Top NBA Players with the Most 40-Point Games in NBA History

[@MrRukiddin]

The players who did it pre-3 point shot are damn impressive.

[@ozonespec]

Not really. That means they were ball hogging more.

[@mj23goat3]

Except for Wilt.

[@spanishcastle1234]

​@ozonespec NOT TRUE AT ALL !!! In the past there was, 'DEFENSE,' and players actually tried to stop you from scoring. Now don't play defense on YOU because they don't want you to play defense on themselves. 😂

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

@@ozonespec Do you know what a non sequitur is? It's like if someone says, "It's raining outside" and you respond with, "Yeah, but 2+2=4". It's a response that has nothing to do with the statement said right before. It literally means, "it does not follow". @MrRukiddin said scoring 40 points pre-3 point shot was impressive, for obvious reasons. It means over and over and over again, you had to break down real defenses that were trying to hack you, beat up on you and knock you to your ass. Your response was, "yeah, but that person was a ball hog." Hahahahaha, what does that have to do with it still being impressive as heck?

[@ozonespec]

@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 Wrong!!! Defense was trash back then. Lateral movements were trash, verticals across the board were mostly trash. Try again.

[@wpl8275]

Wilt has nearly 100 more of them than any other player and he never took a single 3 point shot. The Mount Rushmore of the NBA has Wilt on top of it and everyone else below.

[@dcbarrku4882]

And once again, Wilt is number 1.

[@vaughnmiller4371]

@@dcbarrku4882 ONCE AGAIN!!!👍

[@johnmoore3817]

By about 100. His number.

[@lestermount3287]

list the 50 point games.

[@donnaluke4103]

I saw wilt play when he was with the SF warriors in the 60’s many times as a teenager playing for Geo. Washington high school. I stood next to him after a game while he sat on a folding chair down on the floor. His socks came up to mid chest on me and i was 5’11 at the time. Completely dumbstruck. He was the strongest, fastest, and most athletic player of all time. Bill Russell agreed that he was the “greatest player that has ever lived”. i am very fortunate to have witnessed his greatness. Gordon

[@karlerhardt]

I am jealous. I saw some footage and it is really impressive.

[@donnaluke4103]

@@karlerhardt he was so incredibly strong. I watched two guards, one on each of his arms do chin up on him as he went up and put the ball in forcefully as a dunk. Simply incredible. Gordon

[@mj23goat3]

He was nowhere near the same level as MJ.

[@pebutts]

@@mj23goat3 You're right. He was about one hundred more forty point games ahead of MJ. Not even close to the same level.

[@choward5430]

It was a custom of mine to take my ball to the games in the early 70s. Once the clock struck zero, I was on the floor shooting and talking trash. During the Lakers 33-game streak, they played the Bullets. I decided this opportunity was too good to pass up. Wilt was on his way to get his gym bag when I approached him for an autograph. I stood right in front of him. I've never seen a human being sweat like that! His headband was soaked. His wristbands were soaked, I thought no one would believe this. He gently moved me aside, grabbed his stuff, and left!

[@LeadfootLou]

Wilt Chamberlain doesn’t get enough recognition

[@MCHiphopotamus]

How can someone say that ? Everybody agrees he's one of the best and he's regularly mentioned in the GOAT debate.

[@corkystorky]

It was easier for him to rack up points in the paint when the 3 sec rule was not implemented, obvious height advantage by which he easily rebounded his missed near shots while being defended by smaller unathletic white plumbers. It's not even hate, just the truth, if Andrew Bynum played in that era, he'd give Wilt who wilts during playoffs a run for his ego

[@brandontingley7059]

@@corkystorky Yeah, white plumbers like oh... Kareem and Elgin Baylor lol.

[@jillianadkins8905]

@@MCHiphopotamushe’s not mentioned in the goat debate he only has 2 rings

[@MCHiphopotamus]

@@jillianadkins8905 Fair enough. But he definitely gets great recognition.

[@richardswift3859]

Wilt Chamberlain had the highest 40-point games by far. Also the most 50-point games by far and just remember he did that before the three-point shot was instituted !

