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List of 40-plus point games by Michael Jordan

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Jordan performing a slam dunk

Michael Jordan is an American former basketball player who spent 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 13 as a member of the Chicago Bulls and 2 playing for the Washington Wizards. Jordan's scoring achievements include the following NBA records: 10 scoring titles, of which 7 were in successive seasons; career averages of 30.12 (regular season) and 33.45 (playoffs) points per game; 63 points in a single playoff game and eight 50-plus point games in the playoffs. Jordan is ranked fifth on the all-time regular season scoring list, with 32,292 total points, and second all-time on the playoff scoring list, with 5,987 total points. Jordan is also one of 5 players in NBA history to log multiple 60-point games, and, along with Elgin Baylor, the only player to score 60 or more points in a playoff game.

Jordan scored 40 or more points in a game 173 times in the regular season and 38 times in the playoffs, for a total of 211 games, which place him second on the all-time list (behind Wilt Chamberlain's 284 games).

Key[edit]

Bold Denotes playoff game
Denotes game in which Jordan's team lost
OT Game went into overtime
MP Minutes played FG Field goals made 3PM Three-point field goals made
3PA Three-point field goals attempted FT Free throws made FTA Free throws attempted
Pts Points Reb Rebounds Ast Assists
Stl Steals Blk Blocks

List of games[edit]

60–plus points[edit]

Points Date Team Opponent Score MP FG FGA 3PM 3PA FT FTA Reb Ast Stl Blk Notes
69 March 28, 1990 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 117–113 (OT) 50 23 37 2 6 21 23 18 6 2 1
64 January 16, 1993 Chicago Bulls Orlando Magic 124–128 (OT) 47 27 49 1 5 9 11 6 1 5 0
63 April 20, 1986 Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics 131–135 (2OT) 53 22 41 0 0 19 21 5 6 3 2 [A]
61 April 16, 1987 Chicago Bulls Atlanta Hawks 114–117 41 22 38 0 3 17 21 10 1 4 1
March 4, 1987 Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons 125–120 43 22 39 0 0 17 18 7 3 3 3

50–plus points[edit]

Points Date Team Opponent Score MP FG FGA 3PM 3PA FT FTA Reb Ast Stl Blk Notes
59 April 3, 1988 Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons 112–110 42 21 27 0 1 17 19 4 6 2 2
58 February 26, 1987 Chicago Bulls New Jersey Nets 128–113 37 16 25 0 0 26 27 8 3 3 2
57 December 23, 1992 Chicago Bulls Washington Bullets 107–98 42 22 37 6 8 7 8 2 10 3 1
56 April 29, 1992 Chicago Bulls Miami Heat 119–114 43 20 30 0 0 16 18 5 5 4 2
March 24, 1987 Chicago Bulls Philadelphia 76ers 93–91 44 22 32 0 1 12 15 7 3 8 0
55 April 27, 1997 Chicago Bulls Washington Bullets 109–104 44 22 35 1 2 10 10 7 2 2 0
March 28, 1995 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 113–111 39 21 37 3 4 10 11 4 2 1 0
June 16, 1993 Chicago Bulls Phoenix Suns 111–105 46 21 37 0 1 13 18 8 4 0 0
May 1, 1988 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 106–101 44 24 45 0 0 7 7 6 3 4 1
54 May 31, 1993 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 105–95 39 18 30 6 9 12 14 6 2 2 1
November 20, 1992 Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Lakers 118–120 (OT) 47 21 39 1 2 11 14 13 7 1 3
November 3, 1989 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 124–119 (OT) 47 19 31 1 2 15 17 14 6 3 1
53 March 7, 1996 Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons 102–81 38 21 28 2 4 9 10 11 2 6 0
January 21, 1989 Chicago Bulls Phoenix Suns 107–116 41 20 28 0 0 13 15 14 8 2 1
April 12, 1987 Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers 116–95 42 19 27 0 0 15 18 4 8 4 2
January 8, 1987 Chicago Bulls Portland Trail Blazers 121–117 43 20 34 0 0 13 16 4 5 3 2
52 March 12, 1993 Chicago Bulls Charlotte Hornets 123–108 43 21 35 2 4 8 9 9 5 2 1
December 20, 1989 Chicago Bulls Orlando Magic 109–110 45 20 37 2 3 10 10 5 7 4 0
November 9, 1989 Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics 110–104 42 18 33 2 4 14 16 3 2 9 2
November 26, 1988 Chicago Bulls Denver Nuggets 123–128 44 19 27 3 5 11 14 11 7 1 0
November 16, 1988 Chicago Bulls Philadelphia 76ers 110–123 43 24 29 0 1 4 4 9 1 4 2
February 26, 1988 Chicago Bulls Portland Trail Blazers 96–104 43 21 34 0 2 10 12 8 3 2 3
December 17, 1987 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 111–100 41 20 31 0 0 12 12 3 6 4 1
51 December 29, 2001 Washington Wizards Charlotte Hornets 107–90 38 21 38 0 2 9 10 7 4 3 0
January 21, 1997 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 88–87 43 18 30 5 8 10 11 4 4 2 0
March 19, 1992 Chicago Bulls Washington Bullets 106–100 43 19 30 1 1 12 15 11 3 1 1
50 November 6, 1996 Chicago Bulls Miami Heat 106–100 40 18 33 1 2 13 14 6 0 1 1
March 24, 1992 Chicago Bulls Denver Nuggets 116–103 41 18 31 2 3 12 13 6 6 3 0
May 5, 1989 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 105–108 (OT) 43 14 28 0 1 22 27 3 4 3 0
February 16, 1989 Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks 117–116 40 16 26 1 2 17 18 8 5 3 0
April 28, 1988 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 104–93 44 19 35 0 0 12 12 7 2 2 2
March 18, 1988 Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics 113–103 42 19 32 1 2 11 11 5 9 5 1
April 13, 1987 Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks 114–107 41 16 31 0 1 18 22 9 4 4 3
November 1, 1986 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 108–103 41 15 31 0 0 20 22 6 3 4 3

