Bob McAdoo posted the most points in a game in 1975-76, with 52 points against the Seattle SuperSonics on March 17, 1976.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game in 1976

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	52	3/17/1976	BUF	@	SEA	45	11	2			18	26	69.2	16	22	72.7	72.9			4
2	Phil Smith P. Smith	51	1/8/1976	GSW	vs	PHX	40	4	4	2	1	20	27	74.1	11	14	78.6	76.9	1	3	3
3	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	50	11/20/1975	BUF	@	CLE	50	20	5	1	1	22	32	68.8	6	8	75.0	70.4	3	17	5
4	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	49	2/10/1976	NOJ	@	GSW	46	3	4	3	1	18	36	50.0	13	18	72.2	55.8	0	3	3
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	48	11/26/1975	LAL	vs	POR	44	12	6	0	2	19	33	57.6	10	15	66.7	60.6	1	11	3
6	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	45	4/4/1976	BUF	@	BOS	45	10	3			18	25	72.0	9	10	90.0	76.5			6
7	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	45	2/15/1976	BUF	@	ATL	46	15	7		2	17	25	68.0	11	13	84.6	73.2			4
8	Phil Smith P. Smith	45	2/14/1976	GSW	vs	DET	47	5	4	4	0	19	26	73.1	7	7	100.0	77.4	1	4	0
9	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	45	1/15/1976	BUF	@	PHX	47	21	6	2	0	19	28	67.9	7	7	100.0	72.4	4	17	5
10	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	45	10/26/1975	NOJ	vs	NYK	48	11	8			11	21	52.4	23	26	88.5	69.4			3
11	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	44	3/26/1976	WAS	@	NOJ	50	2	5			18	27	66.7	8	11	72.7	69.1			5
12	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	42	4/2/1976	BUF	vs	ATL		8				19	29	65.5	4	4	100.0	68.3
13	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	42	3/18/1976	BUF	@	GSW	47	13	2	0	3	16	27	59.3	10	11	90.9	66.0	5	8	2
14	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	42	3/4/1976	ATL	vs	BOS	44	1	4			17	27	63.0	8	9	88.9	67.8
15	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	42	2/17/1976	BUF	vs	POR	45	12	9	2	2	15	30	50.0	12	15	80.0	57.4	2	10	4
16	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	42	2/17/1976	WAS	@	MIL	43	7	6	3	0	18	28	64.3	6	7	85.7	67.6			2
17	John Drew J. Drew	42	1/11/1976	ATL	vs	POR	41	10	2	2	1	12	25	48.0	18	19	94.7	62.9	5	5	4
18	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	41	4/6/1976	BUF	vs	NYK	48	15	2			15	29	51.7	11	21	52.4	53.6			4
19	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	41	2/14/1976	BUF	vs	CLE	47	10	4	0	1	15	25	60.0	11	16	68.8	64.0	1	9	5
20	Rick Barry R. Barry	41	1/24/1976	GSW	vs	POR	48	2	5	3	1	18	36	50.0	5	5	100.0	53.7	0	2	3
21	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	41	1/6/1976	BUF	vs	LAL	48	15	4	0	2	14	32	43.8	13	19	68.4	50.8	4	11	3
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41	12/26/1975	LAL	vs	POR	46	20	3	1	9	17	27	63.0	7	8	87.5	67.2	3	17	5
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41	12/13/1975	LAL	@	PHX	46	18	5	4	6	14	21	66.7	13	14	92.9	75.5	4	14	4
24	Fred Brown F. Brown	41	11/9/1975	SEA	@	NOJ	34	6	3			16	23	69.6	9	9	100.0	76.0			1
25	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	41	11/4/1975	BUF	vs	PHI	47	19	0			15	28	53.6	11	15	73.3	59.2			4