Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant (7) drives to the basket against Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) and forward Andrew Wiggins (22) during the second quarter at Kaseya Center. Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

Rockets' Kevin Durant climbs all-time list with another 30-point game

By Adam Gretz | Last updated Feb 28, 2026 11:23 PM ET

The Houston Rockets dropped a tough 115-105 decision to the Miami Heat on Saturday, snapping what had been a modest three-game winning streak. While they did not get the team result, superstar Kevin Durant had another big game that helped him achieve another personal milestone and continue to climb one of the NBA's all-time leaderboards.

Kevin Durant's latest 30-point game puts him among NBA's all-time greats

Durant finished Saturday's game with 32 points, pacing all players on the floor, and giving him the 432nd 30-point game of his career.

That moved him ahead of Kobe Bryant on the NBA's all-time list for most 30-point games, and brought him just three games away from Karl Malone for the fourth spot.

Durant tied Bryant on Thursday with a 40-point effort in the Rockets' win against the Orlando Magic.

Given the way he has been scoring this season, it seems inevitable that he will move ahead of Malone at some point.

The top 4:

LeBron James: 575 Games
Michael Jordan: 562 Games
Wilt Chamberlain: 515 Games
Karl Malone: 435 Games https://t.co/4f7oqslcEa
— NBA History (@NBAHistory) February 28, 2026

Including Saturday's game, Durant has played 1,179 regular-season games in his career. With 432 30-point games, that means he has eclipsed the 30-point mark in 36.6% of his career games. Just for comparison, Bryant reached 30 points in 32% of his games, while Malone did so in 29.4% of his games.

LeBron James, currently in the top spot, has done so in 35.8% of his games. Michael Jordan did it in a whopping 52.4% of his games.

Adam Gretz

Adam Gretz is a freelance writer based in Pittsburgh. He covers the NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA. Baseball is his favorite sport -- he is nearly halfway through his goal of seeing a game in every MLB ballpark. Catch him on Twitter @AGretz

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