Wilt Chamberlain
Last week our Mehmet Okur (a.k.a Memo) has reaced is career high in one game and scored 43 points against Indiana Pacers. I made a research about all NBA players who scored more than 40 points in a single game. The record belongs to Wilt Chamberlain who scored 100 points against New York Knicks in 1962. Among the active players, the record breaker Kobe Bryant hold the record with 81 points and becames second after the Wilt Chamberlain in all history of NBA. The number of players which scored more than 60 points in a one game is currently 21.
When we look at foreign players of NBA, Tony Parker and Dirk Nowitzki are on top of list with 55 and 53 points respectively. Mehmet Okur is currently ahead of Yao Ming and Peja Stojakovic. You can find the whole list of players and their career high scores here.