[@USERID412-k7n]

He'd also be the career leader in blocked shots if they'd counted them in the stat sheets back then.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@USERID412-k7n He'd have a strong argument from Bill Russell - and Bill's blocks tended to cause turnovers, Wilt was NOT as good at that.

[@chalp1290]

He also did it when the skill level was much lower. There were part time players who had to work regular jobs to make a living. The entire NBA was shorter on average.

[@USERID412-k7n]

@@chalp1290 There were plenty of tall and heavy big men. It was mostly the guards that were much shorter.

[@jerryd1813]

And who averaged 50 points and 25 rebounds for an entire season? GOAT

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

It's way easier to score 40 points today with everything being a foul call. To score 40 points in the 80s and 90s was a true accomplishment.

[@asterisk911]

Even harder in the 2000s, when the Pistons could literally win a game without even getting to 65 points.

[@milojanis4901]

Don't ban, how about before the 3pt shot? It was even harder in the 60s and 70s

[@ktapreswreckd921v9]

Look at all the active players scoring in this inflated offense, no defense era!

[@LeadfootLou]

You sound like a Jordan fan

[@ktapreswreckd921v9]

@@LeadfootLou Sir, I'm a fan of the eighties and nineties NBA Basketball game.

[@shaunphillips3236]

​@@LeadfootLou U sound silly af bro

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

@@LeadfootLou Nobody said a single word about Jordan. He's clearly renting space in that foggy head of yours!

[@pumahuhu365]

@@ktapreswreckd921v9 from today´s point of view those games are hard to watch. Spacing was horrible. Obviously scoring was much harder under those conditions.

[@dominicksans7204]

Even then Devin Booker, Steph, Dame, Durant, not seeing Kobe or James Harden. But that last one 271 Wilt. Damn that is not moving anytime soon

[@anthonymccue7013]

None of this changes the fact that wilt was the fastest player to 30000 points and has over 6000 more rebounds than Mike and LeBron combined.

[@shengwu6044]

Wilt was a Beast Among Boys

[@hughguidi5570]

If Wilts not the 🐐 there is no goat. He also had more rebounds than anyone else. That year he avgd over 50 pts per game, he also avgd over 25 rebounds per game.

[@billwright9978]

and if they kept a record of blocks?

[@xavierharding8938]

@@billwright9978 Russell 11 rings > wilt

[@lisafarrell5996]

wow look at all the ones before the 3 pointer and more defense. Kudos. Good old Wilt and MJ lead again

[@dave929]

Should list who is in the Hall of Fame with the retired guys. Awesome list. Forty now seems too common with 3’s raining down and ticky-tack fouls.

[@sanauj15]

Wilt has 100 more than the second place when most people on the list don’t even have 100.

[@marvinjohnson4118]

thats beyond incredible, wish i could of seen him play

[@udishomer5852]

only 4 players reached 100 40pt games (Wilt, Jordan, Kobe, Harden). Luka will be the 5th.

[@donnaluke4103]

The NBA record book is really the book of WILTON NORMAN CHAMBERLAIN. RIP, WILT.

[@onebigadvocado6376]

And yet his records are criminally disrespected

[@christosnikitakis6675]

He also has the most 50 point, 60 point, and 70 point games. 🤣 The only word I can use to describe Witl and MJ, is.... "Unfair". 🤣

[@inefekt]

You need to qualify that statement with the words 'regular season'. Because that's where most of his records were set. As soon as the real season began, he wasn't nearly the same dominant player. Do you know who owns the most records in the post season? Michael Jordan. Do you know who has the most 40 point games in the post season? Michael Jordan. So you can take your bottom feeder bully, Wilt, and his regular season scoring heroics because most sensible people are going to take Jordan and his post season scoring heroics.

[@onebigadvocado6376]

@@inefekt We get it, Jordan's your favourite player. Well done.

[@inefekt]

@@onebigadvocado6376 got nothing to do with being a fan or not, it's got to do with objective facts which seem to go right over a lot of people's heads....both Wilt fans and LeBron fans

[@HenryPowell-od1up]

Wilt numbers always be outrageous!

[@neraddyolf9141]

Wilton Norman Cham-ber-lain !!!!!!!

