List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game
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In basketball
, points
are the sum of the score accumulated through free throw
s or field goal
s. When an individual player scores 100 points in a single game, it is a rare achievement. Only a small percentage of players have ever accomplished this feat in an organized basketball game. What follows is an incomplete list of all of the verified occurrences of players scoring 100 points or more. Each individual instance of the achievement may have had different circumstances surrounding it, such as game length, opponent skill level and the league in which it occurred.
In the United States
, 100-point games have occurred at least once at most levels of education. At the middle school level, 13-year old 8th grader Bob Harrison scored all 139 of his team's points in a 139–8 win on February 3, 1941. In high school, there have been 24 verified occurrences, 19 by male players and 5 by female players. The first recorded instance was on March 8, 1913, when Herman Saygar of Culver High School (Indiana
) scored 113 points against Winamac High School. The first female to score 100 points at the high school level was Denise Long of Union-Whitten High School (Iowa
), who scored 111 points during a state playoff game in the spring of 1968 against Dows High School. That season, Long's senior
year of 1967–68, she averaged a still-standing national record 68.2 points per game. Her single game total stood as the high school female record for 38 years until Epiphanny Prince
scored 113 for Murry Bergtraum High School
(New York
) on February 2, 2006. The boys' high school record is 135 points, scored by Danny Heater
on January 26, 1960. Playing for Burnsville High School (West Virginia
) against Widen High School, Heater made 53-of-70 field goals and 29-of-41 free throw
s. His 135-point outburst is still the highest total for the high school level worldwide.
At the college level, there have been four 100-point games, two of which were recorded by Clarence "Bevo" Francis
of Rio Grande College
. Francis scored 116 points against Ashland College
on January 9, 1953, but because the opponent was not a four-year institution, the total does not count as the official college record. One year later, on February 2, 1954, Francis scored 113 against Hillsdale College
, which is the recognized highest total in United States college basketball history. Rio Grande College was (and is) not classified as a Division I institution, and therefore the only player to score 100 points at the Division I level is Frank Selvy of Furman University
. Selvy recorded exactly 100 points on February 13, 1954—less than two weeks after Francis scored 113—against Newberry College
. He scored his 99th and 100th points on a 40-foot shot as the final buzzer sounded. Professionally, there have been a number of occurrences of 100-point games worldwide. It has only happened once in the United States, however. Wilt Chamberlain
of the National Basketball Association
's Philadelphia Warriors
scored 100 points
on March 2, 1962 against the New York Knicks
during a game played at Hersheypark Arena
in Hershey, Pennsylvania
. He made 36-of-63 field goals and 28-of-32 free throws, the latter being a particularly boggling statistic considering Chamberlain was a 51.1% free throw shooter for his career.
Internationally, the highest single player total between national teams is 116 points, scored by the Philippines' Luis "Lou" Salvador
in May 1923 against China. It happened during the 1923 Far Eastern Games
. The highest single game total in worldwide organized basketball history, irrespective of gender, age or competition level, is 272 points, scored by a 13-year old boy named Mats Wermelin of Sweden
. He recorded every single point in his team's 272–0 win on February 5, 1974, during a regional boys' tournament held in Stockholm
. The highest total by a female basketball player worldwide is 136, scored by Anat Draigor
of Israel
. It happened on April 5, 2006, in a 158–41 win. Draigor was 46 years old playing in an Israel Division III League playoff game, which also makes her the oldest player in history to score 100 points. Only one player, other than the United States' Bevo Francis, has recorded multiple 100-point games in organized competition. Croatia
's Marin Ferenčević scored 101 and 178 points in April and May 2006, respectively, during Under-14 Croatian League matches.
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|align="left"|Kunter scored 81 points in the first half and 72 in the second half and set the Turkish Basketball League
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, points
Point (basketball)
Points in basketball are used to keep track of the score in a game. Points can be accumulated by making field goals or free throws ....
are the sum of the score accumulated through free throw
Free throw
In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court , and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team...
s or field goal
Field goal (basketball)
In basketball, the term field goal refers to a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the distance of the attempt from the basket. "Field Goal" is the official terminology used by the National Basketball Association in their rule book,...
s. When an individual player scores 100 points in a single game, it is a rare achievement. Only a small percentage of players have ever accomplished this feat in an organized basketball game. What follows is an incomplete list of all of the verified occurrences of players scoring 100 points or more. Each individual instance of the achievement may have had different circumstances surrounding it, such as game length, opponent skill level and the league in which it occurred.
