most points by a shooting guards nuggets pelicans player in 1 game ever regular season and playoffs in

David Thompson has scored the most points by a Nuggets shooting guard in a regular-season or postseason game, with 73 points versus the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

	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	David Thompson D. Thompson	73	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	43	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7				17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	51	12/5/2007	DEN	vs	LAL	48	2	8	1	0	18	27	66.7	0	1	0.0	15	18	83.3	73.0	0	2	5	4	-4
3	CJ McCollum	50	1/3/2025	NOP	vs	WAS	31	3	2	0	0	18	27	66.7	10	16	62.5	4	4	100.0	86.9	1	2	1	2	+21
4	CJ McCollum	45	1/20/2025	NOP	vs	UTA	44	8	4	0	3	18	31	58.1	5	12	41.7	4	4	100.0	68.7	0	8	2	3	+2
5	JR Smith	45	4/13/2009	DEN	vs	SAC	30	4	1	1	0	13	22	59.1	11	18	61.1	8	8	100.0	88.2	0	4	0	0	+23
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44	3/17/2007	DEN	vs	PHX	43	5	15	0	1	16	22	72.7	2	3	66.7	10	12	83.3	80.6	0	5	1	2	+31
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44	12/28/2006	DEN	vs	SEA	43	3	10	2	0	17	29	58.6	1	2	50.0	9	12	75.0	64.2	0	3	9	4	+22
8	David Thompson D. Thompson	44	3/1/1981	DEN	vs	CLE	36	5	2	1	1	18	28	64.3	0	0		8	10	80.0	67.9	4	1	3	3
9	David Thompson D. Thompson	44	4/8/1979	DEN	@	PHI	39	4	3	1	4	18	26	69.2				8	9	88.9	73.4	1	3	3	2
10	David Thompson D. Thompson	44	3/23/1977	DEN	vs	SAS	40	5	7	1	0	18	30	60.0				8	13	61.5	61.6	1	4		4
11	JR Smith	43	2/22/2008	DEN	@	CHI	33	5	1	2	0	15	25	60.0	8	14	57.1	5	8	62.5	75.4	1	4	3	3	+8
12	David Thompson D. Thompson	43	3/29/1981	DEN	@	LAL	42	5	1	1	1	17	27	63.0	0	0		9	11	81.8	67.5	2	3	4	2
13	David Thompson D. Thompson	43	11/1/1980	DEN	vs	SEA	36	5	2	0	0	17	28	60.7	0	0		9	10	90.0	66.4	4	1	4	3
14	David Thompson D. Thompson	43	2/10/1978	DEN	@	SEA	44	5	4		0	18	29	62.1				7	9	77.8	65.2	2	3		4
15	CJ McCollum	42	12/30/2022	NOP	vs	PHI	35	4	5	2	0	13	20	65.0	11	16	68.8	5	6	83.3	92.8	1	3	2	2	+6
16	David Thompson D. Thompson	42	3/26/1978	DEN	@	NOJ	41	6	3	3	1	18	26	69.2				6	7	85.7	72.2	0	6	3	2
17	David Thompson D. Thompson	42	11/26/1977	DEN	vs	IND	39	4	4	1	3	13	23	56.5				16	17	94.1	68.9	1	3	6	3
18	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	41	4/21/2018	NOP	vs	POR	41	3	8	0	0	15	23	65.2	2	7	28.6	9	12	75.0	72.5	1	2	7	1	+3
19	JR Smith	41	12/23/2009	DEN	vs	ATL	30	2	3	0	0	15	25	60.0	10	17	58.8	1	6	16.7	74.2	0	2	0	1	+6
20	Walter Davis W. Davis	41	11/9/1990	DEN	vs	SEA	33	8	2	1	0	18	32	56.3	2	2	100.0	3	4	75.0	60.7	5	3	1	4
21	David Thompson D. Thompson	41	1/2/1982	DEN	@	SAS	27	2	0	0	2	13	21	61.9	0	0		15	19	78.9	69.8	2	0	3	5
22	David Thompson D. Thompson	41	1/31/1978	DEN	@	NYK	42	5	7	1	0	14	22	63.6				13	14	92.9	72.8	3	2	2	2
23	David Thompson D. Thompson	41	1/12/1978	DEN	@	HOU	37	6	2	1	1	17	24	70.8				7	8	87.5	74.5	4	2	4	5
24	CJ McCollum	40	12/22/2022	NOP	vs	SAS	37	8	9	1	2	14	27	51.9	7	14	50.0	5	5	100.0	68.5	1	7	5	1	+23
25	JR Smith	40	3/20/2009	DEN	vs	WAS	35	5	3	3	1	15	23	65.2	3	8	37.5	7	8	87.5	75.4	1	4	4	0	+11