[@lanagorgeous9485]

It's still so hard to see that "deceased" under Kobe's name 😪

[@Cryptidswildfoodoutdoors]

Tell me about it.

[@kodiak138]

Ok the one that surprised me the most, not because he is on the list but how high he was on it is Adrian Dantley

[@jimanders9971]

Wilt is the GOAT,

[@josiplilic3384]

@@jimanders9971 with 2 rings??? Don't think so

[@brandontingley7059]

@@josiplilic3384 It's a team sport. Those Celtics teams were STACKED. Wilt's playoff numbers look a lot like this regular season numbers.

[@josiplilic3384]

@@brandontingley7059 nevermind Sixers! He had Jerry West in Lakers & those finals were lost too many damn times! Jordan Goat 💯

[@bbbbbzzzzzzzzzz5431]

@@josiplilic3384 wilt is the GOAT WILT IS THE GOAT, who is the GOAT? Its wilt, that's who haha 🐐🐐

[@brandontingley7059]

@@josiplilic3384 He was already 32 by the time he joined Jerry West, which is old now, but was ancient in 1968. And post knee injury. And still he was a finals MVP in 1972, at 36.

[@vaughnmiller4371]

I'm just going to take a wild guess here.. Wilt Chamberlain the 🐐 with the most 40-point games 50, 60,70, 80, 90 and 100.

[@ronbonora7872]

Chamberlain the GOAT and the record books prove it! only had one and two point shots in his era too! LOL

[@RG-ct6qz]

Wilt is in a league of his own.

[@tennaj1367]

Keep in mind Wilt only played for 14 years !

[@donnaluke4103]

He was actually in the league for only 12 and a half.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@donnaluke4103 He missed most of one season with the knee. Didn't miss much else.

[@drdrdrfloyd]

Iverson. Beast.

[@stevekrag1610]

Thanks for list/video. Only improvement suggested show era played. Before and after 3-point introduced in league.

[@tudorm6838]

There are periods with 'points inflation,' in decreasing order: the '60s (Wilt, West), the '20s (today's players), the '80s, 2016-2020, and the '70s. The toughest period for scoring was 1995-2005.

[@goodvibrations6]

lebron james 77, james harden 101, wow

[@legenddaryl537]

why?? its not crazy cause everybody knows lebron isnt that great of a scorer.. his #1 total score is a product of longevity not because he was the best scorer

[@mattblatchley2061]

Fascinating

[@rastaman2722]

Efficiency is what matters most. If you hit 50 shots to make 40 points and your team lose what's good about that? We all know how Harden's teams went down the tubes....

[@9Ballr]

Nicola Jokić has the highest Player Efficiency rating in NBA history.

[@booJay]

Add Kobe to that list

[@michaelryce6835]

Trae Young got in the mix quick

[@jameskinchen2148]

Closing in on Wilt 😂

[@stevelo2057]

90s avg score 100, 40 Points = 40%. 2020s avg score 120, 40 Points = 33%, i understand difference era and difference rules. 40% of teams scored > 33%.

[@melquijano1794]

MJ.....173 is only in like 14-15 years

[@udishomer5852]

Luka Doncic will probably reach 100 40pt games which will put him in the top 5 on this list.

[@melvinreed4136]

The goat? Wilt Chamberlain.

[@mj23goat3]

Nope. Still and always MJ.

[@melvinreed4136]

@mj23goat3 agree to disagree.

[@John-l7y1t]

Is this including playoffs?

[@bill_y4762]

Thank you for adding the worst theme song ever

[@sunkanmilawson1024]

You had to say that.... 🤣🤣

[@josiplilic3384]

KD has been always underrated! How manny titles Wilt had? 1? I won't google it,but this is nail in the coffin for Bron case! MJ = 🐐

[@shaunphillips3236]

Stilt has 2 chips

[@brandontingley7059]

@@shaunphillips3236 Those Celtic teams were STACKED.

[@shaunphillips3236]

@@brandontingley7059 Are u talking about Larry's Celtics or Bill's Celtics? Both were stacked

[@tonymeinerding7463]

Wilt has two titles and remember he played in an era where Boston dominated in part due to the fact that players were stuck to one team for their entire career. Titles are won by teams.

