Karl Malone dropped the most points in a game in 1997-98, with 56 points versus the Warriors on April 7, 1998.

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1998 regular-season game high points by a player NBA

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	56	4/7/1998	UTA	@	GSW	42	9	2	1	4	18	29	62.1	1	1	100.0	19	23	82.6	71.6	2	7	3	2	+1
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	50	4/2/1998	LAL	@	NJN	42	9	2	1	1	18	26	69.2	0	0		14	20	70.0	71.8	3	6	5	4	+15
3	Tracy Murray T. Murray	50	2/10/1998	WAS	@	GSW	43	8	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	5	10	50.0	9	10	90.0	74.9	2	6	2	3	+25
4	Antoine Walker A. Walker	49	1/7/1998	BOS	@	WAS	42	12	0	1	0	21	36	58.3	5	5	100.0	2	7	28.6	62.7	2	10	5	6	+2
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	11/21/1997	CHI	@	LAC	52	5	5	1	1	18	38	47.4	0	2	0.0	13	19	68.4	52.8	2	3	4	3	+15
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	12/27/1997	CHI	vs	ATL	36	4	2	3	1	18	26	69.2	0	0		11	13	84.6	74.1	2	2	4	2	+11
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	1/18/1998	CHI	vs	HOU	41	3	3	3	1	16	29	55.2	2	2	100.0	11	12	91.7	65.6	0	3	4	2	+9
8	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	45	10/31/1997	GSW	@	MIN	41	3	7	0	0	18	31	58.1	4	7	57.1	5	6	83.3	66.9	1	2	3	0	-16
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	4/18/1998	CHI	vs	NYK	40	3	3	1	0	11	24	45.8	0	0		22	24	91.7	63.7	0	3	1	1	-6
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	4/14/1998	UTA	vs	MIN	36	14	6	0	2	14	28	50.0	0	0		16	19	84.2	60.5	2	12	5	5	+19
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	44	2/13/1998	LAL	vs	SEA	41	12	2	3	3	19	29	65.5	0	0		6	12	50.0	64.2	5	7	5	5	+6
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	1/9/1998	CHI	@	NYK	41	4	2	3	1	17	33	51.5	1	4	25.0	9	10	90.0	58.8	1	3	1	3	+6
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	1/2/1998	CHI	vs	MIL	43	5	1	2	0	15	22	68.2	1	1	100.0	13	15	86.7	76.9	1	4	0	1	+15
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	43	4/17/1998	LAL	vs	DAL	33	5	0	0	4	18	22	81.8	0	0		7	13	53.8	77.6	1	4	2	1	+32
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	43	4/10/1998	PHI	@	MIN	44	4	2	1	0	15	26	57.7	1	4	25.0	12	14	85.7	66.9	2	2	2	3	-3
16	Antoine Walker A. Walker	43	4/8/1998	BOS	vs	NJN	43	4	4	2	0	18	26	69.2	5	7	71.4	2	6	33.3	75.1	4	0	0	5	-10
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	43	11/29/1997	HOU	@	GSW	39	15	3	4	0	15	20	75.0	1	1	100.0	12	14	85.7	82.2	6	9	6	4	+16
18	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	43	11/5/1997	HOU	@	LAC	34	4	6	2	0	15	25	60.0	3	5	60.0	10	11	90.9	72.1	1	3	2	2	+29
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	3/8/1998	CHI	@	NYK	43	8	6	3	1	17	33	51.5	1	2	50.0	7	9	77.8	56.8	3	5	2	1	+5
20	Glen Rice G. Rice	42	1/27/1998	CHA	vs	PHX	49	6	2	1	0	15	29	51.7	3	6	50.0	9	12	75.0	61.3	3	3	3	2	+13
21	Glen Rice G. Rice	42	1/2/1998	CHA	vs	MIA	49	2	3	1	0	14	23	60.9	4	5	80.0	10	11	90.9	75.4	0	2	4	3	+12
22	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	42	1/2/1998	MIL	@	CHI	45	5	3	2	1	17	29	58.6	3	4	75.0	5	6	83.3	66.4	2	3	4	4	-10
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	42	11/29/1997	UTA	@	LAC	41	18	0	2	2	17	29	58.6	0	0		8	10	80.0	62.9	6	12	5	4	+1
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	4/3/1998	CHI	vs	MIN	38	6	4	1	0	16	25	64.0	2	6	33.3	7	8	87.5	71.9	3	3	0	1	+19
25	Vin Baker V. Baker	41	2/4/1998	SEA	vs	IND	40	11	1	1	6	16	22	72.7	0	0		9	12	75.0	75.1	4	7	5	4	+5