Michael Jordan scored his most points in a game in 2001-02 against the Hornets on December 29, 2001, with 51 points.

Interpreted as:

mj highest scoring regular-season game 2002

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	51	12/29/2001	WAS	vs	CHA	38	7	4	3	0	21	38	55.3	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	60.1	2	5	4	3	+24
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	12/31/2001	WAS	vs	NJN	39	10	7	3	0	16	32	50.0	1	3	33.3	12	13	92.3	59.7	0	10	3	2	+26
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	11/16/2001	WAS	vs	UTA	41	7	3	1	0	17	33	51.5	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	58.1	3	4	0	0	-11
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	1/26/2002	WAS	vs	PHX	40	4	7	2	0	17	30	56.7	0	0		7	9	77.8	60.4	2	2	2	2	+18
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	1/24/2002	WAS	vs	CLE	40	8	2	2	0	18	29	62.1	0	0		4	7	57.1	62.3	1	7	0	2	+9
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	2/23/2002	WAS	vs	MIA	37	5	7	0	0	13	25	52.0	1	1	100.0	10	12	83.3	61.1	1	4	4	3	-2
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	1/12/2002	WAS	vs	MIN	40	6	4	1	1	14	30	46.7	0	0		7	7	100.0	52.9	0	6	5	2	-7
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	3/29/2002	WAS	vs	MIL	26	3	1	0	0	12	22	54.5	0	0		10	12	83.3	62.3	0	3	0	1	-7
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	1/29/2002	WAS	vs	DET	42	5	7	2	0	13	30	43.3	0	0		6	8	75.0	47.7	0	5	3	0	-1
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	11/9/2001	WAS	vs	GSW	38	3	3	3	0	13	30	43.3	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	47.7	0	3	3	3	-18
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	11/7/2001	WAS	@	BOS	41	8	2	2	0	12	26	46.2	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	52.6	2	6	5	2	-8
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31	11/14/2001	WAS	vs	MIL	41	4	3	2	1	12	24	50.0	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	56.3	1	3	3	3	-12
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31	11/1/2001	WAS	@	ATL	40	6	6	2	0	13	30	43.3	0	3	0.0	5	6	83.3	47.5	0	6	1	2	+6
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30	1/22/2002	WAS	vs	PHI	42	8	6	2	1	14	27	51.9	1	2	50.0	1	1	100.0	54.7	2	6	5	4	-8
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30	11/28/2001	WAS	@	PHI	38	6	7	5	1	11	27	40.7	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	47.8	0	6	1	2	0
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30	11/20/2001	WAS	vs	CHA	41	4	6	2	0	13	23	56.5	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	60.6	0	4	5	4	-7
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29	1/21/2002	WAS	@	MIN	39	14	3	0	0	12	34	35.3	1	4	25.0	4	5	80.0	40.1	4	10	1	1	+2
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29	1/4/2002	WAS	vs	CHI	38	7	3	2	2	9	24	37.5	0	2	0.0	11	13	84.6	48.8	0	7	5	4	+17
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28	2/1/2002	WAS	vs	ATL	38	4	8	2	2	10	24	41.7	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	49.3	0	4	1	2	+5
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28	12/26/2001	WAS	@	CHA	35	4	7	1	0	11	28	39.3	1	2	50.0	5	6	83.3	45.7	1	3	3	4	+4
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	26	1/31/2002	WAS	@	CLE	40	5	8	1	0	11	27	40.7	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	45.2	1	4	4	0	+9
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	26	12/22/2001	WAS	@	NYK	36	1	3	1	0	11	22	50.0	0	0		4	7	57.1	51.8	0	1	4	2	+6
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25	2/7/2002	WAS	vs	SAC	41	6	9	1	0	12	30	40.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	41.1	2	4	1	2	+1
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25	12/12/2001	WAS	vs	MIA	34	6	7	1	1	9	23	39.1	0	1	0.0	7	11	63.6	44.9	0	6	1	0	+14
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23	2/5/2002	WAS	vs	TOR	40	7	5	0	0	10	21	47.6	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	50.5	1	6	2	3	+6