In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, 100-point games have occurred at least once at most levels of education. At the middle school level, 13-year old 8th grader Bob Harrison scored all 139 of his team's points in a 139–8 win on February 3, 1941. In high school, there have been 24 verified occurrences, 19 by male players and 5 by female players. The first recorded instance was on March 8, 1913, when Herman Saygar of Culver High School (Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
) scored 113 points against Winamac High School. The first female to score 100 points at the high school level was Denise Long of Union-Whitten High School (Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
), who scored 111 points during a state playoff game in the spring of 1968 against Dows High School. That season, Long's senior
Senior (education)
Senior is a term used in the United States to describe a student in the 4th year of study .-High school:...
year of 1967–68, she averaged a still-standing national record 68.2 points per game. Her single game total stood as the high school female record for 38 years until Epiphanny Prince
Epiphanny Prince
Epiphanny Prince is an American basketball player for Rutgers University Women's team and Galatasaray Medical Park from Turkey. She is best known for scoring 113 points for Murry Bergtraum in a high school game in 2006, breaking a girls' national prep record previously held by Hall of Famer Cheryl...
scored 113 for Murry Bergtraum High School
Murry Bergtraum High School
The Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers is a public secondary school in New York City. It is located in Lower Manhattan, adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge and City Hall. Bergtraum offers business-oriented courses to prepare students for careers in marketing, tourism, finance, human...
(New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
) on February 2, 2006. The boys' high school record is 135 points, scored by Danny Heater
Danny Heater
Danny Heater is an American record holder for the highest single game scoring performance by one player in high school basketball history worldwide....
on January 26, 1960. Playing for Burnsville High School (West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
) against Widen High School, Heater made 53-of-70 field goals and 29-of-41 free throw
Free throw
In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court , and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team...
s. His 135-point outburst is still the highest total for the high school level worldwide.
At the college level, there have been four 100-point games, two of which were recorded by Clarence "Bevo" Francis
Bevo Francis
Bevo Francis was an American basketball player. He became one of the most prolific scorers in college basketball history during his career at Rio Grande College, topping over 100 points on two occasions...
of Rio Grande College
University of Rio Grande
The University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College are twin colleges in Rio Grande, Ohio, United States....
. Francis scored 116 points against Ashland College
Ashland Community and Technical College
Ashland Community and Technical College , located in Ashland, Kentucky, United States, is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System .-History:...
on January 9, 1953, but because the opponent was not a four-year institution, the total does not count as the official college record. One year later, on February 2, 1954, Francis scored 113 against Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, is a co-educational liberal arts college known for being the first American college to prohibit in its charter all discrimination based on race, religion, or sex; its refusal of government funding; and its monthly publication, Imprimis...
, which is the recognized highest total in United States college basketball history. Rio Grande College was (and is) not classified as a Division I institution, and therefore the only player to score 100 points at the Division I level is Frank Selvy of Furman University
Furman University
Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...
. Selvy recorded exactly 100 points on February 13, 1954—less than two weeks after Francis scored 113—against Newberry College
Newberry College
Newberry College is a liberal-arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located on a historic campus in Newberry, South Carolina.The college has 1,025 students and a 19:1 student-teacher ratio...
. He scored his 99th and 100th points on a 40-foot shot as the final buzzer sounded. Professionally, there have been a number of occurrences of 100-point games worldwide. It has only happened once in the United States, however. Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain was an American professional NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; he also played for the Harlem Globetrotters prior to playing in the NBA...
of the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
's Philadelphia Warriors
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
scored 100 points
Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game
Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game, named by the National Basketball Association as one of its greatest games, was a regular-season game between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks held on March 2, 1962, at Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania.The Warriors won the game 169-147,...
on March 2, 1962 against the New York Knicks
New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
during a game played at Hersheypark Arena
Hersheypark Arena
Hersheypark Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena, located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The arena has a seating capacity, for hockey, of 7,286 people and in excess of 8,000, including standing room...
in Hershey, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Hershey is a census-designated place in Derry Township, Dauphin County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The community is located 14 miles east of Harrisburg and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hershey has no legal status as an incorporated municipality...
. He made 36-of-63 field goals and 28-of-32 free throws, the latter being a particularly boggling statistic considering Chamberlain was a 51.1% free throw shooter for his career.
