Can you name the players with the most points in an NBA game?

created by Sam

Enter a player (last names acceptable) in the box below
Correctly named players will show up below
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HINT: One name will give you 15 of the answers on this quiz.
Also try: NBA Top 200 Scorers (2000s)

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Points	Player	Year
100		1962
81		2006
78		1961
73		1962
73		1962
73		1978
72		1962
71		1960
71		1994
70		1963
69		1990
68		1967
68		1977

Points	Player	Year
67		1961
67		1962
67		1962
67		1963
66		1969
65		1962
65		1962
65		1966
65		2007
64		1959
64		1974
64		1993

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NBA Points in a Game Quiz

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Created by: Sam -
Published: December 26th, 2008
Category: Sports
Plays: 154,934

Tags: NBA Quizzes, player, point

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	[Deleted]:	Dec 26th, 2008 at 21:05 GMT	33 points
	23/25 This quiz makes you realize just how dominant Chamberlain was. Type in his name and the whole screen lights up. He was just sick.

	beckleyman:	Dec 26th, 2008 at 21:05 GMT	20 points
	Well, if you know one, you can get over half of them.

	Chris968:	Dec 26th, 2008 at 21:37 GMT	9 points
	Thank god for #1 ... he gave me about half of them lol.

	HollywoodLeo:	Dec 26th, 2008 at 21:45 GMT	-3 points
	you get 15 with just one name.

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	drhaase:	Dec 26th, 2008 at 23:55 GMT	20 points
	cool quiz...can't fault the man for being so dominant

	drza:	Dec 26th, 2008 at 23:57 GMT	2 points
	yes!!! I finally got one of these sporcle quizzes all correct that wasnt baseball or simpsons related! Im not even a huge basketball fan but I knew a couple of these offhand that arent well-known,some were obvious and had to guess the last answer(pistol pete)

	TIMTEBOW15:	Dec 27th, 2008 at 00:34 GMT	2 points
	other than wilt the stilt, i got 5

	Jeff:	Dec 27th, 2008 at 02:57 GMT	6 points
	Haha. Answering Wilt was like the flash going off on a camera. Nearly lit up the whole quiz. Never saw that in any other quiz.

	TallKool1:	Dec 27th, 2008 at 04:40 GMT	8 points
	Maybe amend this quiz to career high scoring games by player and not game. For example, Wilt's 100 point game only, Kobe's 81 only, etc. Give a few more elite or one-shot players a little recognition. I'm not sure where to find that list, but I bet it exists.

	ElDavo:	Dec 27th, 2008 at 07:04 GMT	-3 points
	This was AWESOME. To be honest, I thought Chamberlain broke 100 twice. It wasn't that he was selfish, it was that he played in the wrong era. Like Jim Brown, who had the physical dominance of a player today but played in the 70's. Chamberlain was just taller, bigger, and more skilled than everybody.

	ElDavo:	Dec 27th, 2008 at 07:06 GMT	6 points
	So... was Chamberlain the MVP of 1962? Y'know... when more than half of his games on this list happened?

	Samsonite:	Dec 27th, 2008 at 09:44 GMT	13 points
	@ElDavoe: Nope, he didn't win MVP that year...Bill Russell brought it home despite Wilt averaging 50/25. He did manage to win it in '68 when he led the league in assists just to prove a point.

	darth_shrimper:	Dec 27th, 2008 at 16:35 GMT	-3 points
	I like TallKool1's suggestion. I was actually a bit disappointed when I typed 'Chamberlain' and got half in one fell swoop!

	pr:	Dec 27th, 2008 at 22:50 GMT	2 points
	Wilt was just so dominant. He once pulled down 60 or so boards against Russell. He owned Russell in terms of head to head and everybody else for that matter. Just a freak athletically.

	beckleyman:	Dec 28th, 2008 at 00:32 GMT	2 points
	Chamberlain was the most dominant big man in NBA history. He was an absolute beast. Russell played on the best team, and was a talent in his own right, but back then the MVP didn't always go to the best player, but the player from the best team. Chamberlain was underappreciated when he played. If he had landed in Boston and not Philly, it's hard to say what kind of pub he would've received.

