Dirk Nowitzki scored his most points in a game versus Ben Wallace on November 23, 2010, with 42 points.

Interpreted as:

dirk highest point regular-season game vs Ben Wallace

	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	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	42	11/23/2010	DAL	vs	DET	40	12	1	0	2	13	23	56.5	3	3	100.0	13	16	81.3	69.9	5	7	1	4	+9
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	2/7/2004	DAL	vs	DET	42	8	3	4	1	15	24	62.5	3	4	75.0	7	8	87.5	72.7	0	8	2	3	+10
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31	11/14/2006	DAL	vs	CHI	38	10	1	0	1	10	19	52.6	0	2	0.0	11	11	100.0	65.0	0	10	2	2	+15
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	28	1/25/2007	DAL	@	CHI	41	11	1	0	2	7	22	31.8	2	4	50.0	12	13	92.3	50.5	5	6	1	2	-18
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	27	12/6/2004	DAL	vs	DET	41	8	2	1	2	6	24	25.0	0	4	0.0	15	16	93.8	43.5	1	7	0	3	-5
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25	11/15/2009	DAL	@	DET	39	6	5	1	2	11	27	40.7	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	44.1	1	5	1	2	+8
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25	12/3/2007	DAL	@	CHI	34	6	2	0	0	9	17	52.9	0	2	0.0	7	7	100.0	62.3	0	6	2	2	+2
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25	3/28/2006	DAL	@	DET	43	11	1	0	1	9	23	39.1	0	2	0.0	7	7	100.0	47.9	2	9	4	0	-8
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25	1/3/2001	DAL	vs	DET	40	12	0	0	1	7	12	58.3	4	6	66.7	7	10	70.0	76.2	2	10	6	5	+3
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25	12/17/2000	DAL	@	DET	38	7	1	0	0	9	17	52.9	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	69.9	1	6	1	3	+5
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	23	11/19/2005	DAL	vs	DET	32	8	2	0	1	8	17	47.1	0	2	0.0	7	8	87.5	56.0	2	6	1	0	+26
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	22	1/5/2010	DAL	vs	DET	45	12	4	1	0	9	20	45.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	50.6	2	10	3	0	+8
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	22	3/28/2005	DAL	@	DET	37	10	3	2	1	7	14	50.0	0	2	0.0	8	8	100.0	62.8	1	9	0	2	+1
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	22	11/27/2002	DAL	@	DET	35	15	1	1	1	9	16	56.3	1	1	100.0	3	4	75.0	61.9	1	14	0	1	+34
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	21	10/30/2001	DAL	vs	DET	42	7	2	2	0	6	16	37.5	2	6	33.3	7	8	87.5	53.8	0	7	1	1	+1
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	20	11/24/1999	DAL	@	ORL	43	9	1	0	1	8	13	61.5	1	1	100.0	3	3	100.0	69.8	1	8	2	5	-11
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	18	1/10/2012	DAL	@	DET	28	7	1	0	1	9	10	90.0	0	0		0	1	0.0	86.2	0	7	2	3	+42
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	14	1/11/2004	DAL	@	DET	33	15	3	1	0	6	11	54.5	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	58.9	2	13	1	3	-7
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	13	11/13/1999	DAL	vs	ORL	25	3	3	0	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	75.2	0	3	1	4	+3
20	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	11	11/9/2002	DAL	vs	DET	22	8	1	1	2	4	7	57.1	2	2	100.0	1	1	100.0	73.9	0	8	0	2	+36
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	10	11/15/2001	DAL	@	DET	32	7	0	0	0	3	14	21.4	0	3	0.0	4	5	80.0	30.9	1	6	1	1	-10
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	8	11/3/2008	DAL	vs	CLE	32	6	2	1	0	3	11	27.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	33.7	0	6	2	1	-6