NBA History: Top 5 players with most 50-point games ever

#2 Michael Jordan - 39

MJ had five 60+ point games spread across his indelible career.

Michael Jordan was the third overall pick in the 1984 draft and ended up playing the majority of his career for the team who drafted him, the Chicago Bulls. As a highlight reminder, Jordan dropped 63 points against the Celtics in the 1986 Playoffs, which is one of just two 60+ point-performances in NBA Playoff history.

This was one of his total tally of eight 50+ point playoff games, while his career-high 64 total came much later - 1993 against the Orlando Magic. He was certainly the league's most prolific scorer since Wilt Chamberlain and we have ample proof to support that argument.

He won the regular season MVP award five times, lifted the title six times, a 10-time NBA scoring champion and was a 14-time All-Star by the time he decided he was done playing professional ball. Widely regarded as the league's best player of all-time, Jordan continued to flourish even after two retirements ('93-94 and '99-01), during an illustrious 14-year career.