Only one player in the history of the NBA has scored more points in one game than Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo did Tuesday night.
Adebayo shattered records with a monster 83-point performance against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday, March 10.
Adebayo scored 31 points in the first quarter, 12 in the second, 19 in the third and 21 in the fourth.
Only Wilt Chamberlain, who holds the NBA record with a 100-point game, has ever scored more in a single contest.
In the process of scoring his 83 points, Adebayo broke a record Chamberlain held with Adrian Dantley for most free throws made in a game. Those two sunk 28 from the free throw line; Adebayo made 36 free throws on Tuesday night.
Adebayo’s 83 points were the most scored in the NBA since Kobe Bryant scored 81 in a game in 2006.
The Heat crushed the Wizards 150-129.
Bam Adebayo stats vs Wizards
- Points: 83
- FG: 20-for-43
- 3PT: 7-for-22
- FT: 36-for-43
- Rebounds: 9
- Assists: 3
- Turnovers: 5
- Steals: 2
- Blocks: 2
- Fouls: 3
- Minutes: 42
Bam Adebayo 83 points highlights
Heat vs. Wizards highlights
Most points scored in an NBA game
- Wilt Chamberlain: 100 (March 2, 1962)
- Bam Adebayo: 83 (March 10, 2026)
- Kobe Bryant: 81 (January 22, 2006)
- Wilt Chamberlain: 78 (Dec. 8, 1961)
- Luka Doncic: 73 (Jan. 26, 1961)
- David Thompson: 73 (April 9, 1978)
- Wilt Chamberlain: 73 (Nov. 16, 1962)
- Wilt Chamberlain: 73 (Jan. 13, 1962)
- Wilt Chamberlain: 72 (Nov. 3, 1962)
- Damian Lillard: 71 (Feb. 26, 2023)
- Donovan Mitchell: 71 (Jan. 2, 2023)
- David Robinson: 71 (April 24, 1994)
- Elgin Baylor: 71 (Nov. 15, 1960)
- Joel Embiid: 70 (Jan. 22, 2024)
- Devin Booker: 70 (March 24, 2017)
- Wilt Chamberlain: 70 (March 10, 1963)
Bam Adebayo sets Heat record for points in quarter, half, game
Adebayo torched the Washington defense for a team-record 31 points in the opening quarter, the most in Heat history for points scored in the first quarter.
Adebayo played the entire first quarter. He shot 10-for-16 from the field, including 5-of-8 from long distance. He also got to the line, shooting 6-of-8 on free throws.
Adebayo scored a franchise-record 43 first-half points on 13-of-24 shooting, 5-of-11 from 3 and 12-of-14 free throws. He added five rebounds, two steals and a block.
Miami led the Wizards, 76-62, at the halfway point of the game.
Etching name amongst Miami greats
The three-time All-Star eclipsed team records previously held by LeBron James, who scored 25 points in a quarter in a 2014 game against the Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets). James went on to score a career-high 61 points that game, the Heat franchise record.
After James, Kyle Lowry and Tyler Johnson were tied for the second-most points for the Heat in a quarter, with 22 points.
Bam Adebayo age and stats
So far during the 2025-26 regular-season, Adebayo has averaged 18.9 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists.
Adebayo is 28 years old. In July 2024, he signed a three-year, $161.35 million maximum contract extension with Miami, which includes a player option for the 2028-29 season.
He was selected with the 14th overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft by the Heat out of Kentucky.