Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, David Thompson had the most points in a game, with 73 points against the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a single regular-season game 1970s

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	David Thompson D. Thompson	73	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	43	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7	17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
2	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
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	64	3/26/1974	GSW	vs	POR	43	10	9	5	0	30	45	66.7	4	5	80.0	67.8	0	10		4
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	63	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	33	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9	17	20	85.0	54.5				3
5	Fred Brown F. Brown	58	3/23/1974	SEA	@	GSW	45	6	3	2		24	37	64.9	10	13	76.9	67.9	2	4		2
6	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	57	3/18/1978	HOU	vs	NJN	48	6	2	3	0	24	40	60.0	9	12	75.0	62.9				4
7	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	57	11/10/1969	ATL		CHI	38	8	8			25	34	73.5	7	8	87.5	76.0				4
8	Chet Walker C. Walker	56	2/6/1972	CHI	vs	CIN	36	4	2			22	30	73.3	12	13	92.3	78.4				1
9	Rick Barry R. Barry	55	3/25/1978	GSW	vs	NYK	44	9	9	3	0	19	31	61.3	17	18	94.4	70.7	1	8	2	3
10	Rick Barry R. Barry	55	1/23/1975	GSW	vs	PHI	46	5	5	7	1	23	49	46.9	9	10	90.0	51.5	2	3		0
11	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	55	2/23/1972	CIN	vs	POR	44	3	7			20	31	64.5	15	19	78.9	69.9				0
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	55	12/10/1971	MIL	vs	BOS	47	17	3			23	36	63.9	9	11	81.8	67.3				4
13	Dave Bing D. Bing	54	2/21/1971	DET	vs	CHI	46	7	3			22	38	57.9	10	10	100.0	63.7				3
14	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	53	3/28/1975	LAL	vs	KCO	44	3	2	1		21	38	55.3	11	12	91.7	61.2				5
15	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	53	12/6/1972	BAL	vs	POR	42	1	4			22	31	71.0	9	11	81.8	73.9				0
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	53	2/18/1972	MIL	vs	PHI		13	9			18	28	64.3	17	22	77.3	70.3
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	53	2/9/1972	MIL	@	CLE	48	14	8			23	31	74.2	7	9	77.8	75.8				1
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	53	1/27/1971	MIL	@	BOS	48	14	7			22	31	71.0	9	14	64.3	71.3				2
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	53	11/4/1970	MIL	@	CLE	45	11	3			20	32	62.5	13	14	92.9	69.4				4
20	George Gervin G. Gervin	52	1/11/1979	SAS	vs	SDC	37	1	4	2	1	24	33	72.7	4	4	100.0	74.8			3	1
21	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	52	3/17/1976	BUF	@	SEA	45	11	2			18	26	69.2	16	22	72.7	72.9				4
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	52	1/2/1975	MIL	vs	ATL	43	10	1	0	2	18	29	62.1	16	20	80.0	68.8				5
23	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	52	2/22/1974	BUF	vs	BOS	48	22	2		7	20	28	71.4	12	14	85.7	76.1				4
24	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	52	1/27/1973	KCO	@	ATL	48	8	11			21	31	67.7	10	13	76.9	70.8				2
25	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	52	1/9/1973	KCO	vs	NYK	53	3	14			18	28	64.3	16	17	94.1	73.3				1