most points for a guard in one game 1988

Michael Jordan dropped the most points by a guard in a game in 1987-88, with 59 points versus the Pistons on April 3, 1988.

Interpreted as:

most points for a guard in one regular-season game 1988

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	59	4/3/1988	CHI	@	DET	42	4	6	2	2	21	27	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	2/26/1988	CHI	vs	POR	43	8	3	2	3	21	34	61.8	0	2	0.0	10	12	83.3	66.2	2	6	6	5
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	12/17/1987	CHI	vs	CLE	41	3	6	4	1	20	31	64.5	0	0		12	12	100.0	71.7	0	3	2	2
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	3/18/1988	CHI	vs	BOS	42	5	9	5	1	19	32	59.4	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	67.9	2	3	1	4
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	3/23/1988	CHI	@	PHI	42	13	2	0	2	20	35	57.1	0	1	0.0	9	12	75.0	60.8	5	8	0	4
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	2/19/1988	CHI	vs	SAC	38	3	3	3	3	19	27	70.4	0	0		11	14	78.6	73.9	2	1	5	2
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	11/21/1987	CHI	vs	DET	44	6	8	6	2	17	38	44.7	0	2	0.0	15	17	88.2	53.9	2	4	4	6
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	4/19/1988	CHI	@	NYK	40	5	2	2	1	18	27	66.7	0	2	0.0	11	13	84.6	71.8	3	2	6	4
9	Jeff Malone J. Malone	47	2/27/1988	WAS	@	PHX	41	6	3	1	0	18	29	62.1	0	0		11	13	84.6	67.7	1	5	2	3
10	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	47	1/22/1988	SEA	vs	DET	45	4	2	2	0	19	30	63.3	3	4	75.0	6	8	75.0	70.1	3	1	0	3
11	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	47	1/9/1988	SEA	vs	SAS	43	7	8	1	0	18	31	58.1	2	5	40.0	9	10	90.0	66.4	4	3	2	4
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	12/2/1987	CHI	@	UTA	39	4	9	3	3	17	27	63.0	0	0		13	16	81.3	69.0	2	2	2	4
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	4/24/1988	CHI	vs	BOS	44	6	6	1	1	16	25	64.0	0	1	0.0	14	15	93.3	72.8	0	6	3	3
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	2/21/1988	CHI	@	CLE	45	4	9	3	1	16	31	51.6	0	2	0.0	14	15	93.3	61.2	1	3	3	3
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	1/9/1988	CHI	vs	UTA	38	3	8	4	3	17	23	73.9	0	0		11	14	78.6	77.2	1	2	1	3
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	4/17/1988	CHI	vs	MIL	38	3	6	4	3	17	29	58.6	0	1	0.0	10	14	71.4	62.6	1	2	2	4
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	12/12/1987	CHI	vs	HOU	40	3	9	5	5	16	28	57.1	0	0		12	12	100.0	66.1	0	3	3	3
18	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	42	4/14/1988	POR	@	UTA	44	6	6	1	1	17	26	65.4	0	1	0.0	8	9	88.9	70.1	1	5	4	4
19	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	42	3/3/1988	POR	@	PHX	39	13	2	4	0	18	21	85.7	0	0		6	8	75.0	85.6	5	8	4	2
20	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	42	2/26/1988	POR	@	CHI	44	5	9	8	1	18	33	54.5	1	3	33.3	5	6	83.3	58.9	2	3	0	3
21	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	42	2/21/1988	DET	@	LAL	41	3	10	1	1	15	27	55.6	0	1	0.0	12	12	100.0	65.1	0	3	3	4
22	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	42	1/26/1988	SEA	@	SAC	43	4	3	1	1	14	22	63.6	5	6	83.3	9	10	90.0	79.5	3	1	2	0
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	1/22/1988	CHI	vs	PHX	38	4	13	4	2	17	25	68.0	0	0		8	8	100.0	73.6	0	4	2	2
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	1/12/1988	CHI	vs	BOS	43	4	6	3	1	19	35	54.3	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	56.5	2	2	0	0
25	Rod Higgins R. Higgins	41	2/27/1988	GSW	@	SEA	42	7	7	0	1	14	20	70.0	2	3	66.7	11	13	84.6	79.7	0	7	1	4