most points in a game in the 1980s by a small forward under 57 points

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Kelly Tripucka dropped the most points by a small forward in a game with fewer than 57 points, with 56 points versus the Bulls on January 29, 1983.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game in the 1980s by a small forward under 57 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	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	56	1/29/1983	DET	vs	CHI	37	6	4			18	26	69.2	0	0		20	22	90.9	78.5				4
2	Bernard King B. King	55	2/16/1985	NYK	vs	NJN	44	11	3	1	0	19	33	57.6	0	1	0.0	17	23	73.9	63.8	7	4	6	4
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	55	2/6/1981	UTA	vs	DEN	47	7	3	1	1	24	36	66.7	0	0		7	8	87.5	69.6	6	1	4	4
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	54	2/3/1987	ATL	vs	BOS	47	5	2	3	0	19	34	55.9	0	2	0.0	16	20	80.0	63.1	1	4	5	3
5	Alex English A. English	54	11/19/1985	DEN	vs	HOU	37	4	1	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	76.5	1	3	1	3
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	53	1/12/1987	ATL	vs	LAC	37	6	2	2	3	19	25	76.0	1	1	100.0	14	19	73.7	79.4	3	3	1	3
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	53	3/30/1983	BOS	vs	IND	33	8	3	1	2	21	30	70.0	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	76.1	3	5	6	2
8	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	53	4/10/1982	UTA	vs	DEN	45	12	6	0	0	19	28	67.9	0	0		15	18	83.3	73.8	9	3	1	4
9	Bernard King B. King	52	11/24/1984	NYK	vs	IND	36	7	7	0	0	19	31	61.3	0	0		14	17	82.4	67.6	2	5	2	4
10	Billy Knight B. Knight	52	11/11/1980	IND	@	SAS	39	5	0	5	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		14	16	87.5	70.2				1
11	Alex English A. English	51	3/10/1989	DEN	@	MIA	51	3	9	2	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	69.4	1	2	3	5
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	51	2/16/1988	ATL	vs	SAC	38	6	2	4	2	20	31	64.5	2	4	50.0	9	11	81.8	71.1	1	5	5	3
13	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	51	1/7/1981	UTA	@	DEN	45	5	7	2	0	20	25	80.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	85.5	2	3	3	1
14	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	50	3/1/1988	ATL	vs	DET	44	5	3	1	0	18	35	51.4	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	60.7	4	1	1	3
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	50	3/10/1986	BOS	@	DAL	40	11	5	1	0	18	33	54.5	4	7	57.1	10	11	90.9	66.1	3	8	5	3
16	Bernard King B. King	50	2/1/1984	NYK	@	DAL	41	7	0	0	0	20	28	71.4	0	0		10	13	76.9	74.1	1	6	2	3
17	Bernard King B. King	50	1/31/1984	NYK	@	SAS	44	8	2	0	0	20	30	66.7	0	0		10	13	76.9	70.0	3	5	1	5
18	Bernard King B. King	50	1/3/1981	GSW	vs	PHI	43	8	4	3	2	20	25	80.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	83.8	5	3	3	3
19	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	50	10/31/1980	UTA	vs	DAL	41	4	4	2	0	12	17	70.6	0	0		26	29	89.7	84.0			3	4
20	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	50	11/27/1979	UTA	vs	LAL	45	9	2	2	0	21	27	77.8	0	0		8	10	80.0	79.6	2	7	3	3
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	49	2/15/1988	BOS	@	PHX	43	12	7	0	2	17	27	63.0	3	6	50.0	12	12	100.0	75.9	2	10	2	1
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	49	2/9/1988	ATL	vs	PHI	42	12	4	2	0	16	33	48.5	4	7	57.1	13	18	72.2	59.9	6	6	4	2
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	49	1/27/1988	BOS	vs	WAS	43	8	6	4	0	20	30	66.7	0	4	0.0	9	9	100.0	72.1	0	8	2	1
24	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	49	12/21/1985	ATL	vs	HOU	47	11	1	3	0	19	32	59.4	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	67.3	4	7	2	1
25	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	49	1/28/1985	DAL	vs	PHI	39	9	3	0	0	17	25	68.0	2	3	66.7	13	19	68.4	73.4	4	5	3	4