most points in a game by a 2nd round draft pick

Nikola Jokić and Jalen Brunson put up 61 points.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a 2nd round draft pick

	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	61	4/1/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
2	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	61	3/29/2024	NYK	@	SAS	43	4	6	1	0	25	47	53.2	5	13	38.5	6	6	100.0	61.4	1	3	1	2	+20
3	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	60	12/17/2006	WAS	@	LAL	49	8	8	2	0	17	32	53.1	5	12	41.7	21	27	77.8	68.4	0	8	3	3	+10
4	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	59	1/15/1960	CIN	vs	MIN		14				21	39	53.8				17	20	85.0	61.7				3
5	Michael Redd M. Redd	57	11/11/2006	MIL	vs	UTA	46	2	0	3	1	18	32	56.3	6	12	50.0	15	17	88.2	72.2	0	2	3	2	+2
6	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	57	3/18/1978	HOU	vs	NJN	48	6	2	3	0	24	40	60.0				9	12	75.0	62.9				4
7	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	57	12/11/1959	NYK	vs	SYR	38	12	8			18	31	58.1				21	26	80.8	67.2				1
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	56	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	39	16	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
9	Chet Walker C. Walker	56	2/6/1972	CHI	vs	CIN	36	4	2			22	30	73.3				12	13	92.3	78.4				1
10	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	55	12/28/2024	NYK	@	WAS	44	3	9	0	0	18	31	58.1	3	11	27.3	16	17	94.1	71.5	0	3	3	1	+1
11	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	55	2/23/1972	CIN	vs	POR	44	3	7			20	31	64.5				15	19	78.9	69.9				0
12	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	54	12/22/2006	WAS	@	PHX	48	3	4	1	0	21	37	56.8	6	12	50.0	6	6	100.0	68.1	0	3	4	5	+12
13	Alex English A. English	54	11/19/1985	DEN	vs	HOU	37	4	1	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	76.5	1	3	1	3
14	Willis Reed W. Reed	53	11/1/1967	NYK	@	LAL		18	2			21	29	72.4				11	14	78.6	75.4				2
15	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	52	12/30/2016	BOS	vs	MIA	37	2	0	1	0	15	26	57.7	9	13	69.2	13	13	100.0	82.0	1	1	2	2	+10
16	Mo Williams M. Williams	52	1/13/2015	MIN	@	IND	44	4	7	0	0	19	33	57.6	6	11	54.5	8	9	88.9	70.3	0	4	3	2	+14
17	Michael Redd M. Redd	52	3/4/2007	MIL	vs	CHI	44	3	2	3	0	18	32	56.3	8	13	61.5	8	9	88.9	72.3	1	2	4	2	-12
18	Billy Knight B. Knight	52	11/11/1980	IND	@	SAS	39	5	0	5	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		14	16	87.5	70.2				1
19	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	52	12/16/1979	NJN	vs	BOS	49	6	3	1	0	19	28	67.9	1	3	33.3	13	15	86.7	75.1	3	3	4	3
20	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	52	1/27/1973	KCO	@	ATL	48	8	11			21	31	67.7				10	13	76.9	70.8				2
21	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	52	1/9/1973	KCO	vs	NYK	53	3	14			18	28	64.3				16	17	94.1	73.3				1
22	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	51	1/28/2020	MIL	vs	WAS	36	10	6	0	0	16	26	61.5	7	10	70.0	12	12	100.0	81.5	1	9	2	2	+24
23	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	51	1/15/2007	WAS	vs	UTA	41	3	5	1	0	14	29	48.3	7	12	58.3	16	17	94.1	69.9	1	2	1	3	+10
24	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	51	1/26/1991	HOU	vs	CLE	46	5	1	2	0	14	25	56.0	4	10	40.0	19	22	86.4	73.5	0	5	5	0
25	Alex English A. English	51	3/10/1989	DEN	@	MIA	51	3	9	2	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	69.4	1	2	3	5