Bill Russell dropped his most points in a game on December 17, 1967 and on March 5, 1961, with 37 points.

Interpreted as:

bill russel career high points in a regular-season game

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	37	12/17/1967	BOS	@	LAL		19	7	17	23	73.9	3	9	33.3	68.6	3
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	37	3/5/1961	BOS	vs	PHI	48	25	4	17	34	50.0	3	3	100.0	52.4	4
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	35	11/14/1961	BOS	@	STL	48	18		13	18	72.2	9	16	56.3	69.9	2
4	Bill Russell B. Russell	34	1/11/1968	BOS		CIN	48	27		12	25	48.0	10	15	66.7	53.8	5
5	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	1/4/1960	BOS	vs	SYR	48	37	4	14	30	46.7	4	7	57.1	48.4	4
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	10/17/1959	BOS	vs	CIN	45	23		12	15	80.0	8	13	61.5	77.2	5
7	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	12/25/1958	BOS	@	NYK		33		9			14	19	73.7		2
8	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	11/9/1958	BOS	@	DET		18		10			12	15	80.0		3
9	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	1/31/1958	BOS	vs	PHI	42	33	1	14	21	66.7	4	7	57.1	66.4	2
10	Bill Russell B. Russell	31	1/10/1963	BOS	@	CIN		24		13	22	59.1	5	11	45.5	57.7	4
11	Bill Russell B. Russell	31	12/23/1961	BOS	vs	NYK	48	24	9	12	17	70.6	7	10	70.0	72.4	2
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	2/9/1959	BOS	@	PHI		27	3	8	20	40.0	14	19	73.7	52.9	3
13	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	11/27/1957	BOS	vs	NYK	46	28		13	29	44.8	4	8	50.0	46.1	4
14	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	3/3/1957	BOS	vs	ROC	37	24	2	12	21	57.1	6	12	50.0	57.1	2
15	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	2/22/1957	BOS	@	PHI		23	5	10	15	66.7	10	13	76.9	72.4	4
16	Bill Russell B. Russell	29	1/20/1963	BOS	vs	LAL	48	43	3	11	22	50.0	7	11	63.6	54.0	4
17	Bill Russell B. Russell	29	2/25/1960	BOS		DET	38	28	6	12	17	70.6	5	8	62.5	70.7	1
18	Bill Russell B. Russell	29	2/6/1960	BOS	@	NYK		31		13	17	76.5	3	5	60.0	75.5	5
19	Bill Russell B. Russell	29	10/31/1959	BOS	@	NYK		27		13			3	8	37.5		5
20	Bill Russell B. Russell	28	1/22/1967	BOS	vs	LAL	50	28	1	11	21	52.4	6	13	46.2	52.4	3
21	Bill Russell B. Russell	28	11/27/1965	BOS	vs	LAL	48	35	3	12	28	42.9	4	10	40.0	43.2	0
22	Bill Russell B. Russell	28	2/4/1964	BOS		STL	48	27	3	11	13	84.6	6	13	46.2	74.8	1
23	Bill Russell B. Russell	28	12/6/1961	BOS		CIN		24		12	22	54.5	4	7	57.1	55.8	1
24	Bill Russell B. Russell	28	11/12/1961	BOS	@	CHI		15		12			4	4	100.0		3
25	Bill Russell B. Russell	28	11/11/1961	BOS	vs	PHI	48	28	4	10	23	43.5	8	12	66.7	49.5	5