highest scoring game by a point guard in the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Isiah Thomas posted the most points by a point guard in a game, with 47 points against the Nuggets on December 13, 1983.

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highest scoring regular-season game by a point guard in the 1980s

	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	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	47	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	52	5	17	4	1	18	34	52.9	1	2	50.0	10	19	52.6	55.5	2	3	2	5
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	46	12/23/1986	LAL	@	SAC	48	10	9	1	0	17	36	47.2	0	1	0.0	12	16	75.0	53.4	1	9	2	3
3	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	46	2/8/1983	DET	@	SAS	46	10	11	4	0	14	24	58.3	3	5	60.0	15	18	83.3	72.1	4	6	1	2
4	Reggie Theus R. Theus	46	12/22/1982	CHI	@	BOS	36	6	4	1	0	16	33	48.5	2	4	50.0	12	13	92.3	59.4	1	5	3	4
5	Rickey Green R. Green	45	4/10/1984	UTA	vs	DEN	37	4	10	1	3	16	25	64.0	0	0		13	17	76.5	69.3	1	3	2	2
6	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	44	3/25/1983	DET	@	DEN	42	6	7			16	31	51.6	1	4	25.0	11	13	84.6	59.9			5	4
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	42	2/21/1988	DET	@	LAL	41	3	10	1	1	15	27	55.6	0	1	0.0	12	12	100.0	65.1	0	3	3	4
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	42	1/19/1987	LAL	@	NJN	41	11	7	2	1	13	28	46.4	0	2	0.0	16	16	100.0	59.9	4	7	6	3
9	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	42	2/2/1983	HOU	vs	DEN	45	6	9	4	1	14	26	53.8	3	5	60.0	11	12	91.7	67.1	1	5	5	3
10	Reggie Theus R. Theus	42	11/19/1982	CHI	vs	UTA	31	7	5	1	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		8	11	72.7	72.8	4	3	5	2
11	Gus Williams G. Williams	42	1/15/1982	SEA	vs	UTA	37	5	6	2	0	19	33	57.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	60.4	4	1	2	2
12	Ray Williams R. Williams	42	12/9/1980	NYK	vs	WAS	42	8	6			16	28	57.1	1			9	9	100.0	65.7				2
13	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	41	12/3/1988	PHX	vs	LAC	44	2	11	1	0	16	28	57.1	0	0		9	11	81.8	62.4	0	2	8	2
14	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	41	12/6/1986	GSW	vs	DAL	43	5	10	3	0	13	17	76.5	3	4	75.0	12	14	85.7	88.5	2	3	3	5
15	Reggie Theus R. Theus	41	11/3/1982	CHI	@	DET	38	2	7	5	0	14	26	53.8	1	2	50.0	12	13	92.3	64.6	1	1	4	5
16	Gus Williams G. Williams	41	4/8/1982	SEA	@	SDC	43	3	8	3	0	17	28	60.7	1	1	100.0	6	9	66.7	64.1	0	3	1	2
17	Gus Williams G. Williams	41	3/21/1982	SEA	@	PHX	38	4	4	3	0	17	26	65.4	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	69.4	2	2	3	1
18	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	41	3/28/1981	LAL	@	UTA	44	12	11	1	0	17	23	73.9	0	0		7	10	70.0	74.8	2	10	5	2
19	Gus Williams G. Williams	41	11/28/1979	SEA	vs	PHX	48	8	6	1	4	16	29	55.2	0	0		9	10	90.0	61.4	2	6	6	2
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	40	11/30/1988	LAL	vs	SEA	38	9	10	2	1	13	21	61.9	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	73.6	2	7	3	2
21	Terry Porter T. Porter	40	3/18/1988	POR	@	GSW	41	6	12	1	0	14	18	77.8	0	0		12	13	92.3	84.3	0	6	1	1
22	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	40	1/2/1988	DET	vs	DEN	43	2	17	2	0	16	23	69.6	2	4	50.0	6	9	66.7	74.2	1	1	3	3
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	40	2/13/1987	LAL	vs	IND	41	6	7	1	1	14	24	58.3	0	0		12	14	85.7	66.3	3	3	4	2
24	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	40	2/26/1984	DET	vs	CLE	41	5	10	3	0	19	28	67.9	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	70.3	3	2	4	3
25	Reggie Theus R. Theus	40	11/20/1982	CHI	vs	DET	37	4	2	2	0	18	26	69.2	0	0		4	8	50.0	67.8	1	3	2	5