[@josiplilic3384]

@tonymeinerding7463 "There are lies,damn lies & statistics" Einstein If I give you "Celtics powerhouse" argument, didn't Wilt score majority of his points vs lame white American centers? I think Hakeem & Shaq had a waaaay better oponents

[@chris93703]

Of course the players who have played since the early 2000's are playing under rules that make it easier to score.

[@CreativeBigL]

😭

[@chris93703]

@@CreativeBigL Your point?

[@CreativeBigL]

@@chris93703 🤪

[@anwealde]

comparing player stats between completely different eras doesn't make a lot of sense

[@Iamveryverylost]

The early 2000s had the best defense 2010s were average your thinking about the 2020s

[@LeFraudHasChokedInSIXFinals]

If Pete Maravich had had the 3-point shot in his era, he'd definitely lead this list.

[@levalpat]

Wemby may end up being to the NBA what Wilt was in his prime. Wilt was probably the most gifted multisport athlete in the NBA.. and one of the physically strongest.

[@nildingomes1224]

271 wow 😯

[@34blackula]

To see that Wilt damn near have 100 more than MJ should put this GOAT talk to bed, and to see my personal GOAT the Big O on the list shocked me.

[@mattf3873]

In 61-62 Wilt AVERAGED 50 and 25 with 2 assists per game

[@dwitt4574]

For all you young people. Wilt is the GOAT. Not even a discussion. MJ best marketed.

[@xavierharding8938]

Bill Russell to wilt here hold my 11 rings.

[@vvinson808]

Harden is up there next to Kobe and Jordan. Respect 🫡

[@zikemdg]

Curry could have had more but the whole strength in numbers thing...

[@roni111983]

Wilt will foul out everyday in the current rules

[@neraddyolf9141]

Wilt dam !!!!! and in only 14 years. No more talk about who's the greatest of all time.

[@askimbalim11]

What's wrong with Wilt?! He is everywhere!

[@babyzorilla]

Trae gone keep moving up

[@ktapreswreckd921v9]

Have mercy Wilt and Michael. James Harden 😂😂😂. He should not even be third.

[@nicolfernandez3786]

Wilt and Harden doesn't get enough recognition. I believe both are top in the top 5 greatest

[@RichFinn-ue2yw]

Harden was scoring 40 pts with his team losing by 30!! With that ugly ass side step 3 move 🤮

[@aborigine777]

Anthony Davis is so underrated.🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@Blues40]

MJ is the GOAT

[@Japtalian]

Wilt blows everyone out the water but Jordan Mike still has the highest ppg than anyone including Wilt.MJ the 🐐.

[@jwright2939]

Vince, kyrie, & dwade are lower than i wouldve thought

[@boward4032]

Mj in his era good grief

[@aswanwilliam]

Suns going crazy

[@BenjiJaggesar]

Wilt is the best individual player I think not even MJ could of taken him one on one the guy is the Best scorer to ever play the game

[@theslayer3506]

MJ is the most impressive one here. He did this in a defensive era where big men like hakeem ewing robinson kareem shaq dominated the game and they had all the other great defenders. Wilt is also impressive as hell but he was like 7.2 feet or something and the average height in the league was 6 foot 3

[@RodIshiCi]

@@theslayer3506 He was 7'1", and average height was a bit over 6'5" already in the 60s. MJ had a higher average height opposition, but it was still under 6'7" average.

[@RoChede]

You "think" ? When we talk about 1x1, the Centers are those who would win. MJ would not get close to beat Wilt, Shaq, Dream, Admiral, Ewing, Moses etc.... Hell, even guys like Parish or Yao would beat him easily. Wilt would make pizza of him.

[@billwright9978]

and rebounder and shot blocker and he could pass the ball

[@Serhan824]

Doncic has a very long road to go.

[@Vasnikazde]

Where’s Jokić ?

[@leftyzone2429]

They down wilt because of rings.

[@Lost_Soul7711]

Luka hasn’t even been in the league close to 10 years yet and look at all the hall of fame players he’s already surpassed geez!!

