4 players were tied for the most field goals in a game in 1985-86, with 21 made. The first three are Dominique Wilkins on April 10, 1986, Larry Bird on February 14, 1986 and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on February 6, 1986.

Interpreted as:

most field goals by a player in a regular-season game 1986

	NAME	FGM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	21	4/10/1986	ATL	vs	NJN	38	57	5	1	3	0	37	56.8	0	0		15	19	78.9	62.8	4	1	3	1
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	21	2/14/1986	BOS	@	POR	49	47	14	11	1	2	34	61.8	3	3	100.0	2	3	66.7	66.5	3	11	8	1
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	21	2/6/1986	LAL	@	HOU	37	46	11	4	0	0	30	70.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	72.4	2	9	6	3
4	Alex English A. English	21	11/19/1985	DEN	vs	HOU	37	54	4	1	0	0	30	70.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	76.5	1	3	1	3
5	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	20	4/4/1986	ATL	@	WAS	46	46	9	3	1	1	39	51.3	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	54.1	7	2	2	2
6	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	20	3/14/1986	UTA	vs	SAS	39	47	3	8	2	0	26	76.9	0	2	0.0	7	10	70.0	77.3	0	3	4	4
7	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	19	4/13/1986	SAS	vs	POR	38	40	4	5	2	0	29	65.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	66.9	3	1	2	2
8	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	19	3/12/1986	DAL	vs	SAC	46	46	2	5	1	0	32	59.4	0	0		8	10	80.0	63.2	1	1	1	1
9	Larry Nance L. Nance	19	3/10/1986	PHX	@	DET	40	44	6	4	2	5	26	73.1	0	0		6	6	100.0	76.8	1	5	1	2
10	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	19	12/21/1985	ATL	vs	HOU	47	49	11	1	3	0	32	59.4	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	67.3	4	7	2	1
11	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	18	4/1/1986	UTA	vs	LAC	40	42	4	6	1	0	27	66.7	0	0		6	7	85.7	69.8	2	2	2	2
12	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	18	3/27/1986	SAS	@	GSW	41	44	6	1	1	0	29	62.1	0	0		8	13	61.5	63.4	1	5	4	2
13	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	18	3/18/1986	SAS	@	DAL	42	37	3	1	1	0	30	60.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	60.8	3	0	3	1
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	18	3/10/1986	BOS	@	DAL	40	50	11	5	1	0	33	54.5	4	7	57.1	10	11	90.9	66.1	3	8	5	3
15	Alex English A. English	18	2/4/1986	DEN	vs	POR	42	42	4	5	0	0	30	60.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	64.3	0	4	4	1
16	Orlando Woolridge O. Woolridge	18	1/25/1986	CHI	vs	PHX	41	44	7	3	2	3	27	66.7	1	1	100.0	7	10	70.0	70.1	1	6	0	2
17	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	17	4/2/1986	POR	@	SEA	43	36	4	4	1	1	22	77.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	78.7	1	3	2	4
18	Albert King A. King	17	3/25/1986	NJN	@	MIL	37	34	7	2	0	0	23	73.9	0	0		0	0		73.9	3	4	2	4
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	17	3/18/1986	BOS	vs	CLE	29	43	8	3	3	0	24	70.8	5	6	83.3	4	4	100.0	83.5	0	8	1	0
20	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	17	3/14/1986	ATL	vs	BOS	44	42	6	3	1	1	32	53.1	0	3	0.0	8	11	72.7	57.0	2	4	4	3
21	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	17	3/14/1986	POR	@	DAL	46	41	8	15	3	1	23	73.9	1	3	33.3	6	9	66.7	76.0	4	4	2	2
22	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	17	2/24/1986	DET	vs	CHI	42	41	4	5	1	0	26	65.4	3	4	75.0	4	5	80.0	72.7	2	2	4	3
23	Alex English A. English	17	2/18/1986	DEN	vs	WAS	39	38	4	5	2	0	32	53.1	0	0		4	6	66.7	54.8	1	3	4	1
24	Herb Williams H. Williams	17	2/14/1986	IND	@	CHI	38	39	7	1	0	3	26	65.4	0	0		5	6	83.3	68.1	3	4	0	3
25	Alex English A. English	17	1/30/1986	DEN	vs	NYK	43	39	6	5	1	0	26	65.4	0	0		5	6	83.3	68.1	3	3	1	1