Deron Williams dropped the most points in a game in 2011-12, with 57 points versus the Charlotte Bobcats on March 4, 2012.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in 2012 in a regular-season game

	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	Deron Williams D. Williams	57	3/4/2012	NJN	@	CHA	38	6	7	1	1	16	29	55.2	4	11	36.4	21	21	100.0	74.5	1	5	5	2	+11
2	Kevin Love K. Love	51	3/23/2012	MIN	@	OKC	49	14	0	1	1	16	27	59.3	7	11	63.6	12	16	75.0	74.9	6	8	4	3	+4
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	51	2/19/2012	OKC	vs	DEN	45	8	3	4	0	19	28	67.9	5	6	83.3	8	10	80.0	78.7	2	6	5	1	+19
4	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	48	2/7/2012	GSW	vs	OKC	42	7	2	2	1	18	29	62.1	3	6	50.0	9	10	90.0	71.9	1	6	3	2	+5
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	48	1/10/2012	LAL	vs	PHX	39	5	3	3	0	18	31	58.1	0	3	0.0	12	13	92.3	65.4	0	5	2	2	+16
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	45	3/23/2012	OKC	vs	MIN	50	4	6	2	0	17	28	60.7	2	4	50.0	9	9	100.0	70.4	2	2	4	1	-5
7	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	45	3/21/2012	DET	@	DEN	41	0	8	2	0	13	22	59.1	9	9	100.0	10	11	90.9	83.8	0	0	2	5	+10
8	Dwight Howard D. Howard	45	1/12/2012	ORL	@	GSW	44	23	3	4	2	12	21	57.1	0	0		21	39	53.8	59.0	7	16	3	2	+12
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	44	4/6/2012	OKC	@	IND	44	6	3	1	2	15	24	62.5	3	8	37.5	11	13	84.6	74.0	1	5	3	0	-9
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	43	4/17/2012	BOS	@	NYK	43	2	3	2	0	11	19	57.9	4	6	66.7	17	18	94.4	79.9	0	2	3	4	+2
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	43	4/14/2012	OKC	@	MIN	35	7	1	0	1	15	23	65.2	4	6	66.7	9	12	75.0	76.0	1	6	4	5	+14
12	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	43	4/8/2012	NYK	vs	CHI	47	7	3	1	1	16	31	51.6	4	5	80.0	7	9	77.8	61.5	2	5	2	5	+5
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	42	4/15/2012	NYK	vs	MIA	43	9	5	1	0	14	27	51.9	2	7	28.6	12	15	80.0	62.5	2	7	1	4	-13
14	Kevin Love K. Love	42	3/3/2012	MIN	@	POR	43	10	4	1	0	15	27	55.6	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	68.8	4	6	0	2	+18
15	Tony Parker T. Parker	42	2/4/2012	SAS	vs	OKC	39	3	9	2	1	16	29	55.2	0	2	0.0	10	12	83.3	61.3	0	3	0	2	+20
16	Anthony Morrow A. Morrow	42	2/3/2012	NJN	vs	MIN	33	4	2	0	0	13	20	65.0	8	11	72.7	8	8	100.0	89.3	3	1	3	5	+7
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	1/14/2012	LAL	@	LAC	44	7	4	2	1	14	28	50.0	2	5	40.0	12	14	85.7	61.5	0	7	2	3	-9
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	1/13/2012	LAL	vs	CLE	41	5	3	3	0	15	31	48.4	4	7	57.1	8	10	80.0	59.3	3	2	6	3	+11
19	LeBron James L. James	41	4/3/2012	MIA	vs	PHI	38	6	4	3	1	15	25	60.0	1	2	50.0	10	13	76.9	66.7	3	3	4	0	+12
20	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	41	4/3/2012	SAC	vs	PHX	38	12	2	2	1	16	25	64.0	0	0		9	14	64.3	65.8	5	7	2	4	+3
21	James Harden J. Harden	40	4/18/2012	OKC	@	PHX	36	7	3	4	0	12	17	70.6	5	8	62.5	11	11	100.0	91.6	1	6	3	2	+26
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	4/16/2012	DAL	@	UTA	53	9	6	0	0	13	26	50.0	2	7	28.6	12	12	100.0	63.9	1	8	3	4	+8
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	4/1/2012	LAL	vs	GSW	37	3	5	0	0	16	28	57.1	3	3	100.0	5	7	71.4	64.4	0	3	3	3	+13
24	Kevin Love K. Love	40	3/28/2012	MIN	@	CHA	43	19	4	0	0	14	31	45.2	4	7	57.1	8	10	80.0	56.5	6	13	2	0	+5
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	40	3/23/2012	OKC	vs	MIN	52	17	5	3	0	15	26	57.7	3	6	50.0	7	7	100.0	68.8	2	15	3	4	+2