game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169 -- 147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It is widely considered one of the greatest records in basketball. Chamberlain set five other league records that game including most free throws made, a notable achievement, as he was regarded as a poor free throw shooter. The teams broke the record for most combined points in a game (316). That season, Chamberlain averaged a record 50.4 points per game, and he had broken the NBA single - game scoring record (71) earlier in the season in December with 78 points. The third - year center had already set season scoring records in his first two seasons. In the fourth quarter, the Knicks began fouling other players to keep the ball away from Chamberlain, and they also became deliberate on offense to reduce the number of possessions for Philadelphia. The Warriors countered by committing fouls of their own to get the ball back.
List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders
At 21 years and 197 days, Durant is the youngest scoring leader in NBA history, averaging 30.1 points in the 2009 -- 10 season. The most recent champion is Russell Westbrook, who averaged a career - high 31.6 points in the 2016 -- 17 season.
Four-point play
Sam Smith of the Chicago Bulls completed the first four - point play in NBA history on October 21, 1979, in a game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Dale Ellis was the first player in NBA history to complete two four - point plays in the same game when he did so in a win against the Sacramento Kings on January 26, 1988. On April 29, 2009, James Jones completed two four - point plays in a span of eleven seconds. As of March 6, 2017, Jamal Crawford is the league's career leader in regular - season four - point plays with 50, and 55 when including postseason play.
Carl McNulty
Carl Edwin McNulty (born February 14, 1930) is an American former professional basketball player. McNulty was selected in the 1952 NBA draft by the Minneapolis Lakers after a collegiate career at Purdue. He toured the United States as a member of the College All-Stars, playing a series of games vs. the Harlem Globetrotters, then entered the U.S. military. After spending two years in the U.S. Navy to meet his military obligation, he returned to civilian life. He played for the Milwaukee Hawks in one game in February 1955 and scored two points.
Kobe Bryant
The number of forty - plus point games players accumulate over their careers is often reported in media. Bryant has played 135 games in which he has scored 40 or more points; of these, 6 were 60 - plus point games and 26 were 50 - plus point games. He is third behind Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan, who scored 40 or more in 284 and 211 games, respectively. In 2003, Bryant scored 40 points or more in nine consecutive games, tying Jordan, who accomplished the same feat in the 1986 -- 87 season. The only player with longer streaks of 40 or more is Chamberlain, who had 14 consecutive games twice in the 1961 -- 62 season and 10 consecutive games in the 1962 -- 63 season. In 2006, Bryant scored a career - high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors. It was the second - highest number of points scored in a game in NBA history, behind only Chamberlain's 100 - point performance in 1962. In 2007, Bryant scored 50 points or more in four consecutive games; this accomplishment is fifth in NBA history behind streaks by Chamberlain, who had 50 or more in seven, six and five (twice) consecutive games in the 1961 -- 62 season. Bryant has also played 12 playoff games in which he has scored forty or more points. Out of the 134 games, 21 resulted in Bryant notching a double - double and 42 resulted in losses. Bryant became the oldest player to score 60 + points (60) in his final game on April 13, 2016.
What is the highest score in a single game of the NBA player who is the career playoff scoring leader?
who has the most points in nba history career
LeBron James
what is #1 highest score in one game
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