25 Most Dominant Individual Games in NBA History

There have been some absolutely dominant numbers put up in NBA history, some of which you’d only expect to see on a video game with the difficulty on the lowest setting. Many of these performances came in games that were enjoyable to everyone, regardless of who you were pulling for, and are still looked upon today.

There were many, MANY games to choose from for this list, and there are plenty left off that one could easily make an argument for; games like Wilt Chamberlain‘s 20 points and 41 rebounds, Allen Iverson‘s 48 points in the 2001 NBA Finals, and John Stockton‘s 23 points and 24 assists in the ’88 Western Conference Finals.

All barely missed the cut, all are certainly deserving.

Side note: Some of Wilt Chamberlain’s games have been left off this list for a couple of reasons. First off, Chamberlain was so dominant scoring, he is worthy of a top 25 of his own. If I included all of his games, this list would be almost entirely his games.

Second, there is some controversy surrounding his stats due to the limited statistics taken during that era as well as the uncertainty behind the accuracy of those statistics. By leaving some of his games off of here, I am in now way showing any disrespect, just trying to provide some variety.

With that being said, let’s get started!

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