List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game
Points Nationality Player Date Team Opponent Final score Notes
272 Sweden Mats Wermelin February 5 , 1974 272-0 According to Guinness World Records , Wermelin , a 13-year-old boy , scored all 272 points in the shutout win in Stockholm during a regional boys tournament
227 Poland Konrad Migdalski December 2005 MKS-MOS Pruszków UKS Czarodzieje z Bielan 326-15 He scored 100 points 3 minutes before end of 2nd quarter . The game was a local U-14 Polish league match
178 Croatia Marin Ferenčević ( 2 ) May 2006 KK Virovitica ABN Graminea 187-70 He also grabbed 22 rebounds and had 16 steals in the contest . The game was a local U-14 Croatian league match . His scoring by quarter went : 34 , 61 , 55 , 28
153 Turkey Erman Kunter March 12 , 1988 Fenerbahçe Hilalspor 175-101 Kunter scored 81 points in the first half and 72 in the second half and set the Turkish Basketball League record
145 Greece Aristeidis Moumoglou July 13 , 1972 Iraklis VAO 172-94 Scored in a Greek Basket League game
144 Yugoslavia Zdenko Babić October 10 , 1985 KK Zadar Apoelo of Cyprus 192-116 Scored in the first round of the 1985-86 FIBA Korać Cup . It only took 26 minutes ( of the 40-minute game ) for Babić to score 113 points
136 Israel Anat Draigor April 5 , 2006 Hapoel Mate Yehuda Elitzur Givat Shmuel 158-41 Draigor 's total is recognized by Guinness World Records as the highest single game point total in women 's professional basketball history . When she accomplished the feat , she was a 46-year-old mother and playing in an Israel Division III League playoff game . She scored 61 first-half points and 75 second-half points
134 Poland Leszek Doliński December 18 , 1993 ATS Koszalin Gajjal Choszczno Scored during a III Liga ( 3rd division ) game . Doliński was a former Polish National Team player . Record in Polish senior leagues
129 Brazil Marx Martins Rodrigues Carvalho September 16 , 1984 CR Vasco da Gama Hebraica Sociedade Cultural Esportiva e Recreativa Scored in a Rio de Janeiro State Championship game
129 Poland Krzysztof Jakóbczyk January 22 , 2007 AWF Wrocław WSH Wrocław During local academic league game
124 Great Britain Paul Ogden March 9 , 1982 St. Alban 's School South Chadderton School 226-82 Scored at the British high school level
124 Brazil Hortência Marcari 1987 Minercal 252-31 The game was played at São Paulo State College , which was the location of a city tournament
120 Philippines Clark Quijano October 2013 AMA University High School Grace Christian College 166-85 Set a new Philippine high school record during the Freego Tiong Lian Basketball Association Tournament
116 Philippines Lou Salvador May 1923 Philippines national team China national team Achieved in the gold medal game at the 1923 Far Eastern Games and still remains the highest single game total in international competition
116 United States Archie Talley 1980 TV Clausen Trier 132-91 Scored during a game in Germany
113 Lebanon Mohammad Akkari April 3 , 2012 Al Mouttahed Tripoli Bejje SC 173-141 This was the first 100-point performance in any official game of any league in a FIBA Asia member country . El Akkari had only been averaging 7.6 points per game until this game
112 Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović * October 5 , 1985 Cibona Zagreb SMELT Olimpija Scored in a Yugoslav First League game
111 Canada Denham Brown February 7 , 2002 West Hill Collegiate Institute R. H. King Academy 150-58 He set the Canadian high school single game record . Brown scored 51 first half points and 41 in the third quarter alone
111 Croatia Matej Kuna February 2006 Belišće Požega 159-77 Matej was a 21-year-old playing in the Croatian A2 League and fell two points shy of breaking Dražen Petrović 's record of 112 . He thought he had broken the record and substituted out with 90 seconds remaining , but officials later revealed he had only scored 111
110 Kosovo Granit Rugova March 30 , 2011 Sigal Prishtina KB Mitrovica 150-54 Highest total in Kosovar basketball history
International
In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through field goals (two or three points) and free throws (one point). It is a rare achievement for an individual player to score 100 points in a single 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 accomplishment may have been achieved under varying circumstances, such as game length, opponent skill level and the league in which it occurred. Internationally, the highest single player total between national teams is 116 points, scored by the Philippines' 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. As an adult, Wermelin played as a guard for Hammarby IF, Järfälla and Stockholm Capitals. 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.