most points by a player named richard in a game nba

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

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

	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	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	51	12/27/2006	DET	@	NYK	55	2	2	0	0	19	37	51.4	1	1	100.0	12	12	100.0	60.3	0	2	1	4	+2
2	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	44	11/28/2003	DET	vs	CLE	39	7	5	1	0	15	23	65.2	1	1	100.0	13	15	86.7	74.3	1	6	2	3	+8
3	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	42	12/22/2004	NJN	vs	CLE	47	6	7	1	1	12	20	60.0	2	4	50.0	16	17	94.1	76.4	0	6	3	1	+4
4	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	41	3/29/2001	WAS	vs	GSW	45	9	8	1	0	17	25	68.0	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	70.8	4	5	4	0	+10
5	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	40	4/6/2006	NJN	vs	CHA	39	11	3	1	0	13	19	68.4	3	6	50.0	11	15	73.3	78.1	2	9	1	2	+21
6	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	40	12/2/2005	DET	vs	NYK	42	2	2	0	0	13	25	52.0	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	64.2	0	2	2	1	+18
7	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	40	3/14/2001	WAS	vs	DET	46	3	4	1	0	15	23	65.2	1	1	100.0	9	10	90.0	73.0	0	3	4	5	+1
8	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	39	1/15/2008	DET	vs	TOR	38	4	6	0	0	16	22	72.7	5	6	83.3	2	3	66.7	83.6	0	4	0	1	+23
9	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	39	3/28/2003	NJN	@	NYK	41	6	4	0	0	16	22	72.7	0	0		7	7	100.0	77.8	3	3	3	2	+14
10	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	38	2/7/2009	DET	@	MIL	36	0	4	1	0	15	25	60.0	2	3	66.7	6	6	100.0	68.7	0	0	1	4	+12
11	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	38	12/19/2004	NJN	@	TOR	47	4	5	2	0	12	20	60.0	3	7	42.9	11	11	100.0	76.5	0	4	5	2	-8
12	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	38	4/7/2001	WAS	vs	BOS	45	5	3	0	0	14	25	56.0	1	3	33.3	9	9	100.0	65.6	2	3	3	1	0
13	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	37	11/2/2005	DET	vs	PHI	38	6	3	1	0	16	24	66.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	69.4	3	3	3	3	+17
14	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	37	12/27/2004	DET	vs	NJN	45	4	3	3	0	12	19	63.2	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.8	1	3	4	2	+19
15	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	36	2/17/2010	DET	@	ORL	36	5	3	0	0	12	18	66.7	3	6	50.0	9	9	100.0	82.0	3	2	2	4	-15
16	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	36	2/23/2008	NJN	vs	IND	38	2	0	2	0	12	22	54.5	4	6	66.7	8	10	80.0	68.2	0	2	4	3	+10
17	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	36	12/18/2007	NJN	vs	SAC	39	9	3	1	0	12	19	63.2	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	75.5	2	7	6	4	-10
18	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	36	12/4/2007	NJN	@	CLE	37	2	2	0	0	11	18	61.1	1	2	50.0	13	15	86.7	73.2	0	2	1	1	+15
19	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	36	1/28/2006	NJN	@	SEA	43	9	5	2	0	13	20	65.0	2	5	40.0	8	9	88.9	75.1	1	8	1	2	-7
20	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	36	12/14/2005	DET	vs	SAC	41	2	4	0	0	15	27	55.6	0	2	0.0	6	8	75.0	59.0	0	2	1	1	+16
21	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	35	12/22/2010	DET	@	TOR	28	1	2	2	0	13	20	65.0	6	10	60.0	3	5	60.0	78.8	0	1	1	2	+22
22	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	35	4/11/2009	MIL	vs	OKC	37	9	4	2	1	13	21	61.9	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	74.0	0	9	2	5	+15
23	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	35	3/7/2009	MIL	vs	GSW	39	3	2	1	0	10	17	58.8	2	4	50.0	13	16	81.3	72.8	0	3	2	3	+10
24	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	35	1/27/2008	NJN	@	MIN	33	7	2	0	0	11	22	50.0	2	4	50.0	11	16	68.8	60.3	3	4	2	4	-5
25	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	35	4/10/2007	NJN	@	WAS	37	3	2	0	0	13	19	68.4	2	5	40.0	7	11	63.6	73.4	1	2	6	4	+1

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