most points in a game in their final year

Kobe Bryant dropped the most points by an inactive or retired player in a game in his last season, with 60 points against the Jazz on April 13, 2016.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game in their final year

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	60	4/13/2016	LAL	vs	UTA	42	4	4	1	1	22	50	44.0	6	21	28.6	10	12	83.3	54.3	0	4	2	1	+7
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	49	3/15/1992	BOS	vs	POR	54	14	12	4	1	19	35	54.3	2	8	25.0	9	10	90.0	62.2	0	14	5	5
3	George Yardley G. Yardley	47	1/12/1960	SYR		BOS		17	2			21	31	67.7				5	7	71.4	69.0				4
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	2/1/2003	WAS	vs	NOH	44	3	6	1	1	18	33	54.5	0	0		9	10	90.0	60.2	1	2	2	5	+14
5	George Gervin G. Gervin	45	1/27/1986	CHI	@	DAL	44	7	3	0	1	15	29	51.7	0	1	0.0	15	16	93.8	62.4	4	3	3	3
6	Joe Caldwell J. Caldwell	45	3/17/1970	ATL	@	PHI	44	9	4			19	28	67.9				7	7	100.0	72.4				4
7	Drazen Petrovic D. Petrovic	44	1/24/1993	NJN	vs	HOU	41	0	4	1	1	17	23	73.9	3	3	100.0	7	7	100.0	84.4	0	0	5	3
8	Bobby Cook B. Cook	44	1/12/1950	SHE	vs	DEN			5			18	33	54.5				8	9	88.9	59.5				5
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	2/21/2003	WAS	vs	NJN	43	10	3	4	1	18	30	60.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	64.1	0	10	1	2	+9
10	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	43	11/5/1997	HOU	@	LAC	34	4	6	2	0	15	25	60.0	3	5	60.0	10	11	90.9	72.1	1	3	2	2	+29
11	Vern Mikkelsen V. Mikkelsen	43	2/10/1959	MIN		CIN						17	24	70.8				9	10	90.0	75.7				5
12	Lee Shaffer L. Shaffer	42	11/28/1963	PHI	vs	CIN		7	1			17	29	58.6				8	13	61.5	60.5				4
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	1/4/2003	WAS	vs	IND	53	12	4	3	0	14	26	53.8	3	4	75.0	10	12	83.3	65.5	3	9	2	2	+15
14	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	41	12/7/1973	NYK	@	BUF	46	21	4			15	29	51.7				11	13	84.6	59.0				4
15	Joe Caldwell J. Caldwell	41	2/18/1970	ATL		CIN		4				17	26	65.4				7	12	58.3	65.5				2
16	Larry Foust L. Foust	40	1/12/1962	STL		NYK						13	16	81.3				14	16	87.5	86.8				5
17	Reggie Miller R. Miller	39	3/18/2005	IND	vs	LAL	36	3	2	0	0	13	18	72.2	3	5	60.0	10	10	100.0	87.1	0	3	2	1	+16
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	3/9/2003	WAS	@	NYK	43	8	1	1	0	13	22	59.1	0	0		13	15	86.7	68.2	1	7	3	3	+7
19	Chet Walker C. Walker	39	1/10/1975	CHI	vs	ATL	34	9	5	1	0	14	23	60.9				11	13	84.6	67.9	5	4		4
20	Sam Jones S. Jones	39	1/29/1969	BOS		SEA	42	4	3			18	32	56.3				3	3	100.0	58.5				4
21	Rudy LaRusso R. LaRusso	39	1/28/1969	SFW	@	CIN	44	8	3			15	28	53.6				9	12	75.0	58.6				2
22	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	39	3/5/1966	CIN	vs	NYK	48	9	4			18	29	62.1				3	3	100.0	64.3				2
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38	2/2/2016	LAL	vs	MIN	33	5	5	2	0	10	21	47.6	7	11	63.6	11	12	91.7	72.3	2	3	2	3	+6
24	Julius Erving J. Erving	38	4/17/1987	PHI	vs	IND	41	7	2	2	1	17	31	54.8	1	2	50.0	3	7	42.9	55.8	3	4	3	2
25	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	38	10/30/1985	NJN	vs	IND	54	11	11	9	0	15	31	48.4	0	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	52.4	1	10	3	5