Internationally, the highest single player total between national teams is 116 points, scored by the Philippines' Luis "Lou" Salvador
Lou Salvador
Luis "Lou" Salvador was a Filipino basketball player, stage actor and talent manager. As a player for the Philippine national basketball team during the 1923 Far Eastern Games, he scored 116 points in a single game. He later became a leading figure in Philippine show business as a talent manager...
in May 1923 against China. It happened during the 1923 Far Eastern Games
1923 Far Eastern Games
The 6th Far Eastern Games were held in May 1923 in Osaka, Empire of Japan.During the Games, Lou Salvador of the Philippines' achieved the all-time record for the most points scored by a player in a single game in international basketball competition. He scored 116 points to lead the Philippines and...
. The highest single game total in worldwide organized basketball history, irrespective of gender, age or competition level, is 272 points, scored by a 13-year old boy named Mats Wermelin of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. He recorded every single point in his team's 272–0 win on February 5, 1974, during a regional boys' tournament held in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. The highest total by a female basketball player worldwide is 136, scored by Anat Draigor
Anat Draigor
Anat Draigor is a professional basketball player who in 2006 set the Guinness world record for the number of points scored in a single game by a female. On April 6, 2006, 46-year-old Draigor of Israel set that record by scoring 136 points in a single game...
of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. It happened on April 5, 2006, in a 158–41 win. Draigor was 46 years old playing in an Israel Division III League playoff game, which also makes her the oldest player in history to score 100 points. Only one player, other than the United States' Bevo Francis, has recorded multiple 100-point games in organized competition. Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
's Marin Ferenčević scored 101 and 178 points in April and May 2006, respectively, during Under-14 Croatian League matches.
Key
- Most of the players' exact statistics cannot be found, but whatever information was able to be verified is included. When a dash (—) appears in the three-point field goal statistic, it indicates that three-pointers had yet to be implemented as a rule and therefore it was not an applicable statistic.
| FGM | Field goals Field goal (basketball) In basketball, the term field goal refers to a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the distance of the attempt from the basket. "Field Goal" is the official terminology used by the National Basketball Association in their rule book,... made |
| FGA | Field goals attempted |
| 3FGM | Three-point field goal Three-point field goal A three-point field goal is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket... s made |
| 3FGA | Three-point field goals attempted |
| FTM | Free throw Free throw In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court , and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team... s made |
| FTA | Free throws attempted |
| Ref. | Reference(s) |
| Nationality | Denotes the player's nationality, not the country in which it occurred |
| ^ | Denotes player who is still active at the level of competition in which s/he scored 100 points |
| Denotes female player | |
| * | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (United States) |
| Elected to both the Naismith Hall and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Basketball Hall of Fame The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honors men and women who have contributed to the sport of women's basketball. The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA... (United States) |
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| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has scored 100 points up to and including that occurrence |
Professional
National Basketball Association (NBA)| Points | Player | Date | Team | Opponent | Final score | FGM Field goal (basketball) In basketball, the term field goal refers to a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the distance of the attempt from the basket. "Field Goal" is the official terminology used by the National Basketball Association in their rule book,... |
FGA | 3FGM Three-point field goal A three-point field goal is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket... |
3FGA | FTM Free throw In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court , and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team... |
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| 100 Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game, named by the National Basketball Association as one of its greatest games, was a regular-season game between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks held on March 2, 1962, at Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania.The Warriors won the game 169-147,... |
* | Philadelphia Warriors Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association... |
New York Knicks New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association... |
169–147 | 36 | 63 | — | — | 28 | 32 | Chamberlain is the only NBA National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada... player to score 100 points in a single game. He also grabbed 25 rebounds Rebound (basketball) A rebound in basketball is the act of successfully gaining possession of the basketball after a missed field goal or free throw. Rebounds in basketball are a routine part in the game, as all possessions change after a shot is successfully made... in the performance. |
Collegiate
| Points | Player | Date | Team | Opponent | Final score | FGM Field goal (basketball) In basketball, the term field goal refers to a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the distance of the attempt from the basket. "Field Goal" is the official terminology used by the National Basketball Association in their rule book,... |
