highest scoring game by a shooting guard in the 1960s

Between the 1959-60 and 1968-69 seasons, Richie Guerin scored the most points by a shooting guard in a game, with 57 points versus the Syracuse Nationals on December 11, 1959.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring regular-season game by a shooting guard in the 1960s

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	57	12/11/1959	NYK	vs	SYR	38	12	8	18	31	58.1	21	26	80.8	67.2	1
2	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	56	2/13/1968	BAL	vs	LAL	51	7	3	20	33	60.6	16	22	72.7	65.6	4
3	Jerry West J. West	51	12/10/1965	LAL	@	CIN	41	8	4	21	35	60.0	9	11	81.8	64.0	3
4	Jerry West J. West	51	12/3/1965	LAL	vs	CIN		7	7	16	26	61.5	19	20	95.0	73.3	4
5	Sam Jones S. Jones	51	10/29/1965	BOS	@	DET				21	35	60.0	9	9	100.0	65.5
6	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	51	2/14/1962	NYK	vs	BOS		10	6	23	36	63.9	5	6	83.3	66.0	5
7	Hal Greer H. Greer	50	2/21/1964	PHI	vs	BOS		8	7	19	39	48.7	12	14	85.7	55.4	5
8	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	50	2/25/1962	NYK	@	PHI		11	13	17	28	60.7	16	19	84.2	68.8	3
9	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	49	2/24/1968	BAL	vs	DET			10	16	26	61.5	17	26	65.4	65.4
10	Jerry West J. West	49	2/17/1968	LAL	vs	PHI	55	6	8	19	32	59.4	11	14	78.6	64.2	5
11	Hal Greer H. Greer	48	2/5/1969	PHI	@	SEA	48	2	3	18	28	64.3	12	14	85.7	70.3	5
12	Jerry West J. West	47	2/13/1968	LAL	@	BAL	44	8	2	15	28	53.6	17	19	89.5	64.6	5
13	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	47	11/21/1961	NYK	vs	CHI				19	31	61.3	9	10	90.0	66.4	3
14	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	46	3/20/1968	BAL	vs	PHI	41	2	4	19	39	48.7	8	8	100.0	54.1	2
15	Jerry West J. West	46	12/7/1965	LAL	@	NYK	46	6	5	14	29	48.3	18	19	94.7	61.6	5
16	Jerry West J. West	46	11/17/1965	LAL	vs	BOS		7	8	15	24	62.5	16	20	80.0	70.1	2
17	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	46	1/30/1962	NYK	vs	PHI		4	6	16	24	66.7	14	16	87.5	74.1	3
18	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	45	2/3/1968	BAL	vs	PHI	46	5	8	17	32	53.1	11	13	84.6	59.7	4
19	Jerry West J. West	45	1/25/1967	LAL	vs	BAL	47	8	8	16	17	94.1	13	15	86.7	95.3	5
20	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	44	2/17/1968	BAL	@	CIN		6		16	30	53.3	12	16	75.0	59.4	3
21	Jerry West J. West	44	1/11/1967	LAL	vs	SFW	36	8	7	14	24	58.3	16	16	100.0	70.9	4
22	Jerry West J. West	44	2/26/1966	LAL	@	DET		13	9	17			10	12	83.3
23	Jerry West J. West	44	12/25/1965	LAL	vs	DET		8	9	18	32	56.3	8	9	88.9	61.2	2
24	Jerry West J. West	44	10/30/1965	LAL	vs	SFW	40	5	5	12	20	60.0	20	21	95.2	75.2	2
25	Sam Jones S. Jones	44	2/13/1965	BOS	@	NYK				17			10	11	90.9