most points in a game in the 1980s by a small forward under 45 points

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, 10 players were tied for the most points by a small forward in a game with fewer than 45 points, with 44 points. The first three are Larry Bird on April 21, 1988, on February 24, 1988 and on February 9, 1988, Mike Mitchell on March 27, 1986 and on February 28, 1984 and Orlando Woolridge on January 25, 1986.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game in the 1980s by a small forward under 45 points

	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	Larry Bird L. Bird	44	4/21/1988	BOS	vs	CHI	40	10	3	1	1	19	29	65.5	0	0		6	6	100.0	69.5	1	9	1	1
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	44	2/24/1988	BOS	vs	POR	44	11	8	1	0	17	35	48.6	1	5	20.0	9	9	100.0	56.5	3	8	0	1
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	44	2/9/1988	BOS	@	HOU	44	15	3	2	2	17	27	63.0	1	2	50.0	9	10	90.0	70.1	1	14	1	3
4	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	44	3/27/1986	SAS	@	GSW	41	6	1	1	0	18	29	62.1	0	0		8	13	61.5	63.4	1	5	4	2
5	Orlando Woolridge O. Woolridge	44	1/25/1986	CHI	vs	PHX	41	7	3	2	3	18	27	66.7	1	1	100.0	7	10	70.0	70.1	1	6	0	2
6	Purvis Short P. Short	44	1/11/1986	GSW	@	DAL	47	9	5	1	0	14	29	48.3	0	1	0.0	16	16	100.0	61.0	7	2	4	6
7	Alex English A. English	44	12/19/1985	DEN	vs	POR	42	5	1	0	0	15	29	51.7	0	0		14	15	93.3	61.8	3	2	3	4
8	Purvis Short P. Short	44	3/9/1985	GSW	@	PHX	45	5	5	2	1	16	26	61.5	0	2	0.0	12	14	85.7	68.4	1	4	7	5
9	Alex English A. English	44	11/10/1984	DEN	vs	UTA	38	6	9	0	1	19	29	65.5	0	0		6	8	75.0	67.7	1	5	4	2
10	Bernard King B. King	44	11/4/1984	NYK	@	SAS	47	8	3	0	1	18	30	60.0	0	0		8	14	57.1	60.8	1	7	2	4
11	Bernard King B. King	44	4/6/1984	NYK	vs	DET	38	5	0	2	0	18	28	64.3	0	0		8	11	72.7	67.0	4	1	2	4
12	Alex English A. English	44	3/3/1984	DEN	vs	UTA	39	5	5	1	2	22	32	68.8	0	0		0	0		68.8	3	2	1	3
13	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	44	2/28/1984	SAS	vs	DAL	45	7	2	1	0	19	33	57.6	0	0		6	6	100.0	61.7	2	5	0	1
14	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	44	1/14/1984	DET	@	CLE	34	6	0	0	0	17	24	70.8	0	0		10	11	90.9	76.3	2	4	2	2
15	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	44	1/14/1984	UTA	vs	WAS	39	8	3	1	0	16	20	80.0	0	0		12	15	80.0	82.7	4	4	2	3
16	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	44	2/6/1983	DAL	@	POR	43	5	0	0	0	18	30	60.0	0	2	0.0	8	10	80.0	64.0	1	4	1	3
17	Julius Erving J. Erving	44	12/11/1982	PHI	vs	DET	41	11	7		8	20	29	69.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	70.5				3
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	44	1/12/1982	UTA	vs	NYK	45	6	5		0	19	26	73.1	0	0		6	7	85.7	75.7				4
19	Julius Erving J. Erving	44	10/13/1979	PHI	vs	HOU	44	6	9	1	0	15	22	68.2	0	0		14	14	100.0	78.1			1	4
20	Bernard King B. King	43	4/4/1989	WAS	vs	NJN	36	5	4	0	1	14	26	53.8	0	1	0.0	15	16	93.8	65.1	0	5	3	2
21	Alex English A. English	43	1/24/1989	DEN	@	NJN	40	3	4	1	0	17	33	51.5	0	0		9	9	100.0	58.2	0	3	2	1
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	43	2/23/1988	ATL	vs	IND	37	6	4	3	1	18	30	60.0	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	65.0	1	5	2	4
23	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	43	12/30/1987	PHX	@	LAC	36	7	2	2	0	18	27	66.7	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	73.6	4	3	2	4
24	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	43	3/24/1987	DAL	@	NJN	33	5	1	1	0	14	25	56.0	3	5	60.0	12	13	92.3	70.0	3	2	1	5
25	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	43	3/17/1987	ATL	vs	WAS	34	7	4	0	1	17	28	60.7	0	0		9	10	90.0	66.4	2	5	1	1