Richard Hamilton had his most points in a game against the Knicks on December 27, 2006, with 51 points.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a player named richard

NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	PF	+/-
Richard Hamilton	51	12/27/2006	DET	@	NYK	55	2	2	0	0	1	19	37	51.4	1	1	100.0	12	12	100.0	4	+2
Richard Hamilton	44	11/28/2003	DET	vs	CLE	39	7	5	1	0	2	15	23	65.2	1	1	100.0	13	15	86.7	3	+8
Richard Jefferson	42	12/22/2004	NJN	vs	CLE	47	6	7	1	1	3	12	20	60.0	2	4	50.0	16	17	94.1	1	+4
Richard Hamilton	41	3/29/2001	WAS	vs	GSW	45	9	8	1	0	4	17	25	68.0	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	0	+10
Richard Jefferson	40	4/6/2006	NJN	vs	CHA	39	11	3	1	0	1	13	19	68.4	3	6	50.0	11	15	73.3	2	+21
Richard Hamilton	40	12/2/2005	DET	vs	NYK	42	2	2	0	0	2	13	25	52.0	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	1	+18
Richard Hamilton	40	3/14/2001	WAS	vs	DET	46	3	4	1	0	4	15	23	65.2	1	1	100.0	9	10	90.0	5	+1
Richard Hamilton	39	1/15/2008	DET	vs	TOR	38	4	6	0	0	0	16	22	72.7	5	6	83.3	2	3	66.7	1	+23
Richard Jefferson	39	3/28/2003	NJN	@	NYK	41	6	4	0	0	3	16	22	72.7	0	0		7	7	100.0	2	+14
Richard Hamilton	38	2/7/2009	DET	@	MIL	36	0	4	1	0	1	15	25	60.0	2	3	66.7	6	6	100.0	4	+12
Richard Jefferson	38	12/19/2004	NJN	@	TOR	47	4	5	2	0	5	12	20	60.0	3	7	42.9	11	11	100.0	2	-8
Richard Hamilton	38	4/7/2001	WAS	vs	BOS	45	5	3	0	0	3	14	25	56.0	1	3	33.3	9	9	100.0	1	0
Richard Hamilton	37	11/2/2005	DET	vs	PHI	38	6	3	1	0	3	16	24	66.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	3	+17
Richard Hamilton	37	12/27/2004	DET	vs	NJN	45	4	3	3	0	4	12	19	63.2	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	2	+19
Richard Hamilton	36	2/17/2010	DET	@	ORL	36	5	3	0	0	2	12	18	66.7	3	6	50.0	9	9	100.0	4	-15
Richard Jefferson	36	2/23/2008	NJN	vs	IND	38	2	0	2	0	4	12	22	54.5	4	6	66.7	8	10	80.0	3	+10
Richard Jefferson	36	12/18/2007	NJN	vs	SAC	39	9	3	1	0	6	12	19	63.2	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	4	-10
Richard Jefferson	36	12/4/2007	NJN	@	CLE	37	2	2	0	0	1	11	18	61.1	1	2	50.0	13	15	86.7	1	+15
Richard Jefferson	36	1/28/2006	NJN	@	SEA	43	9	5	2	0	1	13	20	65.0	2	5	40.0	8	9	88.9	2	-7
Richard Hamilton	36	12/14/2005	DET	vs	SAC	41	2	4	0	0	1	15	27	55.6	0	2	0.0	6	8	75.0	1	+16
Richard Hamilton	35	12/22/2010	DET	@	TOR	28	1	2	2	0	1	13	20	65.0	6	10	60.0	3	5	60.0	2	+22
Richard Jefferson	35	4/11/2009	MIL	vs	OKC	37	9	4	2	1	2	13	21	61.9	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	5	+15
Richard Jefferson	35	3/7/2009	MIL	vs	GSW	39	3	2	1	0	2	10	17	58.8	2	4	50.0	13	16	81.3	3	+10
Richard Jefferson	35	1/27/2008	NJN	@	MIN	33	7	2	0	0	2	11	22	50.0	2	4	50.0	11	16	68.8	4	-5
Richard Jefferson	35	4/10/2007	NJN	@	WAS	37	3	2	0	0	6	13	19	68.4	2	5	40.0	7	11	63.6	4	+1