most points by an nba player on a tuesday in a game in 2024

Anthony Edwards dropped the most points in a game on Tuesdays in 2023-24, with 51 points against the Wizards on April 9.

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most points by an NBA player on a tuesday in a regular-season game in 2024

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	51	4/9/2024	MIN	vs	WAS	38	6	7	0	0	17	29	58.6	6	13	46.2	11	11	100.0	75.4	1	5	2	0	+6
2	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	45	4/9/2024	NYK	@	CHI	42	3	8	1	0	13	24	54.2	7	12	58.3	12	12	100.0	76.8	0	3	1	0	+9
3	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	45	3/5/2024	HOU	vs	SAS	37	16	3	5	1	19	32	59.4	2	3	66.7	5	7	71.4	64.1	6	10	2	3	+18
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	45	2/27/2024	DAL	@	CLE	41	9	14	3	0	17	29	58.6	6	11	54.5	5	5	100.0	72.1	0	9	1	1	+13
5	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	43	12/26/2023	SAC	@	POR	38	8	4	1	1	16	26	61.5	7	15	46.7	4	6	66.7	75.1	2	6	5	2	-2
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	42	4/2/2024	DEN	vs	SAS	38	16	6	1	2	18	32	56.3	1	6	16.7	5	6	83.3	60.6	4	12	4	2	+5
7	Jalen Green J. Green	42	3/19/2024	HOU	@	WAS	36	10	3	1	1	12	21	57.1	7	13	53.8	11	13	84.6	78.6	2	8	1	2	+26
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	41	2/13/2024	BOS	@	BKN	39	14	5	2	1	14	26	53.8	5	11	45.5	8	8	100.0	69.4	0	14	2	3	+21
9	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	41	2/13/2024	MIN	@	POR	34	4	2	2	1	16	27	59.3	4	8	50.0	5	5	100.0	70.2	0	4	2	1	+16
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	41	1/16/2024	PHI	vs	DEN	39	7	10	0	1	13	22	59.1	3	6	50.0	12	15	80.0	71.7	1	6	3	4	0
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	41	1/9/2024	LAL	vs	TOR	40	11	6	0	1	13	17	76.5	2	2	100.0	13	14	92.9	88.5	1	10	3	4	0
12	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	41	12/26/2023	DET	vs	BKN	37	9	5	1	1	15	21	71.4	3	4	75.0	8	10	80.0	80.7	1	8	3	4	+5
13	Julius Randle J. Randle	41	12/5/2023	NYK	@	MIL	37	6	5	0	0	14	19	73.7	2	2	100.0	11	12	91.7	84.4	3	3	4	3	-21
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	41	11/28/2023	DAL	vs	HOU	38	9	9	2	0	15	29	51.7	3	10	30.0	8	9	88.9	62.2	0	9	0	3	+12
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	40	4/9/2024	OKC	vs	SAC	38	7	4	2	2	11	21	52.4	2	3	66.7	16	20	80.0	67.1	1	6	5	2	+6
16	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	40	2/13/2024	SAC	@	PHX	40	9	6	3	0	14	31	45.2	5	12	41.7	7	10	70.0	56.5	4	5	6	4	-9
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	40	12/19/2023	MIL	vs	SAS	35	3	4	3	0	14	22	63.6	7	12	58.3	5	5	100.0	82.6	0	3	1	0	+26
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	40	12/19/2023	PHX	@	POR	38	4	5	2	0	16	28	57.1	1	3	33.3	7	8	87.5	63.5	0	4	5	1	+8
19	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	40	11/28/2023	CLE	vs	ATL	35	11	5	3	1	14	25	56.0	3	11	27.3	9	9	100.0	69.1	2	9	6	3	+29
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	39	4/9/2024	DAL	@	CHA	35	12	10	0	1	13	25	52.0	8	17	47.1	5	7	71.4	69.4	2	10	4	2	+22
21	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	39	3/5/2024	DAL	vs	IND	43	10	11	0	0	15	30	50.0	4	13	30.8	5	6	83.3	59.7	0	10	5	4	-18
22	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	39	11/14/2023	PHI	vs	IND	38	12	6	3	0	11	22	50.0	0	4	0.0	17	17	100.0	66.1	3	9	5	4	-9
23	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	38	3/12/2024	BOS	@	UTA	34	6	2	1	1	13	25	52.0	4	10	40.0	8	8	100.0	66.6	2	4	3	3	+8
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	38	2/6/2024	MIN	@	CHI	44	12	5	2	1	12	26	46.2	5	9	55.6	9	11	81.8	61.6	0	12	5	5	-4
25	Paul George P. George	38	1/16/2024	LAC	vs	OKC	34	7	5	3	0	15	24	62.5	6	12	50.0	2	4	50.0	73.8	0	7	0	2	+13