FGA | 3FGM Three-point field goal A three-point field goal is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket... |
3FGA | FTM Free throw In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court , and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team... |
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| 100+ | * | Villanova University Villanova Wildcats men's basketball This is the article about the men's basketball team from Villanova University. The team has competed since the 1920–21 season. Nicknamed the "Wildcats", Villanova is a member of the Big East Conference and the Philadelphia Big Five. The Villanova Wildcats have appeared in the NCAA... |
— | — | Similar to Bevo Francis's games, this is not officially recognized by the NCAA due to it being played against a junior college. | ||||||||
| 116 | Rio Grande College University of Rio Grande The University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College are twin colleges in Rio Grande, Ohio, United States.... |
Ashland College Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland Community and Technical College , located in Ashland, Kentucky, United States, is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System .-History:... |
150–85 | 47 | — | — | 22 | Initially recognized by both the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA... (NAIA) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States... (NCAA) as a college record, public uproar eventually forced NCAA to throw out the record because it did not occur in a game against a four-year institution. He had 61 points in the first half and scored all of his team's points, a total of 55, in the fourth quarter. |
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| 113 | (2) | Rio Grande College University of Rio Grande The University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College are twin colleges in Rio Grande, Ohio, United States.... |
Hillsdale College Hillsdale College Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, is a co-educational liberal arts college known for being the first American college to prohibit in its charter all discrimination based on race, religion, or sex; its refusal of government funding; and its monthly publication, Imprimis... |
134–91 | 38 | 70 | — | — | 37 | 45 | Francis also set college records for field goals made and free throws made. | ||
| 100 | Furman University | Newberry College Newberry College Newberry College is a liberal-arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located on a historic campus in Newberry, South Carolina.The college has 1,025 students and a 19:1 student-teacher ratio... |
149–95 | 41 | 66 | — | — | 18 | 22 | The only occurrence of a 100-point game at the NCAA Division I level. He scored his 99th and 100th points on a 40-foot shot as the final buzzer sounded. |
High school
Since 1913, 19 male and five female players have scored 100 points or more in United States high school basketball games.| Points | Player | Date | High school (State U.S. state A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of... ) |
Opponent | Final score | FGM Field goal (basketball) In basketball, the term field goal refers to a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the distance of the attempt from the basket. "Field Goal" is the official terminology used by the National Basketball Association in their rule book,... |
FGA | 3FGM Three-point field goal A three-point field goal is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket... |
3FGA | FTM Free throw In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court , and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team... |
FTA | Notes | Ref. |
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| 113 | Culver (IN Indiana Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is... ) |
Winamac (IN) | 154–10 | 56 | — | — | 1 | ||||||
| 102 | Brainard (NE Nebraska Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River.... ) |
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| 120 | Sedalia-Midway London High School (Ohio) London High School is a public high school in London, Ohio. It is the only high school in the London City Schools district. Their nickname is the Red Raiders.in track we are known for 100*100 meter relay... (OH Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus... ) |
Canaan (OH) | 137–47 | 52 | — | — | 16 | ||||||
| 114 | Hanson (KY Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth... ) |
St. Agnes (KY) | 128–56 | 47 | 55 | — | — | 20 | 24 | ||||
| 108 | St. Joe (AR Arkansas Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River... ) |
Witt Springs (AR) | — | — | |||||||||
| 103 | Wimauma (FL Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... ) |
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| 114 | Bristol (PA Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to... ) |
Palisades (PA) | 134–86 | 44 | 79 | — | — | 26 | 29 | Cimino scored all 69 of his team's second half points. | |||
| 135 | Burnsville (WV West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east... ) |
Widen (WV) | 173–43 | 53 | 70 | — | — | 29 | 41 | Heater set the world record for high school-level single game scoring, not just the United States' record. He scored 85 points in the second half alone, including 55 in the final 10 minutes. Heater also collected 32 rebounds and 7 assists Assist (basketball) In basketball, an assist is attributed to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score by field goal, meaning that he or she was "assisting" in the basket. There is some judgment involved in deciding whether a passer should be credited with an assist... during the game. |
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| 127 | Portsmouth Norcom I. C. Norcom High School I.C. Norcom High School is a public high school located in Portsmouth, Virginia. It is administered by Portsmouth City Public Schools. The school colors are maroon and grey, and the nickname is the Greyhounds. The school was named after Israel Charles Norcom, its first supervising principal.I. C... (VA Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there... ) |
