It’s sixty for sixty.

There have been 60 instances in National Basketball Association history wherein one player scored 60 points or more in a game.

However, only 20 men make up the elite list of 60-point scorers.

These are Wilt Chamberlain (a record 32 times), Kobe Bryant (five), Michael Jordan (four), Elgin Baylor (three), David Thompson (one), David Robinson (one), Pete Maravich (one), Rick Barry (one), Joe Fulks (one), Jerry West (one), George Gervin (one), Tracy McGrady (one), George Mikan (one), Karl Malone (one), Shaquille O’Neal (one), Larry Bird (one), Tom Chambers (one), Allen Iverson (one), Gilbert Arenas (one) and Bernard King (one).

The first NBA player ever to reach the 60-point plateau was Fulks. A 6-5 forward-center with the moniker “Jumpin’ Joe,” the Kentucky-born Fulks chalked up 63 markers during the Philadelphia (Now Golden State) Warriors’ 108-87 home shellacking of the Indianapolis Jets on February 10, 1949.

At the time, the league was still called the Basketball Association of America. During the 1949-50 campaign, the six surviving franchises of the National Basketball League joined the BAA to form the NBA.

The NBA officially recognizes all the BAA statistics and champions from 1946-47 to 1948-49. In contrast, all the results from the NBL were obliterated by the NBA from its record books.

Of the 20 players with at least one 60-points-or-more performance, only Bryant (LA Lakers), McGrady (Houston), O’Neal (Cleveland), Iverson (Philadelphia) and Arenas (Washington) remains active in the NBA today.

Bryant, Iverson and Arenas accomplished the feat with their current clubs.

The 31-year-old Bryant is the most recent 60-point producer in the NBA.

The 6-7 superstar guard, arguably the league’s most explosive player since His Airness, Michael Jordan, knocked in 61 points during the Lakers’ 126-117 victory over the New York Knicks on February 2, 2009 to set the all-time scoring record at the current Madison Square Garden.

Bryant bettered former Knicks forward Bernard King’s MSG mark of 60 points against the New Jersey Nets on December 25, 1984 and surpassed Jordan’s opponent record of 55 at the present building on March 28, 1995 while donning the Chicago Bulls colors.

The quicksilver 6-foot Iverson scored 60 points against the Orlando Magic on February 12, 2005 in his first tour of duty with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Nicknamed “The Answer,” the 34-year-old guard opened the current 2009-10 wars with the Memphis Grizzlies but was released by the club after just three games. Iverson was picked up by the 76ers in early December as a free agent.

Arenas collected 60 points during the Wizards’ 147-141 overtime victory over the Lakers at the Staples Center on December 17, 2006.

O’Neal got his 61 points during his stint with the Lakers (vs. the LA Clippers on March 6, 2000 when Shaq marked his 28th birthday).

McGrady wore a Magic uniform when he netted 62 markers against the Wizards on March 10, 2004.