Scoring 100 points in a game is a rare accomplishment in the sport of basketball. What follows is a partial list of the few who have achieved the century mark at various levels of competition.
[edit] National Basketball Association
[edit] United States collegiate
[edit] United States high school
According to the National High School Sports Record Book, only 15 male players have scored 100 points in U.S. high school basketball games (since 1913).[4] In addition, four women have scored 100 or more points in high school basketball games (since 1981). The women in this list contain a pink background.
| Player | Points | FG & FT | High School (State) | Opponent (State) | Game Score | Date |
| Danny Heater | 135 | 53-70 FG & 29-41 FT | Burnsville HS (WV) | Widen HS (WV) | 173-43 | 26 January 1960 |
| John Morris | 127 | | I. C. Norcom (VA) | Mary Smith (Accomac) (VA) | 173-47 | 22 February 1961 |
| Dick Bogenrife | 120 | | London-Midway HS (Sedalia) (OH) | Canaan HS (OH) | 137-46 | 6 February 1953 |
| Wayne Oakley | 114 | 47-55 FG & 20-24 FT | Hanson HS (KY) | St. Agne's (KY) | 128-56 | 12 December 1954 |
| Pete Cimino | 114 | 44-79 FG & 26-29 FT | Bristol HS (PA) | Palisades HS (PA) | 134-86 | 22 January 1960 |
| Herman “Buzz” Saygar | 113 | 56 FG | Culver HS (IN) | Winamac HS (IN) | 154-10 | 8 March 1913 |
| Epiphanny Prince | 113 | | Murry Bergtraum HS (NY) | Brandeis HS (NY) | 137-32 | 2 February 2006 |
| Morris Dale Mathis | 108 | | St. Joseph HS (AR) | Witt Springs HS (AR) | | 22 January 1955 |
| Ken Robinson | 108 | 48 FG & 12-13 FT | Midway Cassatt HS (SC) | Ruby South (SC) | 118-39 | 10 January 1961 |
| Kenneth Johnson | 105 | | Grandfield HS (OK) | Terral HS (OK) | 120-65 | 9 January 1979 |
| Cheryl Miller | 105 | | Riverside Polytechnic HS (CA) | Norte Vista HS (CA) | 179-15[5] | 26 January 1982 |
| Danny Boyd | 104 | | Camden HS (TN) | | | 6 January 1961 |
| Dickie Pitts | 103 | | Wimauma HS (FL) | St. Petersburg Admiral Farragut HS (FL) | 123-77 | 14 February 1956 |
| Brian Payne | 103 | | New Port Richey Christian (FL) | Clearwater St. Paul (FL) | 111-60 | 1980 |
| Ed Vondra | 102 | | Brainard HS (NE) | | 146 - ? | 1922 |
| Bennie Fuller | 102 | | Little Rock School for the Deaf (AR) | Leola (AR) | 133-58 | 9 December 1971 |
| Lisa Leslie | 101 (in the first half only)[6] | | Morningside HS (CA) | South Torrance HS (CA) | 102-24 | 7 February 1990 |
| Cedrick Hensley | 101 | | Heritage Christian-Cleveland (TX) | Banff Christian-Houston (TX) | 178-28 | 16 January 2001 |
| Wayne Coward | 100 | | J.C. Lynch HS (SC) | Britton's Neck HS (SC) | 139-31 | 24 January 1961 |
| Greg Procell | 100 | | Noble-Ebarb HS (LA) | Elizabeth HS (LA) | 139-79 | 20 January 1970 |
| Dajuan Wagner | 100 | | Camden HS (NJ) | Gloucester Twp. Tech HS (NJ) | 157-67 | 16 January 2001 |
| Linda Page | 100 | | Murrell Dobbins HS (PA) | Jules Mastbaum HS (PA) | 131-37 | 13 February 1981 |
| Tigran Grigorian | 100 | | Armenian Mesrobian HS (CA) | Los Angeles Pacific Christian (CA) | 114-47 | 11 February 2003 |
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- This is a partial list of all recorded 100 point games. All facts taken from Luckyshow.
- In the 1923 Far Eastern Games, Lou Salvador of the Philippines' achieved the all-time record for the most points scored by a player in a single game in international competition. He scored 116 points to lead the Philippines and beat China to recapture the gold medal.[7]
- Former UConn star Denham Brown scored a Canadian high-school record 111 points for West Hill Collegiate Institute against R.H. King in Toronto on February 7, 2002.
- A 13-year-old Croatian player named Marin Ferenčević scored 178 points in a game for the under-14 team KK Virovitica. He had previously scored 101 points in a single game.
- Fenerbahce's former player Erman Kunter scored 153 points[11] of his team's 175 points against Hilalspor in 1988 (81 in the first half).
- Israeli Anat Draigor (b. 22 March 1960 in Beersheba, Israel) owns the Guinness world record for the number of points scored by a female professional in a single game. On April 6, 2006, the then 46-year-old Draigor scored 136 points in a game between Draigor's Mate Yehuda and Elitzur Givat Shmuel in the Israeli third basketball league. The final score was 158-41.
- Retired Latvian basketball player Aigars Zeidaks scored 100 points against "Valmiera" in a professional game in the Latvian Basketball League (LBL) on February 4, 1995. (45-56 FG and 9-14 FT).
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