Who Has the Most 60 Point Games in the NBA?
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Michael Jordan holds the record for the most 60 point games in the NBA with 8. Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, and Karl Malone are tied for second with 6 apiece.
Michael Jordan- 8 games
Michael Jordan has the most 60+ point games in NBA history, with 8 games of 60 or more points. Wilt Chamberlain is second with 7 games, Rick Barry is third with 6 games, and Kobe Bryant is fourth with 5 games. Jordan’s single-game scoring record of 63 points was set against the Boston Celtics in 1986. Chamberlain’s 78-point game against the Lakers in 1961 is the NBA’s all-time scoring record.
Wilt Chamberlain- 7 games
Wilt Chamberlain holds the record for the most 60-point games in an NBA career with seven. He is followed by Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan, who both had six 60-point games in their careers. Michael Jordan is the only player in NBA history to score 60 or more points in a game against all 29 other teams.
Kobe Bryant- 6 games
Kobe Bryant, the Lakers shooting guard who retired in 2016, has the most 60-point games in NBA history with six. Of those six games, four came in the 2005-06 season.
Elgin Baylor- 6 games
Elgin Baylor holds the record for the most 60-point games in an NBA career, with six such games. He achieved the feat twice in the 1961-62 season and once each in the 1957-58, 1959-60, 1960-61, and 1962-63 seasons. All of Baylor’s 60-point games came while he was playing for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Karl Malone- 5 games
Karl Malone is an American retired professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1985 to 2004, mainly with the Utah Jazz. He was a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), 14-time NBA All-Star, and an 11-time member of the All-NBA first team. His 36,928 career points scored rank second all-time in NBA history, and his 14,968 career rebounds rank third all-time in NBA history.
Malone holds the NBA records for most free throws attempted and made, in a career and season respectively. He is also one of only two players ever to average at least 20 points per game for his entire professional career (the other being Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). Malone was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
