Dominique Wilkins put up the most points in a game in 1985-86, with 57 points versus the New Jersey Nets on April 10, 1986.
Interpreted as:
most points by a player in a regular-season game in 1986| 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 |  | D. Wilkins | 57 | 4/10/1986 | vs | 38 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 37 | 56.8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 78.9 | 62.8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2 |  | A. English | 54 | 11/19/1985 | vs | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 70.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 76.5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 3 |  | L. Bird | 50 | 3/10/1986 | @ | 40 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 33 | 54.5 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 66.1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 4 | | D. Wilkins | 49 | 12/21/1985 | vs | 47 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 32 | 59.4 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 67.3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 5 |  | A. Dantley | 47 | 3/14/1986 | vs | 39 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 76.9 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 77.3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 6 | | L. Bird | 47 | 2/14/1986 | @ | 49 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 34 | 61.8 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 66.5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 7 | | L. Bird | 47 | 11/27/1985 | vs | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | 64.0 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | | A. English | 47 | 10/25/1985 | @ | 39 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 83.3 | 60.4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | | D. Wilkins | 46 | 4/4/1986 | @ | 46 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 39 | 51.3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 54.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 |  | R. Blackman | 46 | 3/12/1986 | vs | 46 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 32 | 59.4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 63.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 11 |  | K. Abdul-Jabbar | 46 | 2/6/1986 | @ | 37 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 70.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 72.4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | | A. Dantley | 45 | 4/9/1986 | vs | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 66.1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| 13 |  | G. Gervin | 45 | 1/27/1986 | @ | 44 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 29 | 51.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 62.4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 14 |  | M. Mitchell | 44 | 3/27/1986 | @ | 41 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 63.4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 15 |  | L. Nance | 44 | 3/10/1986 | @ | 40 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 73.1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 76.8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 16 |  | O. Woolridge | 44 | 1/25/1986 | vs | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 70.1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 17 |  | P. Short | 44 | 1/11/1986 | @ | 47 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 29 | 48.3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 61.0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 18 | | A. English | 44 | 12/19/1985 | vs | 42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 29 | 51.7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 93.3 | 61.8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 19 |  | W. B. Free | 43 | 3/29/1986 | @ | 39 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 81.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 20 | | L. Bird | 43 | 3/18/1986 | vs | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 70.8 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 83.5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 21 | | K. Abdul-Jabbar | 43 | 3/16/1986 | vs | 40 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 69.3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 22 | | D. Wilkins | 43 | 2/13/1986 | @ | 41 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 33 | 45.5 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 53.7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 |  | J. Malone | 43 | 2/11/1986 | @ | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 69.7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 24 | | A. English | 43 | 1/22/1986 | vs | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 61.1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 25 | | W. Davis | 43 | 12/11/1985 | @ | 39 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 68.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||
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