George Yardley scored the most points in a game in 1957-58, with 52 points versus the Syracuse Nationals on February 4, 1958.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game 1958

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	George Yardley G. Yardley	52	2/4/1958	DET	vs	SYR		20		18	31	58.1	16	16	100.0	68.3	3
2	George Yardley G. Yardley	51	1/15/1958	DET	@	BOS	47	19		17	33	51.5	17	19	89.5	61.7	5
3	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	51	12/21/1957	STL		SYR				18	27	66.7	15	20	75.0	71.2	3
4	George Yardley G. Yardley	49	3/6/1958	DET	@	MIN				19	33	57.6	11	15	73.3	61.9	3
5	George Yardley G. Yardley	48	2/18/1958	DET	vs	SYR				16	29	55.2	16	19	84.2	64.2	2
6	George Yardley G. Yardley	48	12/26/1957	DET	@	STL				14	32	43.8	20	24	83.3	56.4	3
7	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	45	11/1/1957	STL	@	CIN		14		14	33	42.4	17	21	81.0	53.3	2
8	George Yardley G. Yardley	44	2/25/1958	DET		STL				18	29	62.1	8	10	80.0	65.9	5
9	George Yardley G. Yardley	44	1/23/1958	DET	@	MIN				15	33	45.5	14	14	100.0	56.2	4
10	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	44	12/26/1957	BOS	vs	NYK	39	4		17	37	45.9	10	11	90.9	52.6	4
11	George Yardley G. Yardley	43	2/19/1958	DET	@	MIN				17	27	63.0	9	10	90.0	68.5	2
12	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	43	12/11/1957	STL		NYK		22		18	29	62.1	7	11	63.6	63.5	2
13	Johnny Kerr J. Kerr	42	12/20/1957	SYR	@	CIN		17		16	25	64.0	10	15	66.7	66.5	3
14	George Yardley G. Yardley	41	2/27/1958	DET		MIN		27	2	17	30	56.7	7	9	77.8	60.4	2
15	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	41	2/4/1958	STL	@	NYK		10		18	31	58.1	5	6	83.3	60.9	4
16	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	41	12/21/1957	BOS	vs	MIN	32	5		16	23	69.6	9	9	100.0	76.0	1
17	George Yardley G. Yardley	41	10/26/1957	DET	vs	PHI				15			11	19	57.9		3
18	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	40	1/18/1958	STL	vs	DET				12			16	18	88.9		4
19	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	40	12/15/1957	STL	@	MIN				16	31	51.6	8	10	80.0	56.5	3
20	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	40	11/23/1957	STL	vs	DET				18	27	66.7	4	8	50.0	65.5	4
21	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	39	3/7/1958	STL	vs	SYR		25		15	27	55.6	9	13	69.2	59.6	3
22	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	39	1/29/1958	BOS	vs	STL	41	6	7	17	35	48.6	5	6	83.3	51.8	0
23	Dick Garmaker D. Garmaker	39	1/26/1958	MIN	vs	NYK				16	30	53.3	7	8	87.5	58.2	5
24	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	39	1/9/1958	BOS		NYK				16	19	84.2	7	7	100.0	88.3	4
25	George Yardley G. Yardley	39	12/1/1957	DET	@	NYK				15			9	12	75.0		4