40–plus points[edit]

Points Date Team Opponent Score MP FG FGA 3PM 3PA FT FTA Reb Ast Stl Blk Notes
49 November 21, 1997 Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Clippers 111–102 (2OT) 52 18 38 0 2 13 19 5 5 1 1 [A]
November 24, 1992 Chicago Bulls Golden State Warriors 101–92 44 18 30 1 3 12 14 5 7 1 1
May 11, 1990 Chicago Bulls Philadelphia 76ers 112–118 42 19 34 4 11 7 9 5 5 4 1
March 30, 1990 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 107–106 (OT) 45 20 34 1 3 8 9 12 4 5 2
February 14, 1990 Chicago Bulls Orlando Magic 129–135 (OT) 47 21 43 0 2 7 10 7 2 0 1
March 23, 1988 Chicago Bulls Philadelphia 76ers 118–102 42 20 35 0 1 9 12 13 2 0 2
February 19, 1988 Chicago Bulls Sacramento Kings 111–90 38 19 27 0 0 11 14 3 3 3 3
November 21, 1987 Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons 132–144 (OT) 44 17 38 0 2 15 17 6 8 6 1
March 11, 1987 Chicago Bulls Philadelphia 76ers 108–117 44 19 34 1 1 10 11 8 7 2 4
January 30, 1987 Chicago Bulls Philadelphia 76ers 112–121 41 19 35 0 4 11 12 2 5 3 2
April 17, 1986 Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics 104–123 43 18 36 0 0 13 15 4 2 2 1
February 12, 1985 Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons 139–126 45 19 31 0 0 11 13 15 5 4 0
48 January 13, 1996 Chicago Bulls Philadelphia 76ers 120–93 34 18 28 5 7 7 7 10 2 1 1
April 28, 1995 Chicago Bulls Charlotte Hornets 108–100 (OT) 47 18 32 1 4 11 11 9 8 1 1
May 1, 1990 Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks 112–119 46 20 35 1 5 7 9 9 5 1 2
January 20, 1989 Chicago Bulls Atlanta Hawks 104–101 41 17 29 0 2 14 16 10 9 3 0
November 14, 1986 Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics 98–110 41 17 33 1 1 13 14 5 1 2 1
47 December 27, 1997 Chicago Bulls Atlanta Hawks 97–90 36 18 26 0 0 11 13 4 2 3 1
April 16, 1993 Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks 119–105 35 15 25 0 3 17 21 7 5 5 0
March 20, 1993 Chicago Bulls Washington Wizards 126–101 31 16 27 2 2 13 15 8 4 2 0
May 26, 1990 Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons 107–102 43 17 32 2 2 11 13 10 4 1 0
April 1, 1990 Chicago Bulls Miami Heat 111–103 41 20 29 1 2 6 9 6 7 3 3
May 14, 1989 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 106–93 42 12 18 0 1 23 28 11 6 1 2
April 13, 1989 Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers 105–109 46 17 30 0 1 13 14 11 13 4 2
April 19, 1988 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 121–118 40 18 27 0 2 11 13 5 2 2 1
December 2, 1987 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 105–101 39 17 27 0 0 13 16 4 9 3 3
January 17, 1987 Chicago Bulls Philadelphia 76ers 105–89 44 17 34 0 0 13 14 10 6 4 1
January 3, 1987 Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons 124–119 38 16 35 0 2 15 17 4 2 1 0
46 May 11, 1996 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 99–102 51 17 35 2 5 10 13 4 2 2 0
January 15, 1996 Chicago Bulls Washington Bullets 116–109 39 16 31 3 7 11 11 4 2 1 0
June 12, 1992 Chicago Bulls Portland Trail Blazers 119–106 42 14 23 2 4 16 19 5 4 0 1
April 24, 1992 Chicago Bulls Miami Heat 113–94 41 21 34 0 0 4 4 11 9 3 1
February 17, 1992 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 112–113 43 21 32 0 1 4 5 4 6 0 0
November 2, 1991 Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks 107–109 42 19 29 1 2 7 7 3 3 5 1
May 10, 1991 Chicago Bulls Philadelphia 76ers 97–99 42 20 34 0 0 6 9 4 6 1 4
April 15, 1991 Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks 103–94 39 17 27 0 1 12 14 5 2 3 2
May 27, 1989 Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons 99–97 45 16 26 0 3 14 15 7 5 5 0
