Top 5 players with the most 30-point games in NBA history

Michael Jordan & Karl Malone
Michael Jordan & Karl Malone

#1 Michael Jordan - 562 Games

Michael Jordan has 6 NBA Finals MVP awards to his name
Michael Jordan has 6 NBA Finals MVP awards to his name

Yes. It's Michael Jordan. He has the most number of 30 point games in NBA's history with 562.

Michael Jeffrey Jordan stretched the boundaries of the sport to its limits, achieving inhuman feats and creating unthinkable records on a nightly basis.

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His Airness manufactured a breathtaking resume during his time with the Chicago Bulls, lined with the 'Rookie of the Year' for starters, followed by 6 NBA titles, 6 Finals MVP honours, 5 regular season Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards and to top it all off, a lonely Defensive Player of the Year award in 1988.

Jordan has his #23 jersey retired by the Chicago Bulls, owing to the fact that he hoarded 32,292 points and averaged 30.1 points per game (highest in the history of the NBA) before retiring in 2003 at the age of 40.

The list of awards and honours this man has accumulated during the length of his career is endless. Many regard him as the best player to ever play the game of basketball.

He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.

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