Before 2009-10, LeBron James dropped his most points in a game versus the Raptors on March 20, 2005, with 56 points.

Interpreted as:

lebron career high points in a regular-season game before 2010

	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	LeBron James L. James	56	3/20/2005	CLE	@	TOR	48	10	5	2	0	18	36	50.0	6	12	50.0	14	15	93.3	65.7	2	8	4	0	-7
2	LeBron James L. James	55	2/20/2009	CLE	@	MIL	40	5	9	0	0	16	29	55.2	8	11	72.7	15	22	68.2	71.1	1	4	6	3	+13
3	LeBron James L. James	52	2/4/2009	CLE	@	NYK	44	9	11	0	2	17	33	51.5	2	7	28.6	16	19	84.2	62.9	0	9	3	1	+7
4	LeBron James L. James	52	12/10/2005	CLE	@	MIL	43	7	7	2	0	19	29	65.5	5	9	55.6	9	10	90.0	77.8	0	7	3	5	-3
5	LeBron James L. James	51	3/13/2009	CLE	@	SAC	47	4	9	2	3	16	30	53.3	4	11	36.4	15	17	88.2	68.0	0	4	3	2	+6
6	LeBron James L. James	51	1/15/2008	CLE	@	MEM	47	8	9	3	1	18	28	64.3	6	12	50.0	9	16	56.3	72.8	3	5	4	1	+10
7	LeBron James L. James	51	1/21/2006	CLE	@	UTA	43	5	8	2	0	19	35	54.3	4	8	50.0	9	11	81.8	64.0	0	5	3	4	+19
8	LeBron James L. James	50	3/5/2008	CLE	@	NYK	44	8	10	4	0	16	30	53.3	7	13	53.8	11	16	68.8	67.5	1	7	2	3	+11
9	LeBron James L. James	47	2/10/2009	CLE	@	IND	41	7	4	1	1	15	21	71.4	4	7	57.1	13	14	92.9	86.5	0	7	7	1	+7
10	LeBron James L. James	47	4/1/2006	CLE	vs	MIA	45	12	9	2	0	16	25	64.0	2	6	33.3	13	14	92.9	75.4	4	8	4	3	+13
11	LeBron James L. James	47	3/12/2006	CLE	@	MIA	45	7	4	0	1	11	27	40.7	1	6	16.7	24	28	85.7	59.8	2	5	5	2	-7
12	LeBron James L. James	46	3/29/2006	CLE	vs	DAL	43	5	4	3	0	16	23	69.6	4	7	57.1	10	13	76.9	80.1	0	5	2	3	+16
13	LeBron James L. James	46	1/14/2006	CLE	@	PHX	44	7	8	1	0	18	28	64.3	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	76.2	0	7	1	1	-5
14	LeBron James L. James	45	11/21/2007	CLE	@	MIN	39	8	5	3	2	17	26	65.4	6	10	60.0	5	8	62.5	76.2	2	6	3	2	+14
15	LeBron James L. James	45	11/2/2007	CLE	vs	NYK	44	7	7	3	1	13	28	46.4	3	5	60.0	16	22	72.7	59.7	3	4	3	1	+4
16	LeBron James L. James	44	2/13/2006	CLE	vs	SAS	41	3	5	4	0	19	33	57.6	1	3	33.3	5	8	62.5	60.2	2	1	2	0	+12
17	LeBron James L. James	44	1/29/2006	CLE	vs	PHX	43	11	7	1	1	17	33	51.5	3	7	42.9	7	12	58.3	57.5	1	10	6	1	+5
18	LeBron James L. James	44	3/28/2005	CLE	@	NOH	53	6	3	4	0	16	29	55.2	3	10	30.0	9	11	81.8	65.0	2	4	10	3	+1
19	LeBron James L. James	43	3/17/2009	CLE	vs	ORL	43	12	8	4	1	15	27	55.6	4	7	57.1	9	10	90.0	68.5	2	10	6	1	+5
20	LeBron James L. James	43	2/15/2006	CLE	@	BOS	54	12	11	2	4	16	32	50.0	0	5	0.0	11	15	73.3	55.7	1	11	2	5	+5
21	LeBron James L. James	43	11/24/2004	CLE	vs	DET	38	6	5	3	1	15	22	68.2	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	78.8	3	3	3	3	+12
22	LeBron James L. James	42	3/2/2009	CLE	@	MIA	44	8	4	1	1	13	21	61.9	6	7	85.7	10	10	100.0	82.7	1	7	6	4	+8
23	LeBron James L. James	42	3/12/2008	CLE	@	NJN	46	11	7	1	2	12	23	52.2	2	7	28.6	16	23	69.6	63.4	3	8	6	5	-4
24	LeBron James L. James	41	11/11/2008	CLE	vs	MIL	43	5	6	3	0	16	24	66.7	1	4	25.0	8	10	80.0	72.2	0	5	2	2	+11
25	LeBron James L. James	41	11/8/2008	CLE	@	CHI	39	13	4	0	0	13	29	44.8	4	7	57.1	11	13	84.6	59.0	4	9	2	1	+12