[@goodvibrations6]

GOAT spoted at nr. 2

[@ozone377]

Wilt doesn't get any respect. I think he's the greatest of all time. Jordan statically doesn't have anything on him. Plus in jordan times there was 3 point shot. Wilt didn't have 3 point shot. Even though I don't think he would have shot many 3's

[@John-l7y1t]

All advanced stats has Jordan ahead. Plus you know winning too.

[@cosmo1eleven855]

You add 1 more for Lillard, he had 41 the other night for a total of 59 40 point nights

[@anwealde]

Are you going to make a comment update on this video every time an active player on this list scores 40+?

[@cosmo1eleven855]

@anwealde ... No, I just love Dame

[@MrDadala1]

Another reason why Jordan is the GOAT

[@neraddyolf9141]

Realistically there's only two players who could be deemed the greatest player of all time (goat). Wilton Norman Chamberlain and Michael Jeffrey Jordan are the two players. 1. The only player to score a 100 points in a game ? Wilton Norman Chamberlain. 2. The only player to average 50 ppg in a season ? Wilton Norman Chamberlain. 3. The player with the highest ppg career ? Michael Jeffrey Jordan 30.12. Wilton Norman Chamberlain 30.07 Even. 4. The only player to score 4000 points in a season ? Wilton Norman Chamberlain. 5. The player with the most 40+ points per games career ? Wilton Norman Chamberlain 271 Michael Jeffrey Jordan 173 Not even close Wilton Norman Chamberlain. 6.The player who the NBA change the rules to make the game more difficult for that player ? Wilton Norman Chamberlain. 7.The player who the NBA change the rules to make the game more easier for that player ? Michael Jeffrey Jordan 8.Didn't factor championships because that a team accomplishment. But if factored, Bill Russell would get that point. 9. The 60s, 70s and 80s were the best competition for NBA with great teams and great players such as Julius Irving, Magic Johnson, Elgin Baylor, Larry Bird, Bill Russell and so on, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant would have been role players in this Era. 10. There's a small group of players who would have dominated in any Era and at the top of the list would be Wilton Norman Chamberlain. No more talk, the greatest player of all time ? WILTON NORMAN CHAMBERLAIN.

[@mctaguer]

So, would there be a BOTTOM NBA players with most 40-point games list?

[@AshleyKimPascual]

my idol James harden

[@EumeFall]

Harden😢

[@crackerFedt.v.]

KOBY TOP 3

[@choward5430]

LeBron can play 50 years and never catch Wilt Chamberlain

[@mantanabown4578]

Russell Westbrook hell no 😅

[@Bree-z-fd2ww]

Jerry west is dead since 2023 Rip the logo

[@tin94122]

He died June 12th, 2024.

[@danieligunza7573]

Carmello

[@AdrianCPolit]

These comparisons are meaningless without adjusting for league and team rate of play. During certain eras of the NBA, the game was slower and/or defenses better and/or rules favored defense more. Scoring a certain percent of your team's points (or maybe your opponent's points) is what matters. Even then it doesn't mean you were a better scorer, because you could be playing in an era when the rules and strategies favored one star player scoring all the points, vs. a team offense approach.

[@booJay]

What's crazy is that MJ put up those numbers during the toughest defensive era AND won.

[@James-sg6fc]

Who's the greatest of them all?

[@dwitt4574]

B

[@inefekt]

Now do the playoffs.....you know, the post season? Where defenses are dialled up to 100, where the intensity is at its greatest, where the stakes are at their highest and where there are no bottom feeder teams to bully. Wilt did not excel to nearly the same extent in that environment. He faded in the playoffs then faded even more in the Finals. As the stakes rose, his performances fell. The opposite is true for Jordan, as the stakes rose so did his performances. Most 40 point playoff games: 1. 38 - Michael Jordan . . . . . 7. 13 - Wilt Chamberlain That says it all...everything you need to know about Wilt and the type of player he was. Am I saying he wasn't great? No, he's an all time great....he's just not THE greatest. That's Jordan.

[@volker.kreutzer852]

AI voice crap again, instant stop and block.

[@9Ballr]

The top 3 players in NBA history in Player Efficiency rating are 1. Nicola Jokić 2. Michael Jordan. 3. LeBron James

[@metadegen]

Wilts didn't translate to RINGS