Perhaps scoring 50 points in an NBA game isn’t quite the novelty that it once was. Kevin Durant accomplished the feat Wednesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers, but this season, a surprising number of players have scored 50 points in a game. So far, it’s been done 11 times by seven different players. Looking at NBA history, the names that have scored 50 points in a game are legendary.
Wilt Chamberlain once averaged 50 points in a season in 1961-62. He also holds the record for most points in a game when he scored 100 against the Knicks on March 2, 1962.