George Gervin posted the most points in a game in 1979-80, with 55 points against the Pacers on January 23, 1980.

Interpreted as:

most point by a player in a regular-season game 1980

	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	George Gervin G. Gervin	55	1/23/1980	SAS	@	IND	39	5	5	0	1	21	32	65.6	1	2	50.0	12	15	80.0	71.2				0
2	George Gervin G. Gervin	53	1/8/1980	SAS	vs	DEN	43	3	2	3	1	23	40	57.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	60.9	1	2	2	2
3	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	52	12/16/1979	NJN	vs	BOS	49	6	3	1	0	19	28	67.9	1	3	33.3	13	15	86.7	75.1	3	3	4	3
4	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	51	3/30/1980	SAS	vs	DET	36	7	1	0	0	23	32	71.9	0	0		5	6	83.3	73.6				4
5	Freeman Williams F. Williams	51	1/19/1980	SDC	@	PHX	44	4	3	2	1	22	34	64.7	2	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	69.6	3	1	5	1
6	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	50	11/27/1979	UTA	vs	LAL	45	9	2	2	0	21	27	77.8	0	0		8	10	80.0	79.6	2	7	3	3
7	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	49	2/21/1980	PHX	@	DET	39	2	2	1	1	18	30	60.0	2	2	100.0	11	12	91.7	69.4	0	2	3	0
8	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	49	1/29/1980	KCK	@	DEN	40	4	3	3	1	20	25	80.0	0	0		9	15	60.0	77.5	1	3	2	3
9	World B. Free W. B. Free	49	12/16/1979	SDC	vs	DET	40	6	5	0	0	21	33	63.6	0	0		7	12	58.3	64.0			6	1
10	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	47	2/5/1980	UTA	vs	CHI	44	8	4	1	0	15	23	65.2	0	0		17	17	100.0	77.1	3	5	4	1
11	Dan Issel D. Issel	47	1/31/1980	DEN	vs	NJN	41	8	2	4	2	14	24	58.3	0	0		19	23	82.6	68.9	4	4	1	4
12	George Gervin G. Gervin	47	11/13/1979	SAS	vs	GSW	48	3	3	1	1	22	33	66.7	0	0		3	4	75.0	67.6	1	2	3	2
13	George Gervin G. Gervin	47	10/18/1979	SAS	@	CLE	40	5	3	4	1	21	35	60.0	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	62.4	3	2	7	2
14	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	46	2/8/1980	CLE	@	HOU	43	14	0	2	0	20	36	55.6	0	0		6	7	85.7	58.9	8	6	2	4
15	George Gervin G. Gervin	46	12/27/1979	SAS	vs	PHI	44	7	3	4	0	14	25	56.0	0	2	0.0	18	21	85.7	67.2				2
16	World B. Free W. B. Free	46	10/12/1979	SDC	vs	LAL	41	7	5	7	1	19	29	65.5	0	0		8	8	100.0	70.7	2	5	8	4
17	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	45	3/9/1980	NJN	vs	DET	36	10	4			19	28	67.9	1			6	7	85.7	72.4				3
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	45	2/13/1980	BOS	@	PHX	43	13	3	2	0	19	32	59.4	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	66.6	5	8	5	4
19	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	45	1/2/1980	KCK	@	UTA	45	7	2		0	19	31	61.3	1	2	50.0	6	7	85.7	66.0				3
20	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	45	12/18/1979	UTA	vs	CLE	43	11	5	5	0	15	28	53.6	0	0		15	18	83.3	62.6	5	6	2	3
21	Moses Malone M. Malone	45	11/13/1979	HOU	@	CHI	43	11	2	1	2	17	25	68.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	73.2	5	6	6	4
22	World B. Free W. B. Free	45	11/7/1979	SDC	@	PHX	46	3	5	1	0	17	26	65.4	0	0		11	14	78.6	70.0	2	1	2	4
23	World B. Free W. B. Free	44	3/15/1980	SDC	vs	PHX	40	6	3	2	0	16	28	57.1	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	65.2	4	2	0	3
24	Billy Knight B. Knight	44	1/25/1980	IND	vs	SDC	43	13	7	4	1	20	29	69.0	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	69.5			3	2
25	Moses Malone M. Malone	44	10/17/1979	HOU	vs	IND	40	29	0	1	2	16	22	72.7	0	0		12	14	85.7	78.1	16	13	8	3