Michael Jordan dropped the most points for the Bulls in a game in 1996-97, with 51 points versus the Knicks on January 21, 1997.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring regular-season game bulls player 1997

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	51	1/21/1997	CHI	vs	NYK	43	4	4	2	0	18	30	60.0	5	8	62.5	10	11	90.9	73.2	1	3	2	1	+7
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	11/6/1996	CHI	@	MIA	40	6	0	1	1	18	33	54.5	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	63.8	1	5	0	1	+9
3	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	47	2/18/1997	CHI	vs	DEN	41	5	4	2	0	19	27	70.4	2	5	40.0	7	7	100.0	78.1	4	1	1	3	+7
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	2/2/1997	CHI	@	SEA	45	7	3	1	0	19	28	67.9	2	3	66.7	5	6	83.3	73.4	3	4	1	2	+4
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	12/28/1996	CHI	vs	CLE	42	7	5	3	0	13	25	52.0	0	1	0.0	19	20	95.0	66.6	2	5	4	4	+17
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	11/23/1996	CHI	@	UTA	39	6	4	2	1	17	32	53.1	0	6	0.0	10	12	83.3	59.0	1	5	2	3	-7
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	2/11/1997	CHI	vs	CHA	42	5	4	3	0	16	24	66.7	1	2	50.0	10	14	71.4	71.3	0	5	5	2	+4
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	12/3/1996	CHI	@	MIL	41	6	6	0	0	13	27	48.1	0	0		14	17	82.4	58.0	2	4	3	1	-9
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	11/25/1996	CHI	@	LAC	43	7	2	2	4	14	26	53.8	1	3	33.3	11	12	91.7	63.9	1	6	2	3	+8
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	1/14/1997	CHI	vs	WAS	40	2	2	2	0	14	27	51.9	0	4	0.0	11	11	100.0	61.2	0	2	0	3	-9
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	3/7/1997	CHI	vs	IND	44	4	5	2	1	11	21	52.4	1	3	33.3	15	17	88.2	66.7	1	3	4	3	+6
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	11/15/1996	CHI	@	CHA	29	1	2	1	1	15	25	60.0	4	5	80.0	4	4	100.0	71.0	0	1	1	2	+34
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	4/6/1997	CHI	@	ORL	40	8	5	3	1	13	22	59.1	3	6	50.0	8	9	88.9	71.3	2	6	4	3	+30
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	2/24/1997	CHI	vs	POR	30	4	3	0	0	13	27	48.1	3	7	42.9	8	9	88.9	59.8	1	3	1	1	+23
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	12/7/1996	CHI	vs	MIA	42	9	3	0	0	16	30	53.3	0	3	0.0	5	6	83.3	56.7	1	8	0	1	+3
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	11/20/1996	CHI	@	PHX	35	4	4	1	1	16	29	55.2	0	0		5	6	83.3	58.5	1	3	2	3	+12
17	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	37	11/20/1996	CHI	@	PHX	36	8	7	1	2	15	23	65.2	6	10	60.0	1	3	33.3	76.1	3	5	3	2	+13
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	3/21/1997	CHI	@	IND	40	6	4	2	1	11	25	44.0	1	3	33.3	13	14	92.9	57.8	4	2	2	0	+17
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	3/14/1997	CHI	@	NJN	39	8	5	0	1	16	34	47.1	1	3	33.3	3	5	60.0	49.7	2	6	1	1	+5
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	3/9/1997	CHI	@	NYK	46	6	4	1	0	14	31	45.2	0	3	0.0	8	9	88.9	51.5	2	4	1	2	0
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	2/21/1997	CHI	@	WAS	45	4	4	1	0	13	28	46.4	3	4	75.0	7	12	58.3	54.1	1	3	2	2	+2
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	2/4/1997	CHI	@	POR	41	5	2	1	2	15	30	50.0	1	4	25.0	5	5	100.0	55.9	1	4	0	3	-1
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	11/29/1996	CHI	@	DAL	40	7	4	2	0	13	23	56.5	4	5	80.0	6	6	100.0	70.2	0	7	2	1	+20
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	2/28/1997	CHI	vs	SAC	35	9	6	1	1	13	20	65.0	5	7	71.4	4	5	80.0	78.8	1	8	2	2	+29
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	12/19/1996	CHI	@	CHA	36	8	1	1	1	13	27	48.1	3	8	37.5	6	7	85.7	58.2	5	3	2	0	+26