Mary Smith (VA) | 173–47 | — | — | ||||||||
| 104 | Camden (TN Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area... ) |
Clarksburg (TN) | 130–43 | — | — | ||||||||
| 108 | Cassatt Midway (SC South Carolina South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence... ) |
Ruby South (SC) | 130–30 | 48 | — | — | 12 | 13 | Robinson scored 62 points in the second half. | ||||
| 100 | J.C. Lynch (SC) | Britton's Neck (SC) | 139–31 | — | — | Coward scored 80 points in the second half. | |||||||
| 111 | Union-Whitten (IA Iowa Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New... ) |
Dows (IA) | — | — | Long averaged a still-standing national record 68.2 points per game during her senior year and finished her career with 6,250 points, another national record for girls' high school basketball. | ||||||||
| 100 | Noble-Ebarb (LA Louisiana Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties... ) |
Elizabeth (LA) | 139–79 | — | — | ||||||||
| 102 | Little Rock Arkansas School for Deaf (AR) | Leola (AR) | 133–58 | — | — | ||||||||
| 105 | Grandfield (OK Oklahoma Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state... ) |
Terral (OK) | 120–65 | 45 | 85 | — | — | Johnson scored 71 first half points. | |||||
| 100 | Dobbins Tech (PA) | Mastbaum (PA) | 131–38 | 41 | 57 | — | — | 18 | 21 | ||||
| 105 | Riverside Poly Riverside Polytechnic High School Riverside Polytechnic High School is a four-year public high school in Riverside, California, United States, and part of the Riverside Unified School District... (CA California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... ) |
Norte Vista Norte Vista High School Norte Vista High School is a high school in Riverside, California, part of the Alvord Unified School District, and the home of the Norte Vista Braves.-Institution:... (CA) |
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| 103 | New Port Richey Christian (FL) | Clearwater St. Paul (FL) | 111–60 | ||||||||||
| 101 | Morningside Morningside High School Morningside High is a public high school in Inglewood, California.-History:In 1951, the first two classes of students came to the Morningside Park area of Inglewood to attend the new Morningside High School. Incoming 9th graders came from the surrounding junior high schools, and a class of 10th... (CA) |
South Torrance South High School (Torrance) South High School is a public high school in Torrance, California. It is one of five high schools in the Torrance Unified School District.-History:... (CA) |
102–24 | 37 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 35 | Leslie scored all 101 points in the first half alone; she scored 49 points in the first quarter and 52 in the second quarter. The opponent forfeited the game at halftime. | |||
| 101 | Heritage Christian (TX Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... ) |
Banff Christian (TX) | 178–28 | 46 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 6 | Hensley coincidentally scored 101 points on the same night as Dajuan Wagner scored 100 (listed below). | ||||
| 100 | Camden Camden High School (New Jersey) Camden High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from the city of Camden, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Camden City Public Schools, which is classified as an Abbott District. The school,... (NJ New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware... ) |
Gloucester Twp. Tech Gloucester Township Technical High School Camden County Technical and Vocational School , also called Gloucester Township Technical High School, is a vocational/technical public high school located in Gloucester Township, New Jersey, United States, that operates as part of the Camden County Technical Schools... (NJ) |
157–67 | 42 | 60 | 10 | 15 | 6 | Wagner set the New Jersey state prep single game scoring record en route to setting the state career scoring mark of 3,462 points. He also substituted out of the game with four minutes remaining once he reached 100. | ||||
| 100 | Pico Rivera Mesrobian (CA) | Los Angeles Pacific Christian (CA) | 114–47 | 11 | |||||||||
| 113 | Murry Bergtraum Murry Bergtraum High School The Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers is a public secondary school in New York City. It is located in Lower Manhattan, adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge and City Hall. Bergtraum offers business-oriented courses to prepare students for careers in marketing, tourism, finance, human... (NY New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... ) |
Brandeis (NY) | 137–32 | 54 | 60 | 4 | 1 |
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FGA | 3FGM Three-point field goal A three-point field goal is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket... |
3FGA | FTM Free throw In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court , and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team... |
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| 139 | LaGrange School | Arch Street School | 139–8 | 69 | — | — | 1 | Harrison was a , 13-year old 8th grader from Toledo, Ohio Toledo, Ohio Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan... . This game was played in eight-minute quarters on a regulation basketball court. |
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| 113 | * (2) | — | — | According to the Harvey Pollack NBA Statistical Yearbook, this occurred during an amateur league game. | |||||||||
| 100 | Summer 1978 | Set a then-record for organized street basketball during an IS8 League game in Jamaica, Queens Jamaica, Queens Jamaica is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. It was settled under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland as Rustdorp. Under British rule, the Village of Jamaica became the center of the "Town of Jamaica"... , New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... . |
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| 105 | ^ | Dyckman | GymRatsNYC | 138–130 | 23 | 28 | It is believed to set a new organized street basketball scoring record, surpassing Fly Williams' previous record of 100 set back in 1978. Played at Watson Gleason Playground in the Bronx, New York City, Fisher scored 72 points by the end of the third quarter and shot 23-for-28 from three-point range. |
