Antonio McDyess, Allen Iverson and Grant Hill were tied for the most points in a game in 1998-99, with 46 points.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring by a player NBA regular-season games in 1999

	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	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	46	2/28/1999	DEN	vs	VAN	41	19	1	1	4	16	25	64.0	0	0		14	18	77.8	69.9	8	11	3	4	+2
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	46	2/12/1999	PHI	vs	SAS	40	7	6	1	0	14	26	53.8	3	6	50.0	15	17	88.2	68.7	2	5	3	3	-4
3	Grant Hill G. Hill	46	2/8/1999	DET	vs	WAS	43	7	7	2	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		18	22	81.8	75.0	2	5	4	4	+17
4	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	41	5/5/1999	NJN	vs	MIL	46	2	11	0	0	13	24	54.2	4	10	40.0	11	14	78.6	68.0	1	1	1	1	+17
5	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	41	4/5/1999	DEN	@	LAL	45	8	9	0	0	14	26	53.8	2	9	22.2	11	13	84.6	64.6	0	8	2	3	-11
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	41	3/19/1999	PHI	vs	LAL	44	5	10	2	0	17	36	47.2	3	8	37.5	4	6	66.7	53.1	2	3	3	1	+19
7	Glen Rice G. Rice	40	5/5/1999	LAL	vs	POR	38	5	3	0	0	14	20	70.0	8	10	80.0	4	4	100.0	91.9	0	5	0	2	+31
8	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	40	4/30/1999	ORL	vs	NJN	40	9	6	0	0	14	19	73.7	3	5	60.0	9	12	75.0	82.4	5	4	2	1	+20
9	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	40	2/17/1999	MIN	vs	HOU	40	4	12	2	0	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	8	11	72.7	69.3	0	4	0	1	+24
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	39	5/4/1999	PHI	@	CHA	48	2	1	3	0	14	35	40.0	2	5	40.0	9	16	56.3	46.4	2	0	4	2	-9
11	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	39	4/1/1999	SAS	vs	VAN	46	13	0	0	6	19	31	61.3	0	0		1	1	100.0	62.0	2	11	3	4	+11
12	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	39	3/27/1999	DEN	vs	WAS	42	12	1	0	5	14	21	66.7	0	0		11	13	84.6	73.0	3	9	4	3	-13
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	39	3/17/1999	PHI	vs	IND	41	7	3	2	1	13	21	61.9	1	3	33.3	12	18	66.7	67.4	1	6	1	5	+2
14	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	39	3/11/1999	DEN	@	UTA	45	11	3	2	1	17	26	65.4	0	1	0.0	5	7	71.4	67.1	1	10	5	5	-3
15	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	39	2/17/1999	VAN	vs	BOS	56	13	5	1	1	15	25	60.0	0	0		9	10	90.0	66.3	4	9	8	5	-5
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38	4/29/1999	LAL	vs	POR	39	12	2	2	3	12	19	63.2	0	0		14	17	82.4	71.8	3	9	1	0	+22
17	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	38	4/25/1999	PHI	vs	ORL	40	4	7	4	1	15	28	53.6	1	5	20.0	7	10	70.0	58.6	2	2	6	3	+16
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38	4/11/1999	LAL	vs	SEA	42	8	2	3	1	18	30	60.0	0	0		2	8	25.0	56.7	4	4	1	2	+6
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	38	4/8/1999	UTA	vs	GSW	39	12	5	1	1	10	22	45.5	0	0		18	19	94.7	62.6	3	9	3	3	+7
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38	3/21/1999	LAL	@	ORL	45	3	4	2	1	15	24	62.5	2	2	100.0	6	7	85.7	70.2	0	3	4	3	+15
21	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	38	3/1/1999	PHI	@	WAS	40	5	6	3	0	13	24	54.2	1	4	25.0	11	14	78.6	63.0	2	3	3	1	+18
22	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	37	5/3/1999	NJN	@	WAS	38	2	10	2	0	12	22	54.5	4	6	66.7	9	9	100.0	71.3	0	2	2	4	-3
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	37	3/30/1999	NYK	vs	IND	40	15	1	1	2	14	24	58.3	0	0		9	11	81.8	64.1	4	11	0	3	+5
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	37	3/18/1999	LAL	@	CLE	41	19	4	0	5	16	25	64.0	0	0		5	7	71.4	65.9	11	8	5	5	-9
25	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	37	2/22/1999	PHI	@	CLE	41	7	9	1	0	12	22	54.5	3	5	60.0	10	12	83.3	67.8	1	6	4	3	+8