Who holds the NBA record for most points scored in a single 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. Chamberlain also holds 4 of the top 5 single-game scoring records.