most points by a player named john in nba history

John Wall posted his most points in a game versus the Magic on December 6, 2016, with 52 points.

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most points in a regular-season game by a player named john in NBA history

	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	John Wall J. Wall	52	12/6/2016	WAS	vs	ORL	42	4	8	3	0	18	31	58.1	5	8	62.5	11	14	78.6	70.0	1	3	4	3	-1
2	John Drew J. Drew	50	12/30/1978	ATL	vs	DEN	33	5	1	2	1	19	32	59.4				12	16	75.0	64.0	2	3	3	2
3	John Williamson J. Williamson	50	4/4/1978	NJN	@	IND	44	4	3			19	32	59.4				12	13	92.3	66.3				5
4	John Williamson J. Williamson	48	12/9/1978	NJN	vs	SDC	38	5	4	2	0	13	25	52.0				22	24	91.7	67.5			7	5
5	John Drew J. Drew	48	2/12/1978	ATL	@	LAL	43	12	3	3	0	21	33	63.6				6	9	66.7	64.9	7	5	5	5
6	John Wall J. Wall	47	3/25/2013	WAS	vs	MEM	45	7	8	1	1	13	22	59.1	2	4	50.0	19	24	79.2	72.2	0	7	2	2	+26
7	John Drew J. Drew	47	12/27/1980	ATL	vs	BOS	41	6	3		0	18	32	56.3	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	63.8				5
8	John Brisker J. Brisker	47	11/25/1973	SEA	@	KCO	44	14	5	1	0	16	29	55.2				15	18	83.3	63.7				3
9	John Drew J. Drew	45	1/29/1978	ATL	vs	BUF	40	17	4	7	0	15	29	51.7				15	22	68.2	58.2				4
10	John Long J. Long	44	11/4/1986	IND	vs	PHI	43	5	4	3	0	16	29	55.2	1	1	100.0	11	11	100.0	65.0	3	2	4	3
11	John Drew J. Drew	44	12/20/1978	ATL	vs	NYK	33	6	1		0	18	27	66.7				8	10	80.0	70.1			5	4
12	John Drew J. Drew	44	11/16/1974	ATL	vs	NOJ	39	20	5	5		16	20	80.0				12	16	75.0	81.4	3	17		5
13	John Williamson J. Williamson	43	2/12/1978	NJN	vs	NYK	48	7	1			18	33	54.5				7	8	87.5	58.9				2
14	John Williamson J. Williamson	43	11/23/1977	IND	vs	GSW	44	3	2	1	0	18	34	52.9				7	9	77.8	56.6	1	2	4	2
15	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	43	3/8/1970	BOS	vs	MIL	48	9	9			15	31	48.4				13	14	92.9	57.9				2
16	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	43	12/17/1963	BOS		BAL						18	34	52.9				7	8	87.5	57.3				3
17	John Long J. Long	42	3/9/1987	IND	vs	UTA	39	4	6	3	0	15	28	53.6	2	2	100.0	10	10	100.0	64.8	2	2	2	3
18	John Drew J. Drew	42	3/19/1984	UTA	vs	DET	33	6	2	4	0	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	14	16	87.5	69.9	2	4	4	4
19	John Williamson J. Williamson	42	3/17/1978	NJN	vs	DEN	39	6	4	1	0	18	34	52.9				6	8	75.0	56.0	1	5	2	2
20	John Drew J. Drew	42	1/23/1977	ATL	vs	GSW	40	18	2	0	0	16	26	61.5				10	14	71.4	65.3	8	10		5
21	John Drew J. Drew	42	1/11/1976	ATL	vs	POR	41	10	2	2	1	12	25	48.0				18	19	94.7	62.9	5	5		4
22	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	42	2/6/1972	BOS	vs	SEA	48	5	6			18	24	75.0				6	6	100.0	78.8				3
23	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	42	12/26/1969	BOS	@	SEA	41	8	4			17	24	70.8				8	12	66.7	71.7				0
24	John Wall J. Wall	41	3/29/2017	WAS	@	LAC	39	7	8	3	0	16	23	69.6	1	3	33.3	8	11	72.7	73.6	2	5	6	5	-9
25	John Wall J. Wall	41	2/3/2016	WAS	vs	GSW	35	3	10	2	0	17	25	68.0	3	3	100.0	4	6	66.7	74.2	1	2	3	4	-1