NBL Records: Most Points in a Game, Highest Scores and Biggest Wins

These are the best single-game performances since the NBL moved to 40-minute games in 2009–10, taken from every box score on file. Records from the 48-minute era aren't mixed in, because eight extra minutes a game makes the numbers hard to compare.

The tables cover all 2,326 games on file from 2009–10 to 2025–26, regular season and finals. 21 of them have no full box score, so the player lists are the best on file rather than an official record book.

Most points in an NBL game

Bryce Cotton's 59 points for the Perth Wildcats against the NZ Breakers on 1 December 2024 is the most in the 40-minute era. It broke the record James Batemon had set with 51 for Brisbane only two weeks earlier. In the NBL's all-time list, which goes back to 1979, Cotton's 59 sits just behind a handful of 48-minute-era games.

Most rebounds in a game

Most assists in a game

Most three-pointers in a game

Ten threes is the ceiling so far. The FIBA three-point line sits closer than the NBA's, and the three-point leaders show who is shooting best this season.

Most steals in a game

Most blocks in a game

Every triple-double since 2009–10

There are 18 triple-doubles on file from 2009–10 to 2025–26, ten or more in three of points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks:

Team records

Highest team scores

Biggest winning margins

Highest-scoring games

Lowest team scores

Before 2009–10

The files also hold four 48-minute seasons, 2005–06 to 2008–09. With eight extra minutes, team scores ran higher: the best was 155, by the Brisbane Bullets against the Adelaide 36ers in January 2008. The most points by a player in those seasons was 51, by Martin Cattalini (Cairns Taipans, November 2006) and Ebi Ere (Brisbane Bullets, January 2008).

The league's earlier history, back to 1979, is covered in the list of every NBL champion.

Records in the making

Big games this season are flagged in each game's recap, which checks every performance against the files: career highs, milestones and the biggest wins and comebacks. Every player page also lists career highs and NBL career totals. Start from the stat leaders or the Game Score leaders.