Pete Maravich dropped the most points in a game in 1976-77, with 68 points versus the Knicks on February 25, 1977.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game in 1977

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	68	2/25/1977	NOJ	vs	NYK	43	6	6	3	2	26	43	60.5	16	19	84.2	66.2	1	5	6
2	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	51	3/18/1977	NOJ	@	PHX	48	6	1	5	2	21	34	61.8	9	10	90.0	66.4	1	5	3
3	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	51	12/14/1976	NOJ	vs	KCK	47	7	6	1	1	18	38	47.4	15	18	83.3	55.5			2
4	Phil Smith P. Smith	51	12/11/1976	GSW	vs	HOU	43	1	3	0	0	18	27	66.7	15	20	75.0	71.2	1	0	3
5	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	50	12/26/1976	NOJ	vs	WAS	48	3	5			23	39	59.0	4	5	80.0	60.7			2
6	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	47	3/13/1977	WAS	@	GSW	46	20	3	0	4	20	26	76.9	7	14	50.0	73.1	5	15	5
7	Alvan Adams A. Adams	47	2/22/1977	PHX	@	BUF	40	18	12	0	5	18	27	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.8	5	13	3
8	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	46	3/20/1977	NOJ	@	LAL	47	7	2		0	19	38	50.0	8	10	80.0	54.2			2
9	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	45	4/10/1977	NOJ	vs	DEN	47	11	10	1	1	13	34	38.2	19	22	86.4	51.5	2	9	3
10	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	45	12/15/1976	WAS	vs	KCK	41	7	2	0	1	20	32	62.5	5	7	71.4	64.1			5
11	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	44	3/25/1977	NOJ	vs	KCK	49	7	4	1	1	19	40	47.5	6	7	85.7	51.1			1
12	David Thompson D. Thompson	44	3/23/1977	DEN	vs	SAS	40	5	7	1	0	18	30	60.0	8	13	61.5	61.6	1	4	4
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	44	3/2/1977	WAS	vs	DEN	53	13	0	0	1	16	23	69.6	12	16	75.0	73.2	1	12	5
14	Robert Hawkins R. Hawkins	44	2/9/1977	NYN	vs	NOJ	42	3	2			16	31	51.6	12	16	75.0	57.8			4
15	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	44	1/18/1977	NOJ	vs	BOS	46	5	8			17	36	47.2	10	11	90.9	53.9			3
16	Ron Boone R. Boone	43	3/29/1977	KCK	vs	NYK	45	3	4	2	0	15	26	57.7	13	15	86.7	66.0			3
17	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	43	3/27/1977	SAS	vs	KCK	39	20	4	2	0	16	23	69.6	11	14	78.6	73.7			1
18	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	43	3/5/1977	NYK	vs	PHI	45	18	1			17	25	68.0	9	12	75.0	71.0			2
19	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	43	2/22/1977	POR	vs	BOS	38	2	3	3	0	20	31	64.5	3	4	75.0	65.6	2	0	5
20	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	43	2/6/1977	NOJ	vs	HOU	46	6	5			17	33	51.5	9	10	90.0	57.5			1
21	Billy Knight B. Knight	43	1/16/1977	IND	@	SAS	47	6	5	0	0	15	24	62.5	13	14	92.9	71.3			3
22	Brian Winters B. Winters	43	11/30/1976	MIL	vs	POR	43	2	6	1	1	20	30	66.7	3	3	100.0	68.6	1	1	2
23	Phil Smith P. Smith	43	11/9/1976	GSW	@	DEN	40	2	4	4	1	20	30	66.7	3	4	75.0	67.7	1	1	2
24	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	43	11/2/1976	NOJ	vs	BOS	45	10	5			17	40	42.5	9	11	81.8	47.9			2
25	Austin Carr A. Carr	42	4/10/1977	CLE	@	BOS	43	6	3	0	0	18	23	78.3	6	6	100.0	81.9	4	2	3