Before 1991-92, David Thompson scored the most points by a guard in a game, with 73 points versus the Pistons on April 9, 1978.
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most points by an NBA guard in a regular-season game before 1992| 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 |  | D. Thompson | 73 | 4/9/1978 | @ | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 73.7 | 17 | 20 | 85.0 | 78.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 |  | M. Jordan | 69 | 3/28/1990 | @ | 50 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 37 | 62.2 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 73.2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 3 |  | P. Maravich | 68 | 2/25/1977 | vs | 43 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 43 | 60.5 | 16 | 19 | 84.2 | 66.2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| 4 |  | G. Gervin | 63 | 4/9/1978 | @ | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 49 | 46.9 | 17 | 20 | 85.0 | 54.5 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 |  | J. West | 63 | 1/17/1962 | vs | 39 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 36 | 61.1 | 19 | 22 | 86.4 | 69.0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 6 | | M. Jordan | 61 | 4/16/1987 | vs | 41 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 17 | 21 | 81.0 | 64.6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 7 | | M. Jordan | 61 | 3/4/1987 | @ | 43 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 39 | 56.4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 94.4 | 65.0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | M. Jordan | 59 | 4/3/1988 | @ | 42 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 27 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 17 | 19 | 89.5 | 83.4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 9 | | M. Jordan | 58 | 2/26/1987 | vs | 37 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 78.6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 10 |  | F. Brown | 58 | 3/23/1974 | @ | 45 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 37 | 64.9 | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 67.9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 11 |  | C. Murphy | 57 | 3/18/1978 | vs | 48 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 40 | 60.0 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 62.9 | 4 | |||||||||
| 12 |  | R. Guerin | 57 | 12/11/1959 | vs | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 21 | 26 | 80.8 | 67.2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 13 | | M. Jordan | 56 | 3/24/1987 | vs | 44 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 72.5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 14 |  | E. Monroe | 56 | 2/13/1968 | vs | 51 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 60.6 | 16 | 22 | 72.7 | 65.6 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 15 |  | O. Robertson | 56 | 12/18/1964 | vs | 9 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 51.5 | 22 | 23 | 95.7 | 64.9 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | | G. Gervin | 55 | 1/23/1980 | @ | 39 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 32 | 65.6 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 71.2 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 |  | N. Archibald | 55 | 2/23/1972 | vs | 44 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 64.5 | 15 | 19 | 78.9 | 69.9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 18 |  | M. Adams | 54 | 3/23/1991 | vs | 43 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 70.2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 19 | | M. Jordan | 54 | 11/3/1989 | vs | 47 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 31 | 61.3 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 15 | 17 | 88.2 | 70.2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 20 |  | D. Bing | 54 | 2/21/1971 | vs | 46 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 63.7 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 21 | | D. Ellis | 53 | 11/9/1989 | @ | 69 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 39 | 46.2 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 57.0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 22 | | M. Jordan | 53 | 1/21/1989 | vs | 41 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 28 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 76.6 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 23 | | M. Jordan | 53 | 4/12/1987 | vs | 42 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 27 | 70.4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 83.3 | 75.9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 24 | | M. Jordan | 53 | 1/8/1987 | vs | 43 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 64.6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 25 | | G. Gervin | 53 | 1/8/1980 | vs | 43 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 40 | 57.5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 60.9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
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