Michael Jordan had his most points per minute played in a game against the New Jersey Nets on February 26, 1987, with 1.57.

Interpreted as:

mj highest points per minute in a regular-season game

	NAME	PTS/MIN	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.57	58	37	2/26/1987	CHI	vs	NJN	8	3	3	2	16	25	64.0	0	0		26	27	96.3	78.6	1	7	3	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.52	38	25	12/14/1989	CHI	vs	ORL	7	5	2	0	14	20	70.0	3	3	100.0	7	9	77.8	79.3	2	5	1	2
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.52	47	31	3/20/1993	CHI	@	WAS	8	4	2	0	16	27	59.3	2	2	100.0	13	15	86.7	69.9	0	8	1	2
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.5	39	26	4/7/1987	CHI	vs	DET	5	4	4	1	13	21	61.9	0	0		13	16	81.3	69.5	2	3	3	0
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.49	61	41	4/16/1987	CHI	vs	ATL	10	1	4	1	22	38	57.9	0	3	0.0	17	21	81.0	64.6	5	5	3	3
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.42	61	43	3/4/1987	CHI	@	DET	7	3	3	3	22	39	56.4	0	0		17	18	94.4	65.0	3	4	5	0
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.41	48	34	1/13/1996	CHI	@	PHI	10	2	1	1	18	28	64.3	5	7	71.4	7	7	100.0	77.2	3	7	2	1
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.41	55	39	3/28/1995	CHI	@	NYK	4	2	1	0	21	37	56.8	3	4	75.0	10	11	90.9	65.7	0	4	2	3
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.4	59	42	4/3/1988	CHI	@	DET	4	6	2	2	21	27	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.4	42	30	3/28/1991	CHI	@	NJN	1	4	0	2	16	26	61.5	0	0		10	11	90.9	68.1	1	0	3	4
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.39	53	38	3/7/1996	CHI	vs	DET	11	2	6	0	21	28	75.0	2	4	50.0	9	10	90.0	81.8	2	9	4	3
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.38	69	50	3/28/1990	CHI	@	CLE	18	6	4	1	23	37	62.2	2	6	33.3	21	23	91.3	73.2	7	11	2	5
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.36	64	47	1/16/1993	CHI	vs	ORL	6	1	5	0	27	49	55.1	1	5	20.0	9	11	81.8	59.4	4	2	2	5
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.36	57	42	12/23/1992	CHI	vs	WAS	2	10	3	1	22	37	59.5	6	8	75.0	7	8	87.5	70.3	0	2	1	3
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.34	47	35	4/16/1993	CHI	vs	MIL	7	5	5	0	15	25	60.0	0	3	0.0	17	21	81.0	68.6	1	6	1	1
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.34	51	38	12/29/2001	WAS	vs	CHA	7	4	3	0	21	38	55.3	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	60.1	2	5	4	3	+24
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.33	44	33	1/18/1990	CHI	vs	GSW	12	8	1	2	17	30	56.7	7	12	58.3	3	3	100.0	70.2	3	9	2	3
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.31	38	29	11/15/1996	CHI	@	CHA	1	2	1	1	15	25	60.0	4	5	80.0	4	4	100.0	71.0	0	1	1	2	+34
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.31	34	26	3/29/2002	WAS	vs	MIL	3	1	0	0	12	22	54.5	0	0		10	12	83.3	62.3	0	3	0	1	-7
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.31	47	36	12/27/1997	CHI	vs	ATL	4	2	3	1	18	26	69.2	0	0		11	13	84.6	74.1	2	2	4	2	+11
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.29	53	41	1/21/1989	CHI	vs	PHX	14	8	2	1	20	28	71.4	0	0		13	15	86.7	76.6	1	13	4	4
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.29	49	38	2/19/1988	CHI	vs	SAC	3	3	3	3	19	27	70.4	0	0		11	14	78.6	73.9	2	1	5	2
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.29	45	35	4/20/1990	CHI	@	BOS	8	9	3	0	21	29	72.4	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	74.2	1	7	3	5
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.28	41	32	1/8/1991	CHI	vs	NJN	6	4	2	2	18	28	64.3	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	67.9	2	4	1	1
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.27	56	44	3/24/1987	CHI	vs	PHI	7	3	8	0	22	32	68.8	0	1	0.0	12	15	80.0	72.5	1	6	7	2