April 24, 1988 Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics 115–108 44 16 25 0 1 14 15 6 6 1 1
February 21, 1988 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 111–113 45 16 31 0 2 14 15 4 9 3 1
March 22, 1987 Chicago Bulls Portland Trail Blazers 113–115 43 14 26 0 2 18 20 1 6 4 0
45 February 1, 2003 Washington Wizards New Orleans Hornets 109–104 44 18 33 0 0 9 10 3 6 1 1
December 31, 2001 Washington Wizards New Jersey Nets 98–76 39 16 32 1 3 12 13 10 7 3 0
June 14, 1998 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 87–86 44 15 35 3 7 12 15 1 1 4 0
January 18, 1998 Chicago Bulls Houston Rockets 106–100 41 16 29 2 2 11 12 3 3 3 1
February 2, 1997 Chicago Bulls Seattle SuperSonics 91–84 45 19 28 2 3 5 6 7 3 1 0
December 28, 1996 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 102–97 42 13 25 0 1 19 20 7 5 3 0
May 27, 1996 Chicago Bulls Orlando Magic 106–101 44 16 23 3 4 10 14 3 5 1 1
December 9, 1995 Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks 118–106 42 16 28 0 0 13 16 5 4 2 0
May 13, 1990 Chicago Bulls Philadelphia 76ers 111–101 42 16 31 1 2 12 13 6 11 2 2
May 9, 1990 Chicago Bulls Philadelphia 76ers 101–96 43 18 36 1 3 8 8 8 7 3 0
April 20, 1990 Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics 116–120 35 21 29 0 2 3 3 8 9 3 0
March 10, 1990 Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers 117–105 39 17 27 1 2 10 10 7 3 5 1
January 12, 1990 Chicago Bulls Charlotte Hornets 107–95 40 19 28 0 1 7 9 4 6 1 0
November 8, 1989 Chicago Bulls Minnesota Timberwolves 96–84 40 15 24 1 1 14 14 6 2 2 0
January 9, 1988 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 113–91 38 17 23 0 0 11 14 3 8 4 0
February 13, 1987 Chicago Bulls Seattle SuperSonics 106–98 41 14 28 0 0 17 19 3 6 2 2
December 3, 1986 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 94–99 40 17 33 0 2 11 13 3 3 6 1
January 26, 1985 Chicago Bulls Atlanta Hawks 117–104 43 17 24 0 0 11 11 8 10 0 4
December 27, 1984 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 112–108 44 20 33 0 1 5 5 7 11 3 0
November 13, 1984 Chicago Bulls San Antonio Spurs 120–117 43 18 27 1 1 8 11 10 4 3 2
44 November 16, 2001 Washington Wizards Utah Jazz 92–101 41 17 33 1 2 9 11 7 3 1 0
April 18, 1998 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 111–109 40 11 24 0 0 22 24 3 3 1 0
January 9, 1998 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 90–89 41 17 33 1 4 9 10 4 2 3 1
January 2, 1998 Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks 114–100 43 15 22 1 1 13 15 5 1 2 0
November 23, 1996 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 100–105 39 17 32 0 6 10 12 6 4 2 1
May 5, 1996 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 91–84 41 17 35 1 5 9 9 5 2 0 0
February 18, 1996 Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers 110–102 42 16 29 3 4 9 10 5 7 3 2
June 13, 1993 Chicago Bulls Phoenix Suns 121–129 57 19 43 3 9 3 6 6 2 1
March 30, 1993 Chicago Bulls Phoenix Suns 109–113 40 19 31 0 6 6 7 3 5 4 0
March 28, 1992 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 126–102 37 21 32 0 1 2 2 4 6 3 0
January 3, 1992 Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks 108–113 40 19 29 0 2 6 8 6 7 1 0
November 6, 1991 Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics 132–113 38 16 26 3 4 9 9 3 6 1 1
April 2, 1991 Chicago Bulls Orlando Magic 106–102 41 17 26 0 0 10 12 4 6 5 2
February 3, 1990 Chicago Bulls San Antonio Spurs 111–112 46 17 32 2 4 8 8 3 5 2 0
January 18, 1990 Chicago Bulls Golden State Warriors 132–107 33 17 30 7 12 3 3 12 8 1 2
May 7, 1989 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 101–100 44 17 32 1 1 9 13 9 6 1 0
May 3, 1989 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 101–94 39 18 34 1 1 7 9 7 10 5 1
