highest scoring game by a small forward in the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Larry Bird and Bernard King were tied for the most points by a small forward in a game, with 60 points.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring regular-season game by a small forward 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	Larry Bird L. Bird	60	3/12/1985	BOS	@	ATL	43	7	3	0	0	22	36	61.1	1	4	25.0	15	16	93.8	69.7	4	3	3	3
2	Bernard King B. King	60	12/25/1984	NYK	vs	NJN	41	7	4	0	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		22	26	84.6	72.4	2	5	5	2
3	Purvis Short P. Short	59	11/17/1984	GSW	vs	NJN	40	5	0	1	0	20	28	71.4	4	6	66.7	15	16	93.8	84.2	2	3	3	2
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	57	12/10/1986	ATL	vs	CHI	40	9	4	2	1	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	19	21	90.5	76.5	4	5	2	1
5	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	57	4/10/1986	ATL	vs	NJN	38	5	1	3	0	21	37	56.8	0	0		15	19	78.9	62.8	4	1	3	1
6	Purvis Short P. Short	57	1/7/1984	GSW	vs	SAS	42	15	1	1	0	24	38	63.2	2	2	100.0	7	8	87.5	68.6	8	7	3	2
7	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	57	12/4/1982	UTA	vs	CHI	38	9	3	0	0	20	27	74.1	0	0		17	22	77.3	77.7	3	6	2	5
8	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	56	1/29/1983	DET	vs	CHI	37	6	4			18	26	69.2	0	0		20	22	90.9	78.5				4
9	Bernard King B. King	55	2/16/1985	NYK	vs	NJN	44	11	3	1	0	19	33	57.6	0	1	0.0	17	23	73.9	63.8	7	4	6	4
10	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	55	2/6/1981	UTA	vs	DEN	47	7	3	1	1	24	36	66.7	0	0		7	8	87.5	69.6	6	1	4	4
11	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	54	2/3/1987	ATL	vs	BOS	47	5	2	3	0	19	34	55.9	0	2	0.0	16	20	80.0	63.1	1	4	5	3
12	Alex English A. English	54	11/19/1985	DEN	vs	HOU	37	4	1	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	76.5	1	3	1	3
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	53	1/12/1987	ATL	vs	LAC	37	6	2	2	3	19	25	76.0	1	1	100.0	14	19	73.7	79.4	3	3	1	3
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	53	3/30/1983	BOS	vs	IND	33	8	3	1	2	21	30	70.0	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	76.1	3	5	6	2
15	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	53	4/10/1982	UTA	vs	DEN	45	12	6	0	0	19	28	67.9	0	0		15	18	83.3	73.8	9	3	1	4
16	Bernard King B. King	52	11/24/1984	NYK	vs	IND	36	7	7	0	0	19	31	61.3	0	0		14	17	82.4	67.6	2	5	2	4
17	Billy Knight B. Knight	52	11/11/1980	IND	@	SAS	39	5	0	5	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		14	16	87.5	70.2				1
18	Alex English A. English	51	3/10/1989	DEN	@	MIA	51	3	9	2	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	69.4	1	2	3	5
19	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	51	2/16/1988	ATL	vs	SAC	38	6	2	4	2	20	31	64.5	2	4	50.0	9	11	81.8	71.1	1	5	5	3
20	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	51	1/7/1981	UTA	@	DEN	45	5	7	2	0	20	25	80.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	85.5	2	3	3	1
21	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	50	3/1/1988	ATL	vs	DET	44	5	3	1	0	18	35	51.4	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	60.7	4	1	1	3
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	50	3/10/1986	BOS	@	DAL	40	11	5	1	0	18	33	54.5	4	7	57.1	10	11	90.9	66.1	3	8	5	3
23	Bernard King B. King	50	2/1/1984	NYK	@	DAL	41	7	0	0	0	20	28	71.4	0	0		10	13	76.9	74.1	1	6	2	3
24	Bernard King B. King	50	1/31/1984	NYK	@	SAS	44	8	2	0	0	20	30	66.7	0	0		10	13	76.9	70.0	3	5	1	5
25	Bernard King B. King	50	1/3/1981	GSW	vs	PHI	43	8	4	3	2	20	25	80.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	83.8	5	3	3	3