When he was 23 years old, Michael Jordan scored his most points in a game against the Trail Blazers on January 8, 1987, with 53 points.
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Michael Jordan highest single regular-season game points at age 23| NAME | PTS | Age | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
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| 1 |  | M. Jordan | 53 | 23-325 | 1/8/1987 | vs | 43 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 64.6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | | M. Jordan | 50 | 23-257 | 11/1/1986 | @ | 41 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 48.4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 90.9 | 61.5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | | M. Jordan | 49 | 23-347 | 1/30/1987 | @ | 41 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 35 | 54.3 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 60.8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 4 | | M. Jordan | 48 | 23-270 | 11/14/1986 | vs | 41 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 33 | 51.5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 14 | 92.9 | 61.3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 5 | | M. Jordan | 47 | 23-334 | 1/17/1987 | vs | 44 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 34 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 92.9 | 58.5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | | M. Jordan | 47 | 23-320 | 1/3/1987 | vs | 38 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 35 | 45.7 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 15 | 17 | 88.2 | 55.3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 7 | | M. Jordan | 45 | 23-361 | 2/13/1987 | vs | 41 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 89.5 | 61.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | | M. Jordan | 45 | 23-289 | 12/3/1986 | @ | 40 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 33 | 51.5 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 58.1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 9 | | M. Jordan | 44 | 23-313 | 12/27/1986 | vs | 36 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 71.5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | | M. Jordan | 43 | 23-364 | 2/16/1987 | vs | 48 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 43.3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 17 | 18 | 94.4 | 56.7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 11 | | M. Jordan | 43 | 23-332 | 1/15/1987 | vs | 43 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 43 | 39.5 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 45.8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 12 | | M. Jordan | 43 | 23-309 | 12/23/1986 | vs | 35 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 33 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 59.6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 13 | | M. Jordan | 43 | 23-292 | 12/6/1986 | @ | 44 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 38 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 52.3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 14 | | M. Jordan | 43 | 23-291 | 12/5/1986 | @ | 41 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 37 | 40.5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 48.3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | | M. Jordan | 41 | 23-304 | 12/18/1986 | @ | 39 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 63.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 16 | | M. Jordan | 41 | 23-302 | 12/16/1986 | vs | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 15 | 18 | 83.3 | 55.5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 17 | | M. Jordan | 41 | 23-298 | 12/12/1986 | @ | 39 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 71.1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 18 | | M. Jordan | 41 | 23-296 | 12/10/1986 | @ | 39 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 67.7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 19 | | M. Jordan | 41 | 23-284 | 11/28/1986 | @ | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 43 | 44.2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 45.8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 20 | | M. Jordan | 41 | 23-258 | 11/2/1986 | @ | 39 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 56.5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 21 | | M. Jordan | 40 | 23-295 | 12/9/1986 | vs | 42 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 58.9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 22 | | M. Jordan | 40 | 23-288 | 12/2/1986 | @ | 48 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 43.3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 93.3 | 54.6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 23 | | M. Jordan | 40 | 23-285 | 11/29/1986 | @ | 42 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 30 | 36.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 19 | 94.7 | 52.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 24 | | M. Jordan | 40 | 23-277 | 11/21/1986 | vs | 40 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 61.3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 25 | | M. Jordan | 39 | 23-264 | 11/8/1986 | vs | 39 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 66.8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
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