May 5, 1988 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 91–97 42 18 25 0 0 8 9 5 4 4 2
April 17, 1988 Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks 105–97 38 17 29 0 1 10 14 3 6 4 3
December 12, 1987 Chicago Bulls Houston Rockets 112–103 40 16 28 0 0 12 12 3 9 5 5
March 16, 1987 Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks 96–97 43 15 28 0 1 14 14 4 5 4 0
December 27, 1986 Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers 105–93 36 20 29 0 0 4 4 4 3 0 2
43 February 21, 2003 Washington Wizards New Jersey Nets 89–86 43 18 30 0 0 7 8 10 3 4 1
February 11, 1997 Chicago Bulls Charlotte Hornets 103–100 42 16 24 1 2 10 14 5 4 3 0
May 11, 1993 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 91–84 42 16 30 0 4 11 11 0 4 3 1
March 24, 1993 Chicago Bulls Philadelphia 76ers 113–100 39 20 29 2 4 1 2 2 4 3 0
April 7, 1990 Chicago Bulls Dallas Mavericks 109–108 40 15 26 3 5 10 13 3 4 2 1
March 24, 1990 Chicago Bulls Sacramento Kings 113–116 39 16 28 2 3 9 10 5 6 5 0
March 8, 1990 Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz 94–98 47 12 29 0 6 19 22 7 4 7 0
February 27, 1990 Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks 106–96 41 13 25 0 1 17 19 6 6 3 0
January 5, 1990 Chicago Bulls Orlando Magic 127–116 41 19 31 2 5 3 3 4 6 4 0
December 27, 1988 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 96–107 42 18 30 1 1 6 6 12 4 3 0
February 22, 1987 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 102–98 39 16 29 0 0 11 15 4 6 8 5
February 16, 1987 Chicago Bulls Sacramento Kings 120–124 (OT) 48 13 30 0 1 17 18 7 6 5 4
January 15, 1987 Chicago Bulls Houston Rockets 96–107 43 17 43 1 4 8 9 3 3 2 1
December 23, 1986 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers 108–92 35 18 33 0 1 7 7 5 6 2 0
December 6, 1986 Chicago Bulls San Antonio Spurs 97–106 44 18 38 0 2 7 7 5 3 1 1
December 5, 1986 Chicago Bulls Phoenix Suns 112–114 41 15 37 0 0 13 17 4 2 3 1
42 March 8, 1998 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 102–89 43 17 33 1 2 7 9 8 6 3 1
November 3, 1995 Chicago Bulls Charlotte Hornets 105–91 39 16 29 3 7 7 9 6 7 0 0
June 11, 1993 Chicago Bulls Phoenix Suns 111–108 40 18 36 2 2 4 5 12 9 2 0
January 24, 1993 Chicago Bulls San Antonio Spurs 99–103 44 16 35 0 2 10 11 11 3 4 2
December 25, 1992 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 89–77 41 15 34 0 4 12 16 8 5 3 1
May 17, 1992 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 110–81 42 15 29 0 0 12 13 6 4 2 3
March 28, 1991 Chicago Bulls New Jersey Nets 128–94 30 16 26 10 11 1 4 0 2
December 27, 1990 Chicago Bulls Golden State Warriors 128–113 34 17 25 1 2 7 7 14 7 3 1
May 28, 1990 Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons 108–101 43 13 26 0 1 16 19 4 9 4 3
January 21, 1990 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 117–109 41 10 17 4 5 18 20 10 7 4 2
January 15, 1989 Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics 110–104 41 13 23 0 3 16 17 9 11 8 0
December 20, 1988 Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Lakers 116–103 39 11 23 2 3 18 22 7 8 4 0
November 12, 1988 Chicago Bulls New Jersey Nets 91–97 43 17 31 0 3 8 12 7 6 3 1
January 22, 1988 Chicago Bulls Phoenix Suns 118–108 38 17 25 0 0 8 8 4 13 4 4
January 12, 1988 Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics 97–104 43 19 35 0 1 4 5 4 6 3 1
April 27, 1987 Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics 96–105 45 14 29 2 3 12 14 4 4 0 4
January 5, 1985 Chicago Bulls New York Knicks 113–119 42 16 25 0 0 10 11 7 4 2 1

Notes[edit]

A Double overtime

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