	Sam:	Dec 28th, 2008 at 01:02 GMT	2 points
	@ TallKool1: That's a neat suggestion but I'm not quite sure how you would set that up without it either being way too easy or way too hard.

	Sam:	Dec 28th, 2008 at 01:05 GMT	7 points
	And for everybody that thinks that it's stupid how one man is the answer for 15 of them...he's actually only the third highest guessed answer.

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	BelowZero:	Feb 19th, 2009 at 18:35 GMT	4 points
	PISTOL PETE!

	hscer:	Feb 28th, 2009 at 19:08 GMT	7 points
	nothing on this site is more spectacular than what happens on this quiz upon the entry of the word "chamberlain"

	Jaws12185:	May 20th, 2009 at 14:09 GMT	2 points
	i love this quiz, i've done it too many times, i have it down to 13 seconds

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	GeoExpert:	Jul 30th, 2009 at 17:08 GMT	3 points
	Wowwwwww. Enter Wilt Chamberlain and... poof!

	superpole2000:	Aug 13th, 2009 at 02:24 GMT	1 point
	As statistically dominant as Chamberlain was, Russell still owned him in the wins/titles department.

	BeatNavy:	Aug 18th, 2009 at 16:43 GMT	3 points
	weirdest answer distribution i've seen, like two bell curves instead of one

	kenechi:	Nov 14th, 2009 at 23:09 GMT	2 points
	wilt chamberlain was a beast on and off the court!

	JukaiBallin:	Nov 23rd, 2009 at 18:48 GMT	1 point
	Haha I got all of them in under 30 seconds first try

	millandas:	Dec 8th, 2009 at 21:21 GMT	4 points
	@acr91276 Frank Selvy had his 100 point game in college, and it clearly says "in an NBA game"

	iamneat:	Dec 11th, 2009 at 03:22 GMT	2 points
	Guess who also holds the record for rebounds in a game? You guessed it - Chamberlain. Guess who was the opposing center in that game - yup Russell.

	iamneat:	Dec 11th, 2009 at 03:23 GMT	2 points
	Chamberlain also led the league in assists when he was older and had some better players around him with the Lakers.

	doublezz11:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 07:02 GMT	3 points
	Wilt= hogball yeah he has all the points scored, led the league in assists one year (when he decided to start passing), and 2 championships, but do you think Russell is fine with his 11 TITLES!?! and, what team ended up knocking wilt out every year in the playoffs? Russell's Celtics

	yankeespurs101:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 17:53 GMT	0 points
	WTF. ON the results of the quiz, Chamberlain's 100,73,78,73,72,70,68,67,67,67, and 67 have been guessed 92.5% of the time. Chamberlain's 66,65,65,65 have been guessed 92.4% of the time. WTF

	DirtyDawg:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 15:22 GMT	3 points
	beckleyman: Chamberlain did play in Philly... twice (76ers and Warriors)

	jumbomutombo:	Feb 14th, 2010 at 00:53 GMT	0 points
	omit the overtime results and jordan falls off this list.

	fxrbds:	Feb 23rd, 2010 at 04:43 GMT	2 points
	My first thought: what, only 2 minutes? Then I typed who-else and I knew why. Good quiz.

	Obama:	Mar 22nd, 2010 at 01:17 GMT	3 points
	i love how three people get you like 85% of the answers. it makes me feel smart.

	swill128:	Jul 1st, 2010 at 00:55 GMT	2 points
	more people get kobe than wilt chamberlain, crazy

	st0rmb11:	Jul 22nd, 2010 at 20:14 GMT	3 points
	how could I forget Thompson and Barry?