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FGA | 3FGM Three-point field goal A three-point field goal is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket... |
3FGA | FTM Free throw In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court , and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team... |
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| 116 | Philippines national team | China national team | — | — | Achieved in the gold medal game at the 1923 Far Eastern Games 1923 Far Eastern Games The 6th Far Eastern Games were held in May 1923 in Osaka, Empire of Japan.During the Games, Lou Salvador of the Philippines' achieved the all-time record for the most points scored by a player in a single game in international basketball competition. He scored 116 points to lead the Philippines and... and still remains the highest single game total in international competition. |
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| 145 | Iraklis Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. Iraklis B.C. is the professional basketball department of the wider family of G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki, located in Thessaloniki, Greece. Iraklis currently plays in the Greek League. The team colors are blue and white.-History:... |
Byzantinos A.O. | 172–94 | — | — | |||||||||
| 272 | 272–0 | — | — | According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Wermelin—a 13-year-old boy—scored all 272 points in the shutout win in Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... during a regional boys tournament. |
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| 107 | Bluefields Selection | National School of Agriculture | Set a Nicaraguan national scoring record. | |||||||||||
| 116 | TV Clausen | Tria | 132–91 | Scored during a EuroLeague game in Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... . |
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| 124 | St. Alban's School | South Chadderton School South Chadderton School South Chadderton School is a co-educational secondary school in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, England. Ms Quesnel is the Headteacher. The school caters for children aged 11-16 and there are 711 pupils on roll... |
226–82 | Scored at the British high school level. | ||||||||||
| 112 | * | Cibona Zagreb KK Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona is a professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian League and the Adriatic League.-History:The club was founded in 1946 under the name Sloboda... |
SMELT Olimpija KK Union Olimpija -Depth Chart:-In: Ben Woodside Deon Thompson Aleksandar Ćapin Jaka Blažič Danny Green Ratko Varda Robert Rothbart -Out: Giorgi Shermadini - return from a loan Kenny Gregory Samo Udrih Aloysius Anagonye Vladimir... |
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| 144 | KK Zadar KK Zadar KK Zadar is a Croatian professional basketball team from the city of Zadar playing in the A-1 Liga.Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment... |
Apoelo APOEL B.C. APOEL is a professional basketball team from Nicosia, Cyprus. APOEL is one of the most successful basketball clubs in Cyprus by winning 10 Championships, 11 Cups and 10 Supercups. APOEL B.C. is part of the APOEL multisport club.-History:... of Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the... |
192–116 | It only took 26 minutes (of the 40-minute game) for Babić to score 113 points. | ||||||||||
| 103 | Ginebra San Miguel Barangay Ginebra Kings The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation... |
Great Taste Great Taste Coffee Makers Great Taste Coffee was one of the Pioneer teams in the Philippine Basketball Association . The company was then known as the Consolidated Foods Corporation and their chief products included well known brands like Presto Ice Cream, N-Rich Coffee Cream, Jack & Jill Fun Snacks, Great Taste Coffee... |
197–168 | Set a then-Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA... record. |
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The Pop Cola Panthers is a former Philippine Basketball Association team from 1990-2001 under the ownership of Cosmos Bottling Corporation, a subsidiary of RFM Corporation. Cosmos was sold to Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc., then-owned by San Miguel Corporation in 2001 which also includes the...
|Ginebra San Miguel
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R. H. King Academy
R. H. King Academy, formerly named R. H. King Collegiate Institute and Scarborough High School, is a secondary school located in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is part of the Toronto District School Board. The school was founded in 1922 as Scarborough High School and...
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high school single game record. Brown scored 51 first half points and 41 in the third quarter alone.
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Steal (basketball)
In basketball, a steal occurs when a defensive player legally causes a turnover by his positive, aggressive action. This can be done by deflecting and controlling, catching, or batting to a teammate a pass or dribble of an offensive player...
in the contest. The game was a local U-14 Croatian league match. His scoring by quarter went: 34, 61, 55, 28.
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|Grace Christian College
Grace Christian College
Grace Christian College is a Born Again Christian school, formerly known as Grace Christian High School. The school caters primarily to Chinese Filipino students and provides education from Pre-Nursery to College. It is situated in Grace Village, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Its current...
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See also
- List of National Basketball Association players with most points in